Time To Be In Earnest

Author : P. D. James
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307417573
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time to Be in Earnest written by P. D. James and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, P. D. James, the much loved and internationally acclaimed author of mysteries, turned seventy-seven. Taking to heart Dr. Johnson's advice that at seventy-seven it is "time to be in earnest," she decided to undertake a book unlike any she had written before: a personal memoir in the form of a diary. This enchanting and highly original volume is the result. Structured as the diary of a single year, it roams back and forth through time, illuminating James's extraordinary, sometimes painful and sometimes joyful life. Here, interwoven with reflections on her writing career and the craft of crime novels, are vivid accounts of episodes in her own past — of school days in 1920s and 1930s Cambridge . . . of the war and the tragedy of her husband's madness . . . of her determined struggle to support a family alone. She tells about the birth of her second daughter in the midst of a German buzz-bomb attack; about becoming a civil servant (and laying the groundwork for her writing career by working in the criminal justice system); about her years of public service on such bodies as the Arts Council and the BBC's Board of Governors, culminating in entry to the House of Lords. Along the way, with warmth and authority, she offers views on everything from author tours to the problems of television adaptations, from book reviewing to her obsession with Jane Austen. Written with exceptional grace, this "fragment of autobiography" has already been received with enthusiasm by British reviewers and readers. The thousands of Americans who have enjoyed P. D. James's novels will be equally charmed. Diary or memoir or both, Time to Be in Earnest is a delight.

Author : Eleanor Boudreau
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822987899
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earnest, Earnest? written by Eleanor Boudreau and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Finalist, 2021 Eric Hoffer Award Silver Medal, 2020 Florida Book Award In Earnest, Earnest?, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover’s name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time. While Earnest can be read literally as Eleanor’s lover, he is best understood as another side of the poet’s self. The ambiguity at play in Earnest, Earnest? is embodied in the form of the “Earnest Postcards” that structure the book—these postcards are experimental in their use of images and formal in their dialogue with the sonnet. Thus, Earnest, Earnest? is a question of tone, address, and form.

Author : John Angell James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Earnest Ministry the Want of the Times written by John Angell James and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Earnest Ministry : The Want of the Times by John Angell James, first published in 1848, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
ISBN 13 : 1467756547
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Author : Molly Horan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358566231
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epically Earnest written by Molly Horan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully romantic LGBTQ+ comedy-of-errors inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, a high school senior works up the courage to ask her long-time crush to prom all while deciding if she should look for her bio family.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Our Time written by Ernest Hemingway and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Shaw HUTTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Present Saviour; Or, Great Truths for Earnest Times written by Robert Shaw HUTTON and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Angell James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Earnest Ministry the Want of the Times ... Fourth edition written by John Angell James and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Augustus Seiss
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528783042
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Times and the Great Consummation - An Earnest Discussion of Momentous Themes written by Joseph Augustus Seiss and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1856, "The Last Times and the Great Consummation" explores the future destiny of the world as predicted by the bible. Contents include: "The Subject Propounded-Matt. XXIV. Applied-Christ's Return Proven-Importance of the Subject", "Christ's Coming in Relation to Other Events-The Millennium-Wrong Views Corrected-The Advent Pre-millennial", "The Restitution of all Things", "'End of the World'", "Peter's Conflagration", "Repeal of the Curse", etc. Joseph Augustus Seiss (March 18, 1823 - June 20, 1904) was an American theologian and Lutheran minister most famous for his contributions to pyramidology and dispensationalism. His best-known work is "The Great Pyramid of Egypt, Miracle in Stone: Secrets and Advanced Knowledge" (1877), considered a primary text of pyramidology. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307887456
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9