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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Penelope Fitzgerald was a great English writer-many say the greatest in recent years-whose career didn't begin until she was nearly sixty. Her life moved from a Bishop's Palace to a sinking barge, from a life of teaching and obscurity to a blaze of renown. Her novels are short, spare masterpieces: subtle and intensely evocative. The early works draw on Fitzgerald's own experiences-working at the BBC in wartime; at a failing bookshop in Suffolk; at...
Author
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen has become our patron saint of romance, our goddess of happy endings. Her name is synonymous with romantic sighs, period costumes, and the ideal of what love should be. But if she could give us advice about life and love, what would she tell us? What would she make of Match.com, of our Real Housewives, or of our obsession with finding The One? Austen's stories give us relationship advice that still works today, but her life offers us so...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
David Suchet, TV’s Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by Agatha Christie than anyone else in the world. Suchet is embarking on a journey to learn more about the woman who created Poirot and whose books remain outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. Suchet’s journey takes him to the places Christie lived, the landscapes that inspired her and to meetings with people who knew the woman behind the fame and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"When Joanne Rowling was a young woman, she found herself down and out of luck. But, she had a best-selling idea and a tenacious spirit. If only she could find someone who wanted to publish her book... Discover how J. K. Rowling became a best-selling author and publishing sensation in this true story of her life. Then, learn 10 key lessons from her work you can apply to your own life."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. Leonora, known to some as Lee and others as Nora, is a reclusive crime writer, unwilling to leave her "nest" of an apartment unless it is absolutely necessary. When a friend she hasn't seen or spoken to in years unexpectedly invites Nora (Lee?) to a weekend away in an...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals, she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
10) Oxford exit
Author
Series
Kate Ivory mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st Scribner ed.
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
It's 1966 and Frankie Croy needs a break. Having achieved success with her debut bestseller, she's been trying desperately to live up to the high expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new book. When she receives a possible career-ending review and then has a very public breakdown, she retreats to her friend's vacant palazzo in Venice in the hopes the new setting will rejuvenate her creativity and inspire her writing. But...
Author
Series
Jane Austen mystery volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A revealing portrait of the beloved novelist, drawn from the most up-to-date scholarship and unexplored sources, presents a modern take on the woman and the world that shaped her.
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English Bronte family, originally of Irish descent, produced three 19th century novelists: Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Charlotte is best known for Jane Eyre, Emily for writing Wuthering Heights, and Anne for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
4th ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 667 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This fourth edition incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give us the fullest and most revealing view yet of her life and family. There is a new preface, the biographical and topographical indexes have been amended and updated, a new subject index has been created, and the contents of the notes added to the general index.
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