Young Visiters, Ashford Daisy

Автор: Ashford Daisy
Название: The Young Visiters
ISBN: 0368589609 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368589607
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Описание: Daisy Ashford was just nine years old when she penned (or rather, penciled) The Young Visiters in her notebook. As an adult, she found the manuscript along with other childhood writings and showed them to her literary friends for a laugh. They were so delighted that they passed them around their circle. The unexpected result was a publishing deal, with J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, writing the preface. So clever was the book that some assumed Barrie himself had written the entire thing as an elaborate hoax. The story's "hero" is Alfred Salteena, a polite but bumbling man who hopes to learn the ways of the elite. He is in love with a younger woman, Ethel, but a love triangle with his friend Bernard soon emerges. The characters attend "sumshious" balls, stay in lavish "compartments," and wear elaborate "get ups," all of it rendered in Ashford's original childish spelling. The story reads like a pastiche of high society and even a parody of the Victorian novel. The Young Visiters was published in 1919 and was reprinted eighteen times in that year alone. It has been adapted into a play, a musical, and multiple film versions. Ashford's other juvenile writings were later published, including The Hangman's Daughter, a short novel she considered her finest work. As an adult, she did not continue to write.

Автор: , Ashford Daisy
Название: The Young Visiters: Or, Mr. Salteena`s Plan
ISBN: 1079426132 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781079426137
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Описание: Who wrote "The Young Visiters?" Sir James Barrie, who contributed the preface, or Daisy Ashford, to whom the publishers assign the credit? The writer of these lines is inclined to give the credit to Miss Ashford. Not so a correspondent of the Saturday Review. He writes: '"The Young Visiters" is a case in point. It has been accepted as exactly the kind of book a child of nine would write. We have known many children as intimately as it is ever possible to know them at all, and some of them have been horrid. But we have never known a child horrid enough to write "The Young Visiters." As the playful fantasy of an elder, it is charming. As the work of a child, it would be repulsive and contrary to all we have learned to like and admire in our young friends. Children are never facetious; they do not understand snobbery; and rarely, whether by accident or design, do they afford us any opportunity for the laugh in which mankind forfeited the happy simplicity of Eden. "The Young Visiters" is often facetious, as when Mr. Salteena eats the egg which Ethel laid for him; it is one long satire upon social snobbery by an expert who understands it better than Thackeray, and almost as well as Jane Austen; and there intrudes continually the smile of the serpent, as he watched our progenitors under the fatal tree. We are introduced to a "sinister son of Queen Victoria"; Mr. Salteena is described by his sponsor Clincham (earl of) as "an old friend of mine not quite the right side of the blanket, as they say"; and both at Rickamere Hall and at the "Gaierty" Hotel, smiles are invited in respect of bedroom matters. These are blemishes, because they impair the illusion our author desires to create and spoil his principal joke for the sake of a side issue. The principal joke is often so adroitly sustained that at times we are almost prepared to believe that a spoiled child of nine, in the habit of playing up to its elders and with that uncanny instinct which some children have for precociously divining things which they are not yet able fully to grasp, might have made even some of the weaker jokes which please the more adult side of Sir James's facile sense of the absurd. It is the more pity that the author has not been able to avoid his grosser slips; in particular, his implicit satire upon the popular novelette, which inspires the chapter upon Bernard Clark's proposal of marriage to the heroine.'Now for the other side of the story. The following letter is addressed to the editor of the Observer: 'Sir: It is very freely alleged that Sir James Barrie is "obviously" part-author of Miss Daisy Ashford's' delightful masterpiece; in fact, some few suspect that he is sole author. I would draw the attention of the doubting Thomases to some considerations which, to my mind, show that Miss Ashford wrote the story without aid from anyone.'Miss Ashford's family is Catholic, and there are many indications of that in the book: a "decad" (sic) of the rosary is recited at the household prayers at Bernard Clark's; "Ignatius Bernard" and "Domonic" (sic) are names particularly familiar to Catholics; "clean altar boys" (not "choir boys") await the bridal pair; "Minnie Pilato," one of the "ancesters," is obviously a recollection of an often-heard passage in the Creed -"passus sub Pontio Pilato"; and certainly only a Catholic would have thought of that touch of Catholic asceticism -" he... decided to offer it up as a mortification."'So far I can claim only to have shown that Sir James Barrie did not write the whole book, but I venture to say also that the allegation that Sir James and Miss Ashford have conspired to foist a "fake" on the public is really a reflection on the good taste and good faith of Sir James and also of a lady.... -"The Living Age," Vol. 3

