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Federation University Historical CollectionBook, J.A. Moran, Aids to French prose, c1916
... Aids to French prose...french prose...Aids to French prose Book Book J.A. Moran ...red hard covered book with green tape spine/ 146 pages with multiple annotations. french prose, poetry, french language -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Victor Hugo, Notre Dame of Paris Vol 2, 1899
... While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...The novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.Notre Dame of Paris Vol 2 Author: Victor Hugo Publisher: J M Dent & Co Date: 1899 Further Information: Translated by J. Carroll Beckwith Vol. 1 is 7072, Vol. 3 is 7073, Vol.4 is 8036fictionThe novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, notre dame of paris vol 4, victor hugo, j. carroll beckwith -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Victor Hugo, Notre Dame of Paris Vol 4, 1899
... While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...The novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach Volume 4, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.Notre Dame of Paris Vol 4 Author: Victor Hugo Publisher: J M Dent & Co Date: 1899 Further Information: Translated by J. Carroll Beckwith Vol. 1 is 7072, Vol. 3 is 7073, Vol. 2 is 7761fictionThe novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach Volume 4, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, notre dame of paris vol 4, victor hugo, j. carroll beckwith -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Victor Hugo, Notre Dame of Paris Vol 3, 1899
... While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...The novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.Notre Dame of Paris Vol 3 Author: Victor Hugo Publisher: J M Dent & Co Date: 1899 Further Information: Translated by J. Carroll Beckwith Vol. 1 is 7072, Vol. 3 is 7073, Vol.4 is 8036fictionThe novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, notre dame of paris vol 4, victor hugo, j. carroll beckwith -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Victor Hugo, Notre Dame of Paris Vol 1, 1899
... While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...While history primarily remembers him for his oil portraits and landscapes rather than his literary work, his deep immersion in Parisian culture allowed him to successfully translate Victor Hugo's complex French prose into English. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Beckwith came from a wealthy merchant family. ...The novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.Notre Dame of Paris Vol 1 Author: Victor Hugo Publisher: J M Dent & Co Date: 1899 Further Information: Translated by J. Carroll Beckwith Vol. 4 is 8036, Vol. 2 is 7073, Vol. 3 is 7761fictionThe novel is better known today by its English title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This grand historical novel is set in 1482 Paris and revolves around the doomed gypsy dancer Esmeralda, the tortured archdeacon Claude Frollo, the dashing but shallow captain Phoebus, and the fiercely loyal, deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo. By the time you reach the final volume, the narrative is driving toward its intense, tragic climax. Beyond the human drama, the book is a love letter to Gothic architecture; Hugo famously wrote it to spark a preservation movement to save the crumbling Notre-Dame Cathedral from neglect and modernisation.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, notre dame of paris vol 4, victor hugo, j. carroll beckwith -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Autobiography, Edward Lee Childe, The Life and Campaigns of General Lee, 1875
... During the 1870s, Litting actively translated significant French non-fiction and prose works into English for major London publishing houses such as Chatto and Windus, including the subject volume, The Life and Campaigns of General Lee, which remains his most widely cited translation work. ...During the 1870s, Litting actively translated significant French non-fiction and prose works into English for major London publishing houses such as Chatto and Windus, including the subject volume, The Life and Campaigns of General Lee, which remains his most widely cited translation work. ...The Life and Campaigns of General Lee, published in London by Chatto and Windus in 1875, is a biography of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, written by his French-based nephew, Edward Lee Childe. The book traces Lee's family history and upbringing, including his education at West Point and his early military service, then covers his major campaigns the Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run, and Chancellorsville before turning to Lee's personal life, his marriage to Mary Custis, and his views on slavery and the Confederacy. It runs to roughly 336 pages in most editions. Notably, the book opens with a lengthy, strongly pro-Confederate defence of secession and states' rights; its Introductory chapter argues at length that slavery was not the war's real cause a reminder that this is very much a partisan Southern sympathiser's account, not a neutral military history.Hard cover book. The Life and Campaigns of General Lee Author: Edward Lee Childe Translator: George Litting, M.A., LL.B. Publisher: Chatto and Windus Date: 1875 Further Information: Black Cloth hardcover with lettering to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.non-fictionThe Life and Campaigns of General Lee, published in London by Chatto and Windus in 1875, is a biography of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, written by his French-based nephew, Edward Lee Childe. The book traces Lee's family history and upbringing, including his education at West Point and his early military service, then covers his major campaigns the Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run, and Chancellorsville before turning to Lee's personal life, his marriage to Mary Custis, and his views on slavery and the Confederacy. It runs to roughly 336 pages in most editions. Notably, the book opens with a lengthy, strongly pro-Confederate defence of secession and states' rights; its Introductory chapter argues at length that slavery was not the war's real cause a reminder that this is very much a partisan Southern sympathiser's account, not a neutral military history.book, the life and campaigns of general lee, edward lee child, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Book of Poetry, Gall & Inglis, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, 1874-1880
