Janet Adam Smith (1905–1999)
Autore di Mark Twain On the Damned Human Race
Sull'Autore
Opere di Janet Adam Smith
The Faber book of Children's Verse — A cura di — 1 copia
R.L. Stevenson 1 copia
Mountaineering 1 copia
Opere correlate
Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson: A Record of Friendship and Criticism (1948) — A cura di — 17 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Smith, Janet Adam
- Altri nomi
- Carleton, Mrs John
- Data di nascita
- 1905-12-19
- Data di morte
- 1999-09-11
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Scotland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Penrith, Cumbria, England, UK
London, England, UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK - Istruzione
- Cheltenham Ladies College
University of Oxford (Somerville College) - Attività lavorative
- editor
writer
literary journalist - Relazioni
- Roberts, Michael (1st husband)
Carleton, John (2nd husband) - Organizzazioni
- New Statesman and Nation (1949-60)
BBC (Assistant editor of The Listener (1930-35)) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1982)
Utenti
Recensioni
I have yet to tread this, though I think my parents owned it since it came out. The blurb says it is based on 6 years of research and free access to Buchan;'s letters, and fills in areas his autobiography omitted, including his Canadian experiences. The author grew up in GLasgow where Buchan also lived in his youth, and personally knew Buchan when she was a student at Oxford and he was living nearby. It is openly friendly towards him, but still scholarly.
Classic Twain, taking on the human race. Includes such notables as Diary of Adam and Eve. Twain has an interesting view of the human race, with all the cynicism of Mencken, but tempered by a genuine liking for his fellow man that gives him a dry humor about the topic.
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
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- ISBN
- 14
Like to a sleeping snake all curled he lay;
On his thin navel turned this spinning sphere,
Each feeble finger fetched seven suns away.
He was not dropped in good-for-lambing weather,
He took no suck when shook buds sing together,
But he is come in cold-as-workhouse weather,
Poor as a Salford child.
Worth the price of this book right there. It's called "Carol" and credited to John Short. About whom there seems to be absolutely no information on the Internet.… (altro)