"discussion of women's nature by having a man with the power to create new life instead of the woman, and its consequences. Jane Austen also engaged in this discussion in her gothic novel, Northanger Abbey. Catherine Morland, the protagonist of the novel, has to confront the workings of the political and economic system that involves women as chess pieces in marriages and of power relationships, after her visions of romance are over. In this novel one can also see how the mind can take a truth by means other than texts, many times removed from actual events. This speaks to"
"Michael Kurland Michael Joseph Kurland (born March 1, 1938) is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction. Kurland lives in San Luis Obispo, California. Kurland's early career was devoted to works of science fiction. His first published novel was ""Ten Years to Doomsday"" (written with Chester Anderson) in 1964. Other notable works include ""Tomorrow Knight"", ""Pluribus"", ""Perchance"", and ""The Unicorn Girl"". ""The Unicorn Girl"" was the middle volume of the Greenwich Village Trilogy by three different authors, the other two being Chester Anderson and T.A. Waters. (Anderson's book, ""The Butterfly Kid"", was nominated"
"James Morland, whom Darcy has installed in a local parish. The latter denouement was hinted at by Austen herself in her letters, where she mentions that she can imagine Kitty married to a Derbyshire clergyman. Almost as an afterthought, Brinton also pairs up Tom Bertram and Isabella Thorpe, completing a sequence in which all of Brinton's characters destined for matrimony become engaged to someone from a different Jane Austen novel. Very little is known about Sybil Grace Brinton. She was born in 1874 at Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire and was subject to ill health throughout her life. She got married in"
"One of the Family One of the Family (1993) was the last novel written by Monica Dickens, great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. It is set in Edwardian London where the world, like main character Leonard Morley's life, is changing. We start the book with a single note which seems to leave a smudge on Leonard and his family life. The book continues with himself, two sons, a daughter and a wife as well as a large extended family all making room for one more, when curiously charming 'Doctor' Tobias Taylor appears on the scene. However curiosity killed more than just"
"of numerous non-fiction works, including ""How to Solve a Murder: the Forensic Handbook"" and ""How to Try a Murder: the Handbook for Armchair Lawyers"". Michael Kurland Michael Joseph Kurland (born March 1, 1938) is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction. Kurland lives in San Luis Obispo, California. Kurland's early career was devoted to works of science fiction. His first published novel was ""Ten Years to Doomsday"" (written with Chester Anderson) in 1964. Other notable works include ""Tomorrow Knight"", ""Pluribus"", ""Perchance"", and ""The Unicorn Girl"". ""The Unicorn Girl"" was the middle volume of"
"a variety of jobs in the commercial world, beginning as sales manager for the Coca-Cola Company in Edinburgh, and ending as pensions officer for the BBC in London. She started writing at university and, while employed, wrote in the evenings and during the weekends. The birth of The Morland Dynasty series enabled her to become a full-time writer in 1979. The series was originally intended to comprise 12 volumes but, as of 2015, the number of volumes has reached 35. She also writes the internationally acclaimed Bill Slider Mysteries. Cynthia and her husband still live in London. They have three"
"The paperback version was published by Knopf on 6 June 2009. The book was included on the Richard & Judy book club in the UK in the summer of 2009. The Garland family featured in this book include the parents of Judge Oliver Garland, who appeared in ""The Emperor of Ocean Park"". The novel is set over the course of the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal, and includes appearances from real-life figures including Langston Hughes, Richard Nixon, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., J. Edgar Hoover and Barbra Streisand. Aurelia Treene appeared as an elderly character in"
"In the mystery novel ""The Murders of Richard III"" by Elizabeth Peters (1974) the central plot revolves around the debate as to whether Richard III was guilty of these and other crimes. A sympathetic portrayal of Richard III is given in ""The Founding"" (1980), the first volume in ""The Morland Dynasty"" series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. One film adaptation of Shakespeare's play ""Richard III"" is the 1955 version directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. Also notable are the 1995 film version starring Ian McKellen, set in a fictional 1930s fascist England, and ""Looking for Richard"","
"the setting for the children's novel ""The Witch of Blackbird Pond"" by Elizabeth George Speare, as well as the setting of the one-act play ""The Valiant"" by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemas. Actor-turned-author Thomas Tryon used his native Wethersfield as the setting for his action/romance novels ""The Wings of the Morning"" and ""In the Fire of Spring"", as well as a mystery/horror novel ""The Other"" and a film of the same name. The short film ""Disneyland Dream"" features the Barstow family from Wethersfield, including footage of their neighborhood. In the autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Malcolm X recounts"
