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Author: George Augustus Sala Publisher: ISBN: 9781331061175 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 410
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Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala In these days, when almost everybody appears to be burning with the desire to let all the world know what he has been doing from the time of his birth downwards, it is not quite an easy matter to determine what title should most appropriately be bestowed on a narrative of a long career. I venture to think that of such titles as "Reminiscences," "Memories of the Past," "Fifty Years (more or less) of My Life," "Looking Back," and so forth, we have had enough and to spare. A goodly number of my admired contemporaries, living and dead, have published their autobiographies; and to these they have attached appellations, some of which it is very possible that I should have chosen myself; but, after long consideration, I determined to give to these volumes the name under which they are now submitted to the public - namely, my "Life and Adventures." As to the life, it has been mercifully prolonged to a period far more protracted than could reasonably be expected in the case of an individual who was a wretchedly sickly child, and who has led, in every sense of the term, the hardest of lives, in all kinds of climates, in most parts of the civilised world. Whether that life has been an adventurous one it must be left for my readers to determine. It is quite possible that I have unnecessarily amplified, to the extent of half-a-dozen pages, events which might well have been dismissed in as many lines; and that I have exaggerated beyond all rational measure things of very trifling moment. 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.
Author: George Augustus Sala Publisher: ISBN: 9781331061175 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 410
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala In these days, when almost everybody appears to be burning with the desire to let all the world know what he has been doing from the time of his birth downwards, it is not quite an easy matter to determine what title should most appropriately be bestowed on a narrative of a long career. I venture to think that of such titles as "Reminiscences," "Memories of the Past," "Fifty Years (more or less) of My Life," "Looking Back," and so forth, we have had enough and to spare. A goodly number of my admired contemporaries, living and dead, have published their autobiographies; and to these they have attached appellations, some of which it is very possible that I should have chosen myself; but, after long consideration, I determined to give to these volumes the name under which they are now submitted to the public - namely, my "Life and Adventures." As to the life, it has been mercifully prolonged to a period far more protracted than could reasonably be expected in the case of an individual who was a wretchedly sickly child, and who has led, in every sense of the term, the hardest of lives, in all kinds of climates, in most parts of the civilised world. Whether that life has been an adventurous one it must be left for my readers to determine. It is quite possible that I have unnecessarily amplified, to the extent of half-a-dozen pages, events which might well have been dismissed in as many lines; and that I have exaggerated beyond all rational measure things of very trifling moment. 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.
Author: George Augustus Sala Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780265448366 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 788
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Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala: Written by Himself, With Portrait of the Author I have had not a few dull moments during my life, and have had to pass through some periods of utter misery and seeming despair; but, on the whole, I can say that during the last sixty years I have found life much more amusing than dismal. I am no philosopher but I believe that it is after a manner philosophical to laugh whenever you possibly are able to indulge in harmless merriment. I am not what is ordinarily called a comic writer, and I should not be surprised if many of my brother authors, and more of my readers, have long set me down as the dullest of dull dogs; still I have found during the last two generations an infinity of things to laugh at, and now and again it may be that I have found people to laugh with me as well as at me. 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.
Author: George Augustus Sala Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 496
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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Cassell and Company, Limited in London, Paris & Melbourne, 1895.
Author: Peter Blake Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 131712877X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 297
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In his study of the journalist George Augustus Sala, Peter Blake discusses the way Sala’s personal style, along with his innovations in form, influenced the New Journalism at the end of the nineteenth century. Blake places Sala at the centre of nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals and examines his prolific contributions to newspapers and periodicals in the context of contemporary debates and issues surrounding his work. Sala’s journalistic style, Blake argues, was a product of the very different mediums in which he worked, whether it was the visual arts, bohemian journalism, novels, pornographic plays, or travel writing. Harkening back to a time when journalism and fiction were closely connected, Blake’s book not only expands our understanding of one of the more prominent and interesting journalists and personalities of the nineteenth century, but also sheds light on prominent nineteenth-century writers and artists such as Charles Dickens, Mathew Arnold, William Powell Frith, Henry Vizetelly, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
Author: Dean Mahomet Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520918517 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher's portrayal of Mahomet's sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half a century, Mahomet started what was probably the first Indian restaurant in England and then enjoyed a distinguished career as a practitioner of "oriental" medicine, i.e., therapeutic massage and herbal steam bath, in London and the seaside resort of Brighton. This is a fascinating account of life in late eighteenth-century India—the first book written in English by an Indian—framed by a mini-biography of a remarkably versatile entrepreneur. Travels presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Connoisseurs of unusual travel narratives, historians of England, Ireland, and British India, as well as literary scholars of autobiography and colonial discourse will find much in this book. But it also offers an engaging biography of a resourceful, multidimensional individual.
Author: Andrew King Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317042301 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 637
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The 2017 winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of scholarship on nineteenth-century British periodicals, this volume surveys the current state of research and offers researchers an in-depth examination of contemporary methodologies. The impact of digital media and archives on the field informs all discussions of the print archive. Contributors illustrate their arguments with examples and contextualize their topics within broader areas of study, while also reflecting on how the study of periodicals may evolve in the future. The Handbook will serve as a valuable resource for scholars and students of nineteenth-century culture who are interested in issues of cultural formation, transformation, and transmission in a developing industrial and globalizing age, as well as those whose research focuses on the bibliographical and the micro case study. In addition to rendering a comprehensive review and critique of current research on nineteenth-century British periodicals, the Handbook suggests new avenues for research in the twenty-first century. "This volume's 30 chapters deal with practically every aspect of periodical research and with the specific topics and audiences the 19th-century periodical press addressed. It also covers matters such as digitization that did not exist or were in early development a generation ago. In addition to the essays, readers will find 50 illustrations, 54 pages of bibliography, and a chronology of the periodical press. This book gives seemingly endless insights into the ways periodicals and newspapers influenced and reflected 19th-century culture. It not only makes readers aware of problems involved in interpreting the history of the press but also offers suggestions for ways of untangling them and points the direction for future research. It will be a valuable resource for readers with interests in almost any aspect of 19th-century Britain. Summing Up: Highly recommended" - J. D. Vann, University of North Texas in CHOICE
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