Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1204327154
Catharine and Other Writings
Jane Austen
Catharine And Other Writings
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Catharine and Other Writings
Jane Austen
Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1075 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191611131
Catharine and Other Writings by Jane Austen Pdf
Jane Austen began writing in her early teens, and filled three notebooks with her fiction. Her earliest work reflects her interest in the novel as a genre; in brilliant short pieces she plays with plots, stock characters, diction, and style, developing a sense of form at a remarkably early age. The characters of these stories have a jaunty and never-failing devotion to themselves. They perpetually lie, cheat, steal - and occasionally commit murder. Throughout these short or unfinished pieces, Austen exhibits her sense of the preposterous in life and fiction with tough-mindedness and robust humour. Alice, the mock-heroine of Jack and Alice has `many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them'. In her later published fiction, Austen had learned to take demands for propriety seriously, reining in whatever might be thought boisterous or coarse. Here we see Jane Austen without her inhibitions. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection also contains many of Jane Austen's poems, written to amuse or console friends, and rarely reprinted. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts and edited to give a number of new readings. The notes recreate the texture of daily life in Jane Austen's age, and demonstrate her knowledge of the fiction of her time. The introduction by Margaret Anne Doody sets the writings within the context of Jane Austen's life and literary career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Catharine Trotter's The Adventures of a Young Lady and Other Works
Catharine Trotter
Author : Catharine Trotter
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0754609677
Catharine Trotter's The Adventures of a Young Lady and Other Works by Catharine Trotter Pdf
This unique volume collects together all the writings of Catharine Trotter printed before 1701. It includes a novella, The Adventures of a Young Lady (1693); two performed tragedies, Agnes de Castro (1696) and Fatal Friendship (1698); 'Calliope: The Heroick Muse' from 'The Nine Muses' (1700), a collection of poems by women on the death of John Dryden; and two poems printed with plays by other female playwrights: To Mrs. Manley. By the Author of Agnes de Castro from Delarivier Manley's 'The Royal Mischief' (1696) and Epilogue: Written by Mrs. Trotter. Spoken by Miss Porter from Mary Pix's 'Queen Catharine' (1698).
Backwoods of Canada
Catharine Parr Traill,Michael A. Peterman
Author : Catharine Parr Traill,Michael A. Peterman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773574038
Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill,Michael A. Peterman Pdf
Catharine Parr Strickland Traill (1802-1899) emigrated from Great Britain to Upper Canada in 1832 with her husband Thomas Traill, a retired army officer. The Backwoods of Canada (1836), Catharine1s epistolary narrative based on her experiences in the country north of Peterborough in the years immediately following her arrival in North America, is an important record of nineteenth-century pioneering and a rich personal memoir of a woman. It has become a foundation work of Canadian Iiterature.
Catharine, or The Bower
Jane Austen
Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788728196014
Catharine, or The Bower by Jane Austen Pdf
What do we usually find in Jane Austen's novels? At least one girl with a conflict and a handsome man or two to rush in and save the day. If nothing else, Jane was a romantic through and through! Catharine is a young orphan being raised in the country. Her best friends are the four children of the vicar. After the vicar’s death, they have been sent off to various locations to make their way in the world. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley come to visit Catharine and her guardian aunt. They have a daughter Camilla, and a handsome son Edward. Camilla and Catharine become friends and Camilla is sure that Catharine and Edward will become a couple. The heroine, Catharine Percival, is young and naive, but intelligent and spirited. Although she is an orphan, as befits the heroine of a novel written in the late eighteenth century, she is hampered in her adventures by her loving aunt who is overprotective and fearful of the world Catharine is soon visiting London as well. Will she reunite with her old friends? Will Catharine and Edward become a couple or will something from the past force them apart? Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most beloved British writers of all time. During her short life she published six novels: ́Sense and Sensibility ́, ́Pride and Prejudice ́, ́Mansfield Park ́, ́Emma ́, ́Northanger Abbey ́ and ́Persuasion ́, that are all considered as literary classics today. Her writing is full of sharp observations on the society in which she evolved, as well as ripe with timeless irony, and a solid dose of humour. She has created immortal characters that have inspired countless authors, novels, and movies such as Bridget Jones and Clueless. The most notable film adapted from a Jane Austen novel is Pride and Prejudice from 2005 starring Keira Knightley ( known from Pirates of the Caribbean) and Matthew Macfadyen.
Catharine, Or, The Bower
Jane Austen,Juliet McMaster,Reka Serfozo
Author : Jane Austen,Juliet McMaster,Reka Serfozo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Children's writings, English
ISBN : 0969827164
Catharine, Or, The Bower by Jane Austen,Juliet McMaster,Reka Serfozo Pdf
This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her friends, and are unavailable in any other single volume. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Unfinished Austen: Interpreting "Catharine", "Lady Susan", "The Watsons" and "Sanditon"
Joanne Wilkes
Author : Joanne Wilkes
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781839986031
Unfinished Austen: Interpreting "Catharine", "Lady Susan", "The Watsons" and "Sanditon" by Joanne Wilkes Pdf
Unfinished Austen examines four texts that Jane Austen left incomplete: Catharine, or the Bower (1792–-3), Lady Susan (1795?), The Watsons (1803–-4?) and Sanditon (1817), none of them published till well after her death. Since very little in manuscript form survives from the six famous novels, these four manuscript texts offer insight into the novelist in the process of creation. They also problematize the romance plot prominent in the published novels by presenting this in a nebulous or incipient state that underlines its artificiality. These texts sometimes show how the romance plot is inflected by the financial condition in which young marriageable women can find themselves. Moreover, the stories (other than Catharine) have aroused the interest of many later writers—including writers for theatre and screen—who are eager to complete or to amplify them. They may do this through developing the stories to some kind of dénouement. Perhaps more intriguingly, however, these texts induce some writers to question the very enterprise of concluding an unfinished text.
Catherine House
Elisabeth Thomas
Author : Elisabeth Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062905802
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Pdf
“[A] delicious literary Gothic debut.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, EDITORS' CHOICE “Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with each hypnotic step.” – THE WASHINGTON POST A Most Anticipated Novel by Entertainment Weekly • New York magazine • Cosmopolitan • The Atlantic • Forbes • Good Housekeeping • Parade • Better Homes and Gardens • HuffPost • Buzzfeed • Newsweek • Harper’s Bazaar • Ms. Magazine • Woman's Day • PopSugar • and more! A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her school’s promise of prestige. Trust us, you belong here. Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world’s best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price. Students are required to give the House three years—summers included—completely removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or anyone they desire. Among this year’s incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual discipline—only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the school’s enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine. For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she’s ever had. But the House’s strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines begins to suspect that the school—in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history, advanced theories, and controlled decadence—might be hiding a dangerous agenda within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most promising and mysterious curriculum. Combining the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Catherine House is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn
Ruth Boeker
Author : Ruth Boeker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009058377
Catharine Trotter Cockburn by Ruth Boeker Pdf
This Element offers the first detailed study of Catharine Trotter Cockburn's philosophy and covers her contributions to philosophical debates in epistemology, metaphysics, moral philosophy, and philosophy of religion. It not only examines Cockburn's view that sensation and reflection are the sources of knowledge, but also how she draws attention to the limitations of human understanding and how she approaches metaphysical debates through this lens. In the area of moral philosophy, this Element argues that it is helpful to take seriously Cockburn's distinction between questions concerning the metaphysical foundation of morality and questions concerning the practice of morality. Moreover, this Element examines Cockburn's religious views and considers her understanding of the relation between morality and religion and her religious views concerning the resurrection and the afterlife.
Sisters in the Wilderness
Charlotte Gray
Author : Charlotte Gray
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143181309
Sisters in the Wilderness by Charlotte Gray Pdf
Catharine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie are icons of the Canadian imagination. Yet most of what we know of these two English gentlewomen who spent their adult lives struggling in Britain’s harsh and vigorous colony comes from their own self-consciously crafted writings and from other writers’ sometimes fanciful depictions of them. But what were the women behind the authorial voices really like? In Sisters in the Wilderness, award-winning author Charlotte Gray breathes life into two remarkable and fascinating characters and brings us a vivid picture of life in the backwoods of Upper Canada.
Cherokee Sister
Catharine Brown
Author : Catharine Brown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496209023
Cherokee Sister by Catharine Brown Pdf
Catharine Brown (1800?-1823) became Brainerd Mission School's first Cherokee convert to Christianity, a missionary teacher, and the first Native American woman whose own writings saw extensive publication in her lifetime. After her death from tuberculosis at age twenty-three, the missionary organization that had educated and later employed Brown commissioned a posthumous biography, Memoir of Catharine Brown, which enjoyed widespread contemporary popularity and praise. In the following decade, her writings, along with those of other educated Cherokees, became highly politicized and were used in debates about the removal of the Cherokees and other tribes to Indian Territory. Although she was once viewed by literary critics as a docile and dominated victim of missionaries who represented the tragic fate of Indians who abandoned their identities, Brown is now being reconsidered as a figure of enduring Cherokee revitalization, survival, adaptability, and leadership. In Cherokee Sister Theresa Strouth Gaul collects all of Brown's writings, consisting of letters and a diary, some appearing in print for the first time, as well as Brown's biography and a drama and poems about her. This edition of Brown's collected works and related materials firmly establishes her place in early nineteenth-century culture and her influence on American perceptions of Native Americans.
Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman
Author : Karen Cushman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780395681862
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman Pdf
Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman of good family, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year--the year 1290. A Newbery Honor Book.
Put on the Armour of Light
Catherine Macdonald
Author : Catherine Macdonald
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459715509
Put on the Armour of Light by Catherine Macdonald Pdf
In 1899 Winnipeg, young Reverend Charles Lauchlan, an energetic young minister of a new Presbyterian church, must help an old friend accused of murder. With the help of a Métis policeman, Sergeant Andrew Setter, Charles uses his pastoral skills, and some other skills not taught at the seminary, to solve the crime.
26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6
Catherine Austen
Author : Catherine Austen
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781552779248
26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6 by Catherine Austen Pdf
This hilarious new novel by emerging author Catherine Austen is made up of five interconnected lessons and specially designed to appeal to girl reluctant readers
Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez
Author : Catherine Hernandez
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982146023
Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez Pdf
The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed “Other” into concentration camps. Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event. With her signature “raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful” (Booklist) prose, Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more frightening because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters, Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive, love, and be loved for being your true self.