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The Great Stink

A Novel of Corruption and Murder Beneath the Streets of Victorian London

by Clare Clark ...

A mystery that offers "a gripping and richly atmospheric glimpse into the literal underworld of Victorian England—the labyrinthine London sewer system" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Clare Clark's critically acclaimed The Great Stink "reeks of talent" as it vividly brings to life the dark and mysterious underworld of Victorian London ( The Washington Post Book World). Set in 1855, it tells ... Read more

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A mystery that offers "a gripping and richly atmospheric glimpse into the literal underworld of Victorian England—the labyrinthine London sewer system" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Clare Clark's critically acclaimed The Great Stink "reeks of talent" as it vividly brings to life the dark and mysterious underworld of Victorian London ( The Washington Post Book World). Set in 1855, it tells
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In The Full Light Of The Sun

A Novel

by Clare Clark ...

Based on a true story, this gorgeous novel follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in an art scandal—involving newly discovered van Goghs—that rocks Germany amid the Nazis' rise to power.In the turbulent years between the wars, nothing in Berlin is quite what it seems.Not for Emmeline, a wayward young artist freewheeling wildly through the city in search of meaning. Not for Julius, an ... Read more

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Based on a true story, this gorgeous novel follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in an art scandal—involving newly discovered van Goghs—that rocks Germany amid the Nazis' rise to power.In the turbulent years between the wars, nothing in Berlin is quite what it seems.Not for Emmeline, a wayward young artist freewheeling wildly through the city in search of meaning. Not for Julius, an
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Savage Lands

A Novel

by Clare Clark ...

The author of In the Full Light of the Sun "treats the founding of French Louisiana with her signature dark realism and beautiful handling of character" ( Library Journal).Praised by Hilary Mantel, Amanda Foreman, and the New York Times Book Review for her "verve and intelligence . . . [and] the originality of her imagination," Clare Clark has become a rising star in historical fiction. Elisabeth ... Read more

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The author of In the Full Light of the Sun "treats the founding of French Louisiana with her signature dark realism and beautiful handling of character" ( Library Journal).Praised by Hilary Mantel, Amanda Foreman, and the New York Times Book Review for her "verve and intelligence . . . [and] the originality of her imagination," Clare Clark has become a rising star in historical fiction. Elisabeth
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The Nature Of Monsters

by Clare Clark ...

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark.1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary’s maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child ... Read more

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1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark.1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary’s maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child
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Trespass

by Clare Clark ...

When your past is a lie, who are you?'Provocative, moving and timely' Mail on Sunday'Angry and engaged' Sunday Times'So perceptive and clever... I read Trespass in one go' Cathy Rentzenbrink'As political as it is personal, both moving and psychologically fascinating' Sadie JonesAs a teenager, Tess falls into environmental activism - and t... ... Read more

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When your past is a lie, who are you?'Provocative, moving and timely' Mail on Sunday'Angry and engaged' Sunday Times'So perceptive and clever... I read Trespass in one go' Cathy Rentzenbrink'As political as it is personal, both moving and psychologically fascinating' Sadie JonesAs a teenager, Tess falls into environmental activism - and t...
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An Analysis of Chinua Achebe's An Image of Africa

Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness

by Clare Clarke ...

Series series The Macat Library
Few works of scholarship have so comprehensively recast an existing debate as Chinua Achebe’s essay on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Achebe – a highly distinguished Nigerian novelist and university teacher – looked with fresh eyes at a novel that was set in Africa, but in which Africans appear only as onlookers or as indistinguishable "savages". Dismissing the prevailing portrayal of Joseph ... Read more

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Few works of scholarship have so comprehensively recast an existing debate as Chinua Achebe’s essay on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Achebe – a highly distinguished Nigerian novelist and university teacher – looked with fresh eyes at a novel that was set in Africa, but in which Africans appear only as onlookers or as indistinguishable "savages". Dismissing the prevailing portrayal of Joseph
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We That Are Left

by Clare Clark ...

