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- United States
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- Custom Bundle
- No
- Ex Libris
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Pages
- 464
- Personalize
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- Publication Date
- 1990-10-18
- Era
- 1990s
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- ISBN
- 9780198185871
- Book Title
- Mrs. Humphry Ward : Eminent Victorian, Pre-Eminent Edwardian
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Weight
- 32.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 442 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198185871
ISBN-13
9780198185871
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1956768
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mrs. Humphry Ward : Eminent Victorian, Pre-Eminent Edwardian
Number of Pages
442 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
32.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-038878
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
'John Sutherland's carefully researched...account of her life is clearly the best yet.' Julia Briggs, Observer, "A prodigiously detailed biography...important...for the light it sheds on an era and on the influential Arnold family as whole...Recommended." --Booklist, 'John Sutherland's admirably researched first full biography of her life will provide a wealth of answers.'John Moynihan, Catholic Herald, 'Brilliant...some enthralling chapters...But the canvas never feels overcrowded, and the pace of the story is beautifully maintained.' Claire Tomalin, Independent on Sunday, 'To make a major biography out of a minor subject is a hard thing to do; when it succeeds as triumphantly as this one, it deserves a fanfare.' Claire Tomalin, Independent on Sunday, 'a brilliant account of why his subject is no more than a footnote in history, of the decline of an intellectual dynasty, and of the shifting focuses of thought from late Victorian to early 20th Century England' Financial Times, 'John Sutherland's marvellous treatment...has removed the mufflers and brought us a human being, hugely gifted, selfish, ambitious, wrong-headed and lovable. He is always witty, never cruel. He has gone through the family papers with a keen and sympathetic eye; and he thoroughly inhabits theperiod, its religion, its literature and its social conventions.' Claire Tomalin, Independent on Sunday, "A prodigiously detailed biography...important...for the light it sheds on an era and on the influential Arnold family as whole...Recommended." -- Booklist, 'John Sutherland's carefully researched and generally lively account of her life is clearly the best yet.'Julia Briggs, The Observer, 'It's a classic book, beautifully produced, and will give profound satisfaction to anyone who cares to read slightly off the beaten track.' Claire Tomalin, Independent on Sunday
Dewey Decimal
823/.8 B
Table Of Content
List of illustrations; The girlhood of Mary Arnold: 1851-1860; Schooldays: 1860-1867; Oxford: 1867-1871; Stabs at fiction: 1867-1871; Marriage: 1870-1872; Marriage and Oxford: 1872-1878; Fighting back: 1878-1880; London: 1880-1886; The right book: 1883-1884; The Elsmere ordeal: 1884-1888; Elsmere mania: 1888; The fiction machine: 1890-1900; Families - the Arnolds: 1890-1900; Families - the Wards: 1890-1900; Homes: 1888-1900; Respectable genius: 1890-1900; Health: 1890-1900; The Passmore Edwards settlement: 1892-1900; Eleanor: 1900; Best-selling novelist, failed dramatist: 1901-1905; Family matters: 1900-1905; Mid-Edwardian: 1906; The Testing of Diana Mallory: 1907; The new world: 1908; Anti-suffragist: 1909; Arnold Ward, MP: 1910-1911; Calamities: 1912-1914; The Wards and war: 1914-1917; Soldier in skirts: 1916-1917; The end: 1918-1920; Notes; Chronology of Mary Ward; Select bibliography; Index
Synopsis
Mary Ward (1851-1920) had a furiously active public career, her literary and philanthropic activities transforming her from an eminent Victorian into a pre-eminent Edwardian.The granddaughter of Thomas Arnold, she found herself at the centre of an intellectual and cultural coterie comprising the Arnold, Huxley, and Trevelyan families. Her novel, Robert Elsmere (1888), the first of a series of bestsellers, earned her both unprecedented sums of money and the critical respect of writers such as Henry James. She helped found Somerville College, Oxford, the University's first institution for the higher education of women, and inaugurated a number of play centres for the children of London's working women, despite being a fierce opponent of women's suffrage. As the first female reporter to visit the trenches in 1916, she was instrumental in bringing America into the war.Yet for all her achievements, her private life was overshadowed - often tragically so - by misfortune. Her