Novel Bondage

Author : Tess Chakkalakal
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252093388

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Novel Bondage by Tess Chakkalakal Pdf

Novel Bondage unravels the interconnections between marriage, slavery, and freedom through renewed readings of canonical nineteenth-century novels and short stories by black and white authors. Situating close readings of fiction alongside archival material concerning the actual marriages of authors such as Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Wells Brown, and Frank J. Webb, Chakkalakal examines how these early novels established literary conventions for describing the domestic lives of American slaves in describing their aspirations for personal and civic freedom. Exploring this theme in post-Civil War works by Frances E.W. Harper and Charles Chesnutt, she further reveals how the slave-marriage plot served as a fictional model for reforming marriage laws. Chakkalakal invites readers to rethink the "marital work" of nineteenth-century fiction and the historical role it played in shaping our understanding of the literary and political meaning of marriage, then and now.

Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513288253

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Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Pdf

Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by his experiences as an orphan and young student, Maugham composed his masterpiece. Adapted several times for film, Of Human Bondage is a story of tragedy, perseverance, and the eternal search for happiness which drives us as much as it haunts our every move. Orphaned as a boy, Philip Carey is raised in an affectionless household by his aunt and uncle. Although his Aunt Louisa tries to make him feel welcome, William proves an uncaring, vindictive man. Left to fend for himself most days, Philip finds solace in the family’s substantial collection of books, which serve as an escape for the imaginative boy. Sent to study at a prestigious boarding school, Philip struggles to fit in with his peers, who abuse him for his intelligence and club foot. Despite his struggles, he perseveres in his studies and chooses his own path in life, moving to Heidelberg, Germany and denying his uncle’s wish that he attend Oxford. As he struggles to become a professional artist, Philip learns that one’s dreams are often unsubstantiated in the world of the living. Of Human Bondage is a tale of desire, disappointment, and romance by a master stylist with a keen sense of the complications inherent to human nature. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9386473917

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Bondage by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alison Tyler
Publisher : Cleis Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781573449076

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The Big Book of Bondage by Alison Tyler Pdf

Acclaimed editor Alison Tyler lures readers into the devilishly twisted world of BDSM in her latest anthology of provocative erotic fiction. E.L. James' 50 Shade of Grey proved to be a roaring success in the UK and has opened up the world of erotic fiction to a brand new audience. The Big Book of Bondage is packed full of well-crafted and suspenseful erotic tales laced with kink. Alison Tyler's latest collection delves into the dynamics of relationships filled with unrestrained passion, revealing a world of beautiful contradictions that will thrill and inspire readers.

Author : Deirdre Cooper Owens
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780820351346

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Medical Bondage by Deirdre Cooper Owens Pdf

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied these women their full humanity yet valued them as “medical superbodies” highly suited for medical experimentation. In Medical Bondage, Cooper Owens examines a wide range of scientific literature and less formal communications in which gynecologists created and disseminated medical fictions about their patients, such as their belief that black enslaved women could withstand pain better than white “ladies.” Even as they were advancing medicine, these doctors were legitimizing, for decades to come, groundless theories related to whiteness and blackness, men and women, and the inferiority of other races or nationalities. Medical Bondage moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how nineteenth-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals. It also retells the story of black enslaved women and of Irish immigrant women from the perspective of these exploited groups and thus restores for us a picture of their lives.

Author : Nan Ryan
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453282441

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Silken Bondage by Nan Ryan Pdf

DIVThe riverboat’s newest showgirl has no idea what she’s getting into/divDIV Raised on a houseboat, Nevada Hamilton has spent her whole life on the river. At night she sings for her father and his friends, and when they go to bed, she gazes across the water at the paddleboat gambling palaces, dreaming of the day when she can take her place on one of their stages. When her father is killed in a bar fight, Nevada must pursue her dream. She puts on her make-up, dons her finest dress, and walks into the greatest adventure a young girl could ever imagine./divDIV /divDIVHer first night on the job, she meets world-class gambler Johnny Roulette, who quickly falls for the delicate, innocent Nevada. Depending on how the dice fall, she could win Johnny’s heart forever—or she could break her own heart in two./div

Author : B. Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692858334

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Art Bondage by B. Richards Pdf

A showcase of Art Bondage with images, resources and thoughts.

