Download or read book The Headswoman written by Kenneth Grahame and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The executioner for the little village of St. Radegonde has died. Since that office is hereditary, his daughter, Jeanne, has applied to hold it as she wants to support herself and is familiar with the demands of the job. In fact, she has several ideas on how to improve the service, which she promptly begins.
Download or read book The Headswoman written by Kenneth Grahame and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Headswoman (1898) is a story by Kenneth Grahame. Although less popular than The Wind in the Willows (1908), which would go on to become not only a defining work of Edwardian English literature, but one of the most popular works of children’s fiction in the world, The Headswoman is a humorous story of tradition and bureaucracy that brilliantly satirizes the ongoing debate around women’s suffrage. In the town of St. Radegonde, following the death of the local executioner, it has become necessary to make the role available to the man’s only daughter. Although Jeanne would be the first woman to hold the position, an occurrence sure to be controversial, bureaucratic tradition demands to be upheld. Rejecting an offer to let her cousin, Enguerrand, become executioner instead, Jeanne is appointed to the role and begins her work the very next morning. Eager and capable, Jeanne has a calming effect on the men sent to her to die. But when a prominent aristocrat falls in love with the diligent young woman, her newfound independence and hard-won respect fall prey to the power of romance. The Headswoman is a satirical story set in the middle ages but aimed at a contemporary audience. Published during the early stages of the women’s suffrage movement, the story envisions a world in which a woman is granted the right to fully participate in the formation and maintenance of authority. With cunning wit and sly references to nineteenth century life, The Headswoman seems to ask what equality would look like for women in a system dependent upon its opposite. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Kenneth Grahame’s The Headswoman is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book The Headswoman written by Kenneth Grahame and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Headswoman" by Kenneth Grahame. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Headswoman written by Kenneth Grahame and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall was the first. The Disney films The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and The Reluctant Dragon are other adaptations.
Download or read book The Headswoman By Kenneth Grahame written by Kenneth Grahame and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Best of Kenneth Grahame Set of 4 Bestseller Books The Headswoman The Golden Age The Wind in the Willows Dream Days written by and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best of Kenneth Grahame (Set of 4 Bestseller Books) The Headswoman/ The Golden Age/ The Wind in the Willows/ Dream Days This Combo Collection (Set of 4 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: The Headswoman The Golden Age The Wind in the Willows Dream Days
Download or read book Pagan Papers written by Kenneth Grahame and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many places of magic visited by Pantagruel and his company during the progress of their famous voyage, few surpass that island whose roads did literally go'' to places - ou les chemins cheminent, comme animaulx'': and would-be travellers, having inquired of the road as to its destination, and received satisfactory reply, se guindans'' (as the old book hath it - hoisting themselves up on) au chemin opportun, sans aultrement se poiner ou fatiguer, se trouvoyent au lieu destini.
Download or read book Dream Days written by Kenneth Grahame and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of five children growing up in rural England at the turn of the century.
Download or read book The Golden Age written by Kenneth Grahame and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life and Works of Kenneth Grahame written by Paul Brody and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth Grahame’s most famous works are collected in one large book. This edition also includes a biography Grahame. The collection includes the following books: Dream Days The Golden Age The Headswoman Pagan Papers The Wind In the Willows
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Download or read book The Golden Age Illustrated written by Kenneth Grahame and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Golden Age of Illustration' refers to a period customarily defined as lasting from the latter quarter of the nineteenth century, until just after the First World War. In this period of no more than fifty years the popularity, abundance and most importantly the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated books marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form.
Download or read book The Wind in the Willows Complete Illustrated and Unabridged Edition written by Kenneth Grahame and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley.
Download or read book The Headswoman written by Grahame Kenneth and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Download or read book Kenneth Grahame written by Lois R. Kuznets and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
