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Christie, Agatha 1890-1976 Femmes Angleterre Conditions sociales 17e siècle Femmes et littérature Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle Littérature anglaise 17e siècle Histoire et critique Novelists, English 20th century Biography Renaissance Angleterre Renaissance England Women and literature England History 20th century Women England Social conditions 17th century Écrits de femmes anglais Histoire et critiqueFilter By Subjects
Christie, Agatha 1890-1976 Femmes Angleterre Conditions sociales 17e siècle Femmes et littérature Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle Littérature anglaise 17e siècle Histoire et critique Novelists, English 20th century Biography Renaissance Angleterre Renaissance England Women and literature England History 20th century Women England Social conditions 17th century Écrits de femmes anglais Histoire et critiqueWorsley, Lucy
Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHRISTIE WORBriggs, Julia.
Contents: Beginning : The voyage out (1915) -- Into the night : Night and day (1919) -- 'Our press arrived on Tuesday' : Monday or Tuesday (1921) -- In search of Jacob : Jacob's room (1922) -- A woman connects : The common reader (1925) -- 'What a lark! What a plunge!' : Mrs. Dalloway (1925) -- Writing itself : To the lighthouse (1927) -- 'The secret of life is ...' : Orlando (1928) -- To the women of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 BRILehmann, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 LEHTargoff, Ramie
Summary: "A remarkable work about women writers in the Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period and brings us in close to four women who were committed to their craft before there was any possibility of "a room of one's own." In a sparkling and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespearean England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024