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Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle
Marian Smith recaptures a rich period in French musical theater when ballet and opera were intimately connected. Focusing on the age of Giselle at the Paris Opéra (from the 1830s through the 1840s), Smith offers an unprecedented look at the structural and thematic relationship between the two genres. She argues that a deeper understanding of both ballet and opera--and of nineteenth-century theater-going culture in general--may be gained by examining them within the same framework instead of following the usual practice of telling their histories separately. This handsomely illustrated book ultimately provides a new portrait of the Opéra during a period long celebrated for its box-office su...
A Chance for Love
Presents the letters exchanged between a young woman and man, the latter on his way into the Marines, whose chance encounter on a train in 1944 led to a thoughtful, increasingly affectionate 18-month correspondence about war, politics, life, and love offers valuable insight into the daily lives of two bright, interesting people whose 1946 marriage lasts to the present. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In an effort to get become reacquainted with her sister after thirty years, Anna McDowell invites her older sister Helen Jenkins, to stay with her for a weeks holiday in the small Northern Irish village of Keelstown. Never, in her wildest dreams, did Anna know just how much of an effect Helen's visit was going to have on her life and the lives of her family and friends too. Was Helen even prepared for the changes that would take place in her own sheltered life as a consequence of the visit? Anna's youngest daughter Ellen tries to help out as much as possible, not only in her mother's life but in the lives of her alcoholic sister Gemma and her floundering sister Kate. It's no wonder Ellen che...
