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No Modernism Without Lesbians

Diana Souhami
No Modernism Without Lesbians Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781786694850

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A Sunday Times Book of the Year Winner of the Polari Prize 'A book about love, identity, acceptance and the freedom to write, paint, compose and wear corduroy breeches with gaiters. To swear, kiss, publish and be damned. It is vastly entertaining and often moving... There isn't a page without an entertaining vignette' The Times. The extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, Between the Wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves their stories into those of the four central women to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-War Paris. 'One of the best books I've read this year.' James Bridle

Wild Girls

Diana Souhami
Wild Girls Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0312366604

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Wild Girls is the critically acclaimed true story of two wealthy American heiresses---one an artist, the other a writer---whose stormy, passionate love affair captivated Paris’s salon set between the wars. Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks were rich, American, eccentric, and grandly lesbian. They met in Paris in 1915, and their relationship lasted more than fifty years, despite infidelity, separation, and temperamental differences. Romaine Brooks, a painter, was the product of an unhappy childhood and trusted no one but Natalie. Natalie Barney was passionate about life, sex, and love. Her Friday afternoon salons, attended by Gertrude Stein, and Colette and Edith Sitwell, were a magnet for social introductions and cultural innovations. Drawing from letters, papers, and paintings, Diana Souhami, the award-winning author of Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter, re-creates the lives and loves of this pair of dazzling and wild women. “Epic romance . . . smartly sex-positive and so good-naturedly shocking.” ---The New York Times Book Review “Real tenderness and pathos . . . not only entertaining but affecting reading.” ---The Washington Post “Their friends were the most bohemian, their parties the most risqué, their tortured love affair the most notorious in Europe. Diana Souhami tells a remarkable tale.” ---The Sunday Telegraph (UK)

These Violent Delights

Micah Nemerever
These Violent Delights Book PDF

Author : Micah Nemerever
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062963659

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A Literary Hub Best Book of Year • A Crime Reads Best Debut of the Year • A Newsweek 25 Best Fall Books • A Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Big Books for the Fall • An O Magazine.com LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape in 2020 Selection • An Electric Lit Most Anticipated Debut of the Second Half of 2020 • A Paperback Paris Best New LGBTQ+ Books To Read This Year Selection • A Passport Best Book of the Month The Secret History meets Lie with Me in Micah Nemerever's compulsively readable debut novel—a feverishly taut Hitchcockian story about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence. When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it’s with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and incomprehensible to his grieving family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate’s effortless charm. Paul sees Julian as his sole intellectual equal—an ally against the conventional world he finds so suffocating. Paul will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of their friendship, because with Julian life is more invigorating than Paul could ever have imagined. But as charismatic as he can choose to be, Julian is also volatile and capriciously cruel, and Paul becomes increasingly afraid that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him. As their friendship spirals into all-consuming intimacy, they each learn the lengths to which the other will go in order to stay together, their obsession ultimately hurtling them toward an act of irrevocable violence. Unfolding with a propulsive ferocity, These Violent Delights is an exquisitely plotted excavation of the depths of human desire and the darkness it can bring forth in us.

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall

Diana Souhami
The Trials of Radclyffe Hall Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781497683341

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The Trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami Pdf

Diana Souhami’s Lambda Award–winning biography is a fascinating look at one of the twentieth century’s most intriguing lesbian literary figures. Born in 1880, Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall was a young unwanted child when her parents put an end to their tempestuous marriage by filing for divorce. She had already made tentative forays into lesbian love when her father died, leaving her an heiress at eighteen. Her income assured, Hall moved out of her mother’s house, renamed herself John in honor of her great-great-grandfather, and divided her time among hunting, traveling, and pursuing women. She began to write—songs, poetry, prose, and short stories—and achieved success as a novelist, but it was with the publication of The Well of Loneliness in 1928 that Radclyffe Hall became an internationally known figure. Dubbed the “bible of lesbianism,” the book caused a scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. Though moralistic in tone, because of its subject matter it was tried as obscene in America and in the United Kingdom, where it was censored under the Obscene Publications Act. The Trials of Radclyffe Hall is a fascinating, no-holds-barred account of the life of this controversial woman, including her torrid relationship with the married artist Una Troubridge, who was Hall’s devoted partner for twenty-eight years.

