George Augustus Sala (1828–1895)
Auteur van Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
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(eng) Full name: George Augustus Henry Sala
Fotografie: Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery
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The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the… (2008) 5 exemplaren
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 - Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the… (2008) 4 exemplaren
William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher: Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time (2019) 4 exemplaren
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 - Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the… (2008) 3 exemplaren
The Thorough Good Cook: A Series of Chats on the Culinary Art and Nine Hundred Recipes (1895) 3 exemplaren
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous (Vol. 1-3): Adventure Novel (English Edition) (2009) 2 exemplaren
Things I Have Seen and People I Have Known 2 exemplaren
America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific (1883) 2 exemplaren
Madame Tussaud & Sons exhibition catalogue 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Sala, George Augustus
- Geboortedatum
- 1828-11-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1895-12-08
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
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- London, England, UK
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- journalist
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Full name: George Augustus Henry Sala
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Madame Tussaud & Sons exhibition catalogue door George Augustus Sala
As well as interest in its own right, it includes a great set of contemporary adverts and a wonderful pictorial cover.
The stories in this book were originally published in 1853 as a special Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, Household Words, the second such.
Dickens again asked his contributors to provide him with stories that exemplified the spirit of Christmas, rather than being specifically set at Chritmastime. So, the stories and poems are about family ties, affection, overcoming adversity, and murder and ghosts!
There are some good tales here, notably The Old Lady's Story by Eliza Lynn Linton and The Squire's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell, but overall this collection is not quite as strong as the first volume, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. Nonetheless, a nice Yuletide read.… (meer)
Dickens again asked his contributors to provide him with stories that exemplified the spirit of Christmas, rather than being specifically set at Chritmastime. So, the stories and poems are about family ties, affection, overcoming adversity, and murder and ghosts!
There are some good tales here, notably The Old Lady's Story by Eliza Lynn Linton and The Squire's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell, but overall this collection is not quite as strong as the first volume, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. Nonetheless, a nice Yuletide read.… (meer)
350. 1st ed. Large tome and much on food history. George Sala 1857-1957 founded the Savage Club.
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