Not Just Jane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Not Just Jane write by Shelley DeWees. This book was released on 2016-10-25. Not Just Jane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Not Just Jane restores seven of England’s most fascinating and subversive literary voices to their rightful places in history. Shelley DeWees tells each woman writer’s story with wit, passion, and an astute understanding of the society in which she lived and wrote.” —Dr. Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Jane Austen and the Brontës endure as British literature’s leading ladies (and for good reason)—but were these reclusive parsons’ daughters really the only writing women of their day? A feminist history of literary Britain, this witty, fascinating nonfiction debut explores the extraordinary lives and work of seven long-forgotten authoresses, and asks: Why did their considerable fame and influence, and a vibrant culture of female creativity, fade away? And what are we missing because of it? You’ve likely read at least one Jane Austen novel (or at least seen a film one). Chances are you’ve also read Jane Eyre; if you were an exceptionally moody teenager, you might have even read Wuthering Heights. English majors might add George Eliot or Virginia Woolf to this list…but then the trail ends. Were there truly so few women writing anything of note during late 18th and 19th century Britain? In Not Just Jane, Shelley DeWees weaves history, biography, and critical analysis into a rip-roaring narrative of the nation’s fabulous, yet mostly forgotten, female literary heritage. As the country, and women’s roles within it, evolved, so did the publishing industry, driving legions of ladies to pick up their pens and hit the parchment. Focusing on the creative contributions and personal stories of seven astonishing women, among them pioneers of detective fiction and the modern fantasy novel, DeWees assembles a riveting, intimate, and ruthlessly unromanticized portrait of female life—and the literary landscape—during this era. In doing so, she comes closer to understanding how a society could forget so many of these women, who all enjoyed success, critical acclaim, and a fair amount of notoriety during their time, and realizes why, now more than ever, it’s vital that we remember. Rediscover Charlotte Turner Smith, Helen Maria Williams, Mary Robinson, Catherine Crowe, Sara Coleridge, Dinah Mulock Craik, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
Just Jane
Just Jane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Just Jane write by William Lavender. This book was released on 2014-01-07. Just Jane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A young English Lady discovers love, independence, and the true meaning of home in this YA historical romance set during the Revolutionary War. South Carolina, 1776. The orphaned daughter of an English earl, fourteen-year-old Lady Jane Prentice has just arrived in Charlestown to find herself in the middle of heated conflicts both personal and political. While war rages between her former country and her new home, another is being waged between the members of her own family, whose loyalties are strongly divided in America's fight for freedom. Torn by family feuds, the war, a secret romance, and her own growing need to forge her own path, Jane struggles for the courage to become the person she wants to be. Just Jane is an inspiring historical tale of a girl and a nation, each learning to fight for independence. Includes a reader's guide.
I, Jane
I, Jane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I, Jane write by Diane Haeger. This book was released on 2012-09-04. I, Jane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Though her path to the throne was long and paved with treachery, Jane Seymour would win the heart of her king—and heal her own. Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor. At the French Court, the plain and docile Jane meets the girl who will grow into her rival in years to come: the already charismatic and conniving Anne Boleyn. Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet—and the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer. But his family vows to keep them apart, and Jane is called back to Court to serve Katherine of Aragon, who is fighting for her life as Queen in the face of Anne Boleyn’s open seduction of King Henry VIII. In those turbulent years, Jane will learn the value of loyalty and honesty, while holding fast to her convictions. And it is her unblemished soul that will slowly rise above the chaos—and turn a king’s head. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
The Choice
The Choice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Choice write by Michael Kaye. This book was released on 2006-05-25. The Choice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Powerful, sensual, and hauntingly moving, The Choice is the captivating story of the Sheppard family caught in an unexpected crisis. Husband and wife, Tom and Nuala, are faced with harrowing decisions when Tom is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Their grown children, Rick and Jane, along with Tom's mother, Marian, are also deeply drawn into Tom's desperate situation. Each family member faces their own conflicts and prejudices as they struggle to come to terms with Tom's mortality. Tom's own pragmatic view of his illness forces his family to confront head-on one of today's most pressing and controversial issues. Choices are made and choices are asked to be made. By the novel's end the family finally understands there simply are no easy answers, as it falls to Nuala to make the most heartbreaking choice of all.
Skyscraper
Skyscraper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyscraper write by David Auburn. This book was released on 1998. Skyscraper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. THE STORY: Jessica, a young photographer fighting to save the building, has injured herself trying to take pictures of the crumbling skyscraper. She and her lawyer, Jane, are suing the demolisher, Raymond. Raymond has his own troubles: He has just
