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My little lady

Eleanor Frances Poynter · 1876 · Scanned text

138,097 words · about 9 h 40 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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About this book

Author
Eleanor Frances Poynter
Language
English
Published
1876
Length
138,097 words · about 9 h 40 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (6)

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Front matter

WORKS BY THE AUTHOR OF JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. NEW AND CHEAP EDITIONS, Each in One Volume, Illustrated, and Uniformly Bound, price 5s. JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. "This is a very good and a very interesting work. It is designed to trace the career from boyhood to age of a perfect man — a Christian gentleman, and it abounds in incident both well and highly wrought Throughout it is conceived in a high spirit, and written, with great ability. This cheap and handsome new edition is worthy to pass freely from hand to hand as a gift-book in many households." — Examiner. * 'The story is very interesting. The attachment between John Halifax and his wife is beautifully painted, as are the pictures of their domestic life, and the growing up of their children, and the conclusion of the book is beautiful and touching." — Athenæum.

" In ' John Halifax ' every character is consistently conceived and very truthfully de lineated. The incidents, the scenes, the 'still life,' are painted with a power that sus tains the attention of the reader." — Spectator. " The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great success. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this his history is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of nature's own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English one. The work abounds in incident, and is full of graphic power and true pathos. It is a book that few will read without becoming wiser and better." — Scotsman, A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. "A book of sound counsel. It is one of the most sensible works of its kind, well written, true-hearted, and altogether practical.

Whoever wishes to give advice to a young lady may thank the author for means of doing so." — Examiner. " These thoughts are worthy of the earnest and enlightened mind, the all-embracing charity, and the well-earned reputation of the author of ' John Halifax.' " — Standard. "This excellent book is characterised by good sense, good taste, and feeling, and is written in an earnest, philanthropic, as well as practical spirit." — Post. A LIFE FOR A LIFE. " We are always glad to welcome this author. She writes from her own convictions, and she has the power not only to conceive clearly what it is that she wishes to say, but to express it in language effective and vigorous, in 'A Life for a Life' she is fortunate in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. Tho reader, having read the book through for the story, will be apt (if he be of our persuasion) to return and read again many pages and passages with greater pleasure than on a first perusaL The whole book is replete with a graceful, tender delicacy ; and in addition to its other merits, it is written in good careful English.

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