Bookmarked : reading my way from Hollywood to Brooklyn
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Published
New York : Arcade Publishing, [2015].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
028.9 FAIRE
1 available
028.9 FAIRE
1 available
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Published
New York : Arcade Publishing, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes reading club questions and topics of discussion (pages 276-277).
Description
Wendy W. Fairey grew up among books. Her mother, the famous Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's last love -- he died in her living room in 1940. As part of a 'College of One' education, Fitzgerald would bring Graham literary classics from Charles Dickens to William Thackeray, Virginia Woolf, and Henry James. The protagonists of these books later became Fairey's intimates. Leaving her glamorous Hollywood world as a young girl, Fairey entered the English landscape of David Copperfield, whose sensibility and aspirations she intimately shared, not least because both suffered a terrible stepfather. Her many affinities with David squired her to adulthood, when she became an English professor and eventually a college dean. This memoir is the author's literary journey through the classic British novels of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Besides David Copperfield, her traveling companions include Daniel Deronda, the hero of George Eliot's last novel, as well as its heroine, Gwendolyn Harleth, whose suffering resembled the author's own in her stressed marriage. Both characters become important presences, and like Daniel, Fairey learned late in life of her Jewish ancestry. Other fictional companions, including Jane Eyre, Mrs. Ramsay (Virginia Woolf), Tess (Thomas Hardy), and Isabel (Henry James), weave in and out, helping her understand her own identity and trajectory. In this inspiring book, Fairey shows how great literature is and can be forever an inspiration, a companion, and a guide to living.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870. -- David Copperfield.
Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880. -- Daniel Deronda -- Characters.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Fairey, Wendy W.
Fellowship.
Fictitious characters -- Psychological aspects.
Inspiration.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870. -- David Copperfield.
Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880. -- Daniel Deronda -- Characters.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Fairey, Wendy W.
Fellowship.
Fictitious characters -- Psychological aspects.
Inspiration.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fairey, W. W. (2015). Bookmarked: reading my way from Hollywood to Brooklyn . Arcade Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fairey, Wendy W.. 2015. Bookmarked: Reading My Way From Hollywood to Brooklyn. Arcade Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fairey, Wendy W.. Bookmarked: Reading My Way From Hollywood to Brooklyn Arcade Publishing, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fairey, Wendy W.. Bookmarked: Reading My Way From Hollywood to Brooklyn Arcade Publishing, 2015.
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