The Shuttle (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Cosimo Classics 11/1/2007, 2007
- Softcover
- New
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.BargainBookStores
AbeBooks seller since January 23, 2002
Condition: New
£ 24.10
Quantity: 5 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
The Shuttle.
Seller Inventory # BBS-9781602068667
- Title
- The Shuttle (Paperback or Softback)
- Author
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Publisher
- Cosimo Classics 11/1/2007
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Paperback or Softback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1602068666
- ISBN 13
- 9781602068667
- Item weight
- 1.23 pounds
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher
ago and was begun in 1900 but frequently abandoned while its author,
Frances Hodgson Burnett, wrote several other books (including, most
famously, The Making of a Marchioness). It is about American heiresses
marrying English aristocrats; by extension it is about the effect of
American energy, dynamism and affluence on an effete and impoverished
English ruling class.
Sir Nigel Anstruthers crosses the Atlantic to look for a rich wife and
returns with the daughter of an American millionaire, Rosalie Vanderpoel.
He turns out to be a bully, a miser and a philanderer and virtually
imprisons his wife in the house. Only when Rosalie's sister Bettina is
grown up does it occur to her and her father that some sort of rescue
expedition should take place. And the beautiful, kind and dynamic Bettina
leaves for Europe to try and find out why Rosalie has, inexplicably, chosen
to lose touch with her family. In the process she engages in a
psychological war with Sir Nigel; meets and falls in love with another
Englishman; and starts to use the Vanderpoel money to modernize `Stornham
Court'.
But The Shuttle, which is five hundred pages long and a page-turner for
every one of them, is about far more than the process by which an English
country house can be brought back to life with the injection of
transatlantic money (there is some particularly interesting detail about
the new life breathed into the garden). It is mainly about American energy
and initiative and get-up-and-go; this is symbolised by G Selden, the
typewriter salesman on a bicycling tour of England, who meets, and charms,
Bettina and her sister and, back in New York, their father. And it is about
the excellent relationship that, curiously enough, many of the heiresses
enjoyed with their multi-millionaire fathers.
Above all it is about Bettina Vanderpoel. She is the reason why this is
such a successful, entertaining and interesting novel - one could almost
say that she is one of the great heroines, on a par with Elizabeth Bennet,
Becky Sharp and Isabel Archer. This is because she is so intelligent and so
enterprising - she has the normal feminine qualities but a strong business
sense, inherited from her father, and instinctive management skills (as we
would now call them). If every man in England married a girl like Bettina
Vanderpoel, we are meant to think, England's future would be as glittering
as America's.
The book's title refers to ships shuttling back and forth over the
Atlantic (Frances Hodgson Burnett herself traveled between the two
countries thirty-three times, something very unusual then) and also to the
weaving of the alliance between America and Britain. `As Americans
discovered Europe, that continent discovered America. American beauties
began to appear in English drawing-rooms and Continental salons... What
could be more a matter of course than that American women, being aided by
adoring fathers sumptuously to ship themselves to other lands, should begin
to rule these lands also?'
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
BargainBookStores
Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 23, 2002
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 4 to 10 business days | 4 to 9 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 0.00 | £ 29.54 |
Payment methods
Store description
Save up to 90% on your favorite items at BargainBookStores.com! Our 20,000 square foot warehouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan is filled with hundreds of thousands of books and consumer goods, all at the lowest prices! We've been serving internet customers with great deals since 2001. All books ship from Grand Rapids, Michigan. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed We want to ensure your satisfaction. If you are dissatisfied with your purchase or shopping experience, we would like to hear from you. Please contact us by email: cs@bargainbookstores.com. Please be sure to include your contact information and order number. We do not charge a restocking fee for returns. Your Privacy BargainBookStores.com does not provide, sell or market customer information to other businesses or organizations.…
Specialty
Out of Print Books, Specializing in Academic and Professional Books, Bargain Books - Save Up to 90% Off Publisher's List Price!, Remainder Books, Store-Wide Range of New Books in all CategoriesSeller's business information
BargainBookStores
3423 Lousma Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI U.S.A. 49548
Terms of sale
BargainBookStores guarantees 100% Customer Satisfaction. We ship worldwide and offer a variety of shipping methods to meet your needs. Please place your order directly via ABEBooks.com. We accept payment by MasterCard and Visa. For more information, contact us by email at cs@bargainbookstores.com. Full contact info is below:
BargainBookStores.com LLC
3423 Lousma Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49548
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
We will ship to all domestic and most international destinations.
Please note: Shipping times are estimated and are not guaranteed by BargainBookStores.