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100 1 _aMartineau, Harriet,
_d1802-1876
245 1 0 _aIllustrations of political economy, Volume 5 (of 9)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-11-02
505 0 _aThe charmed sea -- Berkeley the banker.
508 _aEmmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 5" by Harriet Martineau is a narrative work written in the mid-19th century. This volume serves as part of a larger series aimed at exploring the principles of political economy through fictional narratives. The opening chapters introduce a group of Polish exiles navigating the harsh wilderness of Siberia, interlacing themes of oppression, personal sacrifice, and the pursuit of freedom against the backdrop of political turmoil. At the start of the narrative, the reader is plunged into a grim scene where Russian officers escort Polish prisoners toward their grim fate in Siberia, setting a somber tone. The characters are lively, yet burdened with their struggles; for instance, Taddeus, who has crippled himself to avoid conscription, and his sister Sophia, who grapples with resentment and grief following their exile. The dynamic among family members reveals deep emotional scars as they journey through a landscape symbolic of their lost homeland and shattered lives. Through their intertwined fates against the chilling expanses of Siberia, Martineau explores broader themes of loss, national identity, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst adversity, firmly rooting the tale in the socio-political context of its time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Charles Fox, Paternoster-Row, 1834
653 _aSocial problems -- Fiction
653 _aDidactic fiction, English
653 _aPolitical fiction, English
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t54f2b938&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72008
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