Bøger af May Sinclair

There was injustice in all that zeal as well as indiscretion, for Mr. Bronte had his good points as fathers go. Think what the fathers of the Victorian era could be, and what its evangelical parsons often were; and remember that Mr. Bronte was an evangelical parson, and the father of Emily and Charlotte, not of a brood of gentle, immaculate Jane Austens, and that he was confronted suddenly and without a moment's warning with Charlotte's fame. Why, the average evangelical parson would have been shocked into apoplexy at the idea of any child of his producing Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre.

The Life and Death of Harriett Frean is the story of Harriett Frean, a woman so afraid of life that she will eventually talk herself out of living it. The novel follows Harriet as she is raised to be the ideal Victorian woman. Harriett is proud of her self-sacrifice (which she believes is the highest love of all) but when she falls in love with her best friend's fiance she is forced to question everything she thought she knew. Having decided not to follow her heart Harriett spends the rest of her life trying to convince herself that she has done the right thing. Described as a "small, perfect gem of a book" by author Jonathan Coe.First published in 1922, The Life and Death of Harriett Frean is the only May Sinclair novel currently in print. It was republished by Penguin Books in 1986 and has been reprinted many times. It was also adapted into a BBC television show in 1986. May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 - 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry.[1] She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. May Sinclair was also a significant critic in the area of modernist poetry and prose, and she is attributed with first using the term stream of consciousness in a literary context, when reviewing the first volumes of Dorothy Richardson's novel sequence Pilgrimage (1915-67), in The Egoist, April 1918.She was born in Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Her father was a Liverpool shipowner, who went bankrupt, became an alcoholic, and died before she was an adult. Her mother was strict and religious; the family moved to Ilford on the edge of London. After one year of education at Cheltenham Ladies College, she acted as caretaker for her brothers, as four of the five, all older, wereFrom 1896 she wrote professionally, to support herself and her mother, who died in 1901. An active feminist, Sinclair treated a number of themes relating to the position of women, and marriage.[2] She also wrote non-fiction based on studies of philosophy, particularly German idealism. Her works sold well in the United States. Around 1913, at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in London, she became interested in psychoanalytic thought, and introduced matter related to Sigmund Freud's teaching in her novels.[2] In 1914, she volunteered to join the Munro Ambulance Corps, a charitable organization (which included Lady Dorothie Feilding, Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm) that aided wounded Belgian soldiers on the Western Front in Flanders. She was sent home after only a few weeks at the front; she wrote about the experience in both prose and poetry. She wrote early criticism on Imagism and the poet H. D. (1915 in The Egoist); she was on social terms with H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), Richard Aldington and Ezra Pound at the time. She also reviewed in a positive light the poetry of T. S. Eliot (1917 in the Little Review) and the fiction of Dorothy Richardson (1918 in The Egoist). It was in connection with Richardson that she introduced "stream of consciousness" as a literary term, which was very generally adopted. Some aspects of Sinclair's subsequent novels have been traced as influenced by modernist techniques, particularly in the autobiographical Mary Olivier: A Life (1919). She was included in the 1925 Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers. ...

The Belfry is a novel written by May Sinclair and published in 1916. The story is set in the English countryside and follows the lives of two sisters, Anne and Letty, who live in a small village. Anne is a practical and hard-working woman who runs the family farm, while Letty is more dreamy and romantic.The novel explores the relationship between the two sisters and their different personalities. Anne is frustrated with Letty's lack of responsibility and her tendency to daydream, while Letty resents Anne's practicality and wishes for more excitement in her life.As the story progresses, the sisters become involved with two men, John and Jim. John is a wealthy landowner who is interested in Anne, while Jim is a poor farmer who is in love with Letty. The relationships between the sisters and their suitors become complicated and intertwined, leading to a series of dramatic events.The Belfry is a character-driven novel that explores themes of love, family, and the conflict between practicality and romanticism. May Sinclair's writing is known for its psychological depth and attention to detail, and this novel is no exception. The Belfry is a classic work of early 20th-century literature that continues to be studied and appreciated by readers today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1863

Harriet has always prided herself on being the perfect Victorian woman, but her ideals are challenged when she falls in love with an unavailable man. First published in 1922, Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair is a Victorian romantic drama follows the life and downfall of a woman who defined herself solely on society's expectations.

