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Green Gables is the home of lovable Matthew Cuthbert and his stern
sister, Marilla. They agree to adopt a boy to help with the farm
work. Imagine their consternation when Anne Shirley, a girl in her
teens, is sent by the orphanage by mistake!
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Sylvia's Lovers (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Introduction by Esther Alice Chadwick
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R1,107
Discovery Miles 11 070
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But, for all her screen, she felt a pair of eyes were fixed upon
her with a glow of admiration deepening their honest brightness.
Somehow, look in what direction she would, she caught the glance of
those eyes before she could see anything else. So she played with
her apron-strings, and tried not to feel so self-conscious. There
were another pair of eyes,-not such beautiful, sparkling
eyes,-deep-set, earnest, sad, nay even gloomy, watching her every
movement; but of this she was not aware. Philip had not recovered
from the rebuff she had given him by refusing his offered hand, and
was standing still, in angry silence, when Mrs. Corney thrust a
young woman just arrived upon his attention. -from Chapter XII:
"New Year's Fte" As interest in 19th-century English literature by
women has been reinvigorated by a resurgence in popularity of the
works of Jane Austen, readers are rediscovering a writer whose
fiction, once widely beloved, fell by the wayside. British novelist
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL (1810-1865)-whose books were sometimes
initially credited to, simply, "Mrs. Gaskell"-is now recognized as
having created some of the most complex and broadminded depictions
of women in the literature of the age, and is today justly
celebrated for her precocious use of the regional dialect and slang
of England's industrial North. Sylvia's Lovers-Gaskell's fifth
novel, first published in 1863-is the melodramatic tale of a
star-crossed romantic triangle between farmgirl Sylvia Robson and
the two men who love her: her cousin Philip and sailor Charlie
Kinread. Though today considered one of Gaskell's minor works, the
author herself called Sylvia's Lovers "the saddest story I ever
wrote." Friend and literary companion to such figures as Charles
Dickens and Charlotte Bront-the latter of whom Gaskell wrote an
applauded 1857 biography-Gaskell is today being restored to her
rightful place alongside her. This delightful replica volume is an
excellent opportunity for 21st-century fans of British literature
to embrace one of its most unjustly forgotten authors.
Choose your colours, unleash your creativity and lose yourself in a
wonderful coloured universe. As you focus on colouring in and
forget the stresses of everyday life, you'll find calm returning.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) lost her mother at an early age and was
sent to live with her aunt in Knutsford, a country town outside
Manchester which is often thought to bear a notable resemblance to
the fictional Cranford. In this engaging biography, Esther Alice
Chadwick (1862-1929) shows how many historical facts of Gaskell's
life influenced her novels and stories - from the character of her
home town to the sudden disappearance of her brother in India.
Originally published in 1910, this was the first full biography of
the author; the revised edition of 1913 is reissued here. It
includes additional research, illustrations, and excerpts from
Gaskell's letters, which provide a touching glimpse into the life
of a writer who often felt herself torn between her intellectual
and domestic duties. Still a major source for modern biographies,
Chadwick's book remains an authoritative source for scholars and
students of English literature.
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