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Mrs Craddock
Mrs Craddock is a novel by William Somerset Maugham first published in 1902. Set in the final years of the 19th century, Mrs Craddock talks about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her. On her 21st birthday, when she comes into her deceased father's money, Bertha Ley announces, to the dismay of her former guardian, that she is going to marry 27-year-old Edward Craddock, her steward. Herself a member of the landed gentry, Bertha has been raised to cultivate an "immoderate desire for knowledge" and to understand, and enjoy, European culture of both past and present ages. In particular, during long stays on the Continent, she has learned to appreciate Italy's tremendous cultural heritage. A "virtuous" girl, her views on womanhood are thoroughly traditional.... William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
What Ship, Where Bound?
A colorful history of visual signalling methods used at sea, from AD 900 to today. What Ship, Where Bound? takes its title from the familiar opening exchange of signals between passing ships, and celebrates the long history of visual communications at sea. It traces the visual language of signalling from the earliest naval banners or streamers used by the Byzantines in AD 900 through to morse signalling still used at sea today. The three sections, Flag Signalling, Semaphore, and Light Signalling each trace the development of the respective methods in meeting the needs of commanders for secure and unambiguous communication with their fleets. Though inextricably linked to naval tactics and fle...
Encyclopedia of World Biography
A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture.
Spare Parts
'Compelling' Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times 'A fascinating book' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________ We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you think. As ancient as the pyramids, its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts, cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold stories, from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC, to the seventeenth century architect who helped pioneer blood transfusions, to the French seamstress whose needlework paved the way for kidney transplants in the early 1900s. Expe...
Mrs. Craddock
Mrs. Craddock est le premier tourbillon annonciateur du maelström des veuves où s'engouffre l'oeuvre de Somerset Maugham. La future Mrs. Craddock, Bertha Ley, jouit d'un vaste domaine, d'une belle rente et d'un nom illustre. Elle vit seule avec une tante dont l'esprit n'a rien à envier à Madame du Deffand. Bertha Ley se nourrit de Montaigne, de Marc Aurèle et de Madame de Sévigné; elle s'est mis en tête d'épouser un de ses métayers, Mr. Craddock, parce qu'il a des mains fortes et viriles, parce que ses botte font naître en elle un frisson de plaisir, par leur seule taille, qui suggère une fermeté de caractère et une autorité des plus rassurantes. Sommerset Maugham se révèle d'une rosserie réjouissante. Peu à peu il distille un acide cynique qui ronge les pages d'abord imprégnées de niaiserie sentimentale. Les belles bottes de Mr. Craddock broient une à une toutes les illusions de son épouse. [...] Et Sommerset Maugham de laisser entendre que souvent, dans un roman d'amour, le livre de la vie pour l'un est écrit en italiques, pour l'autre, il est composé en grosses lettres capitales. Linda Lê
