Showing results for "The Science of Literature" in Victorian

In September 1870 a train leaves Manchester bound for London. Onboard is Lizzie Burns, a poor worker from the Irish slums who is embarking on the journey that will change her forever. Sitting in the first-class carriage beside her lover, the wealthy mill owner Frederick Engels, the vision of a life of peace and comfort takes shape before her eyes: finally, at nearly 50, she is to be the lady of a house and the wife to a man. Perhaps now she can put the difficulties of the past behind her and be happy.

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker is not just a talented mortician, but a medium for the spirit world and often enjoys the company of her clients before they move on to the next world. When her funeral director brothers, Julius and Ambrose, bring the deceased Mrs. Henriette Tochborn to her workroom, there is much interest as the lady was quite well known for her tragedy—twenty years prior, her child was kidnapped and never found.

Barbara Cartland was de meest productieve romanschrijver ter wereld. Ze heeft het verbijsterende aantal van 723 boeken op haar naam staan, waarvan het merendeel (644 boeken) bouquetromans betrof. Haar werk werd in 36 talen vertaald en ze verkocht wereldwijd meer dan een miljard exemplaren. Naast bouquetromans schreef ze onder andere historische biografieën en toneelstukken. rnrnBehalve zeer productief was Cartland ook tot op hoge leeftijd actief. Het leeuwendeel van haar oeuvre schreef ze zelfs na haar 75e, en haar laatste boek verscheen toen ze 97 was.