Author: Pamela Hansford JOHNSONPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This Bed Thy Centre, Etc
Author: Pamela Hansford JOHNSONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The English Gardener, Etc
Author: William CobbettThe Complete Kitchen Gardener, and Hot-Bed Forcer, Etc
Author: John ABERCROMBIE (Horticulturist.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Take Up Thy Bed and Walk
Author: Lois KeithPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415937399
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Heidi, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna are all classic "girls' books, " featuring a miracle cure of an invalid character who literally gets up and walks away from illness or paralysis. Such stories were common in Victorian novels and they implicitly conveyed the idea that disability and physical suffering were punishment for wrongdoing: unruly girls could not enter womanhood unless they were tamed, and an accident was the perfect plot device for this transformation. Other characters, like Helen Burns in Jane Eyre or Beth in Little Women, were just too good to live, and died so that another character could be redeemed by their example. Lois Keith points out in this study that the temptation to either cure or kill off disabled characters has surprising tenacity. The widespread belief that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will endures to the present day. In Take Up Thy Bed & Walk, Lois Keith brings her lively and observant eye to the classic books of childhood from Jane Eyre, Heidi, and Pollyanna, to modern American classics such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie and Judy Blume's Deenie. Keith explores the recurring images of impairment and ill health in literature and asks the reader to reconsider the messages they send to a devoted young audience. This book is also a testament to the singular passion with which these books are read by younger readers and reminds us of the intensity of our own reading experience as children.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
Author: James Augustus Henry MurrayPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Etc
Author: Ann Ward RadcliffeThe Publishers' Circular and the Publisher & Bookseller
Author: The Industrial Resources, Etc. of the Southern and Western States
Author: James Dunwoody Brownson De BowPublisher:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Gardening for Cottagers, etc
Author: George GLENNY (the Elder.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Complete guide to pregnancy and child care - The baby manual - PART TWO
Author: Sarah Owen / GardnerPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326207830
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
They say babies don't come with instruction manuals, I tried to change this - this guide will be as close to one as you will get. It will answer questions that you hadn't even thought of. It focuses on conception to 3 years. They say babies don't come with instruction manuals, this guide will be as close to one as you will get It also has sections for you to record your journey and keep as a keepsake, making it an invaluable 2-in-1 complete guide/reference book, that you can keep referring to and a memory book, to keep forever. This book is in 2 parts this is part one. You will also need to purchase part two for the complete book (it is too large to publish as one book).