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19 de may. de 2024 · Mary Darby Robinson was not only praised in literary circles for her poetry but also for her works written in prose. The two best known examples are "A Letter to the Women of England" (1798) and "The Natural Daughter" (1799). Both her works are dealing with the role of women during the Romantic Era.
Hace 3 días · Hi everyone! It’s Sophie Spruce, editor of Pride and Possibilities, here with a very special edition on Regency letter writing.For this issue, I’ll be interviewing Barbara Heller, curator of a special edition of Pride and Prejudice: The Complete Novel, with Nineteen Letters from the Characters' Correspondence, Written and Folded by Hand and Eleanor Rust, who has a PhD in Classics and a ...
18 de may. de 2024 · Autor: Mary Robinson. Mary Robinson’s. This edition also includes: other writings by Mary Robinson (tributes, and an excerpt from. The Natural Daughter follows the story of Martha Morley, who defies her husband’s authority, adopts a found infant, is barred from her husband’s estate and is driven to seek work as an actress and ...
16 de may. de 2024 · Haley Bracken. Emma, fourth novel by Jane Austen, published in three volumes in 1815. Set in Highbury, England, in the early 19th century, the novel centers on Emma Woodhouse, a precocious young woman whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures.
10 de may. de 2024 · Magna Carta, charter of English liberties granted by King John on June 15, 1215, under threat of civil war and reissued, with alterations, in 1216, 1217, and 1225. By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights in ...
8 de may. de 2024 · Victorian Women: A Documentary Account of Women's Lives in Nineteenth-century England, France, and the United States by Erna O. Hellerstein et al. Call Number: HQ1154 .V5. ISBN: 0804710961. A Woman's Place: An Oral History of Working-Class Women 1890-1940 by Elizabeth Roberts.
15 de may. de 2024 · House / Dynasty: Astor family. Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England) was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit. In 1897 she married Robert Gould Shaw of ...
