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Love, again : a novel

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Description: An old woman falls in love with a man who could be her grandson. She is Sarah Durham, 65, a widow working in the theater in England and she develops a passion for a young actor. A look at love in the golden age by the author of The Golden Notebook.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1996]
Call number: 633851
Creator: Lessing, Doris (1919-2013)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0060176873; 9780060176877
Provenance: Gift of Curt B. Smith and Douglas F. Smith, 2004.

The widow Barnaby

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Martha Compton, a poor but attractive young woman, marries Mr. Barnaby, the surgeon and apothecary of Silverton. He is older, and soon Mrs Barnaby is a widow, independently wealthy. In youth she dresses extravagantly, even in mourning. As she enters middle age, she determines to find another husband. Two misadventures land her in debtor's prison, from which she is rescued. At last she marries Mr. O'Donagough, but is again widowed, and finally finds Major Allen, who matches her in duplicity. Going foreward, she opined, "The tender passion had ever been secondary in her heart to a passion for wealth and finery." She is determined to take good care of herself and make a good bargain in remarriage.

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The love token

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Image of a young woman sitting in a chair in front of a desk with a love letter in front of her as she admires the gold bracelet she holds in her hand.

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Maude Granger : her second love

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Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of American actor Maude Granger with flowers and a vase bordering the portrait; the poster advertises the Russian romantic drama "Her Second Love" by John A. Stevens and has a printed date panel advertising a July 23, [1883] show at the Baldwin Theater in San Francisco, California, at top of image.

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Mapp & Lucia : a novel

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This is the fourth installment in the delicious 'Mapp & Lucia' series, and a hilarious study of 1930's manners and the pecking order in the fictional English village of Tilling. Now a widow, Lucia moves to the village of Tilling where she meets a rival for her social dominance, the clever Miss Mapp.

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Bosworth, Mrs Hobart

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4 items: 2-pp. - "Info. about Mrs. Hobart Bosworth" (1990), apparently typed up by an aide to Editor James Boswell, in which it is noted she was the widow of a pioneer L.A. actor / filmmaker, in L.A. from 1908 on, Hobart Bosworth ; excerpt from Los Angeles - a City Apart, (1981), featuring Bosworth ; excerpt from El Pueblo Grande (1973) on Bosworth ; excerpt from History of the American Film Industry (1970) featuring Bosworth.

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Frankenburg, Charis. 9 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Lymm, England

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She was left a wealthy widow from her husband's death in WWI. She has used her money to support a hospital for deformed children. She also takes in other children during the war. She also includes excerpts of her sons' letters about their war experiences.

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Love, again : a novel

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