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall
The Well of Loneliness Book PDF

Author : Radclyffe Hall
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473374089

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The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Pdf

This early work by Radclyffe Hall was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Well of Loneliness' is a novel that follows an upper-class Englishwoman who falls in love with another woman while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born on 12th August 1880, in Bournemouth, England. Hall's first novel The Unlit Lamp (1924) was a lengthy and grim tale that proved hard to sell. It was only published following the success of the much lighter social comedy The Forge (1924), which made the best-seller list of John O'London's Weekly. Hall is a key figure in lesbian literature for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). This is her only work with overt lesbian themes and tells the story of the life of a masculine lesbian named Stephen Gordon.

Gertrude and Alice

Diana Souhami
Gertrude and Alice Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780878850

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Gertrude and Alice by Diana Souhami Pdf

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Tokas were the talk of pre-war Paris. Photographed by Cecil Beaton and Man Ray, painted by Picasso and written about by Hemingway, they were at the heart of Parisian cultural and literary life. Alice, convinced that Gertrude was a genius, cooked for her, typed her manuscripts and fought to obtain the fame she was convinced Gertrude was due. Alice said Gertrude was the happiest person she had ever known, and was besotted with her for the many years they were together. They were indomitable, charismatic, and wildly eccentric, driving around in ‘Auntie', their Ford, with Basket, their cherished poodle. In Gertrude and Alice, award-winning writer Diana Souhami brings these two extraordinary women, and the fascinating world in which they moved, to vivid life.

When I Grow Up...Great Leaders

DK
When I Grow Up Great Leaders Book PDF

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780744022735

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When I Grow Up...Great Leaders by DK Pdf

How do little kids grow up to become inspiring leaders? Find out in this beautiful board book for little ones with big dreams. Everyone, from Nelson Mandela to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was once a small child learning about the world. Read how a diverse array of kids discovered what they were passionate about, worked hard, and followed their dreams to make a positive difference as adults. With adorable illustrations of leaders as young kids, then as inspiring adults, these leaders will seem like friends to your little one, and kids will see that great leadership and change really can be achieved by anyone. Meet lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg who learned the value of education and independence from her mother, young Nelson Mandela whose childhood experiences led him to challenge racist behavior, Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi as he grew from a shy young boy into a respected leader who let peaceful protests do the talking, and Emmeline Pankhurst whose understanding of the world motivated her to fight for gender equality. Let your little one turn the pages and see that, like these incredible individuals, they can strive for positive change, make a difference, and become successful leaders of the future. Turn the pages and be inspired by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nelson Mandela, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosemarie Kuptana, Martin Luther King, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Edith Cavell

Diana Souhami
Edith Cavell Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781623652395

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Edith Cavell by Diana Souhami Pdf

Edith Cavell was born on 4th December 1865, daughter of the vicar of Swardeston in Norfolk, and shot in Brussels on 12th October 1915 by the Germans for sheltering British and French soldiers and helping them escape over the Belgian border. Following a traditional village childhood in 19th century England, Edith worked as a governess in the UK and abroad, before training as a nurse in London in 1895. To Edith, nursing was a duty, a vocation, but above all a service. By 1907, she had travelled most of Europe and become matron of her own hospital in Belgium, where, under her leadership, a ramshackle hospital with few staff and little organization became a model nursing school. When war broke out, Edith helped soldiers to escape the war by giving them jobs in her hospital, finding clothing and organizing safe passage into Holland. In all, she assisted over two hundred men. When her secret work was discovered, Edith was put on trial and sentenced to death by firing squad. She uttered only 130 words in her defense. A devout Christian, the evening before her death, she asked to be remembered as a nurse, not a hero or a martyr, and prayed to be fit for heaven. When news of Edith's death reached Britain, army recruitment doubled. After the war, Edith's body was returned to the UK by train and every station through which the coffin passed was crowded with mourners. Diana Souhami brings one of the Great War's finest heroes to life in this biography of a hardworking, courageous and independent woman.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Book PDF

Author : Jeanette Winterson
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802198723

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author’s Whitbread Prize–winning debut—“Winterson has mastered both comedy and tragedy in this rich little novel” (The Washington Post Book World). When it first appeared, Jeanette Winterson’s extraordinary debut novel received unanimous international praise, including the prestigious Whitbread Prize for best first fiction. Winterson went on to fulfill that promise, producing some of the most dazzling fiction and nonfiction of the past decade, including her celebrated memoir Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?. Now required reading in contemporary literature, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a funny, poignant exploration of a young girl’s adolescence. Jeanette is a bright and rebellious orphan who is adopted into an evangelical household in the dour, industrial North of England and finds herself embroidering grim religious mottoes and shaking her little tambourine for Jesus. But as this budding missionary comes of age, and comes to terms with her unorthodox sexuality, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household dissolves. Jeanette’s insistence on listening to truths of her own heart and mind—and on reporting them with wit and passion—makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving passage into adulthood. “If Flannery O’Connor and Rita Mae Brown had collaborated on the coming-out story of a young British girl in the 1960s, maybe they would have approached the quirky and subtle hilarity of Jeanette Winterson’s autobiographical first novel. . . . Winterson’s voice, with its idiosyncratic wit and sensitivity, is one you’ve never heard before.” —Ms. Magazine