"Somers becomes Cassandra's husband at the end of the novel and is also Ben's brother. He is tall, dark, handsome and rebellious. He cures his alcohol problem to make himself a suitable husband for Cassandra. Stoddard's works were not widely read during her lifetime. The novel was lost to literary history for over a hundred years, perhaps because of scholars’ inability to categorize it. Yet ""The Morgesons"" has since become an important part of the canon of American literature. The Morgesons The Morgesons is a novel written by Elizabeth Stoddard in 1862. A female ""bildungsroman"", it traces the quest of"
"working title Jane Austen used. Aside from first being published together, the two novels are not connected; later editions were published separately. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is ""in training for a heroine"" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's ""Mysteries of Udolpho"" is a favourite. Catherine is invited by the Allens, her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton, to accompany them to visit the town of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and"
"""""With Marilyn: An Evening/1961"","" among others. Kirkland's next book project titled """"A Life in Pictures"""" is scheduled for release in 2013. """"Titanic"""" was the first picture book to reach No.1 on the New York Times Best Seller list and did so on both the hardcover and paperback lists. Douglas Kirkland has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, the AFI Conservatory in Hawaii and Los Angeles, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena as well as the Kodak Centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Kirkland and his wife reside in Hollywood Hills, California. His son is prolific ""The Simpsons"" director"
"children. In addition to writing, her interests are, horses, wine, architecture, the English countryside, and music: she plays in several amateur orchestras. Cynthia wrote her first novel while at university and in 1972 won the Young Writers' Award for ""The Waiting Game"". In 1993 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year Award for ""Emily"", the third volume of her Kirov Saga, a trilogy set in nineteenth century Russia. The original idea for The Morland Dynasty series was a 'history without tears', fictional characters in a real historical background. The plan was for the whole run of"
"Garland's own travels across Europe and the Philippines, it tells the story of a young English backpacker who discovers an unspoiled sea shore occupied by a community of like-minded backpackers. The novel is noted for its references to drug culture, sequences of hallucinations and unique depictions of excess and utopia, which have been commended by critics. ""The Beach"" was initially met with positive reviews, and with a spreading word of mouth response the novel grew into a cult classic. Garland would later speak of the overwhelming discomfort with the fame ""The Beach"" had allowed him to achieve, ""I never felt"
"Lane placing it within contemporary feminist discourses, and appended with the subtitle ""A Lost Feminist Utopian Novel."" Lane was also the first to suggest in her introduction a ""Utopian Trilogy"" of novels by Gilman, including ""Moving the Mountain"" (1911), ""Herland"", and ""With Her in Ourland"", all of which had been published serially in ""The Forerunner."" Herland (novel) Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. It"
"Joshua"" as the best Mormon novel before 1980. Virginia Sorensen is best known for ""A Little Lower Than the Angels"" (1942), which also addressed the emotional hardship of polygamy, and the acclaimed ""The Evening and the Morning"" (1949). Her children's book, ""Miracles on Maple Hill"" (1957), won a Newberry Award. Edward Geary wrote that Sorenson ""perhaps realizes regionalist's ambivalence more completely than any other"". Other notable writers from this period include Paul Bailey, Ardyth Kennelly Lorene Pearson, and Blanche Cannon. These ""provincial"" novels often feature a protagonist who belongs to her community, yet desires to leave. Another character, usually a"
"Wieland (novel) Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale, usually simply called Wieland, is the first major work by Charles Brockden Brown. First published in 1798, it distinguishes the true beginning of his career as a writer. ""Wieland"" is the first – and most famous – American Gothic novel. It has often been linked to ""Caleb Williams"" by William Godwin. Godwin's influence is clear, but Brown's writing is unique in its style. ""Wieland"" is often categorized under several subgenres other than gothic fiction, including horror, psychological fiction and epistolary fiction, which are listed at Project Gutenberg. Set sometime between the"
"seen in the opening scene of ""The Golden Compass"", ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981 TV serial), ""Another Country"" (1984), ""The Madness of King George III"" (1994), and the first two ""Harry Potter"" films, in which the Divinity School doubles as the Hogwarts hospital wing and Duke Humfrey's Library as the Hogwarts library. In ""The New World"" (2005), the library edifice is portrayed as the entrance to the Royal Court of the English monarchy. The Bodleian also featured in the Inspector Morse televised spin off ""Lewis"", in the episode ""And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea"", where a murder takes place in the basement."
