Through Belgian Eyes
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Through Belgian Eyes
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Author : Helen MacEwan
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-13
Through Belgian Eyes written by Helen MacEwan and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Charlotte Brontes years in Belgium (184243) had a huge influence both on her life and her work. It was in Brussels that she not only honed her writing skills but fell in love and lived through the experiences that inspired two of her four novels: her first, The Professor, and her last and in many ways most interesting, Villette. Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels and letters her love for her tutor Heger, her uncomplimentary remarks about Belgians, the powerful effect on her imagination of living abroad. But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Bronte? What has her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators responded to her portrayal of their capital city and their society? Through Belgian Eyes explores a wide range of responses from across the Channel, from the hostile to the enthusiastic. In the process, it examines what The Professor and Villette tell Belgian readers about their capital in the 1840s and provides a wealth of detail on the Brussels background to the two novels. Unlike Paris and London, Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature. That makes Villette, considered by many to be Charlotte Brontes masterpiece, of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830, and just before modernisation and expansion transformed the city out of all recognition from the villette (small town) that Charlotte knew. Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign visitors and of the Belgians themselves. The story of Charlotte Brontes Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her personality and writing.
Down The Belliard Steps
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Author : Helen MacEwan
language : en
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Release Date : 2024-06-20
Down The Belliard Steps written by Helen MacEwan and has been published by Grosvenor House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-20 with Literary Collections categories.
'A craze blown across the Channel from Britain to Brussels - people who meet to talk about the works of the Brontë sisters.' (From a Brussels press article about the newly-formed Brussels Brontë Group). In 1842 Charlotte and Emily Brontë arrived in Brussels to study French at the Pensionnat Heger boarding school at the bottom of the 'Belliard steps'. Their stay in the Belgian capital is the least-known episode of their lives, despite the importance of Charlotte's years in Belgium for her life and work; two of her novels ('Villette' and 'The Professor') were inspired by her time in Brussels and her love for her teacher, Constantin Heger. 'Down the Belliard Steps' tells the story of a group of enthusiasts coming together in Brussels to explore the sisters' time in the city. Beginning with her personal experience as a newcomer to 'the capital of Europe' in 2004, Helen MacEwan tells of her journey of discovery into the history of a vanished quarter of Brussels and her quest to seek out fellow Brontë enthusiasts - a quest that leads to the formation of a literary society, the Brussels Brontë Group. 'Down the Belliard Steps' describes the people she encounters and the adventures she has along the way. We meet an Heger descendant, learn about the re-discovery of a lost Brontë 'devoir' (one of the Brontës' 40 extant French essays written under Heger's direction) and search in Brussels cemeteries for the tomb of a friend of the Brontës who died in a Brussels school. We meet researchers and people inspired creatively by the Brontës. We delve into what it is that draws so many people, from all walks of life, to feel an affinity with members of the world's most famous literary family. Today, the Brussels Brontë Group is a flourishing, multinational literary community, promoting interest in the Brontës through talks, guided walks and reading groups. 'Down the Belliard Steps', crammed with information and anecdotes about Charlotte and Emily's time in the Belgian capital, is a light-hearted but intensely personal and romantic account of the Group's genesis and flowering. The book is a 'must-read' for literary enthusiasts and if any encouragement were needed to visit the Brontës' Brussels, it would be difficult to find anything more seductive than this enchanting narrative.
Through A Boy S Eyes
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Author : Louis Posner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Through A Boy S Eyes written by Louis Posner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Through a Boy's Eyes: The Turbulent Years 1926-1945 chronicles a young man's experience in surviving Europe's darkest era. His "invitation" led to a work camp imprisonment, a daring escape from a transport train, six months as a fugitive, his recapture, and his eventual internment at Auschwitz until his liberation by the Soviets."--BOOK JACKET.
Wayside Pictures Through France Holland Belgium And Up The Rhine
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Author : Robert Bell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
Wayside Pictures Through France Holland Belgium And Up The Rhine written by Robert Bell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with categories.
World War I 9 Book Collection Nelson S History Of The War The Battle Of Jutland The Battle Of The Somme
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Author : John Buchan
language : en
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Release Date : 2017-06-21
World War I 9 Book Collection Nelson S History Of The War The Battle Of Jutland The Battle Of The Somme written by John Buchan and has been published by Musaicum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-21 with History categories.
