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Our hero confronts a large and varied cast, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor, on his comic and satirical adventures up and down the country. Punishing wickedness, befriending the helpless, strutting the stage, and falling in love, Nicholas shares some of his creator's energy and earnestness as he faces the pressing issues of early Victorian society.
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Around the central story of Nicholas Nickleby and the misfortunes of his family Dickens created some of his most wonderful characters: the muddle-headed Mrs. Nickleby, the gloriously theatrical Crummles, their protegee Miss Petowker, the pretentious Mantalinis, and the mindlessly cruel Squeers and his wife. Nicholas Nickleby's loose, haphazard progress harks back to the picaresque novels of the eighteenth century -- particularly those of Smollett and Fielding -- yet the novel's exuberant atmosphere of romance, adventure, and freedom is leavend by Dickens' awareness of social ills and financial and class insecurity.
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A Very Funny Dickens Novel.......2007-07-30
This is a very funny novel in some sections. Imagine an older Oliver Twist, about 19 or 20 or so, but handsome, and with a temper, and with a strong outgoing personality, and one who can act and do all kinds of things. He has lots of self confidence and a beautiful sister, and throw in an obnoxious and rich uncle and a dotty mother. Yes, it is very, very entertaining.
I bought the Wordsworth Classic version but would recommend the Penguin Classic version, and recommend that purchase highly. This is among Dickens's somewhat forgotten novel but still among his best. It is another masterpiece that brings together all of Dickens's writing skills with a great story. I would rate it slightly behind David Copperfield but it remains one of the most original and interesting of Dickens's novels somewhat on par with Oliver Twist.
As background information, I am in the process of reading most of Dickens's 22 novels and longer short stories, and set up a Listmania list. As a suggestion, avoid the Penguin Popular Classics with the plain green covers (I bought two). They fall apart and do not stand up to a read, especially books over 500 pages in length. The Regular Penguin Classics with the photo or painting on the front are excellent and some have maps and illustrations (drawings). The Wordsworth Classics are not as good, and some are illustrated.
A young Dickens at the age of 12 had the unenviable job of attaching labels 10 hours a day at the Warren's boot blacking factory. That experience shaped much of his writing career. Still in his teens he became a law clerk, then later in his twenties a journalist. The last job as a reporter led to the serialized writing of his novels. His works were social commentaries with larger than life characters, or colorful caricatures, living in the slums of London. He was a critic of poverty, social injustice, and the slow moving court system.
All of Dickens's experiences come together in his novels. The Pickwick Papers, his first novel, is mostly humorous. But the next one, Oliver Twist, is a dark novel set in the crime plagued streets of early 19th century London. Next in novel number three, he changes back to a more humorous novel which is the present work. This is a big novel, about 750 pages or so - but the pages fly by. The protagonists are Nicholas, who is almost 20, his sister Kate, a few years younger, and his uncle Ralph Nickleby. Their father has died and Nicholas and Kate come to London with their mother to seek aid from the wealthy uncle. The uncle finds them minimum paying jobs, and that creates a good story. It is a novel with many common features that we expect from Dickens with things such as a school where the children are beaten, but it has many funny parts and it is complicated by the uncle's financial dealings.
Having read many of Dickens's novels I still rate David Copperfield as best as a work of literature and rate Oliver Twist as close behind and a must read. The latter book was read by Queen Victoria and Karl Marx, and both enjoyed the read. The novel had a far reaching social impact. Nicholas Nickleby is another gem and well worth the read, but lacks the social bite of Oliver Twist, and lacks the enthusiasm of David Copperfield, but it is hilarious.
Dickens! Dickens!.......2006-12-29
Charles Dickens is my favorite author and this is another excellent story! I have all his books, and they are all well-written, entertaining and intellectual. I love how people are his subject and he is a master of words. Every person ought to read Dickens if only for the understanding of grammar you will receive.
Nicholas Nickleby: A Raucous Romp through Merrye Olde England!.......2006-10-02
Nicholas Nickleby was written in 1838-39 by Charles Dickens riding the crest of his monumental success from writing Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist. The lengthy novel is filled with memorble characters, an exciting plot and the incredible genius of England's greatest novelists.
The story concerns the adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (the least interesting character in the book!, his sister Kate and his fatuous and longwinded mother the widow Mrs. Nickleby.
