Author: Shotover house
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Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: George Hibbert
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: George Smith
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Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: Gary Kates
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801867312
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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"A fascinating book. Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman is instructive and a delight to read all at the same time."—Quentin Crisp Born in 1728, French aristocrat Charles d'Eon de Beaumont had served his country as a diplomat, soldier, and spy for fifteen years when rumors that he was a woman began to circulate in the courts of Europe. D'Eon denied nothing and was finally compelled by Louis XVI to give up male attire and live as a woman, something d'Eon did without complaint for the next three decades. Although celebrated as one of the century's most remarkable women, d'Eon was revealed, after his death in 1810, to have been unambiguously male. Gary Kates's acclaimed biography of d'Eon recreates eighteenth-century European society in brilliant detail and offers a compelling portrait of an individual who challenged its conventions about gender and identity.

Author: Donald McKenzie
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191538140
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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The late D. F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in 1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation. McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume. This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve.

Author: Jacques Roergas de Serviez
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Category : Emperors
Languages : en
Pages : 540

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Author: Johnson, George P., bookseller, Edinburgh
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Languages : en
Pages : 1146

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Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Author: James Tregaskis (Firm)
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Pages : 76

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Author: St. Louis Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 438

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"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-