Air-bird in the Water: The Life and Works of Pearl Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes)Harding traces Craigie's crowded external and inner life and her connections with such important people as George Moore, Lord and Lady Curzon, and Jennie Churchill, and with literature, journalism, theater, politics, and religion at the turn of the century. The author also analyzes and evaluates Hobbes's numerous works (novels, short stories, plays, lectures, journalistic essays), linking Craigie's life with her work. |
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... . She was traumatized by her marriage and her health was delicate , but she had to deal with such enormous social handicaps as ( Continued on back flap ) Air - Bird in the Water in the Water The Air - Bird in the Water.
... . She was traumatized by her marriage and her health was delicate , but she had to deal with such enormous social handicaps as ( Continued on back flap ) Air - Bird in the Water in the Water The Air - Bird in the Water.
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... Part 3. Riding the Crest ( 1895-1901 ) 9. 1895-1896 10 . 1896-1897 11 . 1897 12 . 1898-1899 13 . 1898-1899 , Continued 9 == 11 17 230 53 66 81 97 122 140 159 175 191 208 230 14. 1898-1900 15. 1900-1901 Part 4. Ripening ( 1901–1906 )
... Part 3. Riding the Crest ( 1895-1901 ) 9. 1895-1896 10 . 1896-1897 11 . 1897 12 . 1898-1899 13 . 1898-1899 , Continued 9 == 11 17 230 53 66 81 97 122 140 159 175 191 208 230 14. 1898-1900 15. 1900-1901 Part 4. Ripening ( 1901–1906 )
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... Continued 21 . 1904 22 . 1904 , Continued 23 . 1905-1906 24 . 1906 25. 1906 and After Notes Bibliography Index 246 265 281 298 317 343 363 376 395 414 Part 5. Ending ( 1906– ) 439 464 481 519 527 Author's Note In the present book , when ...
... Continued 21 . 1904 22 . 1904 , Continued 23 . 1905-1906 24 . 1906 25. 1906 and After Notes Bibliography Index 246 265 281 298 317 343 363 376 395 414 Part 5. Ending ( 1906– ) 439 464 481 519 527 Author's Note In the present book , when ...
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... continued . A brilliant student in my writing class , Judie Herr , typed my revisions and index into her computer , barter fashion , in exchange for my critiques of her writing , and I am inexpressibly grateful to her . And then there ...
... continued . A brilliant student in my writing class , Judie Herr , typed my revisions and index into her computer , barter fashion , in exchange for my critiques of her writing , and I am inexpressibly grateful to her . And then there ...
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... continued to be boundless . " After an experience of over fifty years , " he would testify long afterward , " I consider that advertising as a profession is the most fascinating form of specula- tion in existence . " 11 Pearl's parents ...
... continued to be boundless . " After an experience of over fifty years , " he would testify long afterward , " I consider that advertising as a profession is the most fascinating form of specula- tion in existence . " 11 Pearl's parents ...
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1903 | 343 |
1903 Continued | 363 |
1904 | 376 |
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Page 25 - Why look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my loudest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a Pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.