Authors:Fanny Kemble,  Catherine Clinto,
Publisher: Harvard University Pre
Keywords: journals, kemble, fanny
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-09-11
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 067400440X
ISBN-13: 9780674004405

Henry James called Fanny Kemble’s autobiography "one of the most animated autobiographies in the language." Born into the first family of the British stage, Fanny Kemble was one of the most famous woman writers of the English-speaking world, a best-selling author on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to her essays, poetry, plays, and a novel, Kemble published six works of memoir, eleven volumes in all, covering her life, which began in the first decade of the nineteenth century and ended in the last. Her autobiographical writings are compelling evidence of Kemble’s wit and tal

Author: Kemble Scott
Publisher: Kensington
Keywords: soma
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0758215495
ISBN-13: 9780758215499

Welcome To The Neighborhood To outsiders, San Francisco is all one big city. But to those in the know, there is SoMa, South of Market, where sleek eateries are squeezed between bail bonds storefronts and high-priced lofts look out over still rough edges. It’s home to a generation of hipsters disillusioned by the dotcom bust, restless and searching for the next thrill, the next high, the next step too far. Sex, drugs, kink--you can find it anywhere in SoMa, if you know where to look. But first, you’ll need your tour guides. There’s Raphe, a writer torn betwe

Author: Frances Ann Kemble
Publisher: Echo Library
Keywords: life, later, records
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 2010-01-27
List price: $33.90
ISBN-10: 1406855065
ISBN-13: 9781406855067

A further volume of reminscences by the English-born actress covering the period 1834-1848, during which time she separated from her American husband.

Author: Fanny Kemble
Publisher: Arno Pr
Keywords: records, further
Published: 1974-06-01
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 040508689X
ISBN-13: 9780405086892

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHRISTMAS. 5 preen Christmas garlands round the dining-room, but was very unhappy because she could not find a handsome sprig of holly with bright berries to send up on the plum-pudding, for the honor of England. Mr. S ’s Christmas gift of a turkey does not seem so strange to me as to you. Our old friends, the Mayows, who were Norfolk people, invariably sent us at Christmas a huge turkey, for which kind of d

Author: Edward FitzGerald
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: kemble, fanny, fitzgerald, edward, letters
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $30.99
ISBN-10: 0554391058
ISBN-13: 9780554391052

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Authors:Sarah Kemble Knight, Sarah Knight,
Publisher: Applewood Books
Keywords: knight, madam, journal
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 1992-02-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1557091153
ISBN-13: 9781557091154

A diary kept in 1704 by Sarah Kemble Knight on her hazardous round-trip journey from Boston to New York. Filled with witty comments on the manner of the people Madam Knight encountered, the lack of suitable accommodations, and the geography of early New England.