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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 340, February 1844
Author: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine – Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041464731
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
Author: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 340, February 1844
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ISBN: 9781523731282
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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This work was compiled by Various Authors and despite its age continues to be popular with modern readers
Oh Happy Day
Author: Carmen CallilPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473574684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold 'Powerfully told...an impressive work' The Times 'Gives a voice to the voiceless' Australian Book Review In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginning with her great-great grandmother Sary Lacey, born in 1808, an impoverished stocking frame worker. Through detailed research, we follow Sary from slum to tenement and from pregnancy to pregnancy. We also meet George Conquest, a canal worker and the father of one of Sary's children. George was sentenced - for a minor theft - to seven years' transportation to Australia, where he faced the extraordinary brutality of convict life. But for George, as for so many disenfranchised British people like him, Australia turned out to be his Happy Day. He survived, prospered and eventually returned to England, where he met Sary again, after nearly thirty years. He brought her out to Australia, and they were never parted again. A miracle of research and fuelled by righteous anger, Oh Happy Day is a story of Empire, migration and the inequality and injustice of nineteenth-century England. 'A remarkable tale...drawing chilling parallels to the inequalities of our times' Observer
Examiner
Author: The Examiner
Author: Three Short Novels
Author: Galt John GaltPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474402100
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Reveals surprising new dimensions of Galt's short novels Glenfell, Andrew of Padua, and The OmenReproduces the texts of Glenfell (1820), Andrew of Padua (1820), and The Omen (1825), making these virtually unknown works available to modern readers while setting them into the context in which they were first published and readProvides a comprehensive introduction by the editor which reveals how these novels came to be written, their contemporary reception, and their significance within Galt's life and careerOffers full annotations which explain Galt's diverse geographical, historical, literary, and philosophical contexts and allusionsThis volume brings together three short novels that reveal the diversity of Galt's creative abilities. Glenfell is his first publication in the style of Scottish fiction for which he would become best known; Andrew of Padua, the Improvisatore is a unique synthesis of his experiences with theatre, educational writing, and travel; The Omen is a haunting gothic tale. With their easily readable scope and their vivid themes, each of the tales has a distinct charm. They cast light on significant phases of Galt's career as a writer and reveal his versatility in experimenting with themes, genres, and styles.
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