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- margaret vandegrift ways and means
Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn North and South
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. The main heroine of North and South, Margaret Hale, is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers. There Margaret meets Mr. Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately, but he falls passionately in love with her.
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Tomorrow is another day… Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War in 1860s Atlanta, Margaret Mitchells magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable story of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it tells one of the most famous and enduring love stories of all time - between Scarlett OHara and Rhett Butler.
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Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell`s magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O`Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler. Текст романа на английском языке.
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Fair Margaret tells the inspiring story of a beautiful English maiden named Margaret, who faces hardship during the opening phases of the Spanish Inquisition in the late 1400s. As Margaret and her family struggle to live in peace, they soon find themselves in the midst of a series of perilous adventures. Benita bears all the hallmarks of a classic Haggards story. Readers will be pleased to discover an adventure of the supernatural, lost and hidden peoples and stupendous treasure that is a compelling page turner to its conclusion.
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When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social relationship with the mill-owner and self-made his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.
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Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to speak and to act to preserve our freedom while we still can. And in that, there is hope.
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One of the most famous love stories of all time. A special edition of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pans 70th anniversary. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchells magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett OHara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler. Since its first publication in 1936, Gone with the Wind has endured as a story for all our times and was immortalised in the 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
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From the author of Goodnight Moon: a never-before-published story! There is a way to close your mouth when you chew and a way not to close your mouth when you chew. In this witty book by Margaret Wise Brown, adorable animal characters show how good manners can open up the world to a child. Simple text uses opposites to illustrate a good way and a not-so-good way to wait in line, eat at the table, behave at a party, and treat an animal. Even the youngest children will quickly understand the message, brought to them in a gentle and amusing way. By the author of Goodnight Moon--who knew a thing or two about how to reach and teach young readers.
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The novel tells the inspiring story of a beautiful English maiden named Margaret, who faces hardship during the opening phases of the Spanish Inquisition in the late 1400s. As Margaret and her family struggle to live in peace, they soon find themselves in the midst of a series of perilous adventures. The drama that unfolds clearly displays the uncommon courage of ordinary people who chose to stand against the tyrants of their age.