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Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855–1936)

Författare till The Art of Whistler

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Verk av Elizabeth Robins Pennell

The Art of Whistler (1928) 21 exemplar
The Whistler journal (1921) 12 exemplar
My Cookery Books (1903) 11 exemplar
Life of Mary Wollstonecraft. (1884) 8 exemplar
A Canterbury pilgrimage (1885) — Författare — 8 exemplar
An Italian Pilgrimage (1887) 5 exemplar
Our Philadelphia (1914) 4 exemplar

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Andra namn
N.N. (nom de plume)
Födelsedag
1855-02-21
Avled
1936-02-07
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dödsort
New York, New York, USA
Bostadsorter
New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Utbildning
convent school
Yrken
biographer
travel writer
food columnist
cookbook author
art critic
Relationer
Pennell, Joseph (husband)
Leland, Charles Godfrey (uncle)
Kort biografi
Elizabeth Robins grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After her mother's death when she was 8 years old, Elizabeth was sent to a Catholic convent boarding school. She embarked on a writing career with the encouragement of her uncle, humorist and folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland, beginning with articles published in periodicals such as The Atlantic Monthly. In 1884, she married Joseph Pennell, a Quaker artist, against the wishes of both families. The couple then left for Europe, where they worked as freelancers for more than 30 years. Elizabeth created a literary and artistic salon at their home in London, with friends such as Aubrey Beardsley, James McNeil Whistler, Henry James, Max Beerbohm, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw. She wrote books about her travels with her husband, which he illustrated, including An Italian Pilgrimage (1887), Our Sentimental Journey Made Through France and Italy (1888), Our Journey to the Hebrides (1889), and Over the Alps on a Bicycle (1898). European café culture provided much of the education for her future as a food columnist and cookbook author. She began collecting cookbooks as reference material and eventually owned more than 1,000 rare volumes, many of which were later donated to the Library of Congress. The first of her more than 25 books was a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, published in 1884. She went on to write biographies of other artists and writers, including those of Whistler, her uncle Leland, and her husband. A collection of her best food columns for Pall Mall was reprinted in 1923 and 2000 under the title The Delights of Delicate Eating.

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Just the thought of a travel book by a 19th century woman crossing the Alps is entertaining. Considering the quality of the roads and the quality of the bikes - not to mention the way 19th century women needed to dress - makes this a unique book.

Although the book is illustrated, the illustrations do not look that good on an e-reader. Also, the author is annoyed during much of her trip and the reader will need to endure enumerable snarky comments about the Swiss and her fellow tourists.
 
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M_Clark | Oct 3, 2017 |
850. 1st Ltd Ed #102/330. Beautiful marbled paper covered boards. Slipcover. Tipped in facsimile title pages & frontis'. Beautiful constructed volume.

1855-1936
Rogers, Bruce?
 
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kitchengardenbooks | 1 annan recension | Aug 22, 2014 |
200. 1st American ed. 1st pub England by John Lane same year. This was pub as one of six titles in the Mayfair Set of books. Kegan Paul Library of Culinary History & Cook Books.
 
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kitchengardenbooks | 1 annan recension | Mar 6, 2008 |
100. 1/500. 1st printed 1903 Houghton Mifflin and Company Boston & New York. Michael McKirdy wrote the foreword for this ltd ed. Originally pub with no index. Many illustrations. Very old books here.
 
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kitchengardenbooks | 1 annan recension | Aug 22, 2007 |

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Verk
30
Medlemmar
176
Popularitet
#121,982
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
6
ISBN
45
Språk
2

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