LIBROS DEL AUTOR: audrey collins

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  • Portraits of the English, Volume VI
    Audrey Collins
    This volume contains selections from Heads of the People, a two-volume set (published in 1840) that portrays 'the many faces of the English with their faults as well as their virtues.' Detailed essays introduce the reader to an old squire, a young squire, an English peasant, a farmer’s daughter, and a farmer. These character sketches, that reflect the values of their times, alo...
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    14,47 €

  • Atlas and Guide to London, 1896, with Street Index
    Audrey Collins
    This wonderful historic guide with maps will delight anyone who loves London, delights in old maps, or seeks information about late nineteenth-century England. Some of its contents include general statistical information such as area and population in 1891, lists of 'chief places of interest and amusement,' such as art and picture galleries, museums, churches, theatres, music h...
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    17,74 €

  • Portraits of the English, Volume III
    Audrey Collins
    'Heads of the People' was published in 1840 as a two-volume set, edited by Douglas Jerrold, who also contributed several chapters. This volume contains extracts from that work. A number of the contributors, including Jerrold, were liberal or radical journalists who went on to write for Punch, which was established in the following year. The aim was to entertain the reader, but...
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    14,53 €

  • Portraits of the English, Volume V
    Audrey Collins
    This volume contains selections from Heads of the People, a two-volume set (published in 1840) that portrays 'the many faces of the English with their faults as well as their virtues.' Detailed essays introduce the reader to a postman, a linen-draper’s assistant, a factory child, an undertaker, and an auctioneer. These character sketches, that reflect the values of their times,...
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    14,53 €

  • Portraits of the English, Volume II
    Audrey Collins
    'Heads of the People' was published in 1840 as a two-volume set, edited by Douglas Jerrold, who also contributed several chapters. This volume contains extracts from that work. A number of the contributors, including Jerrold, were liberal or radical journalists who went on to write for Punch, which was established in the following year. The aim was to entertain the reader, but ...
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    15,02 €