parents's marriage was seriously affected by her father's religious doubts; she eclipsed her husband, a Times journalist and art critic, while her indolent son frittered away her financial and emotional resources.John Sutherland's fascinating study of the private suffering of this predominantly public person also provides useful insights into the restrictions placed upon women in the late-Victorian-Edwardian era.This title also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1990., "A prodigiously detailed biography...important...for the light it sheds on an era and on the influential Arnold family as a whole....Recommended"--Booklist. Victorian novelist Mary Ward, best known to her contemporaries as Mrs. Humphry Ward, was one of the most successful and complex women of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into the powerful but patriarchal dynasty of Thomas Arnold of Rugby, she lived at the center of an intellectual and cultural circle peopled by such eminent figures as Mark Pattison, Thomas Huxley, and Charles Darwin. She was a remarkably successful novelist, as well as the first woman reporter to enter the trenches in 1916. In this extensively research biography, John Sutherland explores her private and public lives, offering a new understanding of her work., Mary Ward (1851-1920) had a furiously active public career, her literary and philanthropic activities transforming her from an eminent Victorian into a pre-eminent Edwardian. The granddaughter of Thomas Arnold, she found herself at the centre of an intellectual and cultural coterie comprising the Arnold, Huxley, and Trevelyan families. Her novel, Robert Elsmere (1888), the first of a series of bestsellers, earned her both unprecedented sums of money and the critical respect of writers such as Henry James. She helped found Somerville College, Oxford, the University's first institution for the higher education of women, and inaugurated a number of play centres for the children of London's working women, despite being a fierce opponent of women's suffrage. As the first female reporter to visit the trenches in 1916, she was instrumental in bringing America into the war. Yet for all her achievements, her private life was overshadowed - often tragically so - by misfortune. Her parents's marriage was seriously affected by her father's religious doubts; she eclipsed her husband, a Times journalist and art critic, while her indolent son frittered away her financial and emotional resources. John Sutherland's fascinating study of the private suffering of this predominantly public person also provides useful insights into the restrictions placed upon women in the late-Victorian-Edwardian era. This title also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1990., Victorian novelist Mary Ward, best known to her contemporaries as Mrs. Humphry Ward, was one of the most successful and complex women of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into the powerful but patriarchal dynasty of Thomas Arnold of Rugby, she lived at the center of an intellectual and cultural circle peopled by such eminent figures as Mark Pattison, Thomas Huxley, and Charles Darwin. Her novel Robert Elsmere (1888), the first in a series of bestsellers, earned her both unprecedented sums of money and the critical respect of such writers as Henry James. She helped found Somerville College, Oxford, the University's first institution of higher education of women, and helped create a number of play centers for the children of London's working poor. And as the first woman reporter to enter the trenches in 1916, she wrote articles that were instrumental in bringing America into the war. In Mrs. Humphry Ward , John Sutherland explores a goldmine of materials never before available to recapture a fascinating life, one in which extraordinary achievements were often overshadowed by private misfortune. Sutherland describes how Ward's parents' marriage was shattered by her father's religious peregrinations (an Anglican, he converted to Roman Catholicism, then returned to the Church of England, then became a Catholic again), how her own remarkable success placed considerable stress on her marriage, and how all her resources (both financial and emotional) went to support a renegade, spendthrift, and disappointing son. And he also sheds light on one of the great paradoxes of this accomplished woman's life--that she led the fight to block woman's suffrage. Throughout, Sutherland writes movingly of the private life of a remarkable public figure. A fascinating study of how much a woman could and could not do in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, this engaging biography illuminates the intellectual climate of the late 19th century.
LC Classification Number
PR5716.S88 1990
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