Dr. Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century Magazine or Harper's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The Messenger, `` so our readers will be benefited instead ''.

Sister Anne, Potter ’ s version of the story of Bluebeard was written especially for her American readers but illustrated by Katharine Sturges.

He is not perfectly trustworthy in details, and his agenda is always to inculcate culturally " correct " Stoic opinions, perhaps so that his readers will not feel guilty, but Jane Ellen Harrison found survivals of archaic rites mentioned by Aelian very illuminating in her Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ( 1903, 1922 ).

However, her main work is the genre of young readers ' novels in which children have their own adventures with minimal adult help.

" Witnesses of her life and death, editors, and readers helped to finish her writings and several editions were published posthumously.

Lewis's tale appalled some contemporary readers ; however his portrayal of depraved monks, sadistic inquisitors and spectral nuns, and his scurrilous view of the Catholic Church was an important development in the genre and influenced established terror-writer Anne Radcliffe in her last novel The Italian ( 1797 ).

Their ambivalent or tragic sexuality held deep attractions for many goth readers, making her works popular in the eighties through the nineties.

The revelations about Eliot's private life surprised and shocked many of her admiring readers, but this apparently did not affect her popularity as a novelist.

", spoken by Brian's mother Mandy to the crowd assembled outside her house, has been voted by readers of BOL. com the funniest line in film history.

By her days ' standards, the articles were extremely frank in their discussion of sexuality, and many New York Call readers were outraged by them, at least one of them wrote a letter in response canceling her subscription.

The article generated mail and controversy from her readers.

An author, White would say, is always trying to construct a new world and persuading his or her readers to share that world within the text.

In 1992, Parks published Rosa Parks: My Story, an autobiography aimed at younger readers, which recounts her life details her life leading to her decision to keep her seat on the bus.

By creating Lady Reason, Christine not only teaches her own allegorical self, but also the readers.

This section features letters both written by the editors and sent in by readers often with ridiculous names, usually in the form of obviously fictitious anecdotes ( one reader claimed that by defecating on the high seas, he was able to expel a single unbroken " monster " turd ; however, nobody wanted to grant him research funds for further attempts ) or various observations, such as the " children say the funniest things " type ( one issue featured numerous variations of a reader's young son making a reference to masturbation during bathtime, such as " playing with pork sword "; in this case, when the reader entered the bathroom, she discovered her son had indeed fashioned a sword out of pork sausages ).

Andrews "; later she learned that the publisher had done this deliberately to increase her books ' appeal for male readers.

Carolyn Miller builds on arguments made by other scholars while also contradicting Bitzer's argument by giving her readers five features to understand genre ( Miller 163 ).

Smith organized a contest in conjunction with the fan magazine Movie Weekly to allow readers to select her new name.

And the evidence that he does, indeed, stand there derives quite simply from the vigorous interest with which rather casual readers have responded to that book for the past century or so.

The Poirot books take readers through the whole of his life in England, from the first book ( The Mysterious Affair at Styles ), where he is a refugee staying at Styles, to the last Poirot book ( Curtain ), where he visits Styles once again before his death.

Under his editorship, the committee produced a book called Language and Public Policy ( 1974 ), with the aim of informing readers of the extensive scope of doublespeak being used to deliberately mislead and deceive the audience.

Although Bellamy claimed he did not write Looking Backward as a blueprint for political action, but rather sought to write " a literary fantasy, a fairy tale of social felicity ," the book inspired legions of inspired readers to establish so-called Nationalist Clubs, beginning in Boston late in 1888.

Gollancz feared the second half would offend readers and added a disculpatory preface to the book while Orwell was in Spain.

Martin is reluctant to give away details too soon, but is also aware that stretching out important information for too long will leave readers guessing it correctly and eventually lead to boring condensed revelations in the last book.

It is the second favorite book by American readers, just behind the Bible, according to a 2008 Harris Poll.

In the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time the authors invited readers to write in nominating their favorite " worst films ".

One of the films nominated in the book was in fact an invention of the authors, and readers were challenged to figure out which film was actually fake.

Modern readers are cautioned to understand that Scott's aim was to create a compelling novel set in a historical period, not to provide a book of history.

* People and Places ( 1959 ; a book for young readers )

While the Marvel Universe is presumably as large as the non-fictional universe comic book readers inhabit, for all intents and purposes the Local Group is the universe ; practically all action takes place in it.

The review recommended the book for " readers who enjoy vigorous writing ", who " will be glad to be rubbed the wrong way by Spengler's harsh aphorisms " and his pessimistic predictions.

Severus nowhere clearly points to the class of readers for whom his book is designed.

The book was written for non-specialist readers and attracted widespread interest upon its publication.

Although he avoids the controversial topic of human origins in the rest of the book so as not to prejudice readers against his theory, here he ventures a cautious hint that psychology would be put on a new foundation and that " Light will be thrown on the origin of man ".

The style and themes of the book have been seen to help stretch precocious young readers ' literacy skills, preparing them to approach the works of Dickens and Shakespeare.

It has been claimed that Paley was not a very original thinker and that the philosophical part of his treatise on ethics is “ an assemblage of ideas developed by others and is presented to be learned by students rather than debated by colleagues .” Nevertheless, his book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy ( 1785 ) was a required text at Cambridge and Smith says that Paley ’ s writings were “ once as well known in American colleges as were the readers and spellers of William McGuffey and Noah Webster in the elementary schools .” Although now largely missing from the philosophical canon, Schneewind writes that " utilitarianism first became widely known in England through the work of William Paley.

Prophet's Power, numbered as the second book in the series, is actually a prequel to the first, Hard Crash ; thus it is harder for readers to understand what happened in the story.

McGregor, published the far-sighted book Industry and Humanity: A Study in the Principles Underlying Industrial Reconstruction, a dense, abstract work that went over the head of most readers but revealed the practical idealism behind King's political thinking.

According to the publisher, the point was to get rid of the offensive word, which may have led readers to avoid the book, and make it more accessible.

The Universal Life Church was referenced by Abbie Hoffman in his 1970 book Steal This Book, which encouraged readers to request an ordination from the ULC, receive notification of the ordination, and then cut out and laminate a card indicating the new minister's ordination.

* Post-rock band, Deadhorse, refer their 2010 album release We Can Create Our Own World to be directly influenced by the book and Ray Bradbury's vision in evoke imagination in his readers.