Nicholas works for a time in the infamous Dotheboys Hall for boys in Yorkshire. The schoolmaster is the evil Wackford Squeers, his odious wife and his ugly daughter Fanny who becomes infatuated with Nicholas. it is here that we meet the pathetic mentally challenged lad Smike who is assisted by Nicholas and along with him leaves the horrid school.
One of the most hilarious parts of the book deals with the time NN spent with the Vincent Crummles theatrical company. Dickens loved the theatre and loved to act in amateur theatricals.
Katle Nickleby is employed at the Madame Mantalini milliery shop and becomes a companion to a wealthy and ridiculous woman. She is pursued romantically by the scoundrel Sir Mulberry Hawk.
Dickens draws a vivid portrait of corrupt evil in the wicked uncle Ralph Nickleby a usurer whose wiles and schemes for fortune pull the many threads of the plot into a well woven plot that has a crackerjack ending as secrets are revealed and all ends well for the Nickleby family.
This is still in many ways an work of growth for the budding novelists.
It resembles a picaresque novel of the eighteenth century in following Nicholas and Kate through many scenes and situations. The genius of the novel lies in Dickens peerless ability to draw memorable characters that will live in the reader's mind long after the complicated plot machinations are forgotten.
The Penguin Edition is excellently edited with copious notes and a learned introduction. The original illustrations by Hablot K. Browne
are also included (Phiz). This is a pageturner which will entertain you for hours. It is a good novel to begin with if you have not read Dickens.
The Dickens world is filled with all those marvelous characters which shall live as long as literature. Great.
Nicholas Nickleby.......2006-01-28
This book is best, out of all the Dickens books. If you should just read one of Dicken's, it should be this one.This captures all of the suspense that he creates in any of his books. I reccomend this boook to anyone who is looking for a long and satisfying read.
The moral and the immoral, guess who wins? .......2005-09-14
Money versus virture, poverty set against wealth, hero against the ills of society, plus the combined forces of the duty to family and bond between sister and brother. Any Dickens novel will bring you the perfection of character, the ordinary individual through thought and deed becomes the extraordinary
Throw in a sarcasm still alive today, mainly through the use of superlatives which over emphasize the importance of "Lord somebody" and deftly turn these titled aristocrats from dieties of fortune into over inflated balloons. Dickens, in a time of Victorian sensibility, turned to an arsenal of adjectives for dealing with the long engrained antediluvian British nobility. Exquisite descriptions allowing the reader to visit each character as if you were in the literal sense, sitting in their living rooms observing their lives right down to the tea kettle whistle.
All Dickens novels are loaded with the stuff of glory, but never too far fetched that he can't drive home the plight of the impoverished, the cycles of poverty and the deep suffering he witnesses daily in the streets of London. What better way to emphasize injustice than to contrast sick and orphaned children with rich old misers?
Comparing his observations on injustice, you will find it relevant today, in a different guise perhaps, from Lord Somebody and his buffoons in parliament to our corporate welfare state and over saturated market economy.
How does one survive a world as cruel as one directed by a corrupt guardian uncle in the money lending business? Only Nicholas Nickelby can answer that. With nothing but youth on his side and a good upbringing in the country, Nicholas learns his values will need to be tested at the risk of his own safety and reputation. As he defends his character and the honor of his family, not to mention saving a few lives of those much worse off than he, he gains enough good karma to last several lifetimes as he follows his heart to the wealth that awaits him like a holy grail. Like any hero, he sets off a chain reaction of good luck for his family and aquaintances, until the book exhausts itself in becoming one riotous, joyous celebration of life. As one last task,Nicholas with all his honor, attracts the only one thing he is missing, an equally flawless damsel to be rescued from a cruel, self centered father.
Unlike his later works, this one is brimming with sweet hyperbolic idealism and exageration, like youthful optimism, it does not carry the same intimate character intropsection he develops later.
It is worth it to settle into this novel to witness the sharp black and white juxtapose of the good character versus corrupt.
Whereas Dickens balanced this with gray areas between rich and poor in other novels, this work is direct, simple and explicit in it's quest for moral ground. Wealth matches wealth of spirit and Dickens can make it infectious with his keen observations of human behavior and his absolute dedication to matching his words to his heart.
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Dickens's Secret Success: A Great Story.......2007-08-11
This is a very funny novel in some sections. Imagine an older Oliver Twist, about 19 or 20 or so, but handsome, and with a temper, and with a strong outgoing personality, and one who can act and do all kinds of things. He has lots of self confidence and a beautiful sister, and throw in an obnoxious and rich uncle and a dotty mother. Yes, it is very, very entertaining.
