"The Ladies"; A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

Author: L. Adams Beck

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-03-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3387317441

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.


The Ladies: A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

The Ladies: A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

Author: Lily Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 187

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"The Ladies: A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty" is a book about the great women of different historical epochs whose lives and deeds inspired the author of this work. The book contains seven chapters, each dedicated to a separate personality. It tells of great women like Lady Mary Wortley, Fanny Burney, Mrs. Eliz Peppys, and others.


The ninth vibration and other stories

The ninth vibration and other stories

Author: L. Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-04

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13:

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This is a collection of thrilling short stories, mostly set in Asia, written by Lily Adams Beck. A total of eight stories are featured in this book, bearing these titles: 'The Ninth Vibration', 'The Interpreter: A Romance of The East', 'The Incomparable Lady: A Story of China with a Moral', 'The Hatred of The Queen: A Story of Burma', 'Fire Of Beauty', 'The Building Of The Taj Mahal', 'How Great Is the Glory of Kwannon!": A Japanese Story', and 'The Round-Faced Beauty: A Story Of The Chinese Court'.


The Divine Lady

The Divine Lady

Author: L. Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-05

Total Pages: 328

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"The Divine Lady" by L. Adams Beck. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories

The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories

Author: Lily Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 131

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The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories written by L. Adams Beck. A total of eight stories can be found inside: 'The Ninth Vibration'; 'The Interpreter: A Romance of the East'; 'The Incomparable Lady'; 'The Hatred of the Queen'; 'Fire of Beauty'; 'The Building of the Taj Mahal'; 'How Great is the Glory of Kwannon!'; and 'The Round-Faced Beauty.'


The splendour of Asia

The splendour of Asia

Author: L. Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-07-10

Total Pages: 198

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"The splendour of Asia" by L. Adams Beck. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


The Chaste Diana

The Chaste Diana

Author: L. Adams Beck

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-05

Total Pages: 209

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This romance of "The Beggar's Opera" introduces many real persons but all imaginatively treated. Lord Baltimore, "The American Prince," as he was called at the time in society, has come down to us with a reputation for heartlessness of which I have made the most, and it would be difficult for any novelist to exaggerate the whims of the famous and beautiful Duchess of Queensberry—or Queensbury


"The Ladies!"

Author: Lily Adams Beck

Publisher: Books for Libraries

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 304

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The aim of these stories is not historical exactitude nor unbending accuracy in dates or juxtaposition. They are rather an attempt to re-create the personalities of a succession of charming women, ranging from Elizabeth Pepys, wife of the Diarist, to Fanny Burney and her experiences at the Court of Queen Charlotte. As I have imagined them, so I have set them forth, and if what is written can at all revive their perished grace and the unfading delight of days that now belong to the ages, and to men no more, I shall not have failed. Much is imagination, more is truth, but which is which I scarcely can tell myself. I have wished to set them in other circumstances than those we know.