E. Lynn Linton

Witch Stories

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Produktbeschreibung

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. In offering the following collection of witch stories to the public, I do not profess to have exhausted the subject, or to have made so complete a summary as I might have done, had I been admitted into certain private libraries, which contain, I believe, many concealed riches. But I had no means of introduction to them, and was obliged to be content with such authorities as I found in the British Museum, and the other public libraries to which I had access. I do not think that I have left much untold; but there must be, scattered about England, old MSS. and unique copies of records concerning which I can find only meagre allusions, or the mere names of the victims, without a distinctive fact to mark their special history. Should this book come to a second edition, any help from the possessors of these hitherto unpublished documents would be a gain to the public, and a privilege which I trust may be afforded me. Neither have I attempted to enter into the philosophy of the subject. It is far too wide and deep to be discussed in a few hasty words; and to sift such evidence as is left us-to determine what was fraud, what self-deception, what actual disease, and what the exaggeration of the narrator-would have swelled my book into a far more important and bulky work than I intended or wished. As a general rule, I think we may apply all the four conditions to every case reported; in what proportion, each reader must judge for himself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchladybirdlucky Studios
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781770830738
• ISBN-10: 1770830731
• Artikelnr.: 58086454

Autorenporträt

Eliza Lynn Linton was born on February 10, 1822, in Keswick, United Kingdom, to John Linton and Elizabeth Linton. She became the first female salaried journalist in Britain, marking a significant achievement for women in the field of journalism. Linton was also a prolific writer, having authored more than 20 novels, as well as a wide range of essays and short stories. Her work spanned the Victorian period, and she often explored themes of social and gender issues in her writing. Despite her pioneering role as an independent woman, Linton's personal views were somewhat contradictory; while she gained prominence as a successful writer and journalist, many of her essays took an anti-feminist stance, expressing reservations about the evolving role of women in society. Her career included writing for various publications, and she became known for her strong opinions on societal norms and gender roles. In 1858, she partnered with William James Linton, an engraver and writer, with whom she had a long relationship. Linton continued to write until her death on July 14, 1898, in Westminster, London, leaving behind a legacy as both a trailblazer for women in journalism and a controversial voice on gender issues.