Cheever, Susan. American Bloomsbury.CHEEVER, Susan. American Bloomsbury. Read by Kate Reading. 6 cds. 7 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2007. 1-4001-0362-1. $29.99. Vinyl; content, author, reader notes. SA * Cheever's erudite er·u·dite adj. Characterized by erudition; learned. See Synonyms at learned. [Middle English erudit, from Latin yet gossipy literary history is irresistible, full of fleshed-out historical figures who may be merely shadows to high school students. The book covers the period from 1840 to the death of Louisa May Alcott in 1888 and centers on Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature. . Readers learn that Louisa May Alcott had a crush on both Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson when she was young, that Thoreau was devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. when his brother John died of lockjaw lockjaw: see tetanus. , that Hawthorne spent the good part of 12 years in his sister's attic, and that utopian societies of the era had casual sexual mores. Listeners learn essayist Margaret Fuller Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 - June 19, 1850) was a journalist, critic and women's rights activist. The most important gender theorist of her time, Fuller was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. , an early feminist, had an erotic, romantic, and intellectual relationship with the married Emerson, and that she was the inspiration for Hawthorne's Hester Prynne. Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James and Franklin Pierce also wander through these pages, which cover politics (especially the abolition of slavery and the Civil War) as well as literature. Narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. Reading, winner of seven AudioFile awards, performs with understanding and panache. The book is highly recommended for its style and scope. Janet Julian, English Teacher (retired), Grafton, MA S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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