After the publication of The Parson's Widow, Vartio's fifth novel, Finnish critics hailed it as a masterpiece, her finest literary achievement. This is the first opportunity for English readers to become acquainted with her unforgettable characters: the eccentric widow of a country parson, her maid Alma, and the other inhabitants of a rural village. Readers will discover the passions that lie beneath the villagers' reserve and formality, and that from time to time break through the polite surface with devastating results.
After the publication of The Parson's Widow, Vartio's fifth novel, Finnish critics hailed it as a masterpiece, her finest literary achievement. Thi...
Austin Flint (1812 -1886) was an American physician. He was educated at Amherst and Harvard and began his practice in Boston. A Manual Of Percussion And Auscultation: Of The Physical Diagnosis Of Diseases Of The Lungs And Heart And Of Thoracic Aneurism was first published in 1876. Subjects covered include Percussion in health, Percussion in disease, auscultation in health, auscultation in disease, diagnosis of diseases of the respiratory system, condition of the heart in health and disease, and diseases of the heart and thoracic aneurism,
Austin Flint (1812 -1886) was an American physician. He was educated at Amherst and Harvard and began his practice in Boston. A Manual Of Percussion A...