Автор: Ashford Daisy
Название: The Young Visiters
ISBN: 129755177X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781297551772
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Цена: 37790.00 T
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Автор: Ashford Daisy
Название: The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteena`s Plan
ISBN: 1481274791 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781481274791
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Цена: 11490.00 T
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Описание: 'The Young Visiters' is the book that started the schoolchild genre subsequently defined by '1066 and All That' and Molesworth's various manuals such as 'Down with Skool' and 'Whizz for Atoms'. As with 'The Young Visiters', the grammar, the language and the authorial viewpoint of those classics contribute much to our enjoyment. Unlike its descendants, 'The Young Visiters' probably wasn't written by an adult. Purportedly written by a 9-year-old girl in Victorian England, her inadvertent send-up of Victorian social mores, "status-climbing", and middle class ideas of gentility are absolutely delightful. She also disposes of her characters in an abrupt and very satisfying way. If you like the book, you will also enjoy the movie, which is fully as delightful.

Автор: Ashford Daisy
Название: The Young Visitors: Or Mr. Salteenas Plan
ISBN: 1498180736 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498180733
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Автор: Ashford Raine
Название: Black Bible: (Grayscale)
ISBN: 1095818163 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781095818169
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Цена: 28740.00 T
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Автор: Ashford Suzy
Название: Lunch in Paris
ISBN: 1925811212 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781925811216
Издательство: Abrams
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Описание: Learn how to sail the world`s most popular junior sailing boat fast. Originally written by Ben Ainslie`s Optimist coach, this new edition has been completely updated by top coach Steve Irish. It shows how to achieve blistering boatspeed through technique and tuning, perfect boat handling and tactics as well as covering the mental and physical side.

Автор: Ashford Jane
Название: A Duke Too Far
ISBN: 1492663441 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781492663447
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Цена: 7350.00 T
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Описание:

For fans of Mary Balogh and Lisa Klepyas comes a poignant Regency romance full of secrets to reveal and a love to fight for from bestselling author Jane Ashford

Peter Rathbone, Duke of Compton, is mourning the loss of his sister Delia, but the work of keeping his family's deteriorating estate afloat is never done. When Miss Ada Grandison, a close friend of his sister, arrives with a mysterious letter that she claims holds the secret to saving the family home, Peter is skeptical to say the least...his life is about to get even more complicated.

Ada is eager to do whatever she can to help the Rathbones. She brings clues that Delia claimed would change everything for the family and that lead Ada and Peter on a hunt to unravel the past. But they'll have to face their painful memories--and their true feelings for each other--to discover the truth.

Автор: Ashford Jane
Название: A Favor for the Prince
ISBN: 1728220629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781728220628
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Bestselling Regency romance author Jane Ashford brings the reader inside the Prince Regent's palace for a thrilling romance

"Jane Ashford absolutely delights."--Night Owl Reviews, TOP PICK

Lord Alan Gresham is a bit embarrassed when the Prince Regent demands that he abandon his science experiments to work on an extremely important project--getting rid of a ghost. Alan is determined to debunk this obvious hoax as quickly as possible--until he meets a maddeningly forthright beauty.

Ariel Harding is also on a mission to discover the source behind the hauntings. She's initially unimpressed with Alan, but they soon realize that working together will get them the answers they seek. But only if they can keep their hands off each other...

The Duke's Sons Series:
A Favor for the Prince (Prequel)
Heir to the Duke (Book 1)
What the Duke Doesn't Know (Book 2)
Lord Sebastian's Secret (Book 3)
Nothing Like a Duke (Book 4)
The Duke Knows Best (Book 5)

Praise for The Duke's Sons series:
"With her usual flair for subtle characterization and polished writing expertly leavened with dry wit, Ashford delivers another superbly crafted addition to her Duke's Sons series...required reading for fans of cleverly conceived, smartly written Regency historical romances."--Booklist
"Jane Ashford has become synonymous with outstanding classic Regency romances."--Night Owl Reviews, TOP PICK
"There's plenty of wit, matchmaking, sweetness and sensuality to keep readers highly entertained."--RT Book Reviews
"Ashford soars to new heights of literary excellence by creating a cleverly conceived story that takes all the traditional elements readers love in Regency romances and making everything seem refreshingly new. Throw in Ashford's gift for creating intriguingly different characters and her dry sense of humor, and you have a romance worth cherishing."--Booklist
"Graced with lively wit, excellent period detail, and appealing protagonists, this fetching romp enthusiastically launches Ashford's new series."--Library Journal

Автор: Salter, Steve R.
Название: Ashford 1950-1980
ISBN: 0750942231 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780750942232
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Описание: A history of Ashford