Mirror Image
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Mirror Image
To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful--a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson's life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and the passion for a cause, between sacrifice and desire. But at the heart of Mirror Image is a fascinating, realistic portrait of identical twins, two vastly different sisters who lead their lives and follow their destinies against a vivid backdrop of a world at war.
Mirror Image
Author: Sandra Brown
language: en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: 2013-02-26
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Semiotics of the Image
This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of image semiotics. Going far beyond traditional analyses of static visual texts, it includes dynamic imagery, literary iconography, and psychological images, offering a holistic view of how semiotics permeates various forms of media and cultural expression. The book integrates various case studies on Chinese culture, providing scholars outside China a unique lens through which to understand Chinese cultural thinking through semiotics. This approach not only enriches the academic discussion but also enhances cross-cultural understanding. In addition, the book collects and synthesizes significant achievements in semiotics, incorporating traditional visual theory research from the Panofsky and Warburg schools. This synthesis forms a comprehensive “semiotics of images,” providing an interdisciplinary analytical framework for contemporary “media spectacles.” The book employs multiple methodologies to dissect the visual image spectacles constructed by modern media signs, culminating in a macro-level understanding of cultural spectacles. Furthermore, it situates the comparison between Chinese and Western civilizations within a broad context of cultural philosophy and history, enriching the discourse on cultural differences and similarities.