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Victoria: An Intimate Biography
by [QUEEN VICTORIA] Weintraub, Stanley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525244697
- ISBN 13
- 9780525244691
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Truman Talley Books / E.P.Dutton, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, cream colored spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Black end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted but for a line of black less than 1/4"" at along top of last two pages of Index that appear to have bleed from end paper. Dust jacket in very good condition with 1"" closed tear at center of back panel; light shelf wear; not price clipped. A hefty volume at 9 1/2"" tall x 6 1/4"" wide x 2 1/4"" thick; 700 numbered pages. Contains black & white illustrations and photographs throughout. * From the jacket flap, "". . .from the prelude to her birth in 1819 through her death in the first month of the twentieth century, new details and disclosures illuminate her life as never before. . . ""
Synopsis
When it first appeared in 1898, this fourth novel by celebrated Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun captured instant acclaim for its poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love's predicament in a class-bound society. Set in a coastal village of late nineteenth- century Norway, Victoria follows two doomed lovers through their thwarted lifelong romance. Johannes, the son of a miller, finds inspiration for his writing in his passionate devotion to Victoria, an impoverished aristocrat constrained by family loyalty. Separated by class barriers and social pressure, the fated pair parts ways, only to realize—too late—the grave misfortune of their lost opportunity. Elegantly rendered in this brand-new translation by Sverre Lyngstad, Victoria's haunting lyricism and emotional depth remain as timeless as ever.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001414
- Title
- Victoria: An Intimate Biography
- Author
- [QUEEN VICTORIA] Weintraub, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525244697
- ISBN 13
- 9780525244691
- Publisher
- Truman Talley Books / E.P.Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Biography, Victoria - Queen of Great Britain - 1819-1901, Great Britain - Kings and Rulers - Biography, Kings and Rulers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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