Robert Elsmere (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Edition) PDF Download

Author: Humphry Ward (Mrs)
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1554809703
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Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1554809355
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Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Author: Humphry Ward
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387320612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: Victorian Secrets
ISBN: 190646930X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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First published in 1888, Robert Elsmere was probably the biggest-selling novel of the nineteenth century. Inspired by the religious crises of her father, Ward tells the story of an Oxford clergyman who begins to doubt the doctrines of the Anglican church after he encounters the work of German rationalists. Rather than becoming an atheist, Elsmere pursues the idea of "constructive liberalism," stressing the importance of social work among the poor and uneducated. The Times called it "a clever attack upon revealed religion," and William Gladstone's copy was annotated with objections to Ward's heterodoxy. In the Victorian age, nothing was more likely to generate publicity than religious controversy, and Robert Elsmere became a runaway success. More than one million copies were sold, generating around 4,000 in royalties, which would today put Ward in the millionaire author bracket. Her earning would have been higher if it weren't for the absence of international copyright laws when Robert Elsmere was first published. Many cheap US editions were hurriedly produced to cash in on its success. Some were sold as loss leaders for just 4 cents, and other copies were given away free with every cake of Maine's Balsam Fir Soap, conveying the idea that cleanliness was next to godliness. Out of print for twenty five years, this new edition brings Ward's publishing phenomenon to a new audience. The text is completely reset, and the edition includes: * critical introduction by Miriam Elizabeth Burstein * explanatory notes * excerpts from Gladstone's famous review of Robert Elsmere * extracts from Ward's David Grieve

Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442978899
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698

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Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1554809932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Author: Richard J Helmstadter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349109746
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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Author: Bernard Lightman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000941574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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Scholars have tended to portray T.H. Huxley, John Tyndall, and their allies as the dominant cultural authority in the second half of the 19th century. Defenders of Darwin and his theory of evolution, these men of science are often seen as a potent force for the secularization of British intellectual and social life. In this collection of essays Bernard Lightman argues that historians have exaggerated the power of scientific naturalism to undermine the role of religion in middle and late-Victorian Britain. The essays deal with the evolutionary naturalists, especially the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, the physicist John Tyndall, and the philosopher of evolution, Herbert Spencer. But they look also at those who criticized this influential group of elite intellectuals, including aristocratic spokesman A. J Balfour, the novelist Samuel Butler, and the popularizer of science Frank Buckland. Focusing on the theme of the limitations of the cultural power of evolutionary naturalism, the volume points to the enduring strength of religion in Britain in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
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Languages : en
Pages : 582

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