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  2. On the Consolation of Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Boethius writes the book as a conversation between himself and a female personification of philosophy, referred to as "Lady Philosophy". Philosophy consoles Boethius by discussing the transitory nature of wealth, fame, and power ("no man can ever truly be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune"), and the ultimate superiority of things of ...

  3. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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    Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (née Lucas; 1623 – 16 December 1673) was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer, and playwright.She was a prolific writer, publishing over 12 original texts under her name at a time when women were largely removed from publishing.

  4. Anne Conway (philosopher) - Wikipedia

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    "Lady Anne Conway". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Works by Anne Conway at Open Library; Contains "The principles of the most ancient and modern philosophy", slightly modified for easier reading; The principles of the most ancient and modern philosophy by Anne Conway (London: n. publ., 1692) at A Celebration of ...

  5. The Heiress - Wikipedia

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    The Heiress is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed and produced by William Wyler, from a screenplay written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 stage play of the same title, which was itself adapted from Henry James' 1880 novel Washington Square.

  6. The Wife of Bath's Tale - Wikipedia

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    Pasolini adapted the prologue of this tale in his film The Canterbury Tales. [35] Laura Betti plays the wife of Bath and Tom Baker plays her fifth husband. Zadie Smith adapted and updated the prologue and story for the Kiln Theatre in Kilburn in 2019 as The Wife of Willesden, a play which ran from November 2021 to January 2022. [35]

  7. SparkNotes - Wikipedia

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    SparkNotes, originally part of a website called The Spark, is a company started by Harvard students Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Eli Bolotin in 1999 that originally provided study guides for literature, poetry, history, film, and philosophy. Later on, SparkNotes expanded to provide study guides for a number of other subjects ...

  8. Carry On, Jeeves - Wikipedia

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    It was first published in the United Kingdom on 9 October 1925 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 7 October 1927 by George H. Doran, New York. [1] Many of the stories had previously appeared in the Saturday Evening Post , and some were rewritten versions of stories in the collection My Man Jeeves (1919).

  9. The Conjure Woman - Wikipedia

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    First edition title page for The Conjure Woman (1899). The stories in The Conjure Woman all share the same frame narrative and dueling voices. The narrator is a white Northerner named John who has come to the South because his white wife, named Annie, is in poor health and requires a warmer climate.