Project Gutenberg 2022-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 151 Repplier, Agnes 1855 1950 08027522 A happy half-century, and other essays $aUnited States :$bHoughton Mifflin Company,$c1908. Deals mainly with English intellectual life during "the last twenty-five years of the eighteenth century and the first twenty-five years of the nineteenth." A happy half-century -- The perils of immortality -- When Lalla Rookh was young -- The correspondent -- The novelist -- On the slopes of Parnassus -- The literary lady -- The child -- The educator -- The pietist -- The accursed annual -- Our accomplished great-grandmother -- The album amicorum. Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Happy Half-Century, and Other Essays" by Agnes Repplier is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. This work reflects on the nuances of life over a fifty-year period, assessing the trivial yet significant details that shape human experience and societal norms, particularly in the context of literature and culture. Repplier's observational style offers insights into the peculiarities of her favored literary figures, emphasizing how their seemingly minor contributions are woven into the greater fabric of literary history. The opening of this collection sets the tone for a reflective exploration of the past, with Repplier recounting her preference for the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a time she views as rich in literary opportunities for women. She contrasts this with her feelings of living out of sync with history, lamenting that preceding eras offered more accessible paths to literary acclaim. Through a humorous yet poignant narrative, she discusses various notable female writers, liking their mediocrity as a product of their time, and providing amusing anecdotes about their literary struggles and successes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/happyhalfcentury00repp/page/n7/mode/2up 20210420130937repplierli 1908 US Reading ease score: 56.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Authors, English -- Biography Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century PS Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 338363 2025-06-27T06:05:35.649663 text/html 314223 2024-10-18T22:13:53 text/html 473685 2025-06-27T06:05:41.196599 application/epub+zip 470786 2025-06-27T06:05:37.012586 application/epub+zip 279603 2025-06-27T06:05:36.268677 application/epub+zip 703758 2025-06-27T06:05:44.445578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673232 2025-06-27T06:05:40.614597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611797 2022-09-30T17:36:57.002407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300208 2025-06-27T06:05:35.245665 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 280157 2024-10-18T22:13:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17922 2025-06-27T06:05:44.776551 application/rdf+xml 8843 2025-06-27T06:05:36.511597 image/jpeg 1295 2025-06-27T06:05:36.388585 image/jpeg 476604 2025-06-27T06:05:35.684628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia