Author: Margaret Oliphant OliphantPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The autobiography and letters of mrs. M.O.W. Oliphant, arranged and ed. by mrs. H. Coghill
Author: Margaret Oliphant OliphantPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W. Oliphant
Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part I Volume 1
Author: Joanne ShattockPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040129552
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and more than three hundred periodical articles. This is the most ambitious critical edition of her work.
Imperial Boredom
Author: Jeffrey A. AuerbachPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192562304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly spreading commerce and civilization around the globe, this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and lavishly illustrated account suggests instead that boredom was central to the experience of empire. Combining individual stories of pain and perseverance with broader analysis, Professor Auerbach considers what it was actually like to sail to Australia, to serve as a soldier in South Africa, or to accompany a colonial official to the hill stations of India. He reveals that for numerous men and women, from explorers to governors, tourists to settlers, the Victorian Empire was dull and disappointing. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues, Imperial Boredom demonstrates that all across the empire, men and women found the landscapes monotonous, the physical and psychological distance from home debilitating, the routines of everyday life wearisome, and their work tedious and unfulfilling. The empires early years may have been about wonder and marvel, but the Victorian Empire was a far less exciting project. Many books about the British Empire focus on what happened; this book concentrates on how people felt.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: The Spectator
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Blackwood's Magazine
Author: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Author: The British Quarterly Review
Author: Robert VaughanPublisher:
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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