Bücher von Evelyn Sharp

The Youngest Girl In The School is a novel written by Evelyn Sharp and published in 1901. The story revolves around a young girl named Joan who is sent to a boarding school. She is the youngest student in the school and struggles to fit in with her older classmates. Despite being bullied and ostracized, Joan remains determined to prove herself and make friends. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and perseverance. The book is a coming-of-age tale that explores themes of adolescence, social hierarchy, and the power of determination. It is a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers of all ages.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Unfinished Adventure, published in 1933, is Evelyn Sharp's autobiography. It is a remarkable book recounting a remarkable life. Born in 1869, Evelyn Sharp was the sister of the folk song and dance expert, Cecil Sharp. A journalist, writer, pacifist and suffragist, Evelyn Sharp writes vividly about all aspects of her life: her school-days, Paris in 1890 , the Yellow Book, the Manchester Guardian, her conversion to Suffragism, her imprisonment in Holloway, her war work, her relief work in Germany and Russia in the nineteen-twenties, and finally, in her own words, 'The Greatest of All Adventures': the day she completed this book she married the campaigning writer and journalist, H. W. Nevinson.A. S. Byatt has described Evelyn Sharp as 'perspicacious, witty and a very good writer.' Evelyn Sharp and her autobiography deserve to be better knownFaber Finds is very pleased to be reissuing An Unfinished Adventure at the same time as the Manchester University Press publish Angela John's biography, Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869-1955

Where the witches are wise, magicians kind, and the princes are as brave as their princesses captivating - this is the land on this side of the sun. But on the other side of the sun live the wymps, whose helpful mischief spawn many a tale: about going to the moon, trading eyes, finding personal bravery and more.A collection of delights from the Victorian era.