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My Life and Some Letters is a memoir written by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a renowned British stage actress from the late 19th to early 20th century. The book is a collection of her personal reminiscences, anecdotes, and experiences in the theater world, as well as a selection of letters she wrote to her friends and colleagues.Mrs. Patrick Campbell was known for her powerful performances in plays such as Pygmalion, Hedda Gabler, and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. In her memoir, she shares insights into the art of acting, her creative process, and the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated industry.The book also provides a glimpse into the personal life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, including her relationships with her family, friends, and lovers. She writes candidly about her marriages, affairs, and the joys and sorrows of motherhood.The letters included in the book offer a window into the social and cultural milieu of the time, as well as the personalities and relationships of the people in Mrs. Patrick Campbell's life. They are witty, charming, and often revealing, shedding light on the actress's thoughts and feelings about her work, her contemporaries, and the world around her.Overall, My Life and Some Letters is a fascinating and engaging read for anyone interested in the history of the theater, the lives of women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the art of memoir writing.1922. With illustrations. The memoirs of Mrs. Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West). From Chapter One: My father and my mother, Maria Luigia Giovanna Romanini, fell helplessly in love at their first meeting: my mother could not speak a word of English, and my father not a word of Italian. He was twenty-one, she was seventeen. The marriage caused great excitement in Bombay at the time, my father being the heir of one of the richest Anglo-Indians, my mother the daughter of an Italian political exile. They had six children, three born in India, my two brothers and myself in London. My father, it seems, managed to get through two large fortunes; he was careless with money, exceptionally generous, delighting in business enterprise and speculation.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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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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My Life and Some Letters
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Kessinger Publishing Co Mär 2005, 2005
ISBN 10 : 1417904755
ISBN 13 : 9781417904754
Neuf
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Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 1922. With illustrations. The memoirs of Mrs. Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West). From Chapter One: My father and my mother, Maria Luigia Giovanna Romanini, fell helplessly in love at their first meeting: my mother could not speak a word of English, and my father not a word of Italian. He was twenty-one, she was seventeen. The marriage caused great excitement in Bombay at the time, my father being the heir of one of the richest Anglo-Indians, my mother the daughter of an Italian political exile. They had six children, three born in India, my two brothers and myself in London. My father, it seems, managed to get through two large fortunes; he was careless with money, exceptionally generous, delighting in business enterprise and speculation. This book, 'My Life and Some Letters', by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, is a replication of a book originally published before 1922. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781417904754
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