The Rag Nymph

The Rag Nymph
Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1997
Genre: Abandoned children
ISBN: 9780552145466

Aggie Winkowski had endured the Industrial Revolution that brought with it the factories and the slums, and turned her talents to a thriving business, trading rags and old clothes. Then, in the summer of 1854, seven-year-old Millie exploded into her life and gave it new meaning.

RAG NYMPH: A NOVEL

RAG NYMPH: A NOVEL
Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1993-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780671864774

Abandoned by her mother, Millie Forester matures from a child into a young woman under the care of Aggie, an old woman and rag-trader.

The Rag Nymph

The Rag Nymph
Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Abandoned children
ISBN:

Abandoned by her mother, Millie Forester matures from a child into a young woman under the care of Aggie, an old woman and rag-trader.

Representations of the Local in the Postmillennial Novel

Representations of the Local in the Postmillennial Novel
Author: Milena Kaličanin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527589552

This book discusses a rich variety of voices from the margins and experiences of living in the postmillennial globalised world represented in selected novels by Irish-Canadian, British, American, Serbian, Australian, Iraqi and Māori authors. Contributions focus on illustrative examples of the contemporary novel that reflects acute awareness of globalizing processes and the rising tension between global and local identities, discourses and trends. In its diversity, the book serves to map voices from the new margins overshadowed by the intense pressure of globalization. Whether these new margins are ethnic minorities living in globalized centres of contemporary metropoles or authors whose national, local or regional voices are marginalized by works with more global ones, they are equally deserving of the attention of general readers, university students and literary scholars. The book will primarily appeal to scholars in the fields of literary, gender, postcolonial and food studies, but will also be of interest to a broader readership involved in explorations of literary works in the context of globalizing processes.

The Lady on My Left

The Lady on My Left
Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 259
Release: 1998
Genre: Antique dealers
ISBN: 0552145696

Alison Read, orphaned when she was two years old, had for some years lived and worked with Paul Aylmer, her appointed guardian. Paul, an experienced antique dealer whose business thrived in the south-coast town of Sealock, had come to rely on Alison, who had quickly learned the trade. But when he had asked her to value the contents of Beacon Ride, a chain of events was set off that led to the exposure of a secret he had for years managed to conceal. As a result, Alison's relationship with Paul came under threat and she knew that only by confronting the situation head-on would her ambitions be realised. Part-mystery, part-love story, and with its fascinating glimpses of the world of antiques in the 1960s, The Lady on my Left displays yet another facet of Catherine Cookson's remarkable talent.

The Great British Dream Factory

The Great British Dream Factory
Author: Dominic Sandbrook
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0141979313

SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton. In military, diplomatic and economic terms, we no longer matter as we once did. And yet there is still one area in which we can legitimately claim superpower status: our popular culture. It is extraordinary to think that one British writer, J. K. Rowling, has sold more than 400 million books; that Doctor Who is watched in almost every developed country in the world; that James Bond has been the central character in the longest-running film series in history; that The Lord of the Rings is the second best-selling novel ever written (behind only A Tale of Two Cities); that the Beatles are still the best-selling musical group of all time; and that only Shakespeare and the Bible have sold more books than Agatha Christie. To put it simply, no country on earth, relative to its size, has contributed more to the modern imagination. This is a book about the success and the meaning of Britain's modern popular culture, from Bond and the Beatles to heavy metal and Coronation Street, from the Angry Young Men to Harry Potter, from Damien Hirst toThe X Factor.

The Library Journal

The Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 796
Release: 1993
Genre: Libraries
ISBN:

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Catherine Cookson Country

Catherine Cookson Country
Author: Julie Anne Taddeo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351953176

Britain's most widely read author of the late twentieth century, Catherine Cookson published more than 100 books, including The Fifteen Streets, The Black Velvet Gown, and Katie Mulhollond. Set in England's industrial northeast, her novels depict the social, economic, and emotional hardships of that area. In the first essay collection devoted to Cookson, the contributors examine what Cookson's memoirs and historical fiction mean to readers, including how her fans contribute to her position in the cultural imaginary; constructions of gender, class, and English and Irish identity in her work; the importance of place in her novels; Cookson's place in the heritage industry; and television adaptations of Cookson's works. Cookson's work tackled topics that were still taboo in the early post-World War II era, such as domestic abuse, rape, and incest. This collection places Cookson in historical context and shows how skillful she was at pushing generic boundaries.