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The edition incorporates an interactive table of contents, footnotes and other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable. Table of Contents: Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War The Battle of Jutland The Battle of the Somme, First Phase The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase Nelson's History of the War (Volumes I–V) "The definite history of this war is not now to be written, or for many a day. Still it may be possible to disentangle from this struggle of armed nations over hundreds of miles some explicit narrative which may help all of us who are hungering for help and guidance. At present we do not authentically know even the subtle causes which produced this convulsion over half the world. What is on the surface is clear enough, but it is what is under the surface that matters. I am reluctant to believe in a diabolical and cold-blooded scheme to bring about war at this time; at least, this does not seem to be proved. We must, then, I think, suspend our judgment as to the real causes of war till time and documents give us the clue. Perhaps the pregnant word "mobilization" may explain much. Meanwhile we can only conjecture by the light of a few facts..." (Excerpt; Nelson's History of the War) John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. With the outbreak of the First World War, Buchan worked as a correspondent in France for The Times.
Girl In The Belgian Resistance
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Author : Fernande Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Girl In The Belgian Resistance written by Fernande Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Belgium categories.
Tarzan 8 Novels In One Volume
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Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-11-25
Tarzan 8 Novels In One Volume written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-25 with Fiction categories.
Tarzan ("...the Apeman") is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and then in twenty-five sequels, three authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, authorized and not. Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
Through The Day Through The Night
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Author : Jan Vansina
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2014-05-20
Through The Day Through The Night written by Jan Vansina and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of twelve children in a close-knit, affluent Catholic Belgian family, Jan Vansina began life in a seemingly sheltered environment. But that cocoon was soon pierced by the escalating tensions and violence that gripped Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In this book Vansina recalls his boyhood and youth in Antwerp, Bruges, and the Flemish countryside as the country was rocked by waves of economic depression, fascism, competing nationalisms, and the occupation of first Axis and then Allied forces. Within the vast literature on World War II, a much smaller body of work treats the everyday experiences of civilians, particularly in smaller countries drawn into the conflict. Recalling the war in Belgium from a child’s-eye perspective, Vansina describes pangs of hunger so great as to make him crave the bitter taste of cod-liver oil. He vividly remembers the shock of seeing severely wounded men on the grounds of a field hospital, the dangers of crossing fields and swimming in ponds strafed by planes, and his family’s interactions with occupying and escaping soldiers from both sides. After the war he recalls emerging numb from the cinema where he first saw the footage of the Nazi death camps, and he describes a new phase of unrest marked by looting, vigilante justice, and the country’s efforts at reunification. Vansina, a historian and anthropologist best known for his insights into oral tradition and social memory, draws on his own memories and those of his siblings to reconstruct daily life in Belgium during a tumultuous era. Best Special Interest Books, selected by the American Association of School Librarians Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Reviewers
In The Belgian Ch Teau
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Author : Renée Claire Fox
language : en
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Release Date : 1994
In The Belgian Ch Teau written by Renée Claire Fox and has been published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
When Renee Fox first traveled to Brussels in 1959 to study the Belgian institutions of medical research, she scarcely realized how strongly Belgium's way of life would take hold of her. Fascinated by the culture and its people, she began thirty-five years of investigation of that small European country. Moving across Belgium's geography and society, Ms. Fox uses her autobiography as a wedge to explore the ways of life of the chateaux and their inhabitants. Blending social and cultural analysis with ethnography, contemporary history, interviews, and her personal reflections, she succeeds in conveying the values, images, atmosphere, and world-view of a whole European society since World War II. Her encounters are with important powers in government and science, with great playwrights, with families of the middle class as well as those of wealth and stature, and with the routinized but socially revealing banks, railroads, and postal systems of Belgium. Her experiences in the African country of Zaire (formerly the Congo), at a time when it was pulling away from its status as a Belgian colony, make an insightful report on this moment of change.
Girl In The Belgian Resistance
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Author : Fernande Davis
language : en
Publisher: Beach Lloyd Pub Llc
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Girl In The Belgian Resistance written by Fernande Davis and has been published by Beach Lloyd Pub Llc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.