Janet Adam Smith (1905–1999)
Auteur de Mark Twain On the Damned Human Race
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Janet Adam Smith
Books in my life: reprinted from THE BOOK COLLECTOR, Winter 1988, together with a select bibliography of her writings… 2 exemplaires
The Faber book of Children's Verse — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
R.L. Stevenson 1 exemplaire
Mountaineering 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson: A Record of Friendship and Criticism (1948) — Directeur de publication — 17 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Smith, Janet Adam
- Autres noms
- Carleton, Mrs John
- Date de naissance
- 1905-12-19
- Date de décès
- 1999-09-11
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Scotland, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Penrith, Cumbria, England, UK
London, England, UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK - Études
- Cheltenham Ladies College
University of Oxford (Somerville College) - Professions
- editor
writer
literary journalist - Relations
- Roberts, Michael (1st husband)
Carleton, John (2nd husband) - Organisations
- New Statesman and Nation (1949-60)
BBC (Assistant editor of The Listener (1930-35)) - Prix et distinctions
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1982)
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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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- 6
- Membres
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- Popularité
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- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 3
- 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.… (plus d'informations)