**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post “Notable Fiction Book of 2015”**“[A] lavishly detailed historical novel that doesn’t just recreate the past but alters your perception of it.”—New York Times Book Review“As always, [Clark’s] environments are deliciously luxe. . . With splendid breadth and depth, We That Are Left accommodates an era’s worth of historical reverberations within the ... Read more

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**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post “Notable Fiction Book of 2015”**“[A] lavishly detailed historical novel that doesn’t just recreate the past but alters your perception of it.”—New York Times Book Review“As always, [Clark’s] environments are deliciously luxe. . . With splendid breadth and depth, We That Are Left accommodates an era’s worth of historical reverberations within the
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The Nature of Monsters

by Clare Clark ...

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15 hours 7 min

It is 1718 and, in a small parish near Newcastle, Eliza Tally, a headstrong girl of sixteen, embarks on a reckless love affair that will prove her undoing. When her lover casts her off, denying their union, she is forced to travel to London, a city that attracts and alarms her in equal measure. There, she takes up a position in the house of an apothecary, Grayson Black, whom she trusts to salvage ... Read more

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It is 1718 and, in a small parish near Newcastle, Eliza Tally, a headstrong girl of sixteen, embarks on a reckless love affair that will prove her undoing. When her lover casts her off, denying their union, she is forced to travel to London, a city that attracts and alarms her in equal measure. There, she takes up a position in the house of an apothecary, Grayson Black, whom she trusts to salvage
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We That Are Left

by Clare Clark ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

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16 hours 47 min

It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London—the glitter and glamor of debutante life— while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident ... Read more

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It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London—the glitter and glamor of debutante life— while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident
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Beautiful Lies

by Clare Clark ...

“Beautiful Lies is set in Victorian Britain; at its center is Maribel Campbell Lowe, the wife of a Scottish M.P. and a self-proclaimed Chilean heiress. But Maribel's life is based on a web of lies, and a newspaperman's uncommon interest in her could prove disastrous" —New York Times Book ReviewLondon 1887. For Maribel Campbell Lowe, the beautiful bohemian wife of a maverick politician, it is the ... Read more

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“Beautiful Lies is set in Victorian Britain; at its center is Maribel Campbell Lowe, the wife of a Scottish M.P. and a self-proclaimed Chilean heiress. But Maribel's life is based on a web of lies, and a newspaperman's uncommon interest in her could prove disastrous" —New York Times Book ReviewLondon 1887. For Maribel Campbell Lowe, the beautiful bohemian wife of a maverick politician, it is the
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British Detective Fiction 1891–1901

The Successors to Sherlock Holmes

by Clare Clarke ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book examines the developments in British serial detective fiction which took place in the seven years when Sherlock Holmes was dead. In December 1893, at the height of Sherlock’s popularity with the Strand Magazine’s worldwide readership, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his detective. At the time, he firmly believed that Holmes would not be resurrected. This book introduces and showcases a ... Read more

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This book examines the developments in British serial detective fiction which took place in the seven years when Sherlock Holmes was dead. In December 1893, at the height of Sherlock’s popularity with the Strand Magazine’s worldwide readership, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his detective. At the time, he firmly believed that Holmes would not be resurrected. This book introduces and showcases a
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The Macat Analysis of Chinua Achebe's An Image of Africa

Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness

by Clare Clarke ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

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1 hour 42 min

Achebe was acutely conscious that western views of Africa were inevitably those of a culture that assumed itself superior—materially, intellectually, even spiritually. He believed that even as original and subtle a work as Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness—a novel deeply critical of colonialism and one that Achebe admired stylistically—reflects this. For Achebe, Heart of Darkness is tainted by ... Read more

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Achebe was acutely conscious that western views of Africa were inevitably those of a culture that assumed itself superior—materially, intellectually, even spiritually. He believed that even as original and subtle a work as Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness—a novel deeply critical of colonialism and one that Achebe admired stylistically—reflects this. For Achebe, Heart of Darkness is tainted by
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