A Comprehensive Study of American Writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911: Art for Truth's SakeEdwin Mellen Press, 2003 - 291 pages This work examines the novels, essays, and short stories of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps within their cultural/historical context. It examines the social climate and reform movements during Phelps' writing career, and shows how she was a woman ahead of her time in the 19th century. |
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Page 54
... tell Bayard , was completely avoidable . The cause : the drunkenness of the crew . Describing Bayard's attempt to help the men when two jump overboard , Phelps writes , " Thank God for that wasted liberal education , —yes , and liberal ...
... tell Bayard , was completely avoidable . The cause : the drunkenness of the crew . Describing Bayard's attempt to help the men when two jump overboard , Phelps writes , " Thank God for that wasted liberal education , —yes , and liberal ...
Page 91
... tell me the Plum is no place for me ? What kind of a place is this for you ? . . . You don't know ; but I do . . . . I tell you it's the plating over that's the difference ; the plating over . At the Plum we say what we mean ; and we ...
... tell me the Plum is no place for me ? What kind of a place is this for you ? . . . You don't know ; but I do . . . . I tell you it's the plating over that's the difference ; the plating over . At the Plum we say what we mean ; and we ...
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... tell you ! Look at these rooms ! Who would think - in such a room as this except he dreamed it , that the mothers of very little children died for want of a few hundreds and a change of climate ? Why , the curtains in this room cost six ...
... tell you ! Look at these rooms ! Who would think - in such a room as this except he dreamed it , that the mothers of very little children died for want of a few hundreds and a change of climate ? Why , the curtains in this room cost six ...
Contents
The Literary Life of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 1 |
Phelps | 27 |
The Fingers of the World | 61 |
Copyright | |
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Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and ... Ben Railton No preview available - 2007 |