Author: Irene Baird
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776618059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A new critical edition of the acknowledged best Canadian novel of the 1930s. Irene Baird’s Waste Heritage is a groundbreaking work of Canadian fiction based on the dramatic and violent labour disputes that took place in British Columbia in 1938. The story follows the progress of two friends, Matt Striker, a 23-year-old from Saskatchewan, and his simple-minded companion Eddy, as they travel from Vancouver to Victoria following the occupation of the Vancouver Post Office. Like the unemployed masses that took siege of the Post Office, Matt and Eddy yearn for relief after years of economic depression. Empathetic and tragic, Waste Heritage has been praised as Canada’s Grapes of Wrath and the most important Canadian novel of the 1930s. A new critical apparatus surrounds Baird’s original text, informing the reader of the historical and literary contexts of the work, as well as providing exhaustive textual analysis.
Waste Heritage
Author: Irene Baird
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776618059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A new critical edition of the acknowledged best Canadian novel of the 1930s. Irene Baird’s Waste Heritage is a groundbreaking work of Canadian fiction based on the dramatic and violent labour disputes that took place in British Columbia in 1938. The story follows the progress of two friends, Matt Striker, a 23-year-old from Saskatchewan, and his simple-minded companion Eddy, as they travel from Vancouver to Victoria following the occupation of the Vancouver Post Office. Like the unemployed masses that took siege of the Post Office, Matt and Eddy yearn for relief after years of economic depression. Empathetic and tragic, Waste Heritage has been praised as Canada’s Grapes of Wrath and the most important Canadian novel of the 1930s. A new critical apparatus surrounds Baird’s original text, informing the reader of the historical and literary contexts of the work, as well as providing exhaustive textual analysis.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776618059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A new critical edition of the acknowledged best Canadian novel of the 1930s. Irene Baird’s Waste Heritage is a groundbreaking work of Canadian fiction based on the dramatic and violent labour disputes that took place in British Columbia in 1938. The story follows the progress of two friends, Matt Striker, a 23-year-old from Saskatchewan, and his simple-minded companion Eddy, as they travel from Vancouver to Victoria following the occupation of the Vancouver Post Office. Like the unemployed masses that took siege of the Post Office, Matt and Eddy yearn for relief after years of economic depression. Empathetic and tragic, Waste Heritage has been praised as Canada’s Grapes of Wrath and the most important Canadian novel of the 1930s. A new critical apparatus surrounds Baird’s original text, informing the reader of the historical and literary contexts of the work, as well as providing exhaustive textual analysis.
Phineas at Bay
Author: John F. Wirenius
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781499177329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
“Phineas at Bay is at once an entertaining romp and a serious inquiry into how Victorian problems are also our own. It is a pleasure to read.”—Nicholas Birns, author of Understanding Anthony Powell. Set in 1890s England, Phineas at Bay picks up where Anthony Trollope's Palliser series left off: now two decades after the unconventional marriage of Phineas Finn, an Irish Catholic, to the Viennese Jewish widow Marie "Madame Max" Goesler. Phineas has become an almost entirely independent member of Parliament, nominally belonging to the Liberal Party. But his independence has come at a cost. Having made no political gains, his own party no longer takes him seriously. But an awakening of his political and social conscience leads him to revitalize his political activism and become involved in the newly forming Labor Party. Meanwhile the rivalry between Socialist Jack Chiltern and the newest member of Parliament, Savrola Vavasor, the two suitors of Phineas's orphaned niece, Clarissa Riley, draws Phineas into becoming the maître d'arms at a violent duel. And alongside all the other action, the beautiful Lady Elizabeth Eustace adds to the drama with her shady past and her entanglements with Jack and her ex-husband, a clergyman with a dark reputation of his own. Scholar and lawyer John F. Wirenius sets the Victorian-era author's pointed satire loose on today's political and social excesses, creating a novel that can be read alone or in conjunction with Trollope's novels.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781499177329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
“Phineas at Bay is at once an entertaining romp and a serious inquiry into how Victorian problems are also our own. It is a pleasure to read.”—Nicholas Birns, author of Understanding Anthony Powell. Set in 1890s England, Phineas at Bay picks up where Anthony Trollope's Palliser series left off: now two decades after the unconventional marriage of Phineas Finn, an Irish Catholic, to the Viennese Jewish widow Marie "Madame Max" Goesler. Phineas has become an almost entirely independent member of Parliament, nominally belonging to the Liberal Party. But his independence has come at a cost. Having made no political gains, his own party no longer takes him seriously. But an awakening of his political and social conscience leads him to revitalize his political activism and become involved in the newly forming Labor Party. Meanwhile the rivalry between Socialist Jack Chiltern and the newest member of Parliament, Savrola Vavasor, the two suitors of Phineas's orphaned niece, Clarissa Riley, draws Phineas into becoming the maître d'arms at a violent duel. And alongside all the other action, the beautiful Lady Elizabeth Eustace adds to the drama with her shady past and her entanglements with Jack and her ex-husband, a clergyman with a dark reputation of his own. Scholar and lawyer John F. Wirenius sets the Victorian-era author's pointed satire loose on today's political and social excesses, creating a novel that can be read alone or in conjunction with Trollope's novels.
