Victorian Prose: An AnthologyRosemary J. Mundhenk, LuAnn McCracken Fletcher Columbia University Press, 27.08.1999 г. - 504 страници This engaging, informative collection of Victorian nonfiction prose juxtaposes classic texts and canonical writers with more obscure writings and authors in order to illuminate important debates in nineteenth-century Britain—inviting modern readers to see the age anew. The collection represents the voices of a broad scope of women and men on a range of nineteenth-century cultural issues and in various forms—from periodical essays to travel accounts, letters to lectures, and autobiographies to social surveys. |
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... give his opinion on " the newest and sweetest thing in pinnacles . " But many writers courted the public's response . Encouraged by the editors of The Nineteenth Century to champion the cause against suf- frage for women , Mrs. Humphry ...
... give orders for a slave to be cruelly whipped , and assist in the pun- ishment , without moving a muscle of his face ; walking about and taking snuff with the greatest composure . Nothing could touch his hard heart — neither sighs , nor ...
... give warning and go hire to another . They have their liberty . That's just what we want . We don't mind hard work , if we had proper treatment , and proper wages like English ser- vants , and proper time given in the week to keep us ...
... gives such a price for it as will compensate him , and the manufacturer must take what the trades- man will give . The manufacturer has then to balance what he gets from the retailer with what he has paid , or must pay , for the raw ...
... gives herself little concern as to the appear- ance or temper of her new domestic , nor does she seem to require her help in household matters , to which she attends , mechanically enough , herself .... The principal object of Mrs ...
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