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Author | : Vanessa Diffenbaugh |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011-08-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345525566 |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Language of Flowers "Instantly enchanting . . . [Diffenbaugh] is the best new writer of the year."—Elle “I would like to hand Vanessa Diffenbaugh a bouquet of bouvardia (enthusiasm), gladiolus (you pierce my heart) and lisianthus (appreciation). In this original and brilliant first novel, Diffenbaugh has united her fascination with the language of flowers—a long-forgotten and mysterious way of communication—with her firsthand knowledge of the travails of the foster-care system. . . . This novel is both enchanting and cruel, full of beauty and anger. Diffenbaugh is a talented writer and a mesmerizing storyteller. She includes a flower dictionary in case we want to use the language ourselves. And there is one more sprig I should add to her bouquet: a single pink carnation (I will never forget you).”—Washington Post "A fascinating debut . . . Diffenbaugh clearly knows both the human heart and her plants, and she keeps us rooting for the damaged Victoria."—O Magazine "Diffenbaugh effortlessly spins this enchanting tale, making even her prickly protagonist impossible not to love."—Entertainment Weekly
Author | : Stelvio Coggiatti |
Publisher | : Popular Culture Ink |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Roses |
ISBN | : 9780831774998 |
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Author | : Marina Heilmeyer |
Publisher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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"The author outlines the mythology of flowers in the ancient and early Christian worlds and explains their special significance for love and marriage, in customs and festivals and the use of flowers as status symbols, as symbols of the seasons of the year or as metaphors of human qualities. Thirty-five beautiful depictions of flowers taken from the Renaissance and Baroque periods are reproduced as full-page illustrations accompanied by descriptive texts which analyse their symbolism, mythological importance, use and meaning in our present times."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Lisa Wingate |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780451213921 |
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After Karen Sommerfield is suddenly forced to deal with the threat of cancer at the same time her company downsizes her, she returns to the rural Missouri Ozarks and her grandmother's old farm on an odyssey to find herself.
Author | : Mandy Kirkby |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2011-09-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0345532864 |
Download A Victorian Flower Dictionary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.” Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.
Author | : Madonna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Best friends |
ISBN | : 9780141500966 |
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When a new boy comes to their school, jealousy and envy cause problems for the five best friends known as the English Roses.
Author | : S. Theresa Dietz |
Publisher | : Wellfleet |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2022-04-12 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1577152832 |
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The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive and definitive dictionary/reference presenting the history, symbolic meaning, and visual depiction of 1,001 flowers and botanicals from around the world in one volume—now in a pocket-size edition for easy, on-the-go reference.
Author | : Francis Parkman |
Publisher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2008-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1429014318 |
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Renowned American historian and leading horticulturalist Francis Parkman (1823-1893), briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard University and President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, wrote "The Book of Roses" specifically for American rose enthusiasts. The book contains information on the culture, training and propagation of roses, as well as descriptions of rose families, groups, and best varieties. According to Parkman biographer Howard Doughty, "[Parkman] was among the foremost of American rose-growers. He is said to have had at one time over a thousand varieties in his garden, and "The Book of Roses," which he published in 1866, was for many years a standard manual of the subject." Beautiful black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.
Author | : Beverly Seaton |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012-10-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780813934532 |
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The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of the book is a depiction of what the three most important flower books from each of the countries divulge about the period and the respective cultures. Seaton shows that the language of flowers was not a single and universally understood correlation of flowers to meanings that men and women used to communicate in matters of love and romance. The language differs from book to book, country to country. To place the language of flowers in social and literary perspective, the author examines the nineteenth-century uses of flowers in everyday life and in ceremonies and rituals and provides a brief history of floral symbolism. She also discusses the sentimental flower book, a genre especially intended for female readers. Two especially valuable features of the book are its table of correlations of flowers and their meanings from different sourcebooks and its complete bibliography of language of flower titles. This book will appeal not only to scholars in Victorian studies and women's studies but also to art historians, book collectors, museum curators, historians of horticulture, and anyone interested in nineteenth-century popular culture.
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Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Children's poetry |
ISBN | : |
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Contains alphabetical lists of flowers and the meaning associated with them.