Journals
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Languages : en
Pages : 1254
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Finn and the Fianna
Author: Daniel Allison
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.
The Huntsman
Author: Douglas Hill
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473202639
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
They had come - on the first day of the world as it now was. They stalked over the world with cold, alien indifference. They are the Slavers, alien invaders on an embattled Earth. In this brutal world, Finn Ferral is a young huntsman with a dangerous gift - he is wild and instinctive, more wolf or hawk than man. When his father and sister are captured by Slavers, Finn follows - right to the heart of the Slavers' lair...
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473202639
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
They had come - on the first day of the world as it now was. They stalked over the world with cold, alien indifference. They are the Slavers, alien invaders on an embattled Earth. In this brutal world, Finn Ferral is a young huntsman with a dangerous gift - he is wild and instinctive, more wolf or hawk than man. When his father and sister are captured by Slavers, Finn follows - right to the heart of the Slavers' lair...
FINN'S TWINS!
Author: Anne McAllister
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459269055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
FROM HERE TO PATERNITY Bachelor baby-sitter! When it comes to the female sex, Finn MacCauley is an expert. Except, that is, when the females in question are his six-year-old-nieces—and identical twins. Finn just isn't equipped to be a father…. Izzy, on the other hand is an ideal mother. If only she wasn't engaged to another man! All Finn has to do is persuade Izzy that being temporary surrogate parents will be terrific fun—nearly as much fun as sharing Finn's glamorous life-style…and his bed! "Anne McAllister hits the love and laughter buttons with triumphant success. FINN'S TWINS! is a sparkling, tender story…" —Lucy Gordon FROM HERE TO PATERNITY—men who find their way to fatherhood by fair means, by foul, or even by default!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459269055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
FROM HERE TO PATERNITY Bachelor baby-sitter! When it comes to the female sex, Finn MacCauley is an expert. Except, that is, when the females in question are his six-year-old-nieces—and identical twins. Finn just isn't equipped to be a father…. Izzy, on the other hand is an ideal mother. If only she wasn't engaged to another man! All Finn has to do is persuade Izzy that being temporary surrogate parents will be terrific fun—nearly as much fun as sharing Finn's glamorous life-style…and his bed! "Anne McAllister hits the love and laughter buttons with triumphant success. FINN'S TWINS! is a sparkling, tender story…" —Lucy Gordon FROM HERE TO PATERNITY—men who find their way to fatherhood by fair means, by foul, or even by default!
Healed by the Midwife's Kiss
Author: Fiona McArthur
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 148807965X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Finn can’t imagine loving anyone again… But could one woman change that forever? After Dr. Finn Foley’s wife abandoned him and their adorable baby daughter, he threw himself into being a father. But when he meets a kindred spirit in widowed midwife Catrina Thomas, he can’t resist getting to know her better. One sizzling kiss later, the happiness Finn has been searching for finally seems within his grasp…if only he’s willing to claim it!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 148807965X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Finn can’t imagine loving anyone again… But could one woman change that forever? After Dr. Finn Foley’s wife abandoned him and their adorable baby daughter, he threw himself into being a father. But when he meets a kindred spirit in widowed midwife Catrina Thomas, he can’t resist getting to know her better. One sizzling kiss later, the happiness Finn has been searching for finally seems within his grasp…if only he’s willing to claim it!
Power Boating
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Category : Motorboats
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
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Category : Motorboats
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Translation and notes
Author: Standish Hayes O'Grady
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A collection of hagiology, legend, Ossianic lore, and fiction.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A collection of hagiology, legend, Ossianic lore, and fiction.
Shopping Cart Soldiers
Author: John Mulligan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684856050
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Vietnam veteran describes the nightmarish experiences of an American soldier in the Vietnamese jungles and his painful psychological convalescence.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684856050
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Vietnam veteran describes the nightmarish experiences of an American soldier in the Vietnamese jungles and his painful psychological convalescence.