... prose. He published his novels anonymously for years, referred to only as "The Author of Waverley. Books like Waverley (1814), The Antiquary (1816), and The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818) focused on Scottish history and "manners." Scott expanded his scope writing English & Medieval Epics Ivanhoe (1819), arguably his most famous work, which defined the popular image of Robin Hood and Richard the Lion heart. In addition he wrote continental adventures like Quentin Durward (1823) that took his historical lens to 15th-century France...prose. He published his novels anonymously for years, referred to only as "The Author of Waverley. Books like Waverley (1814), The Antiquary (1816), and The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818) focused on Scottish history and "manners." Scott expanded his scope writing English & Medieval Epics Ivanhoe (1819), arguably his most famous work, which defined the popular image of Robin Hood and Richard the Lion heart. In addition he wrote continental adventures like Quentin Durward (1823) that took his historical lens to 15th-century France ...Sir Walter Scott was the literary rock star of the 19th century, and the Edinburgh-based firm Gall & Inglis played a massive role in making his work accessible to the Victorian masses.The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Author: Sir Walter Scott Publisher: Gall & Inglis fictionSir Walter Scott was the literary rock star of the 19th century, and the Edinburgh-based firm Gall & Inglis played a massive role in making his work accessible to the Victorian masses.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the poetical works of sir walter scott, sir walter scott, poetry -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Novel, Sir Thomas Malory, Morte Darthur, 1868
... Written in Middle English prose, it weaves together diverse French and British source materials into a single cohesive epic. ...This work, Le Morte d'Arthur, was originally finished around 1469–1470 and is the definitive English compilation of the legends of King Arthur. Written in Middle English prose, it weaves together diverse French and British source materials into a single cohesive epic. It follows Arthur from his miraculous birth and pulling the sword from the stone, through the golden age of the Round Table and the Quest for the Holy Grail, to the tragic collapse of the kingdom fueled by the love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere.Morte Darthur Author: Thomas Malory Publisher: Macmillan & Co Date: 1868 Further Information: Blue front cover and brown spine with gilt lettering, reinforced corners to hard cover in dark blue, library label to spine. Introduction By Sir Edward Strachey BartfictionThis work, Le Morte d'Arthur, was originally finished around 1469–1470 and is the definitive English compilation of the legends of King Arthur. Written in Middle English prose, it weaves together diverse French and British source materials into a single cohesive epic. It follows Arthur from his miraculous birth and pulling the sword from the stone, through the golden age of the Round Table and the Quest for the Holy Grail, to the tragic collapse of the kingdom fueled by the love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, thomas malory, morte darthur -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Love Story, Elizabeth Balch et al, An Authors Love, 1889
... prose and illustrations. Balch was part of a specific wave of late-Victorian American expatriate writers who captivated readers on both sides of the Atlantic. She was exceptionally skilled at literary mimicry; her ability to perfectly match the voice, historical context, and emotional weight of a brilliant French writer like Prosper Mérimée is why An Author's Love stands out as a minor masterpiece of 19th-century epistolary fiction. ...prose and illustrations. Balch was part of a specific wave of late-Victorian American expatriate writers who captivated readers on both sides of the Atlantic. She was exceptionally skilled at literary mimicry; her ability to perfectly match the voice, historical context, and emotional weight of a brilliant French writer like Prosper Mérimée is why An Author's Love stands out as a minor masterpiece of 19th-century epistolary fiction. ...The book is an epistolary novel (a story told in letters) written by the American author Elizabeth Balch (though it was published anonymously at the time). It was written as a highly clever literary hoax and a sequel of sorts to a major 1873 French literary sensation, Lettres à une Inconnue (Letters to an Unknown) by the famous French dramatist and short-story writer Prosper Mérimée (best known as the author of the novella Carmen). Mérimée had spent over thirty years writing passionate, brilliant, and deeply personal letters to an anonymous woman (later revealed to be Jenny Dacquin). When these were published after his death, they became a massive hit, but the public only ever saw his side of the conversation. Elizabeth Balch decided to write the missing half of the romance.An Authors Love Author: Prosper Merimee's Publisher: Macmillan And Co Date: 1889 Further Information: Being the unpublished letters of Prosper Merimee's 'Inconnue'fictionThe book is an epistolary novel (a story told in letters) written by the American author Elizabeth Balch (though it was published anonymously at the time). It was written as a highly clever literary hoax and a sequel of sorts to a major 1873 French literary sensation, Lettres à une Inconnue (Letters to an Unknown) by the famous French dramatist and short-story writer Prosper Mérimée (best known as the author of the novella Carmen). Mérimée had spent over thirty years writing passionate, brilliant, and deeply personal letters to an anonymous woman (later revealed to be Jenny Dacquin). When these were published after his death, they became a massive hit, but the public only ever saw his side of the conversation. Elizabeth Balch decided to write the missing half of the romance.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, an authors love, prosper merimees -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, WIKOFF, Henry et al, Biographical sketches of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, first President of France, including a visit to the Prince at the Castle of Ham / by Henry Wikoff ; to which is added, A brief account of the French Revolution of 1848, and an appendix containing poetical and prose writings of Louis Napoleon / by George Grant, 1849?
