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Are Parents People? (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Are Parents People? (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R221 Discovery Miles 2 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are Parents People? (1924) is a collection of stories by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's suffrage, Miller explores themes of independence, agency, and female desire while illuminating the subject of divorce. Her work was adapted into a 1925 comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, and Adolphe Menjou. "There they were-her mother looking down at her so calmly from the gallery and her father waiting so confidently for her below, each unaware of the other's presence. What in thunder was she going to do?" As the chairman of her school's self-government committee, Lita Hazlitt is a young woman committed to order. Seeing her parents in the same room for the first time since their acrimonious divorce, she longs for them to reunite so that their family can return to its former state. When her attempts at reconciliation fall on deaf ears, Lita begins to act out, threatening her parents with scandal by spending time with an older, married man. In each of its nine stories, Are Parents People? explores the politics of divorce in middle to upper class American families. Witty and heartbreaking, Miller's work is an utterly human look at the shortcomings of marriage in modern life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Are Parents People? is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Women are People! (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Women are People! (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R142 Discovery Miles 1 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Women Are People! (1917) is a collection of poems by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's suffrage, Miller published many of these poems individually in the New York Tribune before compiling them into this larger work. Focusing on the opposition of politicians and citizens alike, Miller makes a compelling and frequently hilarious case for the extension of voting rights to women across the nation. With her keen eye for hypocrisy and even keener ear for the rhythms of the English language, Alice Miller Duer crafts a poetry both personal and political. In "Liberty," she lampoons the hypocrisy of men who praise the goddess of Liberty while denying women access to basic human rights: "O Liberty, how many men there are / Who do you honour in a flowing phrase, / In martial measures and in patriot lays, / Invoking you as a goddess and as star/ [...] / But when you first approach them, when you turn / On their pale eyes your eyes' unwavering light, / [...] / They fly before you, crying in their fright: / 'Arrest this wild-eyed jade! Police! Police!'" In these lighthearted lines, Miller satirizes the exclusion of women from American democracy. Succinctly and convincingly, with humor and with lyric grace, Miller makes her case for suffrage and the rights of women very clear. As she expresses in her ironic title, women are indeed people-despite the lengths to which they must repeatedly go to prove it. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Women Are People! is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Come Out of the Kitchen (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Come Out of the Kitchen (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R167 Discovery Miles 1 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) is a novel by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's rights, Miller presents a romantic comedy exploring the effects of class and gender on love, friendship, and work. Adapted for theater and film, Come Out of the Kitchen is a charming novel from a writer whose reputation as a popular poet should extend to her fiction as well. Arriving in the South, Mr. Burton, a successful young businessman, meets with a local real estate agent to inquire about renting a property for the summer. Interested in an old mansion, he is eager to sign the contract-only one strange detail prompts his hesitation. If he would like to stay there, he will need to employ the four domestic servants already living at the property. Desperate to settle down, Burton agrees to meet with them first: the butler, a kind and intelligent man; the cook, a beautiful woman; the housemaid, a sullen young lady; and a young boy whose job is to do everything else. Slightly unsettled by their manners and accents, Burton agrees to keep them on and soon makes his way to the mansion, where he immediately plans to host a small party of friends. When the day of the party arrives, however, the behavior of the servants begins to change. Come Out of the Kitchen is an entertaining romantic comedy from Alice Duer Miller, whose political work as a women's rights activist informs her characters and their frequently humorous interactions. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Come Out of the Kitchen is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Ladies Must Live (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Ladies Must Live (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R142 Discovery Miles 1 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ladies Must Live (1917) is a novel by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's rights, Miller presents a romantic comedy exploring the effects of class and gender on love, friendship, and work. Adapted for theater and film, Ladies Must Live is a charming novel from a writer whose reputation as a popular poet should extend to her fiction as well. "Certain human beings are admitted to have a genius for discrimination in such matters as objects of art, pigs or stocks. Mrs. Ussher had this same instinct in regard to fashion, especially where fashions in people were concerned. She turned toward hidden social availability very much as the douser's hazel wand turns toward the hidden spring. When she crossed the room to speak to some woman after dinner, whatever that woman's social position might formerly have been, you could be sure that at present she was on the upward wing." At a gathering of prominent socialites, a story of ambition and romance emerges. While Christine longs to marry the soon-to-be-divorced Ralph, she finds herself in competition with Nancy, a woman she detests. As the night goes on, discussions over wealth, women's rights, and politics turn heated, engagements are made and broken, and a tragic event changes hearts and minds forever. Ladies Must Live is both a romantic comedy and a biting critique on social convention from Alice Duer Miller, whose political work as a women's rights activist informs her characters and their frequently contentious interactions. