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Reproduction of the original: A History of Matrimonial Institutions by George Elliott Howard

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Middlemarch – a novel of epic proportion, set in the nineteenth century England, is a tale about ordinary people going through everyday experiences that anybody no matter where you are and what century you are in can relate with. Any novel worth its weight in salt gives the reader an “in”, to make the story their own experience too; Middlemarch has financial disasters, romantic escapes, foolishness, love, social reforms etc – the stuff real life is made of. Not every ones very first novel becomes their very best novel; but that is the case with Mary Ann Evans. She wrote under the pseudonym George Eliot - reasons why can be seen in the biography further down; about a young and intelligent girl Dorothea, her life, friends, town, relationships and things that make her human.In this annotated Classic Good Books edition of Middlemarch we have your reading pleasure in mind:-An illustrated biography of George EliotUnabridged original textAudio recordings of her most regarded worksFilms, TV shows and other media adaptations of her workExpert formatting for your electronic deviceEasy navigation with a click-able table of content…other bonuses for George Eliot's enthusiasts"One of the few English novels written for grown-up people." -- Virginia Woolf”…Twentieth-century literary critic Harold Bloom placed Eliot among the greatest Western writers of all time”Middlemarch is an amazing book by a brilliant author written in the nineteenth century, with readers of the future in mind in mind. As you read on the story gradually unveils itself. It's like moving into a community and gradually you get to know your neighbors…good, bad and interesting things about them.Grab your copy now and make this classic a part of your library.

"Romola" is an intense, gripping historical novel set in 15th-century Italy. Penned by George Eliot, it deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and issues including love, betrayal, parenthood, revenge, greed, spirituality, and deception. Remarkably modern in her approach, Eliot has treated various facets of the human psyche with great discernment and sensitivity. A true classic!

Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature is a pioneering study of African-Canadian literary creativity, laying the groundwork for future scholarly work in the field. Based on extensive excavations of archives and texts, this challenging passage through twelve essays presents a history of the literature and examines its debt to, and synthesis with, oral cultures. George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues for its relevance to both African Diasporic Black and Canadian Studies, and critiques several of its key creators and texts. Scholarly and sophisticated, the survey cites and interprets the works of several major African-Canadian writers, including André Alexis, Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, Claire Harris, and M. Nourbese Philip. In so doing, Clarke demonstrates that African-Canadian writers and critics explore the tensions that exist between notions of universalism and black nationalism, liberalism and conservatism. These tensions are revealed in the literature in what Clarke argues to be – paradoxically – uniquely Canadian and proudly apart from a mainstream national identity. Clarke has unearthed vital but previously unconsidered authors, and charted the relationship between African-Canadian literature and that of Africa, African America, and the Caribbean. In addition to the essays, Clarke has assembled a seminal and expansive bibliography of texts – literature and criticism – from both English and French Canada. This important resource will inevitably challenge and change future academic consideration of African-Canadian literature and its place in the international literary map of the African Diaspora.

This text assumes that Eusebius' story of Constantine's conversion was fiction or a mistake, based upon the Emperor's own story of how God told him to make his army's standard. This study suggests that Constantine's Christianity was of more normal and earlier origins than the miracle of AD 312.