"The character Virginia Bowen Porcher in L'Engle's 1984 novel ""A House Like a Lotus"" is said to be married to Henri Porcher, a French, mentally ill person whose American grandfather ""late in life married a distant cousin in Paris."" The Renier family, prominent in ""The Other Side of the Sun"" (1971), ""Dragons in the Waters"" (1976, ), and ""A House Like a Lotus"" (1984, ), also appears in ""Ilsa"". Unlike virtually all of L'Engle's other novels, ""Ilsa"" has never been republished or reprinted. Although no official explanation has ever been given, the book's continued unavailability appears to stem from the"
"Council"") in 2008. Neither ""New England White"" nor ""Palace Council"" feature Talcott Garland as a character: ""New England White"" promotes two minor characters from ""The Emperor of Ocean Park"" – Lemaster and Julia Carlyle – to the main protagonists, and ""Palace Council"" is set from 1952–1974, with the main character, Eddie Wesley, being related to the Garland family by marriage. ""The Emperor of Ocean Park"" was noted by many critics to bring together two themes – the ""lowbrow"" genre fiction style, in particular using the principles and thematic elements of a pulp thriller or murder mystery, and the ""highbrow"" literary"
"in this novel, it was also published in Card's short story collection ""Maps in a Mirror"" (1990). As with many of Card's other literature, a Christian/Mormon influence is present in this book. However, Card explicitly wrote it to appeal equally to Mormon and non-Mormon influences; the book does not seek to proselytize, though it does discuss Mormonism at length. Orson Scott Card is a descendant of Zina Diantha Huntington. Like the character of Dinah, Zina Huntington was born in 1821, converted to Mormonism and became a plural wife of Joseph Smith (who dissolved her marriage to her first husband). Also"
"Summer of Secrets Summer of Secrets is the second part of 21st century Austen series by Rosie Rushton. It was published in 2007 by Piccadilly Press Ltd. It is an adaptation of Jane Austen's ""Northanger Abbey"". Caitlin Morland wins an art scholarship to Mulberry Court school. There she meets Izzy Thorpe and Summer Tilney, whose parents are famous. She is a bit jealous of their fame and unlimited money. Caitlin cannot believe it when they say it is not fun having famous parents. Izzy Thorpe wants to visit Caitlin's home. After a lesson, when Caitlin was talking about Rubens' picture,"
"see the trial. In the end, Horace Rayner is charged with murder, and given a life sentence. This book very cleverly entwines fact with fiction, and Whiteley's assassination being involved is the first example that comes to mind. One of the Family One of the Family (1993) was the last novel written by Monica Dickens, great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. It is set in Edwardian London where the world, like main character Leonard Morley's life, is changing. We start the book with a single note which seems to leave a smudge on Leonard and his family life. The book continues"
"of the Simpson family, who owned Hazel Bank. This is where Walpole found the inspiration for the ""Herries Chronicles"". Borrowdale Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. Borrowdale lies within the historic county boundaries of Cumberland and is sometimes referred to as ""Cumberland Borrowdale"" to distinguish it from another Borrowdale in the historic county of Westmorland. Simon Jenkins rates the view of Borrowdale from Castle Crag looking towards Derwentwater as the number one best view in England. The valley rises in the central Lake District and runs"
"seen similarities to Browning. In 2015, Scottish critic Stuart Kelly suggested that McAndrew was the most famous Scot in literature when John Buchan's adventure novel ""The Thirty-Nine Steps"" was published in 1915. George Orwell criticised Kipling for his use of the ""stage Cockney dialect"".. However, ""McAndrew's Hymn"" is written in a Glasgow dialect: the poem mentions Maryhill, Pollokshaws, Govan and Parkhead as places which McAndrew had known when younger, and indeed ""Glasgie"" itself. This poem mentions a time when McAndrew was ""Third on the ""Mary Gloster"""". Kipling's poetic monologue ""The ""Mary Gloster"""" (1894) involves a McAndrew who is ""Chief of"
"Morning, Noon and Night (novel) Morning, Noon and Night is a 1995 novel by Sidney Sheldon. The Stanford family is one of the most respected in America - but behind the facade of fame and glamour lies a hidden web of blackmail, drugs and murder. When Harry Stanford, one of the wealthiest men in the world,mysteriously drowns while cruising on his yacht off the rugged coast of Corsica, it sets off a chain of events that reverberates around the globe. At the family gathering following the funeral in Boston, a strikingly beautiful young woman appears. She claims to be Stanford's"