... Biographical sketches of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, first President of France, including a visit to the Prince at the Castle of Ham / by Henry Wikoff ; to which is added, A brief account of the French Revolution of 1848, and an appendix containing poetical and prose writings of Louis Napoleon / by George Grant...Biographical sketches of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, first President of France, including a visit to the Prince at the Castle of Ham / by Henry Wikoff ; to which is added, A brief account of the French Revolution of 1848, and an appendix containing poetical and prose writings of Louis Napoleon / by George Grant Book WIKOFF, Henry George GRANT James M'Glashan ...Book from the Cleeland Bequest - a comprehensive collection of books relating to the History of England, Civil & Military, Religious, Intellectual & Social. Cleeland Bequest. Inscribed: Mrs D..... Richmond .. Sept 16/69 ...... ........napoleon iii, emperor of the french, cleeland bequest -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, French, Albert, Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
... prose. It is mesmeric. Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption Book French, Albert ...An extraordinary, tumbling, sweaty, proface torrent of prose. It is mesmeric.An extraordinary, tumbling, sweaty, proface torrent of prose. It is mesmeric. 1961-1975 - african americans - fiction, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - veterans - fiction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Romantic/Adventure Story, Joseph Conrad, The Arrow Of Gold, 1919
... English was his third language (after Polish and French), yet he became one of the greatest masters of English prose. Known for works like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo, his writing bridges 19th-century realism and 20th-century modernism. ...English was his third language (after Polish and French), yet he became one of the greatest masters of English prose. Known for works like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo, his writing bridges 19th-century realism and 20th-century modernism. ...Set in Marseille and the Mediterranean during the 1870s against the backdrop of the Third Carlist War in Spain, The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes follows a young sailor (Monsieur George) who becomes involved in running guns to support the royalist Carlist forces. Along the way, he falls deeply in love with the enigmatic Doña Rita, an heiress and benefactor of the Carlist cause. The novel is heavily autobiographical, drawing directly on Conrad’s own youth as a seaman in Marseille, his involvement in Mediterranean gun-running, and a formative early romance.The Arrow Of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes Author: Joseph Conrad Publisher: T Fisher Unwin Date: 1919 Blue hardcover book with title and call numbers on spine, and handwritten pencil inscription on ply page. Also stockers on the front end paper have inscriptions and a stamp. The book is part of the Pattison Collection. fictionSet in Marseille and the Mediterranean during the 1870s against the backdrop of the Third Carlist War in Spain, The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes follows a young sailor (Monsieur George) who becomes involved in running guns to support the royalist Carlist forces. Along the way, he falls deeply in love with the enigmatic Doña Rita, an heiress and benefactor of the Carlist cause. The novel is heavily autobiographical, drawing directly on Conrad’s own youth as a seaman in Marseille, his involvement in Mediterranean gun-running, and a formative early romance.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, joseph conrad, captain joseph conrad, maritime author, marine author, nautical author, sailor, seafarer, georg stage, 1882 ship, danish ship, training ship, boys killed, alan villiers, ship joseph conrad, mystic seaport, museum ship, warrnambool mechanics institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, the arrow of gold
