They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight PDF Author: Dorothy Whipple
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Languages : en
Pages : 464

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They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight PDF Author: Dorothy Whipple
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Pages : 464

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They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight PDF Author: Dorothy Whipple Fry
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Pages : 464

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They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight PDF Author: Dorothy Whipple
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ISBN: 9781903155080
Category : Avarice
Languages : en
Pages : 483

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A Book Society Choice, shortlisted for the Femina-Vie Heureuse Prize, the second Dorothy Whipple novel we publish is also wonderfully well-written in a clear and straightforward style; yet 'this real treat' ("Sunday Telegraph") is far more subtle than it at first appears. The Blakes are an ordinary family: Celia looks after the house and Thomas works at the family engineering business in Leicester. The book begins when he meets Mr Knight, a financier as crooked as any on the front pages of our newspapers nowadays; and tracks his and his family's swift climb and fall.Part of the cause of the ensuing tragedy is Celia's innocence - blinkered by domesticity, she and her children are the 'victim of the turbulence of the outside world' (Postscript); but finally, through 'quiet tenacity and the refusal to let go of certain precious things, goodness does win out' (Afterword). And the "TLS" wrote: 'The portraits in the book are fired by Mrs Whipple's article of faith - the supreme importance of people.'

Realism and Tinsel

Realism and Tinsel PDF Author: Robert Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134901496
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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With themes ranging from passion and romance to murder and psychological disturbance, popular British film in the 1940s found little favour with the critics, but provided thrills and entertainment for millions of people during a time of austerity and danger. Realism and Tinsel looks beyond the established histories of Ealing Comedies and realist classics to excavate a rich but neglected tradition of melodrama, gangster films, morbid thrillers, and costume pictures. Discussing cinema in the context of the major social, economic, and political changes that were taking place, Robert Murphy examines the period's most popular films, including Madonna of the Seven Moons, The Way Ahead, and The Wicked Lady. The picture that emerges challenges the reassuring, cosy view of Britain presented in realist cinema, and throws new light on the British film industry of the time, and on our idea of the war era itself.

Shortage of Sugar and Coal

Shortage of Sugar and Coal PDF Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 1650

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Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington

Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington PDF Author: Washington (State). Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820

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Washington Reports ...

Washington Reports ... PDF Author: Washington (State). Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 816

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Washington Reports

Washington Reports PDF Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820

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Food & Sanitation

Food & Sanitation PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 634

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Investigation, Disposition of Surplus Property

Investigation, Disposition of Surplus Property PDF Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments
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Category : Government property
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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