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21) Boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Find out where bestselling author Raold Dahl got all his wonderful ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood.
24) Becoming Jane
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...
26) 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
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and literary career of Jane Austen, using photographs and views of places associated with her life. Austen is distinguished by her satirical wit and brilliant comedy. Her subtle view of human nature and unobtrusive style make for writing that has endured the test of time. Her works include Emma, Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice and more.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A revealing collection of personal letters written by the iconic author to his mother details his early childhood milestones, travels to Africa, Royal Air Force service, work in Washington D.C., literary achievements, and rise in Hollywood.
Roald Dahl penned his first letter to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, when he was just nine years old. The origins of a brilliantly funny, subversive, creative mind were evident in boarding school, and as he entered...
32) Mrs. Wilson
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1963, and Alison Wilson returns home to find husband Alexander dead. Soon afterward, a woman arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife.' Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband was, but from their wartime romance to a mysterious period in India, it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest.
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.
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dickens was known for the cruel and suffering characters he created, who lived in a world of iniquities. His social criticism was especially evident in some of his greatest works including Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and more.
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.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Most Clever Girl follows Jane Austen's journey to hone her craft, finding her place in the world amid joys and sorrows, and writing her famous novels"--
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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