Barbara's History

by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

• ISBN13: 9780948695643
• ISBN10: 0948695641
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Stacey Intl

Summary

First published in 1864, this book was an immediate contemporary success and established Amelia Edwards' reputation as a novelist. The story of a young woman's growth from childhood to maturity is traced through her relationship with Hugh Farquhar whom she idolized from the first moment when, still a child, she meets him, already a mature man of the world. The development of their love from each other makes challenging and even painful demands upon them both before it reaches final fruition. The story of a spirited and talented heroine is set against the background of life in France, Germany and Italy and is rich in narrative and character. The vitality of Amelia Edwards' imagination and her vigorous dramatic sense animate the action and enrich by the extraordinarily wide range of her interests and knowledge.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Professor Joan Rees
Early Records	1	(7)
Deportment and Discipline	8	(5)
On the Road	13	(8)
My Aunt and I Become Better Acquainted	21	(6)
Broomhill and Its Owners	27	(4)
Doctor Topham and Paul Veronese	31	(4)
My Great Adventure	35	(16)
A Citizen of the World	51	(7)
A Child's Love	58	(7)
The Ball at Broomhill	65	(11)
The Crisis	76	(2)
Convalescence	78	(9)
The Silver Ring	87	(7)
The Rounding of the Year	94	(6)
A Dreary Welcome Home	100	(9)
Results	109	(5)
By Land and Sea	114	(9)
Zollenstrasse-am-Main	123	(9)
An Unexpected Event	132	(7)
Hilda Discovers Her Vocation	139	(9)
A Diplomatic Interview	148	(3)
The Student in Art	151	(4)
The Festival of Fine Arts	155	(5)
A Welcome Visitor	160	(7)
I Shine with a Reflected Lustre	167	(3)
The Grand Duke's Summer Pavilion	170	(15)
The Piper of Hamelin	185	(9)
A Kirmess and Schutzen-Fest	194	(12)
Parting and Meeting	206	(9)
At the Opera Francaise	215	(9)
Domestic Details	224	(2)
The Forest of Vincennes	226	(10)
The Next Morning	236	(5)
Before Breakfast	241	(4)
The Silver Ring is Turned to Gold	245	(6)
Our Halcyon Days	251	(12)
Rome	263	(3)
Carpe Diem	266	(12)
A Victory	278	(3)
The First Cloud on the Horizon	281	(4)
A Pious Pilgrimage	285	(7)
The Old Familiar Faces	292	(8)
My Aunt and the Doctor continue to Differ	300	(4)
The First Night at Broomhill	304	(11)
The Shakespeare Folio of 1623	315	(11)
Our Life at Broomhill	326	(3)
The Family Diamonds	329	(5)
Imperial Tokay in Venetian Glasses	334	(11)
The Mystery in the House	345	(7)
The Story of Maddelena	352	(14)
Total Eclipse	366	(7)
Weary and Heavy-Laden	373	(9)
Goody's Secret	382	(10)
The Change `Twixt Now and Then	392	(4)
Time Past and Time Present	396	(15)
The Professor	411	(7)
The Secret that Came with the Summer	418	(3)
An Old Friend	421	(6)
The Model	427	(14)
The Torso of the Belvedere	441	(4)
Mrs Sandyshaft in the Character of a Mediator	445	(9)
Suspense	454	(5)
Whither?	459	(7)
The Old, Old Story	466	(6)
Maddalena's Confession	472	(5)
The Osteria della Fossa	477