The sister of the psychologist William James and the novelist Henry James depicts her family and her life as an invalid

The Diary of Alice James (The Penguin American Library)

Literature & Fiction

James, Alice

United States

Penguin Classics

Elaine Showalter states on the back cover: "...a mesmerizing account of Alice James's career in invalidism; the letters themselves are savagely funny, relentlessly observant, and wholly without self-pity ... A book everone interested in women's history and literature will want."

The Death and Letters of Alice James

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

University of California Press

Unlike her ubiquitous brothers, psychologist and philosopher William and novelist Henry, Jr., Alice James (1848-1892)-the youngest child and only daughter of the wealthy, mercurial, and eccentric New Englander Henry James, Sr.-passed much of her brief lifetime at home, largely isolated from society, unafforded the opportunity to receive extensive formal education or to attain the public success or recognition of her famous siblings. She was, in many ways, a victim of a society that severely circumscribed the lives of women, and that deprived even privileged and talented women like Alice of their intellectual, spiritual, and emotional-as well as physical-freedom. Indeed, James spent many of her years as an invalid, afflicted with a depressive malaise that left her constantly trying to recover a sense of identity and integrity. Yet, within the pages of the journal she kept during the last four years of her life, Alice James emerges neither as a downtrodden casualty of her era nor as merely an interesting footnote to the illustrious James family saga, but rather as a formidable and triumphant individual in her own right. Far from displaying any wholesale acceptance of the ruling assumptions about her gender-or, for that matter, about anything else-James's diary reveals a vigorously opinionated, intellectually curious, extremely gifted writer renegotiating her position within the discourses of her time. Long unavailable to students, scholars, and the general reader, this volume reprints Leon Edel's 1964 edition, which is widely accepted as the most faithful reproduction of the original diary. A new introduction by Linda Simon draws extensively on recent scholarship to illuminateJames's role both in the context of her family and nineteenth-century culture.

The Diary of Alice James (American Biography Series)

History & Criticism

Reprint Services Corp

Everything in the Universe is made up of just 118 chemical elements, all of which are listed in the Periodic Table. Lift the 125 flaps in this informative book and discover which elements are crucial to life, which are smelly, explosive or radioactive, and lots more. An essential introduction to the building blocks of chemistry.

Periodic Table

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

EDC Publishing/UBAM

100 infos insolites sur l'Espace

Frith, Alex

Martin, Jérôme

Usborne

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Lift-The-Flap Periodic Table BOARD

Usborne Books

We talk about our physical health - but not so much about how we're feeling. With lots of practical advice, this lively, accessible guide explains why we have emotions, and what can influence them. Covering everything from friendships, social media and bullying to divorce, depression and eating disorders, this is an essential book for young people.

Looking After Your Mental Health

Usborne Publishing, Ltd.

See Inside Genes and DNA

USBORNE CAT ANG

La energía

Biographies

Ediciones Usborne

Découvrons ensemble - Le tableau périodique

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