Wives & Daughters (Illustrated Edition)
Wives & Daughters (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-12-09

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13: 8026861957

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Molly Gibson is a young girl who has been raised by her widowed father. During a visit to the local aristocratic 'great house' of Lord and Lady Cumnor, she loses her way in the estate and falls asleep under a tree. When she wakes up, she gets distressed at the thought of spending the night at the mansion, but to her relief, her father arrives to collect her. Seven years later, Molly is an attractive and rather unworldly young woman, which arouses the interest of one of her father's apprentices. Mr. Gibson discovers the young man's secret affection and sends Molly to stay with the Hamleys of Hamley Hall. Molly falls in love with Roger, the younger son of Mrs. Hamley, but it appears that he is more interested in Cynthia, Molly's new stepsister from her father's second marriage. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

Author: Sarah Weinman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0143122541

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Fourteen chilling tales from the pioneering women who created the domestic suspense genre Murderous wives, deranged husbands, deceitful children, and vengeful friends. Few know these characters—and their creators—better than Sarah Weinman. One of today’s preeminent authorities on crime fiction, Weinman asks: Where would bestselling authors like Gillian Flynn, Sue Grafton, or Tana French be without the women writers who came before them? In Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, Weinman brings together fourteen hair-raising tales by women who—from the 1940s through the mid-1970s—took a scalpel to contemporary society and sliced away to reveal its dark essence. Lovers of crime fiction from any era will welcome this deliciously dark tribute to a largely forgotten generation of women writers.

The King James Version of the Bible:Holy Bible -The Illustrated King James Version (Revised) by King James Bible
The King James Version of the Bible:Holy Bible -The Illustrated King James Version (Revised) by King James Bible

Author: King James Bible

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published:

Total Pages: 2214

ISBN-13:

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The King James Version of the Bible: Holy Bible - The Illustrated King James Version (Revised) by King James Bible: Experience the timeless wisdom and spiritual guidance of the Bible in "The King James Version: Holy Bible - The Illustrated King James Version (Revised)." This beautifully crafted edition presents the revered King James Version with striking illustrations, creating a visually captivating and spiritually enriching reading experience.

The Handfasted Wife
The Handfasted Wife

Author: Carol McGrath

Publisher: Accent Press Ltd

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1909520462

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'Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel' FAY WELDON The first instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy! 'This novel is a marvellous mixture of historical fact and imagination... I would heartily recommend this delightful novel. I couldn't put it down' 5* Reader review 'This is a beautifully crafted book which has been meticulously researched' 5* Reader review 'Fiction and history are woven together almost seamlessly' 5* Reader review 'I found it an engaging book and I wanted to keep reading' 5* Reader review 'A real page turner thanks to great characterisation' 5* Reader review _____________________________ An adventure story of love, loss, survival and reconciliation . . . The Handfasted Wife is the story of the Norman Conquest from the perspective of Edith (Elditha) Swanneck, Harold's common-law wife. She is set aside for a political marriage when Harold becomes king in 1066. Determined to protect her children's destinies and control her economic future, she is taken to William's camp when her estate is sacked on the eve of the Battle of Hastings. She later identifies Harold's body on the battlefield and her youngest son becomes a Norman hostage. Elditha avoids an arranged marriage with a Breton knight by which her son might or might not be given into his care. She makes her own choice and sets out through strife-torn England to seek help from her sons in Dublin. However, events again overtake her. Harold's mother, Gytha, holds up in her city of Exeter with other aristocratic women, including Elditha's eldest daughter. The girl is at risk, drawing Elditha back to Exeter and resistance. Initially supported by Exeter's burghers the women withstand William's siege. However, after three horrific weeks they negotiate exile and the removal of their treasure. Elditha takes sanctuary in a convent where eventually she is reunited with her hostage son. Love the novels of Carol McGrath? Don't miss THE SILKEN ROSE, starring one of the most fierce and courageous forgotten queens of England! AND COMING IN APRIL 2022: DISCOVER THE STONE ROSE: THE SUMPTUOUS AND GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM CAROL McGRATH AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!

Collected Works (12+ illustrated edition) of Karl Marx: Capital, The Communist Manifesto,Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
Collected Works (12+ illustrated edition) of Karl Marx: Capital, The Communist Manifesto,Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right

Author: Karl Marx

Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

Published: 2021-01-08

Total Pages: 2464

ISBN-13:

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Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. It is hard to think of many who have had as much influence in the creation of the modern world. In addition to his overtly philosophical early work, his later writings have many points of contact with contemporary philosophical debates, especially in the philosophy of history and the social sciences, and in moral and political philosophy. Historical materialism — Marx’s theory of history — is centered around the idea that forms of society rise and fall as they further and then impede the development of human productive power. Marx’s economic analysis of capitalism is based on his version of the labour theory of value, and includes the analysis of capitalist profit as the extraction of surplus value from the exploited proletariat. Marx sees the historical process as proceeding through a necessary series of modes of production, characterized by class struggle, culminating in communism. Content Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, 1843 On the Jewish Question, 1843 The Holy Family, 1845 Theses on Feuerbach, 1845 The Poverty of Philosophy, 1847 Wage Labour and Capital, 1847 Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1848 The Class Struggles in France, 1850 Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, 1852 A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, 1859 Marx’s Inaugural Address Capital

Mrs Gaskell
Mrs Gaskell

Author: Esther Alice Chadwick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-02-14

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1108057209

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Published in 1913, this revised popular biography of Elizabeth Gaskell represents a comprehensive exploration of the novelist's life and work.