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Selected Letters Of Vernon Lee, 1856â€“1935 - Volume Iv: 1897â€“1904

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 Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)Â was a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction and her radical polemics. This multi-volume scholarly edition presents a comprehensive selection of her English, French, Italian, and German correspondence that reflect her wide variety of interests and occupations.
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Works Of Lady Caroline Lamb

by Leigh Wetherall Dickson

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 Offers the works of Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), the late Romantic-era novelist most famous for her affair with Lord Byron. Presenting Lamb's works in a scholarly format, this book situates her literary achievements within the context of her Whig allegiances, her sense of noblesse oblige and her promotion of aristocratic reform.
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Uncollected Letters Of Algernon Charles Swinburne

by Terry L Meyers

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 These three volumes of letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne add approximately 600 letters by this poet that were not available when Cecil Y. Lang published his six volume edition of Swinburne's letters. The volumes also contain a selection of several hundred other letters addressed to Swinburne.
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Social Problem Novels Of Frances Trollope

by Brenda Ayres

~~530,00€~~ 477,00€ 10% OFF

 Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.
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Widow And Wedlock Novels Of Frances Trollope

by Abigail Burnham Bloom

~~563,13€~~ 506,82€ 10% OFF

 The writings of Frances Trollope have been subject to increasing academic interest in recent years, and are now widely studied. In this four-volume set her comical, yet subversive, treatment of Victorian marriage provides an interesting contrast to some of the more earnest but conventional fiction of the time.
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Collected Letters Of Harriet Martineau

by Deborah Logan

~~689,00€~~ 620,10€ 10% OFF

 Throughout her fifty-year career, Harriet Martineau's prolific literary output was matched only by her exchanges with a range of high-profile British, American and European correspondents. This set focuses on the letters written by Martineau, contextualising the correspondence through annotation of the highest standard.
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Journals Of Thomas Babington Macaulay

by William Thomas

~~662,50€~~ 596,25€ 10% OFF

 Presents the candid diary of Thomas Macaulay, Victorian statesman, historian and author of "The History of England". This work shows how, spanning the period 1838 to 1859, the journal is the longest work from Macaulay's pen. It states that these unique manuscripts held at Trinity College, Cambridge, are most revealing of all his writings.
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Early Novels Of Benjamin Disraeli

by Ann Hawkins

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 Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important political figures in 19th century Britain. However, before rising to political prominence he had established himself as a major literary figure. This set takes a critical look at Disraeli's early work.
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Public Face Of Wilkie Collins - The Collected Letters

by Andrew Gasson

~~695,63€~~ 626,07€ 10% OFF

 The editors have transcribed 2,500 of Wilkie Collins's letters, around 700 of them previously unidentified, and have given them all a full scholarly annotation and context. The letters shed light on the personal life and business activities of this creative Victorian personality.
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Selected Letters Of Vernon Lee, 1856-1935 - 1890-1896

by Amanda Gagel e Sophie Geoffroy

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 Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget, a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction. This scholarly edition of her letters makes a selection from over 30 archives worldwide. In this third volume, covering the years 1890-1896, the 429 assembled letters follow Violet Paget-Vernon Lee from the age of thirty-four to forty.
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Selected Letters Of Vernon Lee, 1856-1935 - 1890-1896

by Amanda Gagel e Sophie Geoffroy

~~78,16€~~ 70,34€ 10% OFF

 Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget, a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction. This scholarly edition of her letters makes a selection from over 30 archives worldwide. In this third volume, covering the years 1890-1896, the 429 assembled letters follow Violet Paget-Vernon Lee from the age of thirty-four to forty.
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Indian And Pacific Correspondence Of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 3

by Neil Chambers

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 Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
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Indian And Pacific Correspondence Of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 5

by Neil Chambers

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 Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
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Correspondence Of Robert Boyle, 1636-1691

by Lawrence M Principe

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 Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the most influential scientific and theological thinkers of his time. This is the first edition of his correspondence, transcribed from the original manuscripts. It is fully annotated, with an introduction and general index.
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The Letters Of Francis Jeffrey To Thomas And Jane Welsh Carlyle

by William Christie

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 Contains letters from Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866). The letters in this title present a personal and intellectual narrative of nineteenth-century Britain.
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The Manuscripts Of Adam Ferguson

by Robin C Dix

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 This volume contains a newly-edited cache of over 30 manuscript essays on a diverse range of topics and descriptions.
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The Spanish Gypsy By George Eliot

by Antonie Gerard Van Den Broek

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 In 1864, George Eliot began writing her longest poem, "The Spanish Gypsy". This project exhausted her, and her partner took the manuscript away from her for fear it was making her ill. This work explains what Eliot read to research the poem, which parts caused her particular problems and summarises the poem's critical reception.
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The Plays Of William Godwin

by David O'Shaughnessy

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 Best known for "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" (1793) and "Caleb Williams" (1794), William Godwin (1756-1836) is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. This book offers academics the chance to build a complete picture of Godwin as a writer and political figure.
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Christianity Not As Old As The Creation - The Last Of Defoe'S Performances

by G A Starr

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 This critical edition is the first such version of Christianity Not as Old as the Creation and the first time it has been reprinted. Starrâ€™s attribution is not only a significant contribution to Defoe scholarship, but in making it he provides an excellent â€˜how toâ€™ guide for scholars wishing to add other non-attributed works to the Defoe canon.
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Robert Boyle: By Himself And His Friends - With A Fragment Of William Wotton'S 'Lost Life Of Boyle'

by Michael Hunter

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 The image of Robert Boyle owes much to a series of evaluations of him written shortly after his death by men who had known him well, such as John Evelyn, Gilbert Burnet and Sir Peter Pett. This book includes a selection of these previously unpublished texts.
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Indian And Pacific Correspondence Of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 4

by Neil Chambers

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 Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
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Indian And Pacific Correspondence Of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 1

by Neil Chambers

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 After James Cook's voyage in HMS Endeavour, Banks developed a network of scientists and explorers. Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion.
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Indian And Pacific Correspondence Of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 2

by Neil Chambers

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 Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
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Selected Works Of Margaret Oliphant, Part Vi - Major Novels

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 Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and more than three hundred periodical articles. This is the most ambitious critical edition of her work.
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