"Lynn Kurland Lynn Kurland is a best-selling American author of historical, time travel, and fantasy romance novels. The characters in most of her books all belong to one of three extended families (Macleod, McKinnon, de Piaget) and her love scenes are not as explicit as many other popular romances. Lynn Kurland is an only child. Her first attempts at writing came when she was five years old and living in Hawaii. Her series of short stories featured a young man who encountered all sorts of trouble. After she moved to the mainland U.S. a short time later, she put aside"
"B. Cruickshank of Angus (1886–1975), Alexander Fenton (1929–2012), Flora Garry (1900–2000), Sir Alexander Gray (1882–1968), Violet Jacob of Angus (1863–1946), Charles Murray (1864–1941) and J. C. Milne (1897–1962). George MacDonald from Huntly used Doric in his novels. A friend of Mark Twain, he is commonly considered one of the fathers of the fantasy genre and an influence on C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Lewis Grassic Gibbon's ""Scots Quair"" trilogy is set in the Mearns and has been the basis of a successful play and television series. It is very popular throughout Scotland and tells the story of"
"social ladder by his three sisters - is Rose Jocelyn: she was taken as the epitome of mid-Victorian womanhood by the scholar Henry Sidgwick. Evan Harrington Evan Harrington is an 1861 novel by George Meredith, a glowing comedy of Victorian presumptions. The second of Meredith's 'mainstream' novels, the work is loosely autobiographical in inspiration; and concerns the social climbing family (three married daughters; one unmarried son) of the recently deceased tailor, Melchisedec (The Great Mel) Harrington. Two of Meredith's most notable comic creations - The Great Mel and his daughter Louisa, the scheming Countess of Saldar - appear in the"
"Vinland (novel) Vinland, published in 1992 by George Mackay Brown, is a historical novel set in the Orkney Islands in the early 11th century. It derives its name from a voyage the protagonist takes to that faraway land in the west. The novel's progagonist is Ranald Sigmundson, an Orkneyman who journeys to Vinland as a youth, fights in the battle of Clontarf, and has other adventures. Later in life, Ranald tends his farm and warns his family and friends against becoming too involved in worldly affairs. The story's prose style is quite minimalistic and vivid, after the manner of an"
"Howard's ""The English Mounsieur"" (1663/1674), George Etherege's ""Comical Revenge: or, Love in a Tub"" (1664), John Dryden's ""An Evening's Love: or, The Mock Astrologer"" (1667), and William Wycherley's ""Love in a Wood"" (1671). Although tragicomedies generally do not feature heroic characters in epic-like situations, they uphold class distinctions, social hierarchies, and aristocratic values in the high plots. In ""The Mulberry-Garden"", Sedley created a heroic high plot in which the two couples are facing a sea of troubles hindering their love, and the marriages of Althea and Eugenio and Diana and Philander are finally brought about only by the device of"
"in Boston"" (1853)). The novel, unlike previous examples of plantation literature, criticized abolitionism in the United States and how easily anti-slavery organisations such as the Underground Railroad could be manipulated by pro-slavery superiors - a concept previously discussed in Rev. Baynard Rush Hall's earlier anti-Tom novel, ""Frank Freeman's Barber Shop"" (1852). The book's main character is Eulalia, a young daughter of an abolitionist from New England and the wife of a plantation owner named Moreland. At first indoctrinated by her father's views on abolitionism, Eulalia initially condemns her husband's use of slaves on his plantation - even though he is"
"perhaps the most illustrious member of the family. An author of school textbooks, he was the largest-selling author in the world in the first half of the 19th century. Raised in New York City, Lindley was forced to move out of the country as a loyalist after the American Revolution, settling in York, England. He sold some 20 million books, including about 16 million in the United States and four million in Britain. His best-known title was his ""English Reader,"" which Abraham Lincoln called the finest book ever put in the hands of an American youth. Mrs. Robert Murray (Mary"