Author: Henry Williamson
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571310060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The Dark Lantern (1951) was the first of Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlightspanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. In it we meet Richard Maddison, a countryman working in London as a City clerk, struggling to make do on a few shillings a week. He falls for Hetty Turner, youngest daughter of a prosperous merchant, but her father rates Richard an unsuitable suitor. 'There is magic in Henry Williamson's novel . . . which raises it right out of the family saga class. The magic is of the steam train age of South London which is so lovingly described.' John Betjeman , Daily Telegraph 'Williamson's style is romantic, though rarely sentimental, and his sensuous response to nature is fresh and surprising.' Anthony Burgess, Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939
The Dark Lantern
Author: Henry Williamson
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571310060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The Dark Lantern (1951) was the first of Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlightspanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. In it we meet Richard Maddison, a countryman working in London as a City clerk, struggling to make do on a few shillings a week. He falls for Hetty Turner, youngest daughter of a prosperous merchant, but her father rates Richard an unsuitable suitor. 'There is magic in Henry Williamson's novel . . . which raises it right out of the family saga class. The magic is of the steam train age of South London which is so lovingly described.' John Betjeman , Daily Telegraph 'Williamson's style is romantic, though rarely sentimental, and his sensuous response to nature is fresh and surprising.' Anthony Burgess, Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571310060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The Dark Lantern (1951) was the first of Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlightspanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. In it we meet Richard Maddison, a countryman working in London as a City clerk, struggling to make do on a few shillings a week. He falls for Hetty Turner, youngest daughter of a prosperous merchant, but her father rates Richard an unsuitable suitor. 'There is magic in Henry Williamson's novel . . . which raises it right out of the family saga class. The magic is of the steam train age of South London which is so lovingly described.' John Betjeman , Daily Telegraph 'Williamson's style is romantic, though rarely sentimental, and his sensuous response to nature is fresh and surprising.' Anthony Burgess, Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Signalman's Journal
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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The American Journal of Psychiatry
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Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Good Were the Years
Author: Hattie Schmidt Cramer
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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The Methods and Materials of Demography
Author: Henry S. Shryock
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Category : Demography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Demography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Harvard Alumni Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Pages : 876
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The Music Journal
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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The methods and materials of demography
Author: Henry S. Shryock
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Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Pages : 588
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Comprehending Antisemitism through the Ages: A Historical Perspective
Author: Armin Lange
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110672049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This volume traces the history of antisemitism from antiquity through contemporary manifestations of the discrimination of Jews. It documents the religious, sociological, political and economic contexts in which antisemitism thrived and thrives and shows how such circumstances served as support and reinforcement for a curtailment of the Jews’ social status. The volume sheds light on historical processes of discrimination and identifies them as a key factor in the contemporary and future fight against antisemitism.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110672049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This volume traces the history of antisemitism from antiquity through contemporary manifestations of the discrimination of Jews. It documents the religious, sociological, political and economic contexts in which antisemitism thrived and thrives and shows how such circumstances served as support and reinforcement for a curtailment of the Jews’ social status. The volume sheds light on historical processes of discrimination and identifies them as a key factor in the contemporary and future fight against antisemitism.