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Krystallens defekt (1912) omhandler Agatha Verrall, som er blevet udstyret med evnen til at helbrede personer, der lider under psykiske problemer. Hun bruger sin evne til at hjælpe sin nære ven Rodney, eller nærmere bestemt dennes nervesvækkede kone Bella. Det hele fungerer godt, indtil Milly og Harding Powell kommer på besøg. Harding er brudt sammen mentalt og er potentielt til fare for andre, men Milly nægter at give op og få ham sendt i behandling. På grund af sin kærlighed til Milly udvider Agatha sin overnaturlige indflydelse til også at gælde Harding, men finder ud af, at indflydelsen går begge veje, og i hendes sårbare tilstand kommer Harding til at påvirke hende lige så meget, som hun gør ham. Med tiden transponeres den kraftige uro i hans sind over i hende og kaster hende ud i en tilstand af rædsel. Romanen er lige dele kærlighedsfortælling, psykologisk portræt, spiritistisk undersøgelse og feministisk horror. Bag kunstnernavnet May Sinclair gemmer sig den engelske forfatter Mary Amelia St. Clair (1863 - 1946). Hun var suffragette og aktivt medlem af Woman Writers' Suffrage League. I sin samtid var hun også en indflydelsesrig litteraturkritiker med speciale i moderne prosa og lyrik, og hun var den første til at bruge begrebet ”stream of consciousness” i en litterær sammenhæng. Sinclair udgav mere end 20 romaner i den realistiske genre, alle med en feministisk dagsorden, der satte fokus på ægteskabet og kvindens rolle i samfundet. Samtidig skrev hun også adskillige romaner og noveller i den overnaturlige genre, herunder Krystallens defekt. "Tak til forlaget Escho for deres utrættelige, nekrofile – men renhjertede – kærlighed til glemte degenererede vidundere fra litteraturhistorien." - Weekendavisen

Ingerencja sił ponadnaturalnych może przybrać zupełnie niespodziewaną formę.Pełnokrwiste postaci o złożonej psychologii, targane emocjami i popędami, stają się uczestnikami wydarzeń nie z tej ziemi. W tych błyskotliwych, pełnych nieoczywistych obrotów spraw opowieściach grozy dar jasnowidzenia potrafi skomplikować życie, a płomienny romans trwający w nieskończoność doprowadza bohaterów na skraj wytrzymałości. Nowoczesna i na wskroś kobieca proza, która trzyma w napięciu.Doskonały pomysł czytelniczy dla miłośników H.P. Lovecrafta i Edgara Allana Poe. May Sinclair (1863-1946) - autorka działająca w późnej epoce wiktoriańskiej, innowatorka w zakresie powieści obyczajowej, zapoczątkowała styl, który następnie twórczo rozwinęła Virginia Woolf. W swoich utworach łączyła tradycyjne tematy z wiedzą o świecie i psychologii wynikającą z odkryć Freuda i Einsteina. Aktywna sufrażystka i członkini ruchu Women Writers' Suffrage League. Do jej najsłynniejszych powieści należy "Life and Death of Harriett Frean". Popularność osiągnęły również jej opowiadania grozy zebrane w zbiorze "Niesamowitości".

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The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction, the third volume of the books of occult fiction of many colours, brings together twenty-one tales, dating from 1908-1937, from the occult revival of the British Isles. Including both well-known figures, such as Dion Fortune and Algernon Blackwood, and lesser-known practitioners, such as Ethel Archer and the eccentric Prince Immanuel of Jerusalem, the present instalment is sure to fall within the sphere of beatific approval of not only seekers, adherents and occult enthusiasts, but also Masters and Ascendants. Containing a varied and luxuriant array of stories, about visions and hauntings, mystical agencies and seers, The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction, edited by Brendan Connell, is an indispensable addition to any library of the supernatural and occult.