Based on the life of Clara Schumann, this novel considers the place of love in a life of increasing isolation and alienation. Clara, herself a celebrated pianist, composer and teacher, was the wife of Robert Schumann, and cared for him through a series of crippling mental illnesses.
A fictional portrayal of the musical partnership of the Schumanns follows Clara's childhood experiences that inspired her career, her marriage to Robert, and her struggle to experience love and creativity in the face of parenthood and her husband's illness. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
Part novella, part philosophy, Clara was Schelling's most popular work during his lifetime, and appears here in English for the first time.This is the first English translation of Schelling's novel, most likely written after the death of his first wife, Caroline, the former wife of August Wilhelm Schlegel. Although only a fragment, Clara remains unique. Part novella, part philosophical tome, its central theme is the connection between this world and the next. Schelling masterfully weaves together his knowledge of animal magnetism, literary techniques, and his doctrine of the potencies to make his philosophy accessible to all.Steinkamp addresses the main issues concerning the dating of the work-many commentators have deemed Clara to be a sketch for Schelling's The Ages of the World or an outline for the third, missing book of that work-and provides a short biography of Schelling with particular emphasis on events claimed to play a role in the conception of Clara, such as the deaths of both Caroline and her daughter, Auguste. She also shows how passages in Clara are strikingly similar to the content of Schelling's touching letters mourning Caroline, written to Pauline, the daughter of Caroline's best friend and the woman who would become his second wife. Clara, strongly influenced by the Romantic movement, is an early illustration of Schelling's attempt to unite his positive and negative philosophy.
A sensuous woman, Liz fantasizes that men are attracted to her beauty and not her money, but that glittering exterior hides a troubled soul. She and her friend Clara love to party and are together everywhere. A professional singer and piano player, Clara is reserved, not glamorous in the traditional sense, saving herself for the right man. On her debut night at the exclusive Swan River Nightclub, she waits for Liz to show up, but there is no sign of her friend. In the club's parking lot, a handsome, distinguished Joe Vigliara offers his help, and Clara is smitten with the much older man. Luxuriating life at his sprawling mansion, she decides that Joe is the right man, and events take their inevitable romantic course. She has everything she dreamed of having: professional success, a happy marriage, a child ... except her friend Liz is not there to share it. As the months turn to years, she wonders is she would ever find her to make her life complete. Clara loves Joe unreservedly ... until another man enters her life. A sensitive story of lasting friendship, intrigue, and forbidden love.
Clara has to defend her family farm when they are occupied by redcoats durring the American Revolutionary war. It is left to her to save her family as no one pays much attention to the girl child.
How far would you go to be with the one you love? Clara, a young woman in early Boston, finds herself caught between the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with and her disapproving father. Her father, John Hirshman, chases young Jeff Cooper out of town. Jeff decides to go to Montana, find gold to become wealthy, and return to Boston in an attempt to secure John's approval for Clara's hand in marriage. But before Jeff comes back, Clara is forced into deciding whether she stays in Boston or goes to Montana to find Jeff.
The True Story of the Rhino who became a Superstar 'Clara' tells the true story of a remarkable 18th century rhino, her extraordinary life and adventures. It is also the story of an unusual friendship. Colourful, heartwarming and thought provoking and told in simple language with charming, colourful and detailed illustrations, this tale will delight readers both young and old.Clara the rhino was born in India over 250 years ago. She was adopted by a wealthy man. She lived in his house with his family and became so tame that she even ate her meals off a dinner plate But Clara grew too big for the house and when she was two years old was sold to a sea captain. She sailed with her new owner to his home in Holland. Clara's owner was very proud of her and decided to show her off. For the next 17 years they toured Europe in a huge carriage pulled by eight horses. Thousands of people flocked to see Clara. She visited kings and queens and had her portrait painted. The French Navy even named a ship 'Rhinoc ros' in her honour Clara was an 18th century superstar
While working in the Chester household as a governess, the innocent Clara becomes sexually involved with Herbert Chester, her employer. Then, when the beautiful Catherine, Herbert's sister-in-law and secret lover, comes to stay at the house, Catherine introduces Clara into the pleasures of being with a woman. On learning how the women are enjoying each other, Herbert encourages them into a threesome with him. This spurs jealousy in Catherine, however, and Clara is dismissed. Now sexually awakened and excited by life in London, Clara has no desire to return to work as a governess and contemplates what form of employment best suits her ambitions. Her friend, Anna Quinlan, suggests the ideal solution. Anna is Madame Q and runs The Nunnery, an exclusive brothel catering only to the most select clientele. Tempted by a generous salary, room, board, freedom and independence, will Clara accept and become one of Madame Q's ladies of pleasure?
Vol. 1: Con la excusa de que su marido no dej escrita su ltima voluntad, Clara Escalante busca que el juez y notario, Harel Llano, le autentique un testamento que ella misma ha producido. Para ello, Clara lo invita a su casa y se vale de un narc tico para dormirlo y acusarlo de haberla violado. En un plazo de tres d as y sin poder recordar lo sucedido, Harel Llano se enfrenta al dilema de autenticar el documento para evitar ser denunciado. Al tiempo que descubre detalles insospechados sobre Clara y el difunto, el juez debe resolver otros casos apremiantes y tragic micos en el pueblo donde vive.
S que existe aunque no lo parezca, aunque nadie lo vea. S que existe porque duele y quiebra la autoestima de quien lo padece. Como es cauto cuesta identificarlo: no hay gritos ni patadas, no hay pu etazos. Es sigiloso pero a sla y aparta; es peligroso porque no llama la atenci n. Por eso la madre de Clara no le ha otorgado la importancia merecida, por eso no se lo ha tomado en serio. Si solo parec a ser una simple historia infantil Cu ndo se interviene? D nde est el l mite? C mo mantener el d bil equilibrio entre autonom a y protecci n? Cu ndo empieza el problema a ser m s grande que nosotros?Esta es la historia de Clara que, con nueve a os, es fuerza creativa en el agua. Y al agua, a la nataci n sincronizada, se aferrar para superar un problema de acoso invisible, que transformar su vida.Porque cada problema es una oportunidad para evolucionar.Porque la actitud es la clave para crecer como personas.
God has plans for all of our lives, and for one young girl growing up in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in the early twentieth century, a bucolic country life with family would reveal to her the many ways that God was there to guide her toward her future.In Clara--From Trials to Triumph, author Lois Hettinger reflects on the details of her mother's early years and legacy as she shares her mother's memory and story of being guided to adulthood by God. This touching narrative retelling is based on the true stories of Hettinger's mother's life growing up in Michigan, and this idyllic backdrop is the scene for the unfolding of a family's pioneer heritage and enduring faith.Clara is a tribute to a woman and a mother who grew up with the support and guidance of family and God, and it invites us all to reflect on a nostalgic time where faith and values could help us face our challenges and obstacles with hope.
God has plans for all of our lives, and for one young girl growing up in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in the early twentieth century, a bucolic country life with family would reveal to her the many ways that God was there to guide her toward her future.In Clara--From Trials to Triumph, author Lois Hettinger reflects on the details of her mother's early years and legacy as she shares her mother's memory and story of being guided to adulthood by God. This touching narrative retelling is based on the true stories of Hettinger's mother's life growing up in Michigan, and this idyllic backdrop is the scene for the unfolding of a family's pioneer heritage and enduring faith.Clara is a tribute to a woman and a mother who grew up with the support and guidance of family and God, and it invites us all to reflect on a nostalgic time where faith and values could help us face our challenges and obstacles with hope.
