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100 1 _aWard, Humphry, Mrs.,
_d1851-1920
245 1 2 _aA Writer's Recollections — Volume 1
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2006-02-01
508 _aProduced by Andrew Templeton, Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown, David Gundry, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1" by Mrs. Humphry Ward is an autobiographical work written in the early 20th century. In this volume, the author shares reflections on her early life, including her experiences growing up in the Westmorland valley, familial influences, and connections to notable figures within her family, particularly her relationship to a literary and educational legacy linked to her grandfather, Doctor Arnold of Rugby. The opening of the memoir sets the tone as it delves into themes of age, memory, and the intrinsic desire to recount one's life experiences. The narrative begins with a philosophical musing about the impulse to share personal stories as time passes, a sentiment that resonates throughout the text. Ward recollects her arrival in England as a child from Tasmania, her life at Fox How, and the significant figures in her childhood, including her parents and grandparents, establishing a rich context for her upbringing. Through evocative imagery and poignant details, the author paints a vivid picture of her early days, setting the stage for the overarching narrative that explores her family's intellectual heritage and the transformative events that shaped her outlook on life and literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNovelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
653 _aNovelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
653 _aWard, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9820
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