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All Passion Spent. All Passion Spent is a literary fiction novel by Vita Sackville-West. Published in 1931, it is one of Sackville-West's most popular works and has been adapted for television by the BBC. The novel addresses people's, especially women's, control of their lives, a subject about which Sackville-West was greatly concerned although ...
All Passion Spent (1931) and Seducers in Ecuador (1924) sold especially well. Somewhat ironically Seducers overtook her mentor's novel Mrs Dalloway at the top of the sales charts. [40] The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent are perhaps her best-known novels today. In the latter, the elderly Lady Slane courageously embraces a long ...
Samson Agonistes. Samson Agonistes (from Greek Σαμσών ἀγωνιστής, " Samson the champion ") is a tragic closet drama by John Milton. It appeared with the publication of Milton's Paradise Regained in 1671, as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agonistes". [1]
John Porteous was born at The Glen, Quair Water, near Traquair, in the Borders, the son of Stephen Porteous, a tailor of the Canongate, Edinburgh. Little is known of his early life, except that he soon found he was not suited to his father's calling. Having served in the Scots Brigade in the Dutch Republic, in 1716 he became drill master to the ...
Madonna shared a touching tribute to son Rocco Ritchie on his 24th birthday alongside some rare photos of her eldest boy. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCCO — the long and Winding Road through all your ...
Here are 12 examples of the weirdest and wackiest things that people collect. ThamKC/istockphoto. 1. Barf Bags. Despite being quite a niche group, collectors of barf bags (also known as air ...
Recording studio. Sydney. Original release. March 30, 1939. ( 1939-03-30) Wireless Weekly 11 Oct 1941. All Passion Spent is a 1939 Australian radio play by Max Afford . According to the Adelaide Mail "Afford has departed somewhat from his usual type of work. As a rule he writes thrillers, the type of play with which he first attracted notice."
I spent the first half of summer putting shuffleboard tables to task, inspired by the prevailing Olympic spirit. In the end, a shortlist of options stood out.