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3 giorni fa · The Pickwick Papers. by Charles Dickens. Mr. Pickwick, Tracy Tupman, Augustus Snodgrass and Nathaniel Winckle are an unlikely band of travellers drawn together in the Pickwick Club of London. They journey around England befriending everyone from country squires to local literary giants in this hilarious and sentimental novel.
3 giorni fa · novel 1916: Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940) Sweden: Swedish: 56 "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature" poetry, novel 1917: Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857–1919) Denmark: Danish and German: 60 "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals" poetry Henrik Pontoppidan
5 giorni fa · The title of Susan Whyman’s The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800 suggests two potentialities at once: The Pen and the People indicates a comprehensive study of popular letters and letter-writing practices during the long 18th century (1660–1800); yet the subtitle, English Letter Writers, implies focused and discrete analyses of specific letter writers.
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4 giorni fa · Sugar and Spice focuses upon two main research questions. First, it notes how historians have primarily linked the trade in novel food goods to the rise of Britain as a commercial and imperial power.