Author: David C. Sutton
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Grevel Lindop
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000749789
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 708

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Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the final part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

Author: Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317206584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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First published in 1988, this book aims to provide keys to the study of Gothicism in British and American literature. It gathers together much material that had not been cited in previous works of this kind and secondary works relevant to literary Gothicism — biographies, memoirs and graphic arts. Part one cites items pertaining to significant authors of Gothic works and part two consists of subject headings, offering information about broad topics that evolve from or that have been linked with Gothicism. Three indexes are also provided to expedite searches for the contents of the entries. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382315653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1858. 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.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 886

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Author: McNee, Alan
Publisher: Victorian Secrets Limited
ISBN: 1906469520
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Albert Smith is one of the most famous Victorians of whom you’ve probably never heard. During his lifetime, he was a household name, thrilling audiences with his Ascent of Mont Blanc show at London’s Egyptian Hall. An inveterate showman, Smith was also a doctor, journalist, raconteur, novelist, travel writer, and playwright. His many talents were outstripped only by his boundless self-belief and huge personality. Even Queen Victoria described him in her journal as “inimitable”, an epithet Smith’s contemporary Charles Dickens liked to reserve for himself. Although Smith died aged only 43, he managed to pack much incident into his short life. He was robbed by highwaymen in Italy, narrowly escaped death in a hot air ballooning accident, and dodged arrest in Paris during the June Days Uprising of 1848. He also got caught up in the row over Dickens’s affair with Ellen Ternan. While his bumptiousness made Smith a divisive figure, many saw in him the Victorian ideal of the self-made man: energetic, imaginative, and ready to seize any new opportunity. As Alan McNee explains in this lively biography, it was his intrepid ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851 that propelled Smith to stardom. His subsequent show inspired ‘Mont Blanc mania’, encouraging participation in mountaineering as a popular pursuit. The Cockney Who Sold the Alps is a story of ambition, spectacle, and the fleeting nature of celebrity.

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Languages : en
Pages : 868

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Category : General
Languages : en
Pages : 948

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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1240

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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.

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Languages : en
Pages : 748

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