Mrs Craik John Halifax Gentleman
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Craik, Mrs: John Halifax, Gentleman, 1930 Thomas Nelson & Sons
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Hardback Good Undated, circa 1930. Blue cloth hardcovers, bumped at top/bottom of spine. Name written on first page. Mrs Craik published nearly fifty volumes, in cluding novels, essays and verse, but none of them approached the success o f John Halifax, Gentlemen, which proved remarkably popular and was translat ed into several foreign languages. John Halifax, Gentleman follows the for tunes of a poor orphan who is befriended by the narrator, Phineas Fletcher, the invalid son of a Quaker tanner in an English provincial town. He raise s himself up from his humble beginnings, and the book reflects the changing conditions in England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth cent ury, as the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the middle class altered the social and political complexion of the country. Published in 1856, the book was immensely popular with contemporary readers, John Halifax, Gentlem an was written by Dinah Craik (1826-1887), the daughter of a Nonconformist minister and his wife, who turned to writing when her father deserted his c hildren following their mother's death.
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Craik, Mrs: John Halifax Gentleman, 1930 Ward Lock & Co ; fester Einband / hard cover
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Hardback Good Undated, circa 1930. Red detailed hardcovers with gilted titling to front cover and spine, bumped at corners and top/bottom of spine with small tear to spine. Partial sunday school presentation label pasted to inside front cover. Some brown spotting due to age. Mrs Craik published nearly fifty v olumes, including novels, essays and verse, but none of them approached the success of John Halifax, Gentlemen, which proved remarkably popular and wa s translated into several foreign languages. John Halifax, Gentleman follo ws the fortunes of a poor orphan who is befriended by the narrator, Phineas Fletcher, the invalid son of a Quaker tanner in an English provincial town . He raises himself up from his humble beginnings, and the book reflects th e changing conditions in England during the late eighteenth and early ninet eenth century, as the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the middle clas s altered the social and political complexion of the country. Published in 1856, the book was immensely popular with contemporary readers, John Halifa x, Gentleman was written by Dinah Craik (1826-1887), the daughter of a Nonc onformist minister and his wife, who turned to writing when her father dese rted his children following their mother's death.
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Craik Mrs. (Mulock Dinah Maria): John Halifax, Gentleman. London Everyman's Library. 1974
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A nice little book, D/W briwning, generally in VG condition, tight and clean. Very Good Hard Cover
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Craik, Mrs: John Halifax gentleman, London : Collins' Clear-Type, no date.
Good hbk reprint in soiled red decorated boards. Ink inscription on the inside front cover. Page edges and endpapers browning. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
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