I bought the Wordsworth Classic version but would recommend the Penguin Classic version, and recommend that purchase highly. This is among Dickens's somewhat forgotten novel but still among his best. It is another masterpiece that brings together all of Dickens's writing skills with a great story. I would rate it slightly behind David Copperfield but it remains one of the most original and interesting of Dickens's novels somewhat on par with Oliver Twist.
As background information, I am in the process of reading most of Dickens's 22 novels and longer short stories, and set up a Listmania list. As a suggestion, avoid the Penguin Popular Classics with the plain green covers (I bought two). They fall apart and do not stand up to a read, especially books over 500 pages in length. The Regular Penguin Classics with the photo or painting on the front are excellent and some have maps and illustrations (drawings). The Wordsworth Classics are not as good, and some are illustrated.
A young Dickens at the age of 12 had the unenviable job of attaching labels 10 hours a day at the Warren's boot blacking factory. That experience shaped much of his writing career. Still in his teens he became a law clerk, then later in his twenties a journalist. The last job as a reporter led to the serialized writing of his novels. His works were social commentaries with larger than life characters, or colorful caricatures, living in the slums of London. He was a critic of poverty, social injustice, and the slow moving court system.
All of Dickens's experiences come together in his novels. The Pickwick Papers, his first novel, is mostly humorous. But the next one, Oliver Twist, is a dark novel set in the crime plagued streets of early 19th century London. Next in novel number three, he changes back to a more humorous novel which is the present work. This is a big novel, about 750 pages or so - but the pages fly by. The protagonists are Nicholas, who is almost 20, his sister Kate, a few years younger, and his uncle Ralph Nickleby. Their father has died and Nicholas and Kate come to London with their mother to seek aid from the wealthy uncle. The uncle finds them minimum paying jobs, and that creates a good story. It is a novel with many common features that we expect from Dickens with things such as a school where the children are beaten, but it has many funny parts and it is complicated by the uncle's financial dealings.
Having read many of Dickens's novels I still rate David Copperfield as best as a work of literature and rate Oliver Twist as close behind and a must read. The latter book was read by Queen Victoria and Karl Marx, and both enjoyed the read. The novel had a far reaching social impact. Nicholas Nickleby is another gem and well worth the read, but lacks the social bite of Oliver Twist, and lacks the enthusiasm of David Copperfield, but it is hilarious.
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Nicholas Nickleby
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The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby mingles the somber world of Oliver Twist with the sunlit spectacle of The Pickwick Papers.
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Nicholas Nickleby (Collector's Library)
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts One & Two, Adapted for the Stage by David Edgar from the Novel by Charles Dickens
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The script of the complete play, parts one and two, with complete cast lists of the Royal Shakespeare Company production and eight pages of photos from the New York production.
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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby V1
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In Two Volumes. Containing A Faithful Account Of The Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, And Complete Career Of The Nickleby Family.
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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby V2
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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Nicholas Nickleby
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The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens' works)
Charles Dickens
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Two Alone
Sandra Brown
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But after a plane crash stranded them in the remote reaches of the north, the strangers had no choice but to depend on one another.
Beautiful and self-confident businesswoman Rusty Carlson was hurt, terrified and alone with a man she feared. But one thing was certain—she would surely die without his help.
Vietnam vet Cooper Landry had a deep-rooted grudge against beautiful women like Rusty. Experience had taught him they were takers. But he'd survived far worse dangers, and this time he'd be damned if he'd let her risk his chance for survival.
But there were predators in the dense woods— both animal and human—and the odds were against them. They could handle that. What Rusty and Cooper weren't prepared for was the discovery that they desired more than just survival—.
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Beautiful!.......2007-09-07
Sandra Brown has written another great love story. Rich, beautiful and wonderfully ambitious Rusty Carlson and ruggedly handsome Vietname Vet Cooper Landry are the only survivors of a horrific plane crash. Determined to survive, they forge a mutually beneficial relationship that turns to love. There is everything that makes this a terrific read....romance, passion, and a good story. Read it, you will not regret it.
Geat Book.......2007-08-05
Sandra Brown is one of my favorite authors and this book did not disappoint me. Her plots and characters are very detailed. It is a must Read!
Suspense, romance and a happy ending!.......2007-07-18
I enjoyed this Sandra Brown book because of the suspense of a plane crash and how they survived. I enjoy a nice love story that's not too complicated and that ends well.
