Author : Henry James
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
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ISBN : 9781006820656
Notes of a Son and Brother is an autobiography by Henry James published in 1914. The book covers James' early manhood and tells of "the obscure hurt" that kept him out of the Civil War, his first efforts at writing fiction, and the early death of his beloved cousin, Minny Temple, from tuberculosis.
Author : Emile Zola
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
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ISBN : 1678036064
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 33,79 MB
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ISBN : 1794781021
Author : Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
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ISBN : 1678009857
Author : Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 1905
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ISBN : 1678004340
Author : Jerry Pinkney
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0147515750
A clever cat wins for his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1234 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1439169462
A fresh, practical approach to Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic,Anna Karenina,considered one of the greatest novels ever written.
Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 1998-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192838421
One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend d'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies. This edition provides background information and notes crucial to an understanding of the legend and the novel's setting. - ;One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend d'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies. This edition provides background information and notes crucial to an understanding of the legend and the novel's setting. -
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Cuchulain (Legendary character)
ISBN : 0192803735
The Táin Bó Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and king of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella presents a complete and living version of the story. His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with eleme...
Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 572 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 2019-09-06
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ISBN : 9781691375806
Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. It is subtitled "A Tale of Manchester Life".
