 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE COLLECTED TALES OF LANOE FALCONER
|
| By: |
Peter Rowland (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£32.95 |
|
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1933146818 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781933146812 |
| Publisher: |
ACADEMICA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2009 |
| Edition: |
New ed. |
| Pages: |
526 |
| Description: |
Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848-1908) wrote from 1890 onwards under the pseudonym of Lanoe Falconer. This title features novellas "Mademoiselle Ixe", "Cecilia de Noel" and "Shoulder to Shoulder", five short stories and a volume of reminiscences entitled "Old Hampshire Vignettes" of Mary Hawker. |
| Synopsis: |
Biographer and historian, author of "The Unobstrusive Miss Hawker" (Lanoe Falconer) as well as "Raffles and His Creator", "The Works of E.W. Hornung" (1999), "Lloyd George" (1975) et al., the author of this title is editor-in-Chief Folio Society edition (5 volumes) of "Macaulay's History of England". Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848-1908), who wrote from 1890 onwards under the pseudonym of Lanoe Falconer, is remembered today primarily as the author of two best-selling novellas ("Mademoiselle Ixe" and "Cecilia de Noel"), five brilliant short stories (published under the title "Hotel d'Angleterre") and a slim volume of wonderful reminiscences entitled "Old Hampshire Vignettes". She was read by and admired by Gladstone, Henry James and the young Virginia Stephen ("Woolf"). All of these will be found in "Collected Tales" - but they are reinforced by eight additional short stories, one additional novella ("Shoulder to Shoulder") and one additional vignette. These supplementary items, buried in the archives for more than a century, are now brought to light by Peter Rowland, Hawker's biographer, after much patient research and dedicated delving.They are accompanied by a short series of penetrating Character Sketches, intended for a book (or books) that would never be written, plus an article on how to tackle short stories. Bearing additional witness to Lanoe Falconer's astonishing range and versatility, this fresh material makes "Collected Tales" a totally unique and invaluable volume - one not to be missed by the growing army of this remarkable writer's fans. She had expressed the hope, in June 1899, of one day being able to produce a volume of her reprinted stories, 'but not yet'. Her waning strength curtailed this venture, and one hundred and ten years is perhaps a rather long time to wait, but there are certain things worth waiting for. The present publishers, acting on Mary Hawker's behalf, are confident that her ambition has finally been achieved and that (always allowing for a modicum of self-criticism, and instinctive desire to revise something here and there) she would have been reasonably satisfied with the result. |
| Illustrations: |
index, bibliography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Academica Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|