Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: Victorian Secrets
ISBN: 190646930X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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First published in 1888, Robert Elsmere was probably the biggest-selling novel of the nineteenth century. Inspired by the religious crises of her father, Ward tells the story of an Oxford clergyman who begins to doubt the doctrines of the Anglican church after he encounters the work of German rationalists. Rather than becoming an atheist, Elsmere pursues the idea of "constructive liberalism," stressing the importance of social work among the poor and uneducated. The Times called it "a clever attack upon revealed religion," and William Gladstone's copy was annotated with objections to Ward's heterodoxy. In the Victorian age, nothing was more likely to generate publicity than religious controversy, and Robert Elsmere became a runaway success. More than one million copies were sold, generating around 4,000 in royalties, which would today put Ward in the millionaire author bracket. Her earning would have been higher if it weren't for the absence of international copyright laws when Robert Elsmere was first published. Many cheap US editions were hurriedly produced to cash in on its success. Some were sold as loss leaders for just 4 cents, and other copies were given away free with every cake of Maine's Balsam Fir Soap, conveying the idea that cleanliness was next to godliness. Out of print for twenty five years, this new edition brings Ward's publishing phenomenon to a new audience. The text is completely reset, and the edition includes: * critical introduction by Miriam Elizabeth Burstein * explanatory notes * excerpts from Gladstone's famous review of Robert Elsmere * extracts from Ward's David Grieve
Robert Elsmere
The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward
Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The Literary World
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Motives in English Fiction
Author: Robert Naylor Whiteford
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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"The material presents is not only a history of English fiction, but a view of its variations in atmosphere, motivation, dialogue, and characterization." -- Preface.
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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"The material presents is not only a history of English fiction, but a view of its variations in atmosphere, motivation, dialogue, and characterization." -- Preface.
McClure's Magazine
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Eve's Renegades
Author: Valerie Sanders
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349249351
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This study focuses on the work of four Victorian anti-feminist women writers - Eliza Lynn Linton, Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs Humphry Ward, and Margaret Oliphant - examining their self-contradictory responses to the debate about women's role in family life and society. Individual chapters review women's anti-feminism from 1792-1850, and fresh readings of their best-known novels emphasize the inconsistencies of their masculine and feminine ideals.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349249351
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This study focuses on the work of four Victorian anti-feminist women writers - Eliza Lynn Linton, Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs Humphry Ward, and Margaret Oliphant - examining their self-contradictory responses to the debate about women's role in family life and society. Individual chapters review women's anti-feminism from 1792-1850, and fresh readings of their best-known novels emphasize the inconsistencies of their masculine and feminine ideals.
The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward
Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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The Writings of Mrs. Humphrey Ward
Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
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Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Languages : en
Pages : 666
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The New Age
Author: Alfred Richard Orage
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Current Literature
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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