10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINSTERISH»
Discover the use of
spinsterish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spinsterish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall... V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions -- of the time before Flowers in the Attic began.
The illusion of your spinsterish little mind, my dear.“ Liza set her cup and saucer
down on a table with a clatter. “Spinsterish?" “Nick once saved my life!" Liza stuck
her head forward and spat at Jocelin. “Spinsterish?” “Asher is clear to me for ...
She mustn't — mustn't — seem indifferent or reluctant, for that would be so
spinsterish. . . . Mustn't be spinsterish. . . . Mustn't be spinsterish. . . . The words
seemed to cling like spiders in Ellen's brain as she dropped into a brief, uneasy
sleep ...
She's not in the least spinsterish.” “Spinsterish? What kind of word is that? Oh,
Amy, you know that when she was only fifteen or so the Nazis mistook her as a
courier for the Resistance, tortured, and repeatedly raped her. She's had several
...
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To You Mr. Chips: More Stories of Mr. Chips and the True ...
Prim and spinsterish, she knew the exact difference (if any)between a pianoforte
solo “tastefully rendered ” and one “brilliantly performed”; and three times a year,
at the Brookfield School end-of- term concert, she sat in the front row, note-book ...
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Gender and Modernity in Central Europe: The Austro-Hungarian ...
[women's club]—which to me seemed like a centre for the lives of unsatisfied,
spinsterish women—but otherwise they always ensured that they were certainly
not rebellious and wanted to achieve their rights in a peaceful way, without
touching ...
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Alice's Adventures: Lewis Carroll in Popular Culture
On the one hand we have the spinsterish, meticulous, nervous don who, even
when in a state of free-fall down a rabbit hole, would always take the precaution
of putting an empty marmalade jar where it could not fall and hurt anyone; on the
...
... like those Prussian monarchists who began keeping spinsterish diaries at
eighteen in Lichterfeld and never quit.” “I keep a diary,” Bora said. “And mostly in
English besides.” “Anything political in it?” “No. I'm afraid it's a spinsterish 156 ...
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Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': A Reader's Guide
Indeed, William Anderson asks: 'Isn't theresomething rather“spinsterish” in this
sentimental tale?'53 Perhaps. And perhaps thisis Ovid's intentional design –to
highlight the superiorityof hisown storytelling techniques in theMetamorphoses ...
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The Hidden Text of Mill's Liberty
The very depth of Mill's republican feeling may have hidden it from the view of
those who find no feeling, nothing but arid intellection, in Mill; and those like Basil
Willey who see in him "a certain spinsterish dryness of thought and style."12
While ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINSTERISH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spinsterish is used in the context of the following news items.
Revisiting 'Deadwood,' a Lawless Prelude to TV's New Golden Age
Jane dressed, drank, cursed and fought like a man, but when she looked at Wild Bill, her face softened with a spinsterish yearning that was heartbreaking. «New York Times, Jul 15»
A Gem for Jewel Theatre
The story begins with an agitated Helen (JTC Artistic Director Julie James), a spinsterish university professor, fuming, in the house of her elderly, bedridden ... «Good Times, Apr 15»
A Conversation With Sally Field
The film straddles comedy and drama in its story about a spinsterish woman who begins to come out of her shell after the death of her mother. Doris Miller is a ... «Austin Chronicle, Mar 15»
Here You Go, Holiday Movies Packed with Oscar Buzz
... the unhappily married Caroline von Beulwitz and her spinsterish sister, Charlotte von Lengefeld. This exquisitely shot and costumed film shows them testing ... «Women's eNews, Dec 14»
Slugger Seasonal Book Club: Vol 4
Coyle then moved to London and from there to Dublin where in 1915, at the spinsterish age of thirty-two, she married Charles O'Meagher. They had two children ... «Slugger O'Toole, Dec 14»
Curtain call: Engaging 'View'
Callis has brought in veteran actors Rick Dethelfsen in a supporting role to play George's father, while Sandy Hudson Thomasson plays the spinsterish Miss ... «City Pulse, Nov 14»
Milam Community Theater to stage 'The Rainmaker'
Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West during the Dust Bowl, “The Rainmaker” tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie ... «Cameron Herald, Jul 14»
Ann B. Davis, 88, Dies; Comic Actress Played Maid on 'Brady Bunch'
... the lovesick spinsterish secretary to a playboy Hollywood photographer who was always surrounded by glamorous models. Schultzy couldn't hold a candle to ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
Wonder Woman, Mike Leigh and a Spice Girls singalong: London's …
... her prematurely spinsterish workmate similarly imprisoned with a cadaverous hollow-cheeked mother; a shy teacher and a folk-minded stumblebum hippy. «Time Out London, Apr 14»
CRAIG BROWN: The Rasputin who inspired Mary Poppins
But the author of Mary Poppins was far from the prim, spinsterish figure portrayed by Emma Thompson in the film. Rather, Pamela Travers was wild, bohemian, ... «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
