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The things that matter what seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life

She felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . .'Virginia Woolf, To The LighthouseAn illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries'Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts'portray the essential experiences of life. Edward Mendelson'a professor of English at Columbia University'illustrates how each novel is a living portrait of the human condition while expressing its author's complex individuality and intentions and emerging from the author's life and times. He explores Frankenstein as a searing representation of child neglect and abandonment and Mrs. Dalloway as a portrait of an ideal but almost impossible adult love, and leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us'in the most captivating way'why they matter. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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  • "Things that matter"
  • "What seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life"
  • "Qi da jing dian xiao shuo zhong de ren sheng zhi hui"
  • "七大經典小說中的人生智慧"
  • "七大經典小說的人生智慧"
  • "Qi da jing dian xiao shuo de ren sheng zhi hui"

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  • "This book is an illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the 19th and 20th centuries -- Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts -- portray the essential experiences of life. For Edward Mendelson, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, these classic novels tell life stories that are valuable to readers who are thinking about the course of their own lives. Looking beyond theories to the individual intentions of the authors and taking into consideration their lives and times, Mendelson examines the sometimes contradictory ways in which the novels portray such major passages of life as love, marriage, and parenthood. In Frankenstein's story of a new life, we see a searing representation of emotional neglect. In Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre the transition from childhood to adulthood is portrayed in vastly different ways even though the sisters who wrote the books shared the same isolated life. In Mrs. Dalloway we see an ideal and almost impossible adult love. Mendelson leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us in the most captivating way why they matter. - Jacket flap."
  • "She felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . .'Virginia Woolf, To The LighthouseAn illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries'Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts'portray the essential experiences of life. Edward Mendelson'a professor of English at Columbia University'illustrates how each novel is a living portrait of the human condition while expressing its author's complex individuality and intentions and emerging from the author's life and times. He explores Frankenstein as a searing representation of child neglect and abandonment and Mrs. Dalloway as a portrait of an ideal but almost impossible adult love, and leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us'in the most captivating way'why they matter. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "An exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries portray the essential experiences of life. For Mendelson--a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University--these classic novels tell life stories that are valuable to readers who are thinking about the course of their own lives. Looking beyond theories to the individual intentions of the authors and taking into consideration their lives and times, Mendelson examines the sometimes contradictory ways in which the novels portray such major passages of life as love, marriage, and parenthood.--From publisher description."
  • "An exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries portray the essential experiences of life. For Mendelson--a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University--these classic novels tell life stories that are valuable to readers who are thinking about the course of their own lives. Looking beyond theories to the individual intentions of the authors and taking into consideration their lives and times, Mendelson examines the sometimes contradictory ways in which the novels portray such major passages of life as love, marriage, and parenthood.--From publisher description."@en

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  • "最重要的事 : 七大經典小說的人生智慧"
  • "The things that matter : what seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life"
  • "最重要的事 : 七大經典小說中的人生智慧"
  • "Zui zhong yao de shi : qi da jing dian xiao shuo de ren sheng zhi hui"
  • "The things that matter what seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life"
  • "Zui zhong yao de shi : qi da jing dian xiao shuo zhong de ren sheng zhi hui"
  • "The things that matter what seven classic novels have to say about the stages of life"@en

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