Author: Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de GenlisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis
Author: Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de GenlisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis: Illustrative of the History of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries;
Author: Stephanie Felicite GenlisPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781377780986
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis
Author: Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint Aubin comtesse de Genlis (afterwards marquise de Sillery)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis, Illustrative of the History of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Classic Reprint)
Author: Stéphanie Félicité De GenlisPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259895053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Countess De Genlis, Illustrative of the History of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries The efforts of malevolence have never succeeded in fixing upon any of my works a single falsehood, or a single erroneous citation; yet these works contain many severe remarks. I have never however allowed myself to employ such severity, but for the interest of religion and morals, * and I have constantly praised every one frankly, (even my enemies, ) when they have been blameless in these particulars the same honesty and impartiality will be traced throughout these memoirs, which will be useful, be cause they are true, and because neither malignity nor resentment have dictated a single line in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis
Author: Stephanie Felicite Genlis (Comtesse DPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781340111915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite
Author: Jessica Kerwin JenkinsPublisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385533659
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite is a lifestyle guide for the Francophile and the Anglomaniac, the gourmet and the style maven, the armchair traveler and the art lover. It’s an homage to the esoteric world of glamour that doesn’t require much spending but makes us feel rich. Taking a cue from the exotic encyclopedias of the sixteenth century, which brimmed with mysterious artifacts, Jessica Kerwin Jenkins’s Encyclopedia of the Exquisite focuses on the elegant, the rare, the commonplace, and the delightful. A compendium of style, it merges whimsy and practicality, traipsing through the fine arts and the worlds of fashion, food, travel, home, garden, and beauty. Each entry features several engaging anecdotes, illuminating the curious past of each enduring source of beauty. Subjects covered include the explosive history of champagne; the art of lounging on a divan; the emergence of “frillies,” the first lacy, racy lingerie; the ancient uses of sweet-smelling saffron; the wild riot incited by the appearance of London’s first top hat; Julia Child’s tip for cooking the perfect omelet; the polarizing practice of wearing red lipstick during World War II; Louis XIV’s fondness for the luscious Bartlett pear; the Indian origin of badminton; Parliament’s 1650 attempt to suppress Europe’s beauty mark fad; the evolution of the Japanese kimono; the pilgrimage of Central Park’s Egyptian obelisk; and the fanciful thrill of dining alfresco. Cleverly illustrated, Encyclopedia of the Exquisite is an ode to life’s plenty, from the extravagant to the eccentric. It is a celebration of luxury that doesn’t necessarily require money. BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Jessica Kerwin Jenkins's All the Time in the World.
The Disowned
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron LyttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Memoirs of the Countess de Genlis
Author: Stephanie Felicite GenlisPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297707216
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Catalog
Author: Walter M. Hill (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
Anna Seward: A Constructed Life
Author: Teresa BarnardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317180674
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In her critical biography of Anna Seward (1742-1809), Teresa Barnard examines the poet's unpublished letters and manuscripts, providing a fresh perspective on Seward's life and historical milieu that restores and problematizes Seward's carefully constructed narrative of her life. Of the poet Anna Seward, it may be said with some veracity that hers was an epistolary life. What is known of Seward comes from six volumes of her letters and from juvenile letters that prefaced her books of poetry, all published posthumously. That Seward intended her correspondence to serve as her autobiography is clear, but she could not have anticipated that the letters she intended for publication would be drastically edited and censored by her literary editor, Walter Scott, and by her publisher, Archibald Constable. Stripped of their vitality and much of their significance, the published letters omit telling tales of the intricacies of the marriage market and Seward's own battles against gender inequality in the educational and workplace spheres. Seward's correspondents included Erasmus Darwin, William Hayley, Helen Maria Williams, and Robert Southey, and her letters are packed with stories and anecdotes about her friends' lives and characters, what they looked like, and how they lived. Particularly compelling is Barnard's discussion of Seward's astonishing last will and testament, a twenty-page document that summarizes her life, achievements, and self-definition as a writing woman. Barnard's biography not only challenges what is known about Seward, but provides new information about the lives and times of eighteenth-century writers.