A Wonderful Story.......2007-07-17
My friend gave me this book to read since she knew I had read several of Sandra Brown's novels and I'm happy to report that I was not disappointed in one of my favorite authors. I won't elaborate on the story as there are excellent reviews of "Two Alone" that have already been posted except to add that SB created top-notched characters in Rusty Carlson and Cooper Landry. I just kept rooting for them all the way through the book. Well written story and I'd gladly recommend it to my friends.
On the subject of rooting, I couldn't help but root for Zoie Baker in the novel Gathering of Cans by Robert L. Saunders, a wonderful storyteller. Zoie is the heroine and a dreamer that feels right down to her bone that she can build a swimming pool by gathering aluminum cans along the country roads. In this stunning, and warm story each unique can, i.e, Nehi, Mountain Dew, etc takes the reader on a trip into the fascinating life of Zoie. I almost cried when I finished the last page. Don't miss this one!
Bye.
Did I miss something?.......2007-05-29
I just finished this book yesterday and I can't even remember the names of the lead characters, that's how interesting I found it to be. I thought it might get better if I kept reading but, sadly, it didn't. I either love Sandra Brown's work or I hate it and sometimes I wonder, after reading work like French Silk, White Hot, Tidings of Great Joy (or whatever that one was) and Two Alone if this could possibly be the same woman who wrote Envy, The Alibi, Witness, Richochet and Chill Factor. The guy in this book was a total jerk and bully and I got seriously tired of the girl's whining. I was turned off that they took up residence in a cabin where two disgusting cavemen had lived and ate from their dishes and took baths in their tub and after offing them (rightfully so), they cohabited there like Ma & Pa Ingalls with her cooking and cleaning and him going off into the wild to slay their supper. It was just a bit too quirky. However, being that I'm always willing to read her books, I picked up Demon Rumm after chucking Two Alone and I have to say, I don't want to put it down. It started out good and gets better with every page I turn. If people thought Two Alone was good, they should read some of the previously mentioned ones. She's a lot better author than this.
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- Wedding Present
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Not on Love Alone: A Cookbook: A Year of Delicious Dinners and More for Newlyweds
Jessie Carry Saunders
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What could be nicer for newlyweds than to sit down to a lovely meal they made together? Not On Love Alone makes it easy. It is a cookbook for newlyweds, organized chronologically around the first year of marriage.
Starting in January, each month has a main dinner menu that is based on seasonal ingredients, and a smaller menu, ranging from breakfast to lunch to drinks or dessert, for when a full menu is too much to tackle. There are also dozens of cooking tips, ingredient notes, shopping aids, and equipment pointers sprinkled throughout, accompanied by the author’s own charming drawings.
Having learned to cook as a young girl at her food-lover father’s side, Jessie Carry Saunders writes with a tone that is both surefooted and casual. So, break out that new Cuisinart! Saunders is determined to persuade every newly married couple that they can cook, and — with her mix of delicious recipes and cooking tips — to encourage one and all that they can be relaxed about making great meals.
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Wedding Present.......2007-06-09
I've given this book a couple of times as a wedding present, it is awesome and thoughtful.
Great for Newlyweds.......2007-05-21
This is a really cute book. It would make a great gift for a wedding shower. The pictures are fun and the chapters are very informative. I will be buying more as gifts!
Delicious all the way through.......2006-06-27
I have had success with the recipes I've tried from this book, so it already wins a thumbs up. But it's the writing that I really have to rave about--in fact, I found myself abandoning whatever novels I was reading at the time and curling up in bed with this book to read instead! It is such a wonderful conversation from someone else who is new to marriage, and her charts, tidbits, and cheese play are amusing and helpful. My husband has taken her suggestions on salt and made them law in our house.
On a practical level, this book is well put together. It does not overwhelm you with recipes but instead gives you one wonderful new meal to try each month, plus some other must-have recipes, all with the goal of getting you to sit across the table from your spouse. I also liked the book because the author is young, busy, and crammed into a city-style apartment with all its limitations. It addressed many real-life challenges I face in my own life and kitchen, making it more relevant than Betty Crocker.
Everyone we love who gets married this summer is getting this book as a gift from us.
