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This pioneering study surveys nineteenth- and twentieth-century narratives of the West Indies written by white women, English and Creole. It introduces a fascinating wealth of relatively unknown material and constitutes a timely interrogation of the supposed homogeneity of Caribbean discourse, especially with regard to 'race' and gender.
"The Last Lady of Mulberry: A Story of Italian New York" by Henry Wilton Thomas may be mostly fiction, but it's also a very realistic and authentic look at Italian New York City at the turn of the century. Italians have always called this city home, and this book helps capture the heart and soul of what this culture brought to America.
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Example in this ebook CHAPTER I. COMETHUP ENTERS LIFE DISASTROUSLY. “My dear” had looked her last upon a troublesome world. She had taken life sighingly, in little frightened gasps, as it were, with the fear upon her, even from childhood, that unknown horrors lurked for her in each day to which she was awakened. It can scarcely be said that she had clung to life with any tenacity—rather with the instinct of living; and she had fluttered out of it resignedly enough, a little sorry, perhaps, that she had left any one behind to grieve for her. And yet, with the inconsistency which had marked her life, she had died at the very moment when life had actually begun to be worth living for her....
Reproduction of the original: The King's Mirror by Anthony Hope