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Caprice
Sarah Sinquier, living with her father and mother, a cathedral canon and his wife, in a town bursting with churches, is champing at the bit.She has a dream: the stage. Her dramatic sense is certainly acute. Shall she simply recite, as her father suggests?...- $13.95
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Caprice
The stage-struck daughter of an English rural dean runs off with the family plate to London and a theatrical career-only to die tragically by the bite of a mousetrap in her moment of triumph as a sensational Juliet.Author: Ronald FirbankISBN-10: 0811212432ISBN-13: 9780811212434Publisher: New Directions...- $5.00
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Firbank: Five Novels
Firbank, Five Novels. Part high-camp comedy of manners and part fairy tale.Author: Ronald FirbankISBN-10: 0811207994ISBN-13: 9780811207997Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1981Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 7.95h x 5.22w x 0.98d- $21.95
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Inclinations
Miss O'Brookomore became evasive. "I want you to repress yourself a little for a few days. Be more discreet." "Because ----" "Professor and Mrs. Cowsend have the rooms next ours..." "Buz Let them " "Also, the Arbanels are here on their honeymoon....You never saw...- $13.95
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Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People
Odette d'Antrevernes, a sheltered and enthusiastic young girl, lives with her widowed mother, her Creole nurse and their aged butler in an old grey chateau by the Loire. She receives regular visits from the old Cur of Bois-Fleuri, who tells her thrilling stories of...- $14.95
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Prancing Nigger
Author: Ronald FirbankISBN-10: 1258798662ISBN-13: 9781258798666Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2013Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d- $25.95
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Three More Novels: Vainglory, Inclinations, Caprice
So cleverly and wittily are the stories told that we sense we belong in the charmed café society of post-1918 Britain, and life seems, as Ernest Jones says in his critical introduction, "a Nirvana in which homosexuals are the ultimate chic and in which......- $14.95
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Vainglory
Vainglory is a novel written by Ronald Firbank, first published in 1915. The book is a satirical and witty portrayal of the lives of the upper classes in Edwardian England. The story revolves around the character of Mrs. Shamefoot, a wealthy widow who is...- $28.95
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Vainglory
They were in the dogs' cemetery. Lady Castleyard tapped a little crooked cross. "One fears," she said, "that Georgia must have poisoned them all for the sake of their epitaphs." Welcome to one of the most distinctive styles in English literature. Ronald Firbank was...- $13.95
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Valmouth: A Romantic Novel
Valmouth, a southern English coastal resort, has a generous supply of well-furnished and well-connected relics of society. Hare-Hatch House, inhabited by good friends Eulalia Hurstpierpoint and Elizabeth Thoroughfare, is one of the great centres of local social attention. Coming on a visit, Lady Parvula...- $13.95
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