Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Mr. Waddington of Wyck - Scholar's Choice Edition

Mr. Waddington of Wyck - Scholar's Choice Edition PDF Author: May Sinclair
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The British Critic

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Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Pages : 191

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May Sinclair's 'Mr. Waddington of Wyck' begins by introducing us to Barbara Madden, who recently became the secretary and companion to the charming Fanny Waddington's husband, Horatio Bysshe Waddington. At Lower Wyck Manor, Barbara is drawn to Fanny's delicate butterfly movements and the warmth she brings to a room. But as she waits for Mr. Waddington's arrival, she can't help but feel anxious about how he will perceive her. As Fanny shows Barbara around, they discuss Horatio's portrait, and Barbara wonders how the husband of such an enchanting woman could be anything but interesting.

Mr. Waddington of Wyck (Classic Reprint)

Mr. Waddington of Wyck (Classic Reprint) PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Excerpt from Mr. Waddington of Wyck Barbara wished she would come back. For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself. The song mixed itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: Two dozen glass towels. Twelve pounds of Spratts puppy biscuits. One dozen gent.s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size. A-hoom hoom, a-hoom hoom (that Impromptu of Schuberts), and with the notes Barbara was writing: Mrs. Waddington has pleasure in enclosing. Fanny Waddington would always have pleasure in enclosing something. A-hoom hoom, hoom hee. A sound so light that it hardly stirred the quiet of the room. If a butterfly could hum it would hum like Fanny Waddington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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ISBN: 9781406543360
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Pages : 220

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May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1862-1946), a popular British writer. She was known for two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. She was also a significant critic, in the area of modernist poetry and prose; the term stream of consciousness, in its literary sense, is attributed to her. From 1896 she wrote professionally, to support herself and her mother, who died in 1901. She treated a number of themes relating to the position of women, and marriage. She also wrote nonfiction based on studies of philosophy, particularly German idealism. Her works sold well in the United States. Among her most famous works are: The Divine Fire (1904), Superseded (1906), The Helpmate (1907), The Judgment of Eve (1907), The Belfry (1916), The Romantic (1920), Mr. Waddington of Wyck (1921), Anne Severn and the Fieldings (1922) and Life and Death of Harriett Frean (1922).

Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Pages : 364

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Excerpt: ... Levitt clutched her sister's arm and clung to it, almost perceptibly reeling, as if she said: "Hold me up or I shall collapse. It's too much. Too-too-too-too much." They came on with a peculiar rolling, helpless walk, rocked by the intolerable explosions of their mirth, dabbing their mouths and eyes with their pocket-handkerchiefs in a tortured struggle for control. They recovered sufficiently to pass Ralph and Barbara with serious, sidelong bows. And then there was a sound, a thin, wheezing, soaring yet stifled sound, the cry of a conquered hysteria. "Did you see that, Ralph?" "I did. I heard it." "He couldn't, could he?" "Oh, Lord, no.... They appreciate him, too, Barbara." "That isn't the way," she said. "We don't want him appreciated that way. That rich, gross way." "No. It isn't nearly subtle enough. Any fool could see that his caracoling was funny. They don't know him as we know him. They don't know what he really is." "It was an outrage. It's like taking a fine thing and vulgarizing it. They'd no business. And it was cruel, too, to laugh at him like that before his back was turned. When they're going to eat his pears, too." "The fact is, Barbara, nobody does appreciate him as you and I do." "Horry?" "No. Not Horry. He goes too far. Horry's indecent. Fanny, perhaps, sometimes." "Fanny doesn't see one half of him. She doesn't see his Mrs. Levitt side." "Have you seen it, Barbara?" "Of course I have." "You never told me. It isn't fair to go discovering things on your own and not telling me. We must make a compact. To tell each other the very instant we see a thing. We might keep count and give points to which of us sees most. Mrs. Levitt ought to have been a hundred to your score." "I'm afraid I can't score with Mrs. Levitt. You saw that, too." "It'll be a game for gods, Barbara." "But, Ralph, there might be things we couldn't tell each other. It mightn't be fair to him." "Telling each other isn't like telling other people. Hang it all, if...

Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Mr. Waddington of Wyck PDF Author: May Sinclair
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Mr. Waddington of Wyck (Esprios Classics)

Mr. Waddington of Wyck (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: May Sinclair
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9781006310744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 - 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. She once dressed up as a demure, rebel Jane Austen for a suffrage fundraising event. Sinclair was also a significant critic in the area of modernist poetry and prose, and she is attributed with first using the term 'stream of consciousness' in a literary context, when reviewing the first volumes of Dorothy Richardson's novel sequence Pilgrimage (1915-1967), in The Egoist, April 1918.

Mr. Waddington of Wyck

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