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas Book PDF

Author : Gertrude Stein
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:8596547385608

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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein Pdf

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a book by Gertrude Stein, written in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas. Alice was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner Gertrude Stein. The book starts with Alice's days in San Francisco, before she moved to France, then describes her moving to Paris, meeting Gertrude, and starting their life together. The book had mixed reception, both among critics and Stein's friends, but the success of it was great. Today it is ranked it as one of the 20 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein's writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce's Ulysses and to Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

Coconut Chaos

Diana Souhami
Coconut Chaos Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780878751

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Coconut Chaos by Diana Souhami Pdf

At dawn on 27 April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on the quarterdeck. This seemingly insignificant act resulted in mutiny, chaos and a chain of events that leads right up to the present day. With a story driven by hazardous and extraordinary sea voyages and a cast that includes the Bounty mutineers, an eccentric lesbian aristocrat, Pitcairn Island sex offenders and the narrator's ancient mother, this sparkling and original book weaves together fact and fiction, history and autobiography, humour and danger in inimitable style.

A Woman's Place

Diana Souhami
A Woman s Place Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X001291847

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Despite equal opportunities legislation, women still do all the low-paid, low-status work and are grossly under-represented in Parliament, the law and other positions of power. Yet the position of women in Britain is changing slowly but surely: a quiet revolution is taking place in every aspect of their lives... A Woman's Place, based on an important British Council exhibition, illuminates in words and pictures just what British women have managed to achieve -and what an uphill task is still ahead of them. Separate chapters look at the courageous struggle for suffrage and other basic rights; the role of women in the two world wars; the jobs and professions now open to women for the first time; the alternative lifestyles that compete with traditional family life; women in education; and the campaigns of women fighting to overcome male dominance. Diana Souhami also considers the tired and offensive stereotypes of women that are constanstly offered by advertising and the media. Her book provides the ideal corrective: a wide-ranging picture of the sheer diversity of the lives of women in Britain today.-4e de couv.

Selkirk's Island

Diana Souhami
Selkirk s Island Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780878775

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Selkirk's Island by Diana Souhami Pdf

When Alexander Selkirk was abandoned by his shipmates on the remote island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 he could not have know that he wouldn't see another human soul for four long years, could not have anticipated the lonely and fierce existence to which he had been condemned, nor could he have ever guessed that his plight - recreated in the form of Robinson Crusoe - would be immortalised by Daniel Defoe. In this startlingly original book, award-winning author Diana Souhami brings new life to this story, evoking the abandoned sailor's struggle with solitude, God and the savage new home into which he had been so brutally thrust.

Saint George and the Dragon

Louie Stowell,Traditional
Saint George and the Dragon Book PDF

Author : Louie Stowell,Traditional
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1409535916

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Saint George and the Dragon by Louie Stowell,Traditional Pdf

The legendary tale of a fire-breathing dragon, a princess in peril and a bold knight who saves the day.

Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter

Diana Souhami
Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter Book PDF

Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466883505

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Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami Pdf

Alice Keppel, the married lover of Queen Victoria's eldest son and great-grandmother to Camilla Parker-Bowles, was a key figure in Edwardian society. Hers was the acceptable face of adultery. Discretion was her hallmark. It was her art to be the king's mistress and yet to laud the Royal Family and the institution of marriage. Formidable and manipulative, her attentions to the king brought her wealth, power, and status. Her daughter Violet Trefusis had a long tempestuous affair with the author and aristocrat Vita Sackville-West, during which Vita left her husband and two sons to travel abroad with Violet. It was a liaison that threatened the fabric of Violet's social world, and her passion and recalcitrance in pursuit of it pitted her against her mother and society. From memoirs, diaries, and letters, Diana Souhami portrays this fascinating and intense mother/daughter relationship in Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Her story of these women, their lovers, and their lovers' mothers, highlights Edwardian - and contemporary - duplicity and double standards and goes to the heart of questions about sexual freedoms.