Synopsis
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919) was an English writer. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. She spent her childhood in France and, in 1863, published The Story of Elizabeth with immediate success. Several works followed including: To Esther and Other Sketches (1869), The Village on the Cliff, Old Kensington, Tailors and Spinsters and Other Essays, Bluebeard's Keys and Other Stories and Five Old Friends. In other works, she peiarly used old folk stories to depict modern situations and occurrences, such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and Little Red Riding-Hood. She also published the following novels: Miss Angel (1875), Miss Williamson's Divagations (1881), A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Mrs. Opie, Miss Edgeworth and Miss Austen (1883), Mrs. Dymond (1885) and the biography Madame de Sevigne (1881).
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."Ê Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.
There are now 65,000Ê titles availableÊ (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such asÊ Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.
Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website.
Présentation de l'éditeur
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About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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