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- I used to live here once : the haunted life of Jean Rhys / by Seymour, Miranda,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote during her extraordinary years as an exile in 1920s Paris and later in England, a body of fiction--above all, the extraordinary Wide Sargasso Sea--that has a passionate following today. And yet her own colorful life, including her early years on the Caribbean island of Dominica, remains too little explored, until now. In I Used to Live Here Once, Miranda Seymour sheds new light on the artist whose proud and fiercely solitary life profoundly informed her writing. Rhys experienced tragedy and extreme poverty, alcohol and drug dependency, romantic and sexual turmoil, all of which contributed to the "Rhys woman" of her oeuvre. Today, readers still intuitively relate to her unforgettable characters, vulnerable, watchful, and often alarmingly disaster-prone outsiders; women with a different way of moving through the world. And yet, while her works often contain autobiographical material, Rhys herself was never a victim. The figure who emerges for Seymour is cultured, self-mocking, unpredictable--and shockingly contemporary. Based on new research in the Caribbean, a wealth of never-before-seen papers, journals, letters, and photographs, and interviews with those who knew Rhys, I Used to Live Here Once is a luminous and penetrating portrait of a fascinatingly elusive artist"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Rhys, Jean.; Novelists, English; Women novelists, English; Caribbean literature (English); Dominica literature; English literature;
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- Children's literature / by Mass, Wendy,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-202) and index.- Subjects: Children; Children's literature, American; Children's literature, English;
- © c2001, Greenhaven
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- The Renaissance : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts / by Lee-Browne, Patrick;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94), Internet addresses and index.- Subjects: English literature; Renaissance; Literature and history; Literature and history; European literature; Authors, English;
- © c2003., Facts on File,
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- Understanding Frankenstein / by Nardo, Don,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses Mary Shelley's sources of ideas for the compelling plot, well-developed characters, and universal themes of "Frankenstein," which have led to its enduring popularity.- Subjects: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.; Frankenstein (Fictitious character); English literature;
- © c2003., Lucent,
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- The Twyford code : a novel / by Hallett, Janice,author.;
"Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Severely dyslexic and wanting to know more, he took it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, not realising the chain of events that he was setting in motion. Miss Iles became convinced that the book was the key to solving a puzzle, and that a message in secret code ran through all Twyford's novels. Then Miss Iles disappeared on a class field trip, and Steven has no memory of what happened to her. Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Steven decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. Was Miss Iles murdered? Was she deluded? Or was she right about the code? And is it still in use today? Desperate to recover his memories and find out what really happened to Miss Iles, Steven revisits the people and places of his childhood. And as he does so, he records the story of his life in the form of voicemails and voice memos for his estranged and long unknown son, a professor of mathematics. But it soon becomes clear that Edith Twyford wasn't just a writer of forgotten children's stories. The Twyford Code is valuable, and he isn't the only one trying to solve it."--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Children's literature, English; Ciphers; English teachers; Missing persons; Secrecy; Women authors;
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- The things that matter : what seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life / by Mendelson, Edward;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.- Subjects: Life cycle, Human, in literature.; English fiction; English fiction;
- © c2006., Pantheon Books,
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Complete EnglishSmart.
A curriculum-based English language book for children in grade four. Topics include listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. Features Canadian spelling and includes some passages on Canadian topics.LSC- Subjects: Language arts (Primary); Language arts (Elementary); English language;
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- The complete idiot's guide to critical reading / by Wall, Amy; Wall, Regina.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-287) and index.- Subjects: English literature; American literature; Books and reading; Critical thinking; Criticism;
- © c2005., Alpha Books,
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- Warriors field guide : secrets of the clans / by Hunter, Erin.; McLoughlin, Wayne.;
Provides background information about the history, characters, and places of significance to the warrior cats featured in the series "Warriors" and "Warriors, the new prophecy".LSC- Subjects: Hunter, Erin; Children's stories, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Cats in literature;
- © c2007., HarperCollins,
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- Robert Munsch / by Edwards, Frank B.,1952-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Munsch, Robert N., 1945-; Children's literature, Canadian.; Authors, Canadian (English);
- © 2008, c2009., Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
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