Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. Smith

The story revolves around a young girl named Agatha and her interactions with her aunt. Given the time period in which it was written, the novel likely explores themes of family dynamics, social expectations, and personal growth. Agatha's Aunt may play a significant role in Agatha's life, possibly acting as a mentor, caregiver, or influential figure who helps shape her character and worldview.As the plot develops, readers might encounter various episodes that highlight the relationship bet...

‘Agatha’s Aunt’ is one of Harriet Lummis Smith’s finest works. Originally published in 1920, the book follows young Agatha Kent, who becomes her family’s sole provider. She must care for herself, her brother, and an old spinster. Agatha struggles with how to make ends meet, though she is a resourceful young woman who will do anything to make ends meet. She decides to rent out her room to a blind man, under the belief that he’d be fine with the shabby room, because he won’t be able to see t...

In the captivating pages of "Policy and Passion," Rosa Campbell Praed weaves a tale of forbidden love and political intrigue. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century England, the novel follows the forbidden romance between Lady Caroline Lascelles, a brilliant and ambitious politician, and Lord Henry Lennox, a charming and enigmatic aristocrat. As their passion intensifies, they must navigate the treacherous waters of society and the unforgiving world of politics, where secrets and betraya...

The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain’s works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life’s work of America’s favorite author.This Reader’s Edition, a port...

Mark Twain's humorous account of his six years in Nevada, San Francisco, and the Sandwich Islands is a patchwork of personal anecdotes and tall tales, many of them told in the "vigorous new vernacular" of the West. Selling seventy five thousand copies within a year of its publication in 1872, Roughing It was greeted as a work of "wild, preposterous invention and sublime exaggeration" whose satiric humor made "pretension and false dignity ridiculous." Meticulously restored from a v...

Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.**“Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.”—New York Times“His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review**Mark Twain’s complete, uncensored Autobiography was...

The surprising final chapter of a great American lifeWhen the first volume of Mark Twain’s uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist’s life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life’s work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain’s inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherev...

Everybody has a lot to do before school starts, and so does Harry. He has to go for a checkup, visit the dentist, get a haircut--and that's only the beginning!Reader Level 2: Level 2 is for Progressing Readers who can read longer sentences with simple dialogue. These books offer pictures and context clues, in-depth plot development, and are available in both fiction and nonfiction books.

A storm. A disappearance. A race against time...Mustique is in a state of breathless calm as tropical storm Cristobal edges towards it across the Atlantic. Most villa owners have escaped the island but a few young socialites remain, unwilling to let summer's partying end. American heiress Amanda Fortini is one such thrill-seeker - until she heads out for a morning swim and doesn't return.Detective Sergeant Samuel Wilton is just 28 years old and the island's...

This volume focuses on the development of mail services between ca. 1780 and 1860. It takes as its starting point John Palmer’s proposal to reform the mail coach system in the 1780s. As part of this volume, the following themes and subjects are covered:Mail services prior to the introduction of the penny post, including the rise and fall of the mail coach; correspondence and surveillance during the Napoleonic wars; the emergence of local penny posts; and debates abo...

This volume foregrounds the close, and mutually informing, relationships between mediated communication and technological innovation during the nineteenth century. It draws attention to the fact that communication was a driver of innovation, but also considers how communication practices adapted to new media and technologies. The following themes and subjects are covered:The development of the telegraph, from the semaphore in the late eighteenth century to the wirel...