Basilissa: The Free Of A Secret Craft is a novel written by Compton Reade and first published in 1869. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the…

Title: Rose and Rue. A novel.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

Title: The Brown Hand and the White. A novel.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s…

Basilissa: The Free Of A Secret Craft is a novel written by Compton Reade and published in 1869. The story follows the life of a young woman named Basilissa, who…

Charles Reade V1: Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir Compiled Chiefly From His Literary Remains (1887) is a biographical work that chronicles the life and achievements of Charles Reade, a prominent…

Excerpt: …I did, and left a nest-egg for Rab and Maggie

Reading Students’ Lives documents literacy practices across time as children move through school, with a focus on issues of schooling, identity construction, and how students and their parents make sense…