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Author
Series
Pub. Date
1941
Edition
Memorial ed.
Physical Desc
84 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's use in society was often little more than for cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1941
Language
English
Description
The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin, Maugham set out to capture, the disconnect between an artist's desire, to create and their obligations to their loved ones and society. Praised for its multifaceted portrayal of tortured genius and wasted talent, The Moon and Sixpence explores the distance between expectation and desire in a man whose decisions, however, hastily made,...
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