Esther

von Rosa Nouchette Carey

300 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

I was always sorry that my name was Esther; not that I found fault with the name itself, but it was too grave, too full of meaning for such an insignificant person. Some one who was learned in such matters - I think it was Allan - told me once that it meant a star, or good fortune. It may be so, but the real meaning lay for me in the marginal note of my Bible: Esther, fair of form and good in countenance, that Hadassah, who was brought to the palace of Shushan, the beautiful Jewish queen who loved and succored her suffering people; truly a bright particular star among them. Girls, even the best of them, have their whims and fancies, and I never looked at myself in the glass on high days and holidays, when a festive garb was desirable, without a scornful protest, dumbly uttered, against so shining a name.

• Reihe: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• ISBN: 9781421809892
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2006
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Herausgegeben von: 1stworld Library, 1st World Library