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Path And Goal
''Path and Goal'' (1900) is a novel by Australian writer Ada Cambridge Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.Cato (1989) p. v Many of her nov .... Story outline Adrian Black is a doctor who has settled in the fictional English provincial city of Wakeminster. The novel follows the doctor's various liaisons, especially with Ruth Strang, a woman he loves and then loses. Many years later, as widow and widower, they are re-united. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Australian Town and Country Journal'' was not impressed with the work: "It is devoutly to be hoped that people in real life do not blunder as stupidly in the most important crises of life as the hero of Ada Cambridge's ''Path and Goal''... A somewhat melodramatic ending by no means atones for the lack of genuine human interest, and the artif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Cambridge
Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.Cato (1989) p. v Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers but never published in book form. While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, her newspaper readers knew her as ''A.C.'' She later reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and that is how she is known today. Life Ada was born at Wiggenhall St Germans, St Germans, Norfolk, the second child of Thomasine and Henry Cambridge, a gentleman farmer. She was educated by governesses, an experience she abhorred. She wrote in a book of reminiscences: "I can truthfully affirm that I never learned anything which would now be considered worth learning until I had done with them all and started foraging for myself. I did have a few months of boarding-school at the end, and went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Materfamilias
''Materfamilias'' (1898) is a novel by Australian writer Ada Cambridge Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.Cato (1989) p. v Many of her nov .... Story outline The novel is a first-person narrative that follows the life of a woman, Mary Braye, from the time she is first married until she becomes a grandmother. Critical reception In a very brief review ''The Queenslander'' noted: "Of all phases of life that dealing with domesticity is the most difficult to portray in a manner sufficiently attractive to command interest ed attention. In this art Ada Cambridge excels, and her latest book is fully equal to anything which has yet sprung from her pen. In addition to being an attractive story, ''Materfamilias'' has the recommendation of being instructive, with an underlying. well-developed moral." ''The Sydn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devastators (Cambridge Novel)
''The Devastators'' (1901) is a novel by Australian writer Ada Cambridge. Story outline The novel considers the impacts on two ill-made marriages: Peggy Le Marchand is married to Harry Bedingfield, but should have married Dr. Dallas who is actually married to Mimi Rochester. Critical reception A reviewer in ''Freeman's Journal'' was underwhelmed by the book noting it is "described as 'a novel with a purpose.' Masters of the craft of bookmaking like Dickens also wrote novels with a purpose, the moral of which ran in a thin red line of tragedy carefully woven into a healthy story in which comedy had its share.' In ''The Devastators'' the purpose is the whole plot; and, however excellent it may be to hold up the mirror to ill-chosen marriages for the instruction of others, the result is rather dismal to the reader in this case." Notes In her autobiography ''Thirty Years in Australia'' published in 1930, Cambridge made the following confession: "When I wrote a novel called ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1900. Events * April - Henry Lawson departs Australia for London in order to further his literary career. The venture proved ultimately unsuccessful. Books * Louis Becke ** '' Edward Barry: South Sea Pearler'' ** ''Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas'' * Guy Boothby ** ''A Cabinet Secret'' ** ''"Long Live the King!"'' ** ''A Maker of Nations'' ** ''My Indian Queen'' ** ''A Prince of Swindlers'' (aka ''The Viceroy's Protegé'') ** '' The Woman of Death'' * Ada Cambridge – ''Path and Goal'' * Simpson Newland – '' Blood Tracks of the Bush: An Australian Romance'' * A. B. Paterson – '' An Outback Marriage'' * Ethel Turner – ''Three Little Maids'' Short stories * Edward Dyson – " The Funerals of Malachi Mooney" * Henry Lawson ** "The Iron-Bark Chip" ** " Joe Wilson's Courtship" ** ''On the Track'' ** ''Over the Sliprails'' * Steele Rudd – "On Our Selection" (la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Australian Novels
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
