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Bernardine Kielty (–1973)

Autor(a) de A Treasury of Short Stories

10+ Works 750 Membros 6 Reviews

About the Author

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(eng) a.k.a. Bernardine Kielty Scherman

Obras de Bernardine Kielty

A Treasury of Short Stories (1947) — Editor — 291 cópias
Marie Antoinette (1955) 171 cópias
Masters Of Painting (1964) 143 cópias
The Fall of Constantinople (1957) 96 cópias
Jenny Lind sang here (1958) 26 cópias
Girl from Fitchburg (1964) 9 cópias
Marie Antoinette 3 cópias

Associated Works

Out of Africa (1937) — Introdução, algumas edições5,196 cópias
Great Short Stories of the World (1965) — Contribuinte — 25 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1890?
Data de falecimento
1973
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Ocupação
author
critic
editor
journalist
Aviso de desambiguação
a.k.a. Bernardine Kielty Scherman

Membros

Resenhas

Marie Antoinette is older than my parents. No, really. It was my aunt’s book and, in fact, it has both her name and the address of her childhood home in Minnesota written on the front page.

I read this biography a lot as a children, but reading it now I can see that it holds back a lot of information. The tone of the biography annoyed me, but as I child I thought it was the most fascinating thing the world. Although, that may have been my fascination with Marie Antoinette rather than my fascination with this particular book.

Still, the illustrations are beautifully drawn and the book as a whole serves as a good introduction to Marie Antoinette. But I’ll only keep it on my bookcase because of sentimental reasons.
… (mais)
 
Marcado
jacketscoversread | Dec 7, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Also by
3
Membros
750
Popularidade
#33,913
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
2

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