Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 890

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Author: Penelope Ismay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108472524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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"Friendly Societies in Modern Britain"--

Author: C. Rojek
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230373402
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Modern life is often described as an iron cage from which there is no escape. But popular culture venerates leisure and travel as authentic escape routes from routine and monotony. However what kind of escape is tolerated in modern society? How is it shaped by historical expectations of leisure and travel? And what do we actually experience when we engage in leisure or travel activity? This fascinating and accomplished book tries to supply answers to these questions. A major scholarly contribution to the sociological analysis of leisure, pleasure and travel, Dr Rojek's study is a radical challenge to the existing paradigmatic orthodoxy. Bryan S. Turner, University of Essex.

Author: Francis Sanders
Publisher:
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 818

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Publisher: Canadian Publicity, 1922 (St. John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan)
ISBN:
Category : Maritime Provinces
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Walter William Skeat
Publisher:
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Category : William of Palerne (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Author: Simon Callow
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345803248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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A short biography of Charles Dickens by acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow that offers a fresh perspective on one of the greatest novelists in the English language in a lively, highly readable account. "It has all the gusto that a popular biography of Dickens—a man who “could do nothing by halves”—should possess. . . . The best biography for Dickens newcomers and a wonderful read for all."—Library Journal Dickens was one of the first true celebrity authors. Thousands of fans in Britain and America eagerly awaited each new installment of his stories and flocked to see him on his legendary speaking tours. Not only did he create an incredible cast of characters on the page, but he was also a dazzling mimic and storyteller, and he wrote, stage-managed, and acted in plays for the public. Throughout his life, from his childhood performances in pubs to his legendarily powerful reading tours, Dickens was fanatical about the stage. Callow reveals Dickens’s genius on and off the page and offers a compelling insight into a life that was driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literature.

Author: James Johnston Abraham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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