Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Elsie Venner: A Romance Of DestinyISBN13:9781545291597ISBN10:1545291594Author:Wendell Holmes, Oliver (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Full Text Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny Is An 1861 Novel By American Author And Physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Later Dubbed The First Of His Medicated Novels, It Tells The Story Of A Neurotic Young Woman Whose Mother Was Bitten By A Rattlesnake While Pregnant, Which Imbued The Child With Some Characteristics Of The Reptile The Holmes' Aim Was To Test The Doctrine Of 'Original Sin' And Human Responsibility For The Distorted Violation Coming Under That Technical Denomination The Novel Explores Medical Complexities, Psychology, The Origins Of Behavior And The Certainties Of Religion The Character Of Elsie Venner May Have Been Modeled On The Famous Feminist Pioneer Margaret Fuller, Whom Holmes Knew From His School Days In Cambridge Quotes: I Don't Doubt There Is Some Truth In The Phenomena Of Animal Magnetism, For Instance; But When You Ask Me To Cradle For It, I Tell You That The Hysteric Girls Cheat So, And The Professionals Are Such A Set Of Pickpockets, That I Can Do Something Better Than Hunt For The Grains Of Truth Among Their Tricks And Lies Do You Remember What I Used To Say In My Lectures?-Or Were You Asleep Just Then, Or Cutting Your Initials On The Rail? (You See I Can Ask Questions, My Young Friend ) Leverage Is Everything, -Was What I Used To Say;-Don't Begin To Pry Till You Have Got The Long Arm On Your Side Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-04-11Weight:1.64 lbsDimensions:1.14'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:512Language:English
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Book Title: Elsie Venner : a Romance of Destiny
Number of Pages: 510 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: Psychological
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 30 oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
