The Shuttle de Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Shuttle

Frances Hodgson Burnett

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2007

First published in 1906, The Shuttle is a story of American industry. Rosalie Vanderpoel, daughter of a wealthy American, marries into a British family of aristocrats, only to discover how truly impoverished-both in money and character-that class had become. After many years with her deplorable husband, she is unable to contact her family back home. Suspicions grow, and Rosalie's sister Bettina heads to England to find out what has happened. Bettina is a smart, modern, witty woman who epitomizes the American character of industriousness and energy. She knows what she wants and has the power and money to go after it. Bettina's money and spunk revitalize the English society she comes in contact with, suggesting on a larger scale that what Britain needs to improve its future is to adopt an American mentality. Those interested in women's literature as well as anyone looking to rekindle their pride in the American spirit will find this an enjoyable read. English author FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT (1849-1924) moved to America in 1865. She became a writer in order to support her siblings after her parents died. Among her most famous works are Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1909).

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ALPHA EDITION – 20 dec 2023	202^.78 lei 3-5 săpt.
Outlook Verlag – 24 sep 2019	477^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.
COSIMO CLASSICS – 31 oct 2007	181^.65 lei 6-8 săpt.
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Hardback (1)	498^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.
Outlook Verlag – 24 sep 2019	498^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.

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Express

Paperback (14)

67^.52 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

67^.52 lei 3-5 săpt.

e-artnow – 14 dec 2020

77^.79 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

99^.29 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

113^.09 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

128^.40 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

128^.43 lei 3-5 săpt.

Persephone Books Ltd – 18 apr 2007

135^.71 lei 3-5 săpt.

+25^.62 lei 5-11 zile

CREATESPACE –

139^.78 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

158^.89 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform – 7 dec 2015

188^.01 lei 3-5 săpt.

ALPHA EDITION – 20 dec 2023

202^.78 lei 3-5 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 24 sep 2019

477^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.

COSIMO CLASSICS – 31 oct 2007

181^.65 lei 6-8 săpt.

Lector House – 10 iun 2019

184^.03 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (1)

498^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 24 sep 2019

498^.91 lei 3-5 săpt.

Notă biografică

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911). She was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in Jefferson City, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870, her mother died and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. Burnett enjoyed socializing and lived a lavish lifestyle. Beginning in the 1880s, she began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her oldest son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life.[1] She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townsend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, Long Island, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery. In 1936 a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honour in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.