Cometh Up As a Flower: An Autobiography - Couverture souple

Broughton, Rhoda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1120179440 ISBN 13 : 9781120179449

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Cometh Up As A Flower is an autobiography written by Rhoda Broughton in 1867. The book is a personal account of her life, from her childhood to her adulthood. Broughton was a British novelist, known for her works of romantic fiction. In this book, she recounts her experiences growing up in a large family in the English countryside, her education, and her struggles as a young woman trying to establish herself as a writer. She also writes about her relationships with her family and friends, including her sisters and her brother, who was a successful lawyer. Broughton's writing style is engaging and witty, and she provides a unique perspective on life in Victorian England. The book is an interesting read for anyone interested in the history of the period or in the life of a successful female writer.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A coming of age story. Show Excerpt first, but the last comes home to my inmost soul, 'as the sparks fly upward!'" He looked up as he spoke, as though tracing the flight of the sparks. "If you sigh like that," said I, pettishly, "you'll blow the candles out, and then there'll be no sparks to go up." My father made no rejoinder, and we both ate in silence for some minutes. But at that period of my life I had no talent whatever pour le silence; I would rather have harangued a cod's head than hold my peace. I began again. "Dad." "Well." "Please to listen. I'm going to tell you something; come down from the clouds, or up from the pit, wherever you are." "I'm all attention." "Well," said I, narratively, "you must know that I found you so dull and unsociable this evening, that I betook myself to the churchyard!" "Did you find anybody, I should rather say any of the bodies, particularly sociable there?" "I rather like dead people's company, pa; they don't contradict one, and one

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1120179440
• ISBN 13: 9781120179449
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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