George Moore
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Esther Waters (1894) is a novel by George Moore. Considered his best novel, it was an immediate critical and commercial success, and has since been adapted several times for theater, film, and television. Like much of Moore's work, Esther Waters shows the influence of French naturalist writer Émile Zola, who sought to portray the influence of heredity and social environment on the lives of characters without shying away from poverty, sex, disease,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
It was at the end of a summer evening, long after his usual bedtime, that Joseph, sitting on his grandmother's knee, heard her tell that Kish having lost his asses sent Saul, his son, to seek them in the land of the Benjamites and the land of Shalisha, whither they might have strayed. But they were not in these lands, Son, she continued, nor in Zulp, whither Saul went afterwards, and being then tired out with looking for them he said to the servant:...
3) Albert Nobbs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
6) Albert Nobbs
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Set in a posh hotel in nineteenth-century Dublin, Albert Nobbs is the story of an unassuming waiter hiding a shocking secret. Forced one night to share his bed with an out-of-town laborer, Albert Nobbs's carefully constructed facade nearly implodes when the stranger discovers his true identity--that he's acutally a woman. Forced by this revelation to look himself in the mirror, Albert sets off in a desperate pursuit of companionship and love, a search...
10) High drama
Author
Publisher
BMG Rights Management
Language
English
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Renowned for reimagining songs from American Idol to his stirring viral hit with Cher's Believe, Adam Lambert, the Grammy-nominated pop icon, LGBTQ trailblazer, and Queen frontman, brings out a wonderfully diverse collection of covers with a twist, held together by Adam's once-in-a-generation voice and trademark flair.