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Visions in Death: Jasper K. McKinney (pre-book) [4] fall from apartment building: gravity: misadventure Elisa Maplewood beating, rape, strangulation, removal of eyes: red ribbon John Blue Lily Napier Marjorie Kates Breen Merriweather Ineza Blue Lena Greenspan (pre-book) [5] Sarie Parker (pre-book) [5] 8 unnamed women (pre-book) [6] Annalisa Sommers
first edition (publ. McClelland & Stewart) A Bird in the House, first published in 1970, is a short story sequence written by Margaret Laurence. [1] [2] Noted by Laurence to be "semi-autobiographical", [3] the series chronicles the growing up of a young agnostic writer, Vanessa MacLeod, in the fictional town of Manawaka, Manitoba. [4]
The story affirms the ideal of man leading a simple, authentic life alongside nature through its portrayal of attitudes toward death. The author himself gave a thorough interpretation of his work in a letter to A.A. Tolstoy: [3] "My thought was: three creatures died -- a noblewoman, a muzhik, [4] and a tree. The noblewoman is pathetic and ...
The title comes from the Book of Proverbs [3]: "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars" (Proverbs 9:1) (King James Version). Before the First World War, Lawrence had begun work on a scholarly book about seven great cities of the Middle East, [a] to be called Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was incomplete when war broke ...
First US edition (publ. Thomas Seltzer, 1923) Cover design by Knud Merrild. The Captain's Doll is a short story or novella by the English author D. H. Lawrence.It was written in 1921 and first published by Martin Secker in March 1923 in a volume with The Ladybird and The Fox.
The Diviners follows the story of fictional Canadian novelist, Morag Gunn. Morag's life is believed to be loosely based upon Laurence's personal experiences. [1] Aritha Van Herk argues that when observing all of Laurence's work, it is evident that The Diviners explicitly connects the author's emotions, experiences, and professional development to the protagonist more than any of her other novels.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by English author Charles Dickens, [1] [2] originally published in 1870.. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud.
[3] A drawing of Joyce (with eyepatch) by Djuna Barnes from 1922, the year in which Joyce began the 17-year task of writing Finnegans Wake [4] The two pages in question consisted of the short sketch "Roderick O'Conor", concerning the historic last king of Ireland cleaning up after guests by drinking the dregs of their dirty glasses. [5]