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Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)' is a comprehensive collection that showcases the remarkable literary talent of a Victorian-era female writer. Gaskell's works often explore social issues, class differences, and the plight of women in society, depicted through vivid characters and engaging plotlines. Her writing style is characterized by its deep emotional resonance, nuanced character development, and insightful social commentary. This collection includes popular novels like 'North and South' and 'Cranford,' as well as shorter works and novellas that highlight Gaskell's versatility as a writer. Gaskell's works are essential reading for those interest...
This book is the first study in English of the multi-volume set of texts and engravings of the Description of Egypt, a work produced following the three-year-long Egyptian campaign led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798. The book challenges the conventional and rather reductive interpretation of the Description that followed Edward Said's Orientalism, as a summation of an orientalist colonial project. It re-centres the Description in the much more complex and dynamic political and intellectual world of France of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century and its colonial aspirations. It follows closely the notes, texts, and illustrations of the contributors to the work, the majority of whom...
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When Denis Ryan a tall well made good looking young man, Who knew where he was going, reached 23 he was manager at his work chained to a desk, This was not the sort of job Denis liked, So he resigned and left to go to Australia, The Australian Police Force were recruiting staff at Australia House in London Denis joins as a Criminal Investigation Officer and heads for a new life in Australia, But as soon as he steps foot on the ship a set of circumstances happen, He meets 3 young girls and they became friends, they found him amusing and decided to stick together and a love affair starts, they found out the real reason Denis prefers to wear boxer shorts, he was a big lad and the girls loved it...
John Britton Dixon was born about 1770. he married Sophia Knight in about 1789. They were living in Beaufort District, South Carolina in 1790. They moved to Florida in about 1805 and claimed land on St. Mary's River. They had five known children. Their son, Britton, was born in about 1810. He married Selene Garrason and they had six known children. Descendants and relatives lived in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Cuba and elsewhere.
In ancient Athens, “idiots” were those selfish citizens who dishonorably declined to participate in the life of the polis, and whose disavowal of the public interest was seen as poor taste and an indication of judgment. Over time, however, the term idiot has shifted from that philosophically uncomplicated definition to an ever-changing sociological signifier, encompassing a wide range of meanings and beliefs for those concerned with intellectual and cognitive disability. Idiocy: A Cultural History offers for the first time a analysis of the concept, drawing on cultural, sociological, scientific, and popular representations ranging from Wordsworth’s “Idiot Boy” and Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge to Down’s “Ethnic classification of idiots.” It tracks how our changing definition of idiocy intersects with demography, political movements, philosophical traditions, economic concerns, and the growth of the medical profession.
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This e-book presents the works of this famous and brilliant writer: - North and South - Wives and Daughters - Cranford - Mary Barton - Ruth - The Life of Charlotte Brontë - The Doom of the Griffiths - Cousin Phillis - My Lady Ludlow - Curious, if True - The Poor Clare - Sylvia's Lovers — The Grey Woman and other Tales - Round the Sofa - The Life of Charlotte Brontë - Half a Life-Time Ago - Lizzie Leigh - The Half-Brothers - The Moorland Cottage - An Accursed Race - A Dark Night's Work - Sylvia's Lovers - Mrs. Gaskell etc. Discover the Timeless Brilliance of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Step into the world of Victorian England with the Collected Works of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. This com...
Offering a combination of psychoanalytic and political analyses of Elizabeth Gaskell's work, this title also presents direct and accomplished chapters on each of the major novels, as well as the major themes in Gaskell's work.
Winner of the Portico Prize Shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the Year High-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and Daughters. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends in London, Europe and America. Standing as a figure caught up in the religious and political radicalism of nineteenth century Britain, the book looks at how Elizabeth observed, from her Manchester home, the brutal but transforming impact of industry, enjoying a social and family life, but...