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Ladies Must Live is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Are Women People? (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Are Women People? (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R142 Discovery Miles 1 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are Women People? (1915) is a collection of poems by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's suffrage, Miller published many of these poems individually in the New York Tribune before compiling them into this larger work. Focusing on the opposition of politicians and citizens alike, Miller makes a compelling case for the extension of voting rights to women across the nation. With her keen eye for hypocrisy and even keener ear for the rhythms of the English language, Alice Miller Duer crafts a poetry both personal and political. In "Representation," she lampoons the notion that men's votes and voices are capable of representing the viewpoints of the women in their lives: "My present wife's a suffragist, and counts on my support, / [...] / One grandmother is on the fence, the other much opposed, / And my sister lives in Oregon, and thinks the question's closed; / Each one is counting on my vote to represent her view. / Now what should you think proper for a gentleman to do?" In these lighthearted lines, Miller satirizes the exclusion of women from American democracy, which inherently supposes that womanhood is monolithic, containing no opposing points of view. In "To President Wilson," Miller excoriates the President for his focus on militarism and foreign policy, asking "How can you plead so earnestly for men / Who fight their own fight with a bloody hand; / [...] and then / Forget the women of your native land?" Succinctly and convincingly, Miller makes her case for women's suffrage. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Are Women People? is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Are Parents People? (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller Are Parents People? (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller; Contributions by Mint Editions
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are Parents People? (1924) is a collection of stories by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's suffrage, Miller explores themes of independence, agency, and female desire while illuminating the subject of divorce. Her work was adapted into a 1925 comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, and Adolphe Menjou. "There they were-her mother looking down at her so calmly from the gallery and her father waiting so confidently for her below, each unaware of the other's presence. What in thunder was she going to do?" As the chairman of her school's self-government committee, Lita Hazlitt is a young woman committed to order. Seeing her parents in the same room for the first time since their acrimonious divorce, she longs for them to reunite so that their family can return to its former state. When her attempts at reconciliation fall on deaf ears, Lita begins to act out, threatening her parents with scandal by spending time with an older, married man. In each of its nine stories, Are Parents People? explores the politics of divorce in middle to upper class American families. Witty and heartbreaking, Miller's work is an utterly human look at the shortcomings of marriage in modern life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Duer Miller's Are Parents People? is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Manslaughter (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Manslaughter (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Burglar and the Blizzard - A Christmas Story (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The Burglar and the Blizzard - A Christmas Story (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The White Cliffs (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The White Cliffs (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Come Out of the Kitchen (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Come Out of the Kitchen (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Are Women People - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller Are Women People - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Are Women People - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Are Women People - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Manslaughter (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller Manslaughter (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller
R994 Discovery Miles 9 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Manslaughter (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Manslaughter (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Are Women People?: Alice Duer Miller Are Women People?
Alice Duer Miller
R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beauty And The Bolshevist (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller The Beauty And The Bolshevist (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller
R848 Discovery Miles 8 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beauty and the Bolshevist (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The Beauty and the Bolshevist (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R265 Discovery Miles 2 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Are Parents People? (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Are Parents People? (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Less Than Kin (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller Less Than Kin (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Woman are People: Alice Duer Miller Woman are People
Alice Duer Miller
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Less Than Kin (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller Less Than Kin (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beauty And The Bolshevist (Paperback): Alice Duer Miller The Beauty And The Bolshevist (Paperback)
Alice Duer Miller
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Hardcover): Alice Duer Miller The Happiest Time of Their Lives (Hardcover)
Alice Duer Miller
R918 Discovery Miles 9 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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