Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Wives and Daughters: Mint Editions

Autor Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 feb 2021
"My dear why don't you ask him to dinner here? A little quiet dinner, you know. Cook is quite up to it; and we would all of us wear blacks and lilacs; he couldn't consider that as gaiety." Mr. Gibson took no more notice of these suggestions than by shaking his head. He had grown accustomed to his wife by this time, and regarded silence on his own part as a great preservative against long inconsequential arguments. But every time that Mrs. Gibson was struck by Cynthia's beauty, she thought it more and more advisable that Mr. Osbourne Hamley should be cheered up by a quiet little dinner-party. As yet no one but the ladies of Hollingford and Mr. Ashton, the vicar-that hopeless and impracticable old bachelor-had seen Cynthia; and what was the good of having a lovely daughter, if there were none but old women to admire her? -from Chapter XIX: "Cynthia's Arrival" 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. Wives and Daughters, Gaskell's sixth and final novel, was originally serialized in Cornhill Magazine between 1864 and 1866, and was not quite finished at the time of the author's death. The story, of shy Molly Gibson and her far more spirited stepsister, Cynthia, and the men who vie for their hands, remains incomplete, but this edition features notes from the Cornhill editor regarding Gaskell's plans for the tale's ending. Friend and literary companion to such figures as Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte-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."
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (17) 3107 lei  22-36 zile +1720 lei  5-11 zile
  Wordsworth Classics – 31 oct 1999 3107 lei  22-36 zile +1720 lei  5-11 zile
  CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform – 8876 lei  22-36 zile
  11672 lei  22-36 zile
  11724 lei  22-36 zile
  Mint Editions – feb 2021 14796 lei  22-36 zile
  Double 9 Books – dec 2024 16315 lei  22-36 zile +4085 lei  5-11 zile
  17672 lei  22-36 zile
  CREATESPACE – 18354 lei  22-36 zile
  22497 lei  22-36 zile
  23261 lei  22-36 zile
  CREATESPACE – 11500 lei  43-57 zile
  CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform – 12340 lei  43-57 zile
  12597 lei  43-57 zile
  14006 lei  43-57 zile
  18356 lei  43-57 zile
  Book Jungle – 8 mar 2010 29478 lei  43-57 zile
  Echo Library – 30 sep 2006 51301 lei  38-44 zile
Hardback (2) 21254 lei  22-36 zile
  Mint Editions – 9 feb 2021 21254 lei  22-36 zile
  COSIMO INC – dec 2008 30865 lei  43-57 zile

Din seria Mint Editions

Preț: 21254 lei

Puncte Express: 319

Preț estimativ în valută:
3763 4381$ 3269£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 02-16 februarie

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781513204659
ISBN-10: 1513204653
Pagini: 630
Dimensiuni: 132 x 209 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.81 kg
Editura: Mint Editions
Seria Mint Editions


Notă biografică

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English author who wrote biographies, short stories, and novels. Because her work often depicted the lives of Victorian society, including the individual effects of the Industrial Revolution, Gaskell has impacted the fields of both literature and history. While Gaskell is now a revered author, she was criticized and overlooked during her lifetime, dismissed by other authors and critics because of her gender. However, after her death, Gaskell earned a respected legacy and is credited to have paved the way for feminist movements.