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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Charlotte Mary Yonge , 1823-1901, English novelist. Her writing as well as her life was restricted by the rigid High Church tenets of her upbringing. In spite of their religiosity her books were long popular because of the excellence of their characterization and dialogue. The Heir of Redclyffe ... Read more |
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Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923, British author, b. New Zealand, regarded as one of the masters of the short story. Her original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. A talented cellist, she did not turn to literature until 1908. Her first volume of short stories, In a German Pension (1911), was not... Read more |
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The Awkward Age
Awkward Age, The, novel by Henry James, published in 1899.The story is concerned with the “awkward age” in the life of Nanda Brookenham, during the period just following her emergence from childhood segregation to the brilliant atmosphere of her mother's London salon. The girl and her... Read more |
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Xavier de Maistre
Xavier de Maistre , 1763-1852, French writer, b. Savoy; brother of Joseph de Maistre. He served in the Russian army and lived most of his life in St. Petersburg. His works are distinguished for their polished wit. Voyage autour de ma chambre [trip around my room] (1794), written when he was in... Read more |
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney Singer A Difficult Childhood “Come On-a My House” The Hollywood Life Collapse Salvation Through Singing Selected discography Sources The distinctively unpretentious, deep, rich, and smooth voice of Rosemary Clooney has earned her recognition as one of America’s... Read more |
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Bobbie Ann Mason
Bobbie Ann Mason 1940-, American regional author, b. Mayfield, Ky., grad. Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1962), State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (M.A., 1966), Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D., 1972). Her dissertation, a study of nature imagery in Nabokov Ada, was published as Nabokov's Garden (1974)... Read more |
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Harrie E. Adams Wilson
Harriet E. Wilson Considered the first African American woman to publish a novel in English, Harriet E. Adams Wilson (c. 1827-c. 1863) is also distinguished as the first black, male or female, to publish a novel in the United States. Harriet E. Adams Wilson's book, Our Nig; or, Sketches... Read more |
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Alice Munro
Alice Munro 1931-, Canadian writer. Much acclaimed as one of the finest contemporary short-story writers, Munro is known for quiet, insightfully realistic, and irony-tinged works dealing with daily life, written in an elegantly unobtrusive prose. These tales are mainly about the lives of girls and... Read more |
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Enid Blyton
Blyton, Enid Mary (1897–1968). Children's author. Born in East Dulwich (London), Blyton trained as a kindergarten teacher. Her first books, collections of poems in Child Whispers and stories in The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies, were published in 1922 and 1924. She edited a number of... Read more |
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Afghan native tells heroic story; Farah Ahmedi, who persevered despite losing...
...road for Farah Ahmedi from her childhood...the young Afghan dreamed of a new life in America...Last year Ahmedi, who is now 18 and lives near Chicago, shared her story with ... |
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Afghan native tells heroic story.
...road for Farah Ahmedi from her childhood...the young Afghan dreamed of a new life in America...Last year Ahmedi, who is now 18 and lives near Chicago, shared her story with ... |
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Parade will honor our troops this year.(Neighbor)(Carol Stream)
...veterans will share the title...marshal with Farah Ahmedi, 19, of...Kim said Ahmedi is the author...show for her winning entry...program's Story of My Life contest. Her published book is "An ... |
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