![]() ![]() As a member of “Johnson’s Circle,” Wollstonecraft met several other intellectuals, both men and women, interested in challenging and removing traditional injustices of rank, property, class, and even gender. His shop in St Paul’s Churchyard in London emphasized the publication of works directed at a growing middle class, and so, the books he produced were often more affordable cheap prints. Johnson had an affinity for finding and fostering some of the leading intellectual and literary figures of the late-eighteenth century. However, it was not until she met Joseph Johnson (1738-1809), an influential London bookseller and publisher, that she was able to print her works. With her husband, William Godwin (the so-called Father of Anarchism), Wollstonecraft had a second daughter, Mary Shelley, the famous author of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818).įrom a young age, Wollstonecraft had an interest in writing and philosophy, cultivated by some of her girlhood friendships. ![]() ![]() She lived by some of her more radical views, including maintaining at least three known relationships out of wedlock, one of which resulted in a child, and was even a resident of France during the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. ![]() Though short and often difficult, Mary Wollstonecraft’s (1759-1797) life was also bold. ![]()
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Throughout the novel, Starling is dissected as a physical object and a psychological one, offered up as bait and leeringly scrutinized. Jame Gumb, the serial killer being pursued by the novice FBI agent Clarice Starling, takes this mission literally, stalking and skinning women in a macabre quest to turn them into “material.” The police, the media, and the FBI reduce victims to exploitative clichés or nameless bodies. The substance of the novel is how society ritualistically depersonalizes, objectifies, and consumes women. If metaphor is art, then consider Thomas Harris an old master: His finest work, 1988’s The Silence of the Lambs, is a Gothic carnival of symbolism and allusion. ![]() ![]() These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations, based on four novels and three short stories by Agatha Christie, showcase seven of Miss Marple’s most ingenious mysteries. The sharp-witted sleuth looks into the problem of a lady’s maid who has been mysteriously sacked.Īn unknown man dies in the local church – can Miss Marple deduce his identity from his last words? What is the dark secret behind Gwenda Reed’s uncanny intuition? Miss Marple investigates…Ī wife is killed, her husband is under suspicion – and Miss Marple is called to provide an alibi. Visiting an old friend at Stoneygates School, Miss Marple senses danger.Ī posthumous letter sends the spinster sleuth on a mystery tour to find a murderer. Miss Marple must find out who is behind an outbreak of hate mail and a tragic death. ![]() ![]() June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in seven suspenseful full-cast radio dramatisations. ![]() ![]() ![]() James Herriot was the pen name chosen by James Alfred “Alf” Wight, a rural veterinarian whose semi-autobiographical stories about caring for animals in the Yorkshire Dales have been enjoyed by generations. 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The heartwarming tales of a veterinarian who serves an English countryside community kicked off the 50th anniversary of Masterpiece (in 2021), which first aired a television adaptation of the stories in the late 1970s and late 1980s. ![]() ![]() and streaming with THIRTEEN Passport see entire schedule). ![]() The TV series All Creatures Great and Small is a remake of the beloved book series by James Herriot, now in its third season (airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was Benjamin Franklin, not Jesus, who said, “God helps those who help themselves.” That is Osteen’s message, too, only it is more like “God helps those who think well of themselves.” Imagine yourself to be a winner, and someday you will be a winner! 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Adichie sees gender as a social construct. ![]() She defines feminism as believing in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes. \( \newcommand\)Īdichie is an outspoken activist who focuses on race, feminism and politics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ruminating over recipes run amok, Claire laments, "It turned out to be a disastrous meal, passion and impatience and resentment clashing like three winds coming from different directions and meeting in the middle of the table. The son of hippie parents who dreams of an old-fashioned romance with roots, art professor Tyler falls madly in love with Claire a caterer with a cautious heart, who pours her passion into myriad secret recipes for lavender bread, dandelion quiche and geranium wine. ![]() Indeed, a temperamental apple tree with prophetic powers is one of Allen's delicately drawn and pluckily poignant characters, as is the new next-door neighbor. 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