Author: Hallie Ephron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440513554
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
What better way to start a day than with inspiration from a literary classic? Now you can do just that. In this book, praised author and critic Hallie Ephron delivers a daily dose of literary knowledge. A brilliant companion to the canon of great literature, it's perfect for anyone who wants a novel way to energize each day. Ephron's work is a secular twist on the traditional devotional and provides concise plot summaries, sketches of standout characters, quotations you should know, and more about hundreds of books by tried-and-true authors as well as new literary voices. Whether it's coffee with Austen, a quick lunch with Faulkner, or an end-of-the-day jolt with Chabon, this book proves a good book is a great source of daily inspiration.
The Bibliophile's Devotional
Author: Hallie Ephron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440513554
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
What better way to start a day than with inspiration from a literary classic? Now you can do just that. In this book, praised author and critic Hallie Ephron delivers a daily dose of literary knowledge. A brilliant companion to the canon of great literature, it's perfect for anyone who wants a novel way to energize each day. Ephron's work is a secular twist on the traditional devotional and provides concise plot summaries, sketches of standout characters, quotations you should know, and more about hundreds of books by tried-and-true authors as well as new literary voices. Whether it's coffee with Austen, a quick lunch with Faulkner, or an end-of-the-day jolt with Chabon, this book proves a good book is a great source of daily inspiration.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440513554
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
What better way to start a day than with inspiration from a literary classic? Now you can do just that. In this book, praised author and critic Hallie Ephron delivers a daily dose of literary knowledge. A brilliant companion to the canon of great literature, it's perfect for anyone who wants a novel way to energize each day. Ephron's work is a secular twist on the traditional devotional and provides concise plot summaries, sketches of standout characters, quotations you should know, and more about hundreds of books by tried-and-true authors as well as new literary voices. Whether it's coffee with Austen, a quick lunch with Faulkner, or an end-of-the-day jolt with Chabon, this book proves a good book is a great source of daily inspiration.
The Connoisseur
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Literary Collector
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Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Sale
Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Sale Catalogues
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
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Languages : en
Pages : 934
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Languages : en
Pages : 934
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Catalogue
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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The Purchase of the Past
Author: Tom Stammers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108807224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Offering a broad and vivid survey of the culture of collecting from the French Revolution to the Belle Époque, The Purchase of the Past explores how material things became a central means of accessing and imagining the past in nineteenth-century France. By subverting the monarchical establishment, the French Revolution not only heralded the dawn of the museum age, it also threw an unprecedented quantity of artworks into commercial circulation, allowing private individuals to pose as custodians and saviours of the endangered cultural inheritance. Through their common itineraries, erudition and sociability, an early generation of scavengers established their own form of 'private patrimony', independent from state control. Over a century of Parisian history, Tom Stammers explores collectors' investments – not just financial but also emotional and imaginative – in historical artefacts, as well as their uncomfortable relationship with public institutions. In so doing, he argues that private collections were a critical site for salvaging and interpreting the past in a post-revolutionary society, accelerating but also complicating the development of a shared national heritage.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108807224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Offering a broad and vivid survey of the culture of collecting from the French Revolution to the Belle Époque, The Purchase of the Past explores how material things became a central means of accessing and imagining the past in nineteenth-century France. By subverting the monarchical establishment, the French Revolution not only heralded the dawn of the museum age, it also threw an unprecedented quantity of artworks into commercial circulation, allowing private individuals to pose as custodians and saviours of the endangered cultural inheritance. Through their common itineraries, erudition and sociability, an early generation of scavengers established their own form of 'private patrimony', independent from state control. Over a century of Parisian history, Tom Stammers explores collectors' investments – not just financial but also emotional and imaginative – in historical artefacts, as well as their uncomfortable relationship with public institutions. In so doing, he argues that private collections were a critical site for salvaging and interpreting the past in a post-revolutionary society, accelerating but also complicating the development of a shared national heritage.
Books from the library of Robert Louis Stevenson at Vailima
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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