Author : Annie Wood Besant
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ISBN 13 : 9781330498118
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (981 download)
Book Synopsis Autobiographical Sketches (Classic Reprint) by : Annie Wood Besant
Download or read book Autobiographical Sketches (Classic Reprint) written by Annie Wood Besant and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Autobiographical Sketches I am so often asked for references to some pamphlet or journal in which may be found some outline of my life, and the enquiries are so often couched in terms of such real kindness, that I have resolved to pen a few brief autobiographical sketches, which may avail to satisfy friendly questioners, and to serve, in some measure, as defence against unfair attack. On October 1st, 1847, I made my appearance in this "vale of tears," "little Pheasantina," as I was irreverently called by a giddy aunt, a pet sister of my mother's. Just at that time my father and mother were staying within the boundaries of the City of London, so that I was born well "within the sound of Bow bells Though born in London, however, full three quarters of my blood are Irish. My dear mother was a Morris - the spelling of the name having been changed from Maurice some five generations back - and I have often heard her tell a quaint story, illustrative of that family pride which is so common a feature of a decayed Irish family. She was one of a large family, and her father and mother, gay, handsome, and extravagant, had wasted merrily what remained to them of patrimony. I can remember her father well, for I was fourteen years of ago when he died. A bent old man, with hair like driven snow, splendidly handsome in his old age, hot-tempered to passion at the lightest provocation, loving and wrath in quick succession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
