Bodleian library jun 2026 (3 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A charming, thought-provoking compendium of quotes from Charlotte Brontë's most famous works. 'Cheerfulness is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.' From Jane Eyre to Lucy Snowe, Charlotte Brontë's heroines think deeply about how to live a fulfilling life, often expressing passionate beliefs, heartfelt advice, and pragmatic philosophy. This inspirational selection of short quotations, revealing their--and their author's--innermost thoughts on early Victorian times, remains surprisingly relevant to us today. Drawn from Jane Eyre, Villette, Shirley, and The Professor, the quotations cover a wide range of themes, including happiness, love, feminism, work, truth, feelings, and prejudice. This thought-provoking book, first published in 1912, is a delightful gift for anyone who loves to read Brontë's novels.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A celebration of sisterhood throughout some of literature's best-loved tales. Sisterly relationships feature prominently in some of our best-loved classics. From Jane and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice to Hasina and Nazneen in Brick Lane, sisters have provided inspiration to novelists for centuries. Sisters can be best friends, mother figures, rivals, heroes, sounding boards, or partners in crime, depending on literary genre, era, or plot demands. They can bring focus to women's changing societal roles, especially in works that predate the twentieth century, such as Middlemarch, The Woman in White, and The Old Wives' Tale. Their bonds with younger or older siblings, like those of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in Little Women, are often complex, nuanced, and even devastating. Covering childhood, adventure, affairs of the heart, and mental health, this book explores the role of sisters in twenty individual entries. Including writers as diverse as Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster, J.D. Salinger, Toni Morrison, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, it makes the perfect read for book-loving sisters, whatever their connection.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Step into the kitchens, streets, and chop houses of Georgian London--one day, one city, and countless appetites. From dawn until past midnight, Londoners dined at taverns, coaching inns, oyster rooms, confectioners, coffee shops, chocolate houses, soup shops, and dining rooms. For the poor, the streets bustled with vendors offering early versions of fast food: hot green peas, baked potatoes, suet puddings, curds and whey, rice milk, gingerbread, pastry 'pigs,' and the now-forgotten saloop, a warming drink made from orchid roots. After dark, sex workers and their clients indulged in a glass of jelly, then considered an aphrodisiac, as a precursor to a visit to the brothel. As the empire expanded, culinary influences poured in: London's first Indian takeaway appeared in 1773, while the East End became home to Jewish fried fish, Italian boloney, and German sausages. Through the course of a single day, Insatiable Appetites takes readers on a journey through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper in Georgian London, drawing on contemporary archives to follow hungry citizens from all walks of life as they navigate the city's diverse food landscape. It reveals not only culinary pleasures and horrors, but also the social challenges and daily struggles that shaped life in the capital.…