Delighted, Charmed and Inspired Newlywed.......2005-06-05
I received Not On Love Alone: A Year of Delicious Dinners and More for Newlyweds, by Jessie Carry Saunders, as a gift from my mother-in-law and I absolutely adored it! In fact, upon finishing it, I went out and purchased another one as a birthday gift for a friend. I read it like a novel: while the food narratives and recipes are meticulously detailed and delicious-sounding in every way, equally enjoyable are the charming anecdotes about the author's husband (JS), father (Pops), family vacations, and dinner parties, as well as the whimsical illustrations, done, I understand, by the author herself. As a newlywed myself and a culinary novice, I feel inspired by Jessie to tackle and conquer my own kitchen! I'm particularly looking forward to making her chicken noodle soup and her peach bellinis, and as my experience grows, I may even feel confident to tackle her recipe for doughnut bites with chocolate ganache filling! This book is a great read as both a cookbook and a piece of art: I promise you that you will be absolutely charmed and delighted by it, as was I!
A Must for Every Home Cook.......2005-05-28
I loved this book! Jessie Carry Saunders's writing and recipes combine the elegant authority of Elizabeth David with the infectious enthusiam of Rachel Ray. It's clear she knows and loves her subject.
Of the recipes I've tried so far, I particulary recommend Roasted Poratoes with Shallots and Toasted Walnuts, Green Bean and Hazelnut Salad, Roasted Asparaugs, Fried Chicken, Sort of (sounds weird but it works), Lemon Ginger Tart and Wrong Way Torte. Perhaps Saunders timed the release of the book to coincide with the strawberries that go in the torte.
Saunders's drawings are evocative and inspiring. I can't believe she did them as well as wrote the book. How talented can one young woman get?
JS (her husband, to whom the book is dedicated) must be one lucky guy. Her family sounds kind of kooky, but very close-knit and loving.
I'm really looking forward to this writer's next book(s).
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Two Alone, Two Together
Manufacturer: Viking (India)
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We Two Alone: Attack and Rescue in the Congo
Ruth Hege
Manufacturer: Emerald House Group
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ASIN: 1889893226
Release Date: 1998-04-01 |
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The crash of breaking glass woke me. I knew instantly that the terrorists had broken into our mission. Thus Miss Hege was suddenly catapulted into the world spotlight through her harrowing four-day pursuit and her companion's murder by Congo terrorists. Her vivid personal account of playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek with communist-trained terrorists provides us with the first book-length narrative of terrorist raids on Congolese missionary compounds.
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Attack and Rescue in the Congo.......2006-01-08
"The crash of breaking glass woke me. I knew instantly that the terrorists had broken into our mission. My companion, Irene, and I had time only to throw an a few clothes before they grabbed us. They were frenzied, and kept shouting, 'Bima, bima' (Things, things). They wanted our money. linen, clothes - anything valuable. I was sure that they were drugged from smoking hemp....Maddened, they couldn't seem to stop. They pulled and pushed us fifty feet across the grass..."
Thus Miss Hege was suddenly catapulted into the world spotlight through her harrowing four-day pursuit and her companion's murder by Congo terrorists. Her vivid personal account of playing a deadly game of hide-and seek with communist-trained terrorists provides us with the first book-length narrative of terrorist raids on Congolese missionary compounds. The continuing murder of Congolese missionaries, including Dr. Paul Carlson, adds further significance to the story of Ruth Hege and Irene Ferrel.
"We Two Alone" does not simply retell their personal struggle, however; it supplies fresh insight into the faith and dedication, the purpose and difficulties, of men and women who serve God under the most demanding conditions on earth today. The commitment to take the Christian Gospel to those in darkness is shown in the day-to-day life of the two women suddenly thrust into the spotlight after years of unheralded devoted service.
It will be the rare reader who will put this book down until he has read the entire account. Though it is not fiction, these facts, born out of the crucible of human experience, read like fiction , yet give us an insight into the purpose, problems, and pathos of modern missionary endeavor. -- from book's dustjacket
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Two Alone, Two Together: Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1940-1964
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton
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ALONE AT SEA: A DOCTOR'S SURVIVAL EXPERIMENTS DURING TWO ATLANTIC CROSSINGS IN A DUGOUT AND A FOLDING KAYAK
Hannes Lindemann
Manufacturer: Pollner Verlag
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Alone in the solitude of memories ;: A story of love and how two people have tried to cope with the tragic loss of an only child
Dick A Leabo
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Alone Together -A Comedy in Two Acts
Inc. Samuel French
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ALONE TOGETHER- A COMEDY IN TWO ACTS
LAWRENCE ROMAN
Manufacturer: SAMUEL FRENCH
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An autobiography in two parts: "The tagalong" and "A loner, but never alone"
Jo Covlin Engesether
Manufacturer: Vantage Press
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ASIN: 0533081173 |
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