![]() The 1860s saw Collins' creative high-point, and it was during this decade that he achieved fame and critical acclaim, with his four major novels, 'The Woman in White' (1860), 'No Name' (1862), 'Armadale' (1866) and 'The Moonstone' (1868). ![]() It was in 1848, a year after the death of his father, that he published his first book, 'The Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A'., to good reviews. ![]() In 1846, Collins became a law student at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1851, although he never practised. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus & Co. However, there is still much to be discovered about this superstar of Victorian fiction.īorn in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 18. ![]() He is studied widely new film, television, and radio versions of some of his books have been made and all of his letters have been published. Most of his books are in print, and all are now in e-text. Now, Collins is being given more critical and popular attention than he has received for 50 years. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens' bloomed. ![]() A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March 1851 until Dickens' death in June 1870, William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Much of the vocabulary of the modern age was coined in the 1920s. The limitations and possibilities of technology are recognizable in these books, as are the economic and social scenarios presented, by and large. ![]() What this means in the realm of literature is that the books written and published in the 1920s remain current in many senses. Technologies such as radio, telephones, automobiles, airplanes, and film were in place, and even fashions remain recognizable to the modern eye. There was a focus on urban living as people moved from more rural areas and mechanized industry supplanted agriculture as the economic focus. While most people can picture Flappers and gangsters, rum-runners and stock brokers, what many miss is that the 1920s were in many ways the first recognizably “modern” period in American history.Ĭoming on the heels of a world war that forever changed warfare itself and the world map, the 1920s were the first discrete decade to have all the basic, fundamental aspects of modern life. This is significant, because that decade, while superficially celebrated in pop culture and fashion, is largely misunderstood. In just a few years, the 1920s will be a hundred years in the past. ![]() ![]()
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Gratitude quotes aren’t just for greeting cards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Warning: explicit sex, graphic language, violence, hot nekkid man-love. Jake will do anything to protect Remi and help him break the cycle of abuse he has endured all his life, but his investigation is about to uncover something far more sinister and deadly than they ever imagined. ![]() He's torn between the desire to tell Remi they are destined to be mates, and the need to first let Remi get used to the werewolf life. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. ![]() From the first moment he turned Remi into a werewolf in order to save his life, Jake has been fighting to keep his inner demons at bay. With Caution ebook &mid With or Without By J.L. Jake Romero, a crack private investigator with a bad-boy biker image, realizes he has his work cut out for him when Remi asks for his help. 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'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases. ![]() ![]() Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the "human scale principle," using the "Velcro Theory of Memory," and creating "curiosity gaps."In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds-from the infamous "kidney theft ring" hoax to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony-draw their power from the same six traits.Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. ![]() Meanwhile, people with important ideas-business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others-struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. 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After being accepted into Defriese University upon graduating high school, Auden is not sure on how to spend her summer. She learns that second chances are possible and questions if people can truly change.Īuden West is an academically accomplished girl who didn't get the chance to enjoy the activities young children often got to do (such as riding a bike) when she was a child. Auden also ends up spending her nights making up for her lost childhood with Eli, a loner and insomniac with an intriguing past. Although Auden is at first reluctant, she comes to really like her stepmother and half-sister. Before heading off to college, Auden decides to spend her summer before college with her father, his wife and their new baby. 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Spring 2009 The special guest speaker for the Spring 2009 Cairo Lectures April 1-4, was Thomas Cahill, the author of the best-selling books, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels, Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, and Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe. ![]() |