Author : Midori
Publisher : Greenery Press (CA)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 1890159387

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The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage by Midori Pdf

from ornately decorative to excrutiatingly stringent, Japanese rope bondage is an art which has developed over centuries of martial and erotic practice. Now, accomplished Japanese-born pro-domme and bondage practitioner Midori shows step by step how to achieve beautiful and exciting Japanes bondage on a variety of genders and body types. Each chapter starts with a spectacular full colour photo of the finished bondage pose, and then explains with text and line art how each rope and knot is placed to achieve the final result. This is the first book ever

Author : Rex Saviour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0956388957

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Rescuing Robin by Rex Saviour Pdf

This is a higly erotic bondage and BDSM adventure story. Robin is being constantly beaten and abused by her monstrous husband when they encounter Edward, a timid wimp who is to be her only possible rescuer. But Edward develops into a formidable foe - and also somewhat of a sadist himself.

Author : Wang Xiaobo
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0791470660

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Wang in Love and Bondage by Wang Xiaobo Pdf

The first English translation of work by Wang Xiaobo, one of the most important writers of twentieth-century China.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645692058

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Bondage Broken by David Lewis Pdf

Bondage Broken, a stirring and heartrending story about a perilous, uncertain plight a family endured, starting in South Africa, in 1784. Captured along the Congo River, the family and their leader, Prince Kiume, were loaded onto a slave ship destined for the Americas. Somehow, they survived a deplorable ocean voyage, only to experience family separation on the Auction Block by South Carolina slave merchants. Sadly in 1814, the prince's grandson, Uhuru (Jacob), was stolen from the Mulberry Hill Plantation and forced to perform hard labor in the fields of the Stewart Creek Plantation in Tennessee. Later, Jacob's family arrived at a decision in 1862, during the Civil War, to step into the darkness of the unknown and travel northward as runaways on a precarious uncertain journey.

Author : Anne Mather
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460347577

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Brittle Bondage by Anne Mather Pdf

Wedlocked? Rachel's marriage had ended in bitterness and tears. Ben had been unfaithful to her, she was sure, though, of course, he had denied it. Now their only point of contact was their small daughter, Daisy, and that suited Rachel. But when she announced, "Ben, I want a divorce. I've met someone else and we want to get married," her ex-husband's reaction was very surprising! Ben seemed reluctant to accept that their relationship was finally over and apparently had very definite ideas about where Rachel's future happiness lay. Did Rachel dare to believe that the brittle bonds still tying her to Ben could ever be the basis for a lifetime of loving…?

Author : Patti Davis
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 067186954X

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Bondage by Patti Davis Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Homefront and The Way I See It--and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan--has made national headlines with this sensational novel of sexual abandon. Now in paperback, here is Patti Davis's shockingly frank erotic thriller.

Author : W Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing House
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789391242237

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Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham Pdf

Of Human Bondage is a semi-autobiographical novel following the life of Philip Carey, a newly orphaned boy sent to live with his aunt and uncle in a vicarage. Somewhat of a social outcast, Philip finds it difficult to adjust to life in boarding school and while his uncle pressures him to pursue his studies at Oxford, he yearns for a life of adventure and romance instead. And so he travels and pursues whatever suits his fancy. After a brief stint in Germany, followed by studying art in Paris, Philip eventually falls in love with Mildred, a waitress in London with whom he ends up in a tumultuous, bittersweet relationship.

Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101077689

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Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Pdf

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham," wrote Gore Vidal. "He was always so entirely there." Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man's yearning for freedom. This classic bildungsroman tells the story of Philip Carey, a sensitive boy born with a clubfoot who is orphaned and raised by a religious aunt and uncle. Philip yearns for adventure, and at eighteen leaves home, eventually pursuing a career as an artist in Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets the androgynous but alluring Mildred and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life. There is no more powerful story of sexual infatuation, of human longing for connection and freedom. "Here is a novel of the utmost importance," wrote Theodore Dreiser on publication. "It is a beacon of light by which the wanderer may be guided. . . . One feels as though one were sitting before a splendid Shiraz of priceless texture and intricate weave, admiring, feeling, responding sensually to its colors and tones." With an Introduction by Gore Vidal Commentary by Theodore Dreiser and Graham Greene