Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author : William Henderson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752501596
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
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Publisher : HURIDOCS
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,27 MB
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ISBN : 9295015061
Author : Providence (R.I.). City Registrar
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Registers of births, etc
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Page : 246 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Industries
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Author : Margaret Doody
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0226157830
Jane Austen took a particular delight in the resonance of names, and in her novels she used the names of people and places as a potential source of meaning, satirical or historical. Margaret Doody s book is a learned and enjoyable investigation of this aspect of Austen s art. Doody tells us that Austen preferred first names in common and traditional English use, though these sometimes acquire a subtly new flavor in her works. Austen also favored the names of saints and of royalty, but she did use some classically derived pagan names, always with a purpose. And Austen would signal political loyalties and allegiances in her novels through the use of names, both first names and last names, as well as place names. In exploring Austen s names and their connotations, Doody has a larger point to make. By uncovering the riddling and punning in Austen s names, as well as Austen s interest in history, Doody casts Austen as a decidedly earthy writer steeped in the particulars of place and time, rather than a timeless novelist writing in an abstemious style. From this attention to names in her work emerges a picture of Austen that is both fuller than we ve had before, and controversial."
Author : Patrick Hanks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0191578541
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.
Author : Edward Latham
Publisher : London : G. Routledge ; New York : E.P. Dutton
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Gazetteers
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Author : Wisconsin. Office of the Secretary of State
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Page : 217 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Desertion, Military
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Page : 446 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Desertion, Military
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Page : 50 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 1828
Category : Taxation
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