Author: Robert Smith Surtees
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Author: Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher:
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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John Leech
Author: William Powell Frith
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Sinister Street
Author: Compton Mackenzie
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Michael Fane arrives in the thin red house in Carlington Road to his new family of Nurse, Cook, Annie the housemaid, his younger sister Stella, and the occasional presence of Mother. From here, the novel follows the next twenty years of his life as he tries to find his place in the upper echelons of Edwardian society, through prep school, studies at Oxford, and his emergence into the wide world. The setting is rich in period detail, and the characters portrayed are vivid and more nuanced in their actions and stories than first impressions imply. Sinister Street was an immediate critical success on publication, although not without some worry for its openness to discuss less salubrious scenes, and it was a favorite of George Orwell and John Betjeman. Compton Mackenzie had attended both St. James’ school and St. Mary’s College at Oxford and the novel is at least partly autobiographical, but for the same measure was praised as an accurate portrayal of that experience; Max Beerbohm said “There is no book on Oxford like it. It gives you the actual Oxford experience.” Although originally published in two volumes (in 1913 and 1914) for commercial reasons, the two form a single novel and have been brought back together again for this edition. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Michael Fane arrives in the thin red house in Carlington Road to his new family of Nurse, Cook, Annie the housemaid, his younger sister Stella, and the occasional presence of Mother. From here, the novel follows the next twenty years of his life as he tries to find his place in the upper echelons of Edwardian society, through prep school, studies at Oxford, and his emergence into the wide world. The setting is rich in period detail, and the characters portrayed are vivid and more nuanced in their actions and stories than first impressions imply. Sinister Street was an immediate critical success on publication, although not without some worry for its openness to discuss less salubrious scenes, and it was a favorite of George Orwell and John Betjeman. Compton Mackenzie had attended both St. James’ school and St. Mary’s College at Oxford and the novel is at least partly autobiographical, but for the same measure was praised as an accurate portrayal of that experience; Max Beerbohm said “There is no book on Oxford like it. It gives you the actual Oxford experience.” Although originally published in two volumes (in 1913 and 1914) for commercial reasons, the two form a single novel and have been brought back together again for this edition. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The Subaltern, the Policeman and the Litle Girl
Author: Arthur Brownlow Fforde
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Thrown Away
Author: Nat Gould
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Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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A Long Vacation in the Argentine Alps
Author: Henry Charles Ross-Johnson
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Category : Argentina
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Argentina
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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African Game Trails
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815411324
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
After leaving the White House, Theodore Roosevelt embarked in 1909 on a lengthy African safari/collecting expedition for the Smithsonian that covered hundreds of miles, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Khartoum and Egypt.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815411324
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
After leaving the White House, Theodore Roosevelt embarked in 1909 on a lengthy African safari/collecting expedition for the Smithsonian that covered hundreds of miles, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Khartoum and Egypt.
The Subject-catalogue of the Oxford Union Society's Library
Author: Oxford Union. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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African game trails
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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William Harrison Ainsworth and his friends
Author: S.M. Ellis
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 117727793X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 117727793X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
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