My Story: Twentieth-Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington London 1899-1900
by Carol Drinkwater
My Story: Girls (1899), My Story (UK) (1899-1900), My Story (1899)
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Flora Bonnington lives in a world in which it is unattractive for a lady to express her opinions, and all excitement should be confined to the ballroom. But Flora wants to be a Twentieth-Century woman. She wants the vote, she wants to educate her servants and she wants to learn everything there is to know about the art of cinematography. But can she truly go against the father she loves in order to fulfil her dreams?Tags
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This entire series is a wonderful way to learn history or teach it to adolescents. I find today's generations seem to recall more when they learn through other people (pop songs, celebrity gossip, etc.), so what better way to teach history than through someone else's perspective? Yes, "authentic" diaries would be "better", but would the language really hold the modern student's attention? Did the diary writer know what WOULD be important in the context of history? Probably not.
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Carol Drinkwater is a critically acclaimed actress. Among her numerous stage and screen performances she is probably most widely known for her portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small. She divides her time between London and the South of France
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Gallimard jeunesse, Mon histoire (1899-1900)
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- Canonical title
- My Story: Twentieth-Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington London 1899-1900
- Original title
- My Story: Twentieth-Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington London 1899-1900
- Original publication date
- 2001 (1e édition originale anglaise) (1e édition originale anglaise); 2008-09-04 (1e traduction et édition française, Mon histoire, Gallimard jeunesse) (1e traduction et édition française, Mon histoire, Gallimard jeunesse)
- Original language*
- Anglais
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- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Tween, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .D8327 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, French
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