Gloriana, Or the Revolution of 1900 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900 Prophets will yet arise to teach Truths which the schoolmen fail to reach, Which priestly doctrine still would hide, And worldly votaries deride, And statesmen fain would set aside. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Resistant Reproductions


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Resistant Reproductions asks why narratives of pregnancy and abortion emerged in the early twentieth century and what kinds of stories these narratives conveyed. Is it only once pregnancy becomes plannable that it becomes a story worth telling? Abortion is often considered resistant and feminist, while pregnancy is considered domestic and conventional. How can readings of literary narratives challenge this reductive binary? Resistant Reproductions, the first book-length study of both pregnancy and abortion in British culture, addresses these questions by examining pregnancy narratives, including abortion narratives, in British fiction and film from 1907 to 1967. Fiction became a way for writers to explore what new possibilities of reproductive control would mean for the individual, yet there was also much anxiety about who would have control: individuals or the state. While exploring intimate personal experiences of pregnancy and abortion, Resistant Reproductions also asks how literary narratives used reproductive plots to address political issues of gender, class, and eugenics.




Gloriana Or, the Revolution of 1900


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GLORIANA or, the revolution of 1900 by Florence Dixie Thus we were told in words Divine That there were truths men could not bear Een from the lips of Christ to hear. These have now slowly been unfurled, But still to a reluctant world. Prophets will yet arise to teach Truths which the schoolmen fail to reach, Which priestly doctrine still would hide. And worldly votaries deride, And statesmen fain would set aside. I MAKE no apology for this xi eface. It may be i-innsiial but then the book it deals with is uunsiial. There is but one object in Gloriana. It is to speak of evils which do exist, to study facts which it is a crime to neglect, to sketch an artificial position the creation of laws false to Nature unparalleled for injustice and hardship. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.




Gloriana


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Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900 (1890) is a novel by Lady Florence Dixie. A member of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, Dixie believed in the emancipation of women through radical cultural and political change. Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900, a feminist utopian novel, is the story of a revolutionary hero who defies gender norms and fights for liberation by any means necessary. Gloriana pleads woman’s cause, pleads for her freedom, for the just acknowledgement of her rights. It pleads that her equal humanity with man shall be recognized, and therefor that her claim to share what he has arrogated to himself, shall be considered. Gloriana pleads that in woman’s degradation man shall no longer be debased, that in her elevation he shall be upraised and ennobled.” Following this stirring introduction, Lady Florence Dixie tells the story of Gloriana de Lara, a woman who decides to put an end to patriarchy. Disguising herself as a man named Hector d’Estrange, she attends both Eton and Oxford and is elected a Member of Parliament. Meanwhile, she leads the revolutionary Woman’s Volunteer Company on a campaign of violence against repressive authority. When a plot to reveal her identity is discovered, she is forced to go into hiding or else sacrifice years of painstaking work toward the liberation of women throughout the world. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lady Florence Dixie’s Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900 is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.




The Sporting Life


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This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both reflected and shaped Victorian society. Just as our own games have a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism through which we can gain valuable insights into Victorian society. The Sporting Life: Victorian Sports and Games is an engaging and perceptive account of how sport developed during Britain's heyday, who played (and who wasn't allowed to play), and what it all conveys about gender, race, imperialism, and national pride. Drawing extensively on 19th-century writings, The Sporting Life begins with a survey of sports in pre-Victorian England and the impact of industrialism in the early 19th century. We read of the effects of evangelicalism and utilitarianism, both of which first opposed sport, then used it for their own purposes. We learn of the association of sports with masculinity, an identification women challenged late in the century. Finally we learn how English sports became part of the imperial game, used to promote—and resist—the spread of Victoria's vast empire.




Critical Alliances


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This study argues that feminist collaboration was vital to women's successful infiltration of the marketplace at the end of the nineteenth century and Edwardian period.




The Publishers Weekly


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The Nation


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Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)


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One of the greatest adventure story writers of all time, H. Rider Haggard was a prolific novelist, whose exciting tales have entertained readers for over a hundred years. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the complete FICTIONAL works, with all 57 novels, as well as the usual Delphi bonus texts. (Version 3) Features: * concise introductions to the novels and other works * ALL 57 novels have their own contents tables * images of how the novels first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the Victorian texts * the complete novels and short stories, including rare works often missed out of collections * many images relating to Haggard’s life, works, places and film adaptations * EVEN includes special ALLAN QUATERMAIN and AYESHA series contents tables * features a selected non-fiction section, including Haggard’s very first book * includes both volumes of Haggard’s autobiography– explore the writer’s adventurous life! * includes the rare bonus story PRINCE: ANOTHER LION, first time in digital print * scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Haggard’s immense oeuvre * UPDATED with non-fiction book ‘The Last Boer War ‘ and revised texts CONTENTS: Allan Quatermain Series Ayesha Series The Umslopogaas Series The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Series The Novels Dawn (1884) The Witch’s Head (1884) King Solomon’s Mines (1885) She (1886) Jess (1887) Allan Quatermain (1887) Mr Meeson’s Will (1888) Maiwa’s Revenge (1888) Colonel Quaritch, V.C. (1889) Cleopatra (1889) Allan’s Wife (1889) Beatrice (1890) The World’s Desire (1890) Eric Brighteyes (1890) Nada the Lily (1892) Montezuma’s Daughter (1893) The People of the Mist (1893) Joan Haste (1895) Heart of the World (1895) The Wizard (1896) Dr Therne (1898) Swallow (1899) Elissa (1900) Black Heart and White Heart (1900) Lysbeth (1901) Pearl-Maiden (1903) Stella Fregelius (1904) The Brethren (1904) Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) The Way of the Spirit (1906) Benita (1906) Fair Margaret (1907) The Ghost Kings (1908) The Yellow God (1908) The Lady of Blossholme (1909) Morning Star (1910) Queen Sheba’s Ring (1910) Red Eve (1911) Marie (1912) Child of Storm (1913) The Wanderer’s Necklace (1914) The Holy Flower (1915) The Ivory Child (1916) Finished (1917) Love Eternal (1918) Moon of Israel (1918) When the World Shook (1919) The Ancient Allan (1920) She and Allan (1921) The Virgin of the Sun (1922) Wisdom’s Daughter (1923) Heu-Heu (1924) Queen of the Dawn (1925) The Treasure of the Lake (1926) Allan and the Ice Gods (1927) Mary of Marion Isle (1929) Belshazzar (1930) The Shorter Fiction Allan the Hunter (1890) Allan’s Wife and Other Tales (1899) The Mahatma and the Hare (1911) Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales (1913) The Non-Fiction Cetywayo and His White Neighbors (1882) The Last Boer War (1899) A Winter Pilgrimage (1901) The Autobiography The Days of My Life (1926)