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"Silas Marner", is the story of its title character, a weaver who when falsely accused of theft retreats to a life of exile focusing on his work in solitude and the amassing of gold from his earnings. After carrying on this way for a period of fifteen years Silas returns one day to his cottage to find his stash of gold stolen. While deeply depressed by the loss of his treasure, Silas soon finds consolation in the unexpected adoption of a lovely young girl, Eppie.
| Автор | George Eliot |
These are the REAL stories about growing up in the 1950's South. This is NOT Maybury, with Aunt Bea, this real family includes a stripper, a mad scientist, a pilot, a call girl, a presidential candidate and a Russian wife. And that is just one side of the family. The other side has an Uncle-Daddy and a six-four Aunt ready to whip your butt.
| Автор | Deuce Dalton, Duece Dalton |
Since everything down South is better fried, this collection of mostly true stories about a baby boomer and his southern fried friends needs to be battered, fried and served with all the fix'ins. So here are the stories – using some made up names to protect the by-standers, whether they are guilty or not.
| Автор | Duece Dalton |
One of Henry James's masterpieces, «The Ambassadors» is the story of Lewis Lambert Strether who travels to Europe to find the supposedly wayward son of his widowed fiancée. With the intent of bringing back the young man and into the family business, Strether encounters many unexpected complications along the way.
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Henry James's «The Awkward Age» is the coming of age story of Nanda, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brookenham, a couple who travel in a rather decadent and corrupt social circle. Originally serialized in «Harper's Weekly» during 1898-1899, the novel is a biting attack on the English fin de siècle society life, what James personally believed to be an increasingly immoral and irresponsible time in English history.
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Set in northern Italy in 1628, during the terrible, oppressive years under Spanish rule, it is sometimes seen as a veiled attack on Austria, which controlled the region at the time the novel was written. It is also noted for the extraordinary description of the plague that struck Milan around 1630.
| Автор | Alessandro Manzoni |
Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian swamp-town—to find that death stalked it from the jungle in a tiny ball of flame! Classic science fiction.
| Автор | Leigh Brackett |
Henry James's «The Bostonians» is the story of Mississippi Lawyer and Civil War veteran Basil Ransom's conflict with his cousin Olive Chancellor for the allegiance and affection of Boston feminist Verena Tarrant. First serialized in «The Century Magazine» between 1885-1886, «The Bostonians» deals heavily with the then very timely political issue of feminism and the changing role of women in society.
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
"The Call of the Wild" is considered to be one Jack London's greatest novels. During the Yukon Gold Rush of the late 19th century London traveled there to strike it rich. While he didn't find any gold he came away with the experiences that would inspire some of his greatest writing. «The Call of the Wild», one of the greatest examples of this inspiration, is an exciting tale of adventure set in the great frozen north of the Yukon wilderness.
| Автор | Jack London |
"The Chorus Girl and Other Stories" is a classic collection of short stories by short story master Anton Chekhov. Included here in this volume are the following tales: The Chorus Girl, Verotchka, My Life, At a Country House, A Father, On the Road, Rothschild's Fiddle, Ivan Matveyitch, Zinotchka, Bad Weather, A Gentleman Friend, and A Trivial Incident.
| Автор | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Tchekhov |
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus • The Last Man • Mathilda • Proserpine and Midas • Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
| Автор | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |