Georgia o`keeffe: a life (new edition), Robinson, Roxana
Автор: Daniel Defoe Название: Roxana ISBN: 0199536740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199536740 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Roxana (1724), Defoe`s last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own `wicked` life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. The novel`s drama lies not in the heroine`s `vast variety of fortunes`, but in her attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lessons of her life as a `Fortunate Mistress`. Defoe`s achievement was toinvent, in `Roxana`, a gripping story-teller as well as a gripping story. This new edition features a new introduction, detailed notes, textual history, and map of contemporary London.
Автор: Daniel Defoe Название: Roxana or the fortunate mistress 1724 ISBN: 1551118076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781551118079 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 28090.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Includes material on whore biography, court culture, poverty, and marriage, as well as Defoe`s alternative endings to the novel.
Автор: Unknown Название: Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress ISBN: 0368614808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368614804 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26630.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own 'wicked' life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. A resourceful adventuress, she is also an unforgiving analyst of her own susceptibilities, who tells us of the price she pays for her successes. Endowed with many seductive skills, she is herself seduced: by money, by dreams of rank, and by the illusion that she can escape her own past. Unlike Defoe's other penitent anti-heroes, however, she fails to triumph over these weaknesses. Roxana's fame lies not only in the heroine's 'vast variety of fortunes', but in her attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lessons of her life as a 'Fortunate Mistress'. Defoe's achievement was to invent, in 'Roxana', a gripping story-teller as well as a gripping story. Goodreads]
Автор: Daniel Defoe Название: Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress ISBN: 0368496422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368496424 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 24610.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Roxana is possible Defoe's most fascinating story-teller and this, one of his most intriguing stories. (The Daily Telegraph) Roxana (1724), Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the 'autobiography' of a courtesan who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and later for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own 'wicked' life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. A resourceful adventuress, she is also an unforgiving analyst of her own susceptibilities, who tells us of the price she pays for her successes. Equipped with many seductive skills, she is herself in turn seduced: by money, by dreams of rank, and by the illusion that she can escape her own past. Unlike Defoe's other penitent anti-heroes, however, she fails to triumph over these weaknesses. Roxana becomes pregnant many times due to her sexual exploits, and it is one of her children, Susan, who comes back to expose her, years later, helping to precipitate her flight abroad, subsequent loss of wealth, and repentance. Roxana's fame lies not only in the heroine's 'vast variety of fortunes', but in her attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lessons of her life as a 'Fortunate Mistress'. Defoe's achievement was to invent, in 'Roxana', a compelling storyteller as well as a compelling story. Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel "Robinson Crusoe." Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel and helped popularize the genre in Britain. "Roxana," AKA "The Fortunate Mistress," is about a beautiful woman who exploits her surroundings and becomes a con artist.
Автор: Robinson Roxana Название: Dawson`s Fall ISBN: 1250619661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250619662 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A cinematic Reconstruction-era drama of violence and fraught moral reckoning
In Dawson's Fall, a novel based on the lives of Roxana Robinson's great-grandparents, we see America at its most fragile, fraught, and malleable. Set in 1889, in Charleston, South Carolina, Robinson's tale weaves her family's journal entries and letters with a novelist's narrative grace, and spans the life of her tragic hero, Frank Dawson, as he attempts to navigate the country's new political, social, and moral landscape. Dawson, a man of fierce opinions, came to this country as a young Englishman to fight for the Confederacy in a war he understood as a conflict over states' rights. He later became the editor of the Charleston News and Courier, finding a platform of real influence in the editorial column and emerging as a voice of the New South. With his wife and two children, he tried to lead a life that adhered to his staunch principles: equal rights, rule of law, and nonviolence, unswayed by the caprices of popular opinion. But he couldn't control the political whims of his readers. As he wrangled diligently in his columns with questions of citizenship, equality, justice, and slavery, his newspaper rapidly lost readership, and he was plagued by financial worries. Nor could Dawson control the whims of the heart: his Swiss governess became embroiled in a tense affair with a drunkard doctor, which threatened to stain his family's reputation. In the end, Dawson--a man in many ways representative of the country at this time--was felled by the very violence he vehemently opposed.
Автор: Robinson Roxana Название: Dawson`s Fall ISBN: 0374135215 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780374135218 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
A cinematic Reconstruction-era drama of violence and fraught moral reckoning
In Dawson's Fall, a novel based on the lives of Roxana Robinson's great-grandparents, we see America at its most fragile, fraught, and malleable. Set in 1889, in Charleston, South Carolina, Robinson's tale weaves her family's journal entries and letters with a novelist's narrative grace, and spans the life of her tragic hero, Frank Dawson, as he attempts to navigate the country's new political, social, and moral landscape. Dawson, a man of fierce opinions, came to this country as a young Englishman to fight for the Confederacy in a war he understood as a conflict over states' rights. He later became the editor of the Charleston News and Courier, finding a platform of real influence in the editorial column and emerging as a voice of the New South. With his wife and two children, he tried to lead a life that adhered to his staunch principles: equal rights, rule of law, and nonviolence, unswayed by the caprices of popular opinion. But he couldn't control the political whims of his readers. As he wrangled diligently in his columns with questions of citizenship, equality, justice, and slavery, his newspaper rapidly lost readership, and he was plagued by financial worries. Nor could Dawson control the whims of the heart: his Swiss governess became embroiled in a tense affair with a drunkard doctor, which threatened to stain his family's reputation. In the end, Dawson--a man in many ways representative of the country at this time--was felled by the very violence he vehemently opposed.
Автор: Robinson Roxana Название: Georgia O`Keeffe: A Life ISBN: 1684580323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684580323 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 32190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Robinson Roxana Название: Sparta ISBN: 0374267707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780374267704 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: de Rond Roxana Название: Milo and Monty ISBN: 1786283522 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786283528 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 21450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kirkman Marshall Monroe Название: The Romance of Alexander and Roxana ISBN: 1479410845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479410842 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Robinson Roxana Название: Sparta ISBN: 1250050170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250050175 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Conrad Farrell does not come from a military family, but as a classics major at Williams College, he has encountered the powerful appeal of the Marine Corps ethic: Semper Fidelis comes straight from Sparta, a society where every citizen doubled as a full-time soldier. When Conrad graduates, he joins the Marines to continue a long tradition of honor, courage, and commitment over the course of a four-year tour in Iraq. When we meet him, he has just come home to Katonah, New York. As Conrad attempts to find his footing in the civilian world, he learns how hard it is to return to the people and places he used to love. Gradually, he awakens to a growing rage and the realization that something has gone wrong.
Suspenseful, compassionate, and perceptive, Roxana Robinson's Sparta is a beautifully written novel that illuminates what happens when we're estranged from the world as we know it (Chicago Tribune).
Автор: Shirazi Roxana Название: Dead Iranian Girl ISBN: 1644280795 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644280799 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 24830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
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