Essays & Letters 8

Gabriela Mistral and Victoria Ocampo were the two most influential and respected women writers of twentieth-century Latin America. Mistral, a plain, self-educated Chilean woman of the mountains who ……続きを見る

Aunt Epp penned her life lessons, which form a fascinating glimpse of Victorian life, over sixty years. Sassy and opinionated, Aunt Epp was not afraid to voice her views and give her advice on topic……続きを見る

Analyzes John Updike’s short story A & P続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Kennedy Weddings and Diana and Jackie comes a powerful and moving collection of the condolence letters Jacqueline Kennedy received after the assassination of John F. K……続きを見る

In this elegant and affectionate biography of one of the most controversial personalities of the nineteenth century, Barbara Belford breaks new ground in the evocation of Oscar Wilde's personal life……続きを見る

Published a few years before his death in 1910, these “chapters” from the autobiography of Mark Twain read much like most of his celebrated literary efforts. His plain-spoken words are at times affe……続きを見る

Short collection of short humorous essays, including: PAGE MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE, JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE, NICODEMUS DODGE--PRINTER, MR. BLOKE'S ITEM, HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER, and THE……続きを見る

Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary. Originally published in the London Review of Bo……続きを見る

'How I wish that you had invited me to that most attractive feast on the Ides of March!' Cicero lived through some of the most turbulent years in the history of Rome, and witnessed at first-hand the……続きを見る

Volume two, issue two of the Heavy Feather Review literary journal. Cover by Sam Chivers. Fiction by Joe Baumann, Randall Brown, Carol Guess, Trent England, John M. Gist, Jane Liddle, Kelly Magee, J……続きを見る

Terrific tips and advice for anyone who wants to support themselves with their writing. Table of Contents 1.An Outline For Writers To Use For Any Article 2.Best Writing Techniques For Peopl……続きを見る

Love and Freindship is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790. From the age of eleven until she was eighteen, Jane Austen wrote her tales in three notebooks. The notebooks still exist – one in ……続きを見る

An outstanding collection of Benjamin Franklin's scientific correspondence, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin has long been unavailable yet deserves a place beside his Autobiography as essential reading fo……続きを見る

A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné’s devas……続きを見る

“Dave Moore's work on this collection is simply awesome.... It should become and remain the definitive reference book for Beat scholars forever.” ーCarolyn Cassady Neal Cassady is best remembered to……続きを見る

A son’s poignant letter to his fatherーfrom the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, and one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. • “One of the great confessions of literatu……続きを見る

Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act. Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed American ever as she to……続きを見る

Contents:  Introduction by C.-A. Sainte-Beuve    1   Translator’s Note    35   CORRESPONDENCE OF MADAME: I.     Letters of 1695-1714 &nbs……続きを見る

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The best classic and contemporary writing on mortalityーfrom Montaigne to Monty Pythonーto produce an essential resource for the heart and mind. The fear of death, the pain of bereavement, the art o……続きを見る

Every year, the collection of the best letters that didn’t quite make it into the Telegraph – because just too left-field, outrageous or hilarious for an august Letters page – offers an alternative ……続きを見る

A never-before-published collection of letters - an intimate self-portrait as well as the portrait of a century. Saul Bellow was a dedicated correspondent until a couple of years before his death, a……続きを見る

The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married ……続きを見る

Where does one go when they're truly unwanted? For Becky, it was anywhere but home. 'Weeds' is the heart-breaking story of a woman's struggle to find where she belongs, and the people she touches al……続きを見る

The product of a lifetime immersed in the literary, performing arts, and entertainment worlds, Robert Gottlieb's Lives and Letters spotlights the work, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achieveme……続きを見る

According to the foreword: "Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters--prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication--but in those let……続きを見る

CONTENTS Volume I   (1) The Editor’s Introduction   (3) Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph   (9) The Journal   (11) Volume II    (141) Volume III   (287) Cecilia’s……続きを見る

Time Magazine's 10 Top Nonfiction Books of the Year • Willa Cather’s lettersーwithheld from publication for more than six decadesーare finally available to the public in this fascinating selection. ……続きを見る

Using the journals of W. Norman Rudolf (1835-1886), a Victorian merchant, Evangelical Balance Sheet: Character, Family, and Business in Mid-Victorian Nova Scotia explores the important role of chara……続きを見る

This Paper describes ‘Art from Baroque, Enlightenment & Romantic Age’ along with timeline and general events. 続きを見る