The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays

Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." This is a diverse collection of essays ranging from reflections on The Sun, and The Flower to the literary figures of Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Rhythm of Life Valentina Vocelli
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Play 02 Decivilised Valentina Vocelli
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Play 03 A Remembrance Valentina Vocelli
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Play 04 The Sun Valentina Vocelli
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Play 05 The Flower Valentina Vocelli
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Play 06 Unstable Equilibrium Valentina Vocelli
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Play 07 The Unit of the World Valentina Vocelli
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Play 08 By the Railway Side Valentina Vocelli
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Play 09 Pocket Vocabularies Valentina Vocelli
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Play 10 Pathos Valentina Vocelli
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Play 11 The Point of Honour Valentina Vocelli
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Play 12 Composure Valentina Vocelli
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Play 13 Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Valentina Vocelli
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Play 14 James Russell Lowell Valentina Vocelli
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Play 15 Domus Angusta Valentina Vocelli
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Play 16 Rejection Valentina Vocelli
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Play 17 The Lesson of Landscape Valentina Vocelli
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Play 18 Mr. Coventry Patmore’s Odes Valentina Vocelli
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Play 19 Innocence and Experience Valentina Vocelli
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Play 20 Penultimate Caricature Valentina Vocelli
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