Short Stories. The Old Nurse’s Story and other Tales

Short Stories. The Old Nurse’s Story and other Tales PDF Author: Gaskell E.C.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521068295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell’s best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters.

Short Stories. The Old Nurse’s Story and other Tales

Short Stories. The Old Nurse’s Story and other Tales PDF Author: Gaskell E.C.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521068295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell’s best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters.

Mary Barton and Other Tales ...

Mary Barton and Other Tales ... PDF Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Rosamond

Rosamond PDF Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Some of My Lives

Some of My Lives PDF Author: Rosamond Bernier
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142999505X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Rosamond Bernier has lived an unusually full life—remarkable for its vividness and diversity of experience—and she has known many (one is tempted to say all) of the greatest artists and composers of the twentieth century. In Some of My Lives, Bernier has made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from diary entries to her many contributions to the art journal L'OEIL, which she cofounded in 1955. The result is a multifaceted self-portrait of a life informed and surrounded by the arts. Through the stories of her encounters with some of the twentieth century's great artists and composers—including Pablo Picasso, Leonard Bernstein, Max Ernst, Aaron Copeland, Malcolm Lowry, and Karl Lagerfeld—we come to understand the sheer richness of Bernier's experiences, interactions, and memories. The result is pithy, hilarious, and wise—a richly rewarding chronicle of many lives fully lived.

The Works of Mrs. Gaskell: Cranford and other tales

The Works of Mrs. Gaskell: Cranford and other tales PDF Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Languages : en
Pages : 596

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The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales

The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales PDF Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726951371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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‘The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales’ is a collection of eleven short stories from the much-loved Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell. The title story follows the strange and supernatural happenings which have affected four generations of the Furnivall family, who live in a spooky gothic mansion in the midst of a bleak and deserted moorland. A haunting and atmospheric collection of spooky short stories, which fans of Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ and Henry James’ ‘The Turn of the Screw’ will also enjoy. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) is an enduringly popular and highly regarded English novelist. Born in Chelsea, London, Elizabeth was sent to live with her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire after her mother died, a place which would provide inspiration for some of her most popular works, including ‘Cranford’. A sociable and lively young woman, Elizabeth married Minister William Gaskell in 1832 and settled in Manchester. An industrial hub and the scene of much political and social change, her time in Manchester influenced much of her writing. Her first novel, ‘Mary Barton’ focussed on the appalling and impoverished living conditions of those living in Northern industrial cities and was a huge success, sparking the interest of notable figures such as Charles Dickens, who invited Elizabeth to contribute to the periodicals he edited. An active humanitarian, her works dealt sympathetically with the plight of the poorest in society, and she did not shy away from controversial topics such as prostitution and illegitimacy. A close friend of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth also wrote a highly acclaimed biography of the author in 1857. Some of her best known and most loved novels include ‘Cranford’, ‘North and South’ and the posthumously published ‘Wives and Daughters’, all of which have been adapted for TV by the BBC, most recently ‘Cranford’ starring Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, and Greg Wise. Elizabeth Gaskell is regarded as one of the most important novelists of the Victorian era.

Cranford, and other tales

Cranford, and other tales PDF Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Works: Cranford, and other tales

Works: Cranford, and other tales PDF Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon

Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon PDF Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504045130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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A female serial killer reconnects with her twin sister in this novel by an acclaimed National Book Award winner and “first-rate thriller writer” (The New York Times Book Review). Demure Lily Merrick is a dutiful housewife and mother who teaches pottery classes in upstate New York. Then, out of the blue, her estranged sister, Sharon, shows up after fifteen years, seeking refuge from her life as a Las Vegas stripper. At first Lily is overwhelmed and overjoyed. Her daughter and husband welcome Sharon with open arms, eager to help the seemingly troubled young woman get a fresh start. But that’s not really what Sharon wants. Under the alias Starr Bright, Aunt Sharon is the most wanted female serial killer in the country. Driven by a need for love and security, she has sought out sex and degradation—leaving behind a bloody trail of carved-up men in cheap motel rooms from coast to coast. Now, she’s insinuating herself into the lives of those who trust and love her. She’s come home to family, and not just to hide. For her entire life, Sharon has been nursing a poisonous vengeance that has yet to claim its last victim. And very, very soon, Starr Bright will strike again. This smart, chilling novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of We Were the Mulvaneys and Black Water is “a real page-turner” (Library Journal). “Recall that ‘Rosamond Smith’ is the nom de plume of Joyce Carol Oates when writing her psychological suspense novels a la Ruth Rendell. Oates-as-Smith has had great practice in limning the type of personality that results from sexual guilt and craving love, and she explores it anew” in Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon (Booklist).

Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco

Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco PDF Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507137
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 970

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.