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Agnes Repplier (1855–1950)

Autor/a de Pere Marquette

32+ obres 297 Membres 6 Ressenyes

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Obres de Agnes Repplier

Mere Marie of the Ursulines (1931) 50 exemplars
Pere Marquette (1929) 50 exemplars
Junipero Serra (1933) 44 exemplars
To think of tea! (1932) 14 exemplars
The Fireside Sphinx (1901) 9 exemplars
Americans and others (1912) 8 exemplars
Points of View (1892) 8 exemplars
Books and men (1895) 8 exemplars
Points of Friction (1920) 7 exemplars
Essays in idleness (1893) 7 exemplars
In our convent days (1905) 6 exemplars

Obres associades

The New Junior Classics Volume 08: Stories From History (1938) — Col·laborador — 197 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Col·laborador — 117 exemplars
Prose and Poetry for Appreciation (1934) — Col·laborador — 44 exemplars
Essays Old and New (1934) 35 exemplars
Women's Friendships: A Collection of Short Stories (1991) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Cat Encounters: A Cat-Lover's Anthology (1979) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
More Chucklebait: Funny Stories for Everyone (1949) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars

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This was dry and full of adulation. It was fairly tedious to get through. Effusive and even gushing towards Serra, it had little good to say about the natives he was so dedicated to. The author did not seem interested in them other than as problems for the padres. It was interesting to read for the pioneer aspect of survival and the early founding of Spanish culture in California, but I won't be keeping it on my shelves.
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MrsLee | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Dec 26, 2022 |
political and literary commentary--not at all Austen like
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ritaer | Aug 11, 2021 |
Not only a biography of Mère Marie, this book is also an excellent and enlightening history of the early days of Quebec and New France. The author is perceptive and witty. The terminology is that of the early 20th century ("Indians") and even the 17th century ("savages", frequently, in quotations from Mère Marie and her contemporaries translated from French; the connotation is different from English but the choice of word is unfortunate). This does not detract from the story's excellence or the subject's love for the peoples whose languages she learned, whom she fed and educated and lived among.

The dust jacket of my edition (1950s Sheed & Ward) is in my opinion worse. It depicts Mère Marie among tipis, which she probably never saw in her life. Peoples who used tipis didn't live within many hundreds of miles of New France. It shows a complete lack of respect for the variety of American cultures, not a mistake that would have been made either by Mère Marie or Agnes Repplier.
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muumi | Sep 17, 2019 |
This is a collection of essays on contemporary manners. The point of view is that of an educated gentlewoman, witty, satirical, gracious and refined--a valiant upholder of sane and wholesome ideals. Repplier's writing attractively combines gaiety and seriousness.
 
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TrysB | May 11, 2012 |

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Obres
32
També de
9
Membres
297
Popularitat
#78,942
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
6
ISBN
54
Llengües
1

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