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  1. Galatea
    a short story
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has... more

     

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen⁰́₄the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation.In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...From the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles, this short story is a dazzling retelling of the myth of Galatea

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781526652065
    Subjects: Sculptors
    Other subjects: Pygmalion (Mythological character)
    Scope: 58 Seiten
  2. Galatea
    a short story
    Published: 2022; ©2013
    Publisher:  Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York

    "In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and... more

    Anglistisches Seminar der Universität, Bibliothek
    U MIL XI 103
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    "In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost..."--

     

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  3. Galatea
    a short story
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    No inter-library loan

     

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen⁰́₄the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation.In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...From the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles, this short story is a dazzling retelling of the myth of Galatea

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781408848142; 1408848147
    Subjects: Sculptors
    Other subjects: Pygmalion (Mythological character)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (58 pages)
  4. Galatea
    a short story
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Galatea; A Note on the Author; Also Available by Madeline Miller; eCopyright In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece⁰́₄the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen⁰́₄the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation.In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...From the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles, this short story is a dazzling retelling of the myth of Galatea

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781408848142; 1408848147
    Subjects: Sculptors
    Other subjects: Pygmalion (Mythological character)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (58 pages)