Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
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“There is one profound weakness in your movement towards emancipation. Your whole argument is based on an acceptance of male values.”—Dr. Ananda Coomaraswary.
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“There is one profound weakness in your movement towards emancipation. Your whole argument is based on an acceptance of male values.”—Dr. Ananda Coomaraswary.
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Of Jane Austen’s life there is little to tell, and that little has been told more than once by writers whose relationship to her made them competent to do so. It is impossible to make even microscopic additions to the sum-total of the facts already known of that simple biography, and if by chance a few more original letters were discov...
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Here is a story that has lain dormant for seven hundred years. At first it was suppressed by one of the Plantagenet kings of England. Later it was forgotten. I happened to dig it up by accident. The accident being the relationship of my wife\'s cousin to a certain Father Superior in a very ancient monastery in Europe.
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The notion of what constitutes adequate civics teaching in our schools is rapidly changing. The older idea was based on the theory that children were not citizens—that only adults were citizens. Therefore, civics teaching was usually deferred to the eighth grade, or last year of the grammar school, and then was mostly confined to a mem...
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Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, L...
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Paul Clifford tells the story of a chivalrous highwayman in the time of the French Revolution. Brought up not knowing his origins and living an evil life, Paul Clifford is arrested for theft. The love of his life is Lucy Brandon. Brought before her uncle Judge Brandon, for the robbery, it is unexpectedly revealed that Clifford is Brand...
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Category: Author:Cecily von Ziegesar 塞西莉·冯·齐格萨
Only a preparatory high school in Manhattan's upper east side, the students by a girl named gossip days' text messages, insider information about all kinds of campus scandal and relationships. And her identity is complicated is unknown. The SMS order of gossip days later, Serena Van Der Woodsen has ended his once choose boarding, and b...
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Category: Author:Leo Tolstoy
Pozdnyshev and his wife have a turbulent relationship. When her beauty blossoms after the birth of their children, men begin to flock around her, and he becomes increasingly jealous. Convinced his wife is betraying him with a young musician, his overpowering suspicion drives him to ever more dangerous lengths. United by the theme of lo...
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Category: Author:Henry James
Henry James (1843 - 1916) was one of the leaders in the school of realism in fiction. He is known for his series of novels in which he portrayed the encounter of Americans with Europe. James is considered to be the master of the novel and novella. James wrote about personal relationships and the power within these relationships. James...
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Category: Author:E.A.
In 1884, a man named YiBo (Edwin A.A bbott, 1838-1926) British priest wrote a pamphlet, was entitled "two-dimensional" (Flatland). What is the purpose he wrote this book? Is to borrow a place belonging to the needle to demote the reality of society? From inside the camp is to big jie religious class scar? Is the incredible adaptability...
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