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Ceres' Runaway, and Other Essays
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A collection of literary essays by Alice Meynell offering reflective observations on nature, art, and everyday life, including the title piece on wild vegetation growing amid Roman ruins. Readers interested in early twentieth-century English prose and the essay form will find it worthwhile.
Alice Meynell
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.
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