Princess Napraxine, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Princess Napraxine, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Ouida Ouida

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780267199945

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Excerpt from Princess Napraxine, Vol. 2 of 3 I daresay you have only been doing mis chief, ' said Lady Brancepeth. I should like to see the letters before I judge of the excellence of your actions.' Anyone might see the letters they are all orders, or invitations, or refusals of invitations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Wilde's Women
Wilde's Women

Author: Eleanor Fitzsimons

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1468313266

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“A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews). In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever. “Fitzsimons reminds us of the many writers, actresses, political activists, professional beauties and aristocratic ladies who helped shape the life and legend of the era’s greatest wit, esthete and sexual martyr . . . provide[s] a potted biography of the multitalented writer and gay icon . . . highly enjoyable.” —The Washington Post “Fitzsimons brilliantly calls attention to the progressive ideas and beliefs which drew the most daring and interesting women of the time to his side. The depth and painstaking care of Fitzsimons’ research is a fitting tribute to Wilde’s fascinating life and exquisite writing—and really, what better compliment is there than that?” —High Voltage

Princess Napraxine, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Princess Napraxine, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Ouida Ouida

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781331104001

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Excerpt from Princess Napraxine, Vol. 1 of 3 A blue sea, some palms with their heads bound up, some hedges of cactus and aloes; some thickets of high rose-laurel, a long marble terrace shining in the sun, huge groups of geraniums not yet frost-bitten, a low white house with green shutters and wooden balconies, a chalet roof and a classical colonnade, these all - together with some some entangled shrubberies, and orange orchard, and an olive wood - made up a place which was known on the French Riviera as La Jacquemerille. What the name had meant originally nobody knew or everybody had forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Victorian Environmental Nightmares
Victorian Environmental Nightmares

Author: Laurence W. Mazzeno

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-06

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 3030140423

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The twelve essays in Victorian Environmental Nightmares explore various “environmental nightmares” through applied analyses of Victorian texts. Over the course of the nineteenth century, writers of imaginative literature often expressed fears and concerns over environmental degradation (in its wide variety of meanings, including social and moral). In some instances, natural or environmental disasters influenced these responses; in other instances a growing awareness of problems caused by industrial pollution and the growth of cities prompted responses. Seven essays in this volume cover works about Britain and its current and former colonies that examine these nightmare environments at home and abroad. But as the remaining five essays in this collection demonstrate, “environmental nightmares” are not restricted to essays on actual disasters or realistic fiction, since in many cases Victorian writers projected onto imperial landscapes or wholly imagined landscapes in fantastic fiction their anxieties about how humans might change their environments—and how these environments might also change humans.

Princess Napraxine (Classic Reprint)
Princess Napraxine (Classic Reprint)

Author: Ouida Ouida

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780656992355

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Excerpt from Princess Napraxine About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.