The Hermit and the Wild Woman
Author : Edith Wharton
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Edith Wharton
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
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like the other as pearls in a well-matched string. Above all he liked to have time to save his soul. He had been greatly troubled about his soul since a band of Flagellants had passed through the town, exhibiting their gaunt scourged bodies and exhorting the people to turn from soft raiment and delicate fare, from marriage and money-getting and dancing and games, and think only how they might escape the devil’s talons and the great red blaze of hell. For days that red blaze hung on the edge of the boy’s thoughts like the light of a burning city across a plain. There seemed to be so many pitfalls to avoid—so many things were wicked which one might have supposed to be harmless. How could a child of his age tell? He dared not for a moment think of anything else. And the scene of sack and slaughter from which he had fled gave shape and distinctness to that blood-red vision. Hell was like that, only a million million times worse. Now he knew how flesh looked when devils’ pincers tore it, how the shrieks of the damned sounded, and how roasting bodies smelled. How could a Christian spare one moment of his days and nights from the long long struggle to keep safe from the wrath to come...FROM THE BOOKS.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2013-12
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ISBN : 9781314929034
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Author : Amy Frykholm
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1506471854
In the dusty corner of a library, journalist Amy Frykholm discovers a footnote that leads her on a decades-long search for Mary of Egypt--runaway, prostitute, holy desert dweller, saint, and archetypal wild woman. As their storylines crisscross maps and centuries, both become more fully revealed--in the embrace of the sacred.
Author : Edith Wharton
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Page : 277 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1926
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Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2018-02-09
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ISBN : 9781984236036
In the title story, the "hermit" is a boy who witnessed the murder of his parents and sister. The trauma has shaped his life, but a new neighbor-the "wild woman"-is about to change his outlook. Wharton's 1908 collection also includes "The Last Asset," "In Trust," "The Pretext," "The Verdict," "The Pot-Boiler," and "The Best Man."
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
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"The Last Asset" by Edith Wharton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 1908
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ISBN : 9780665782794
Author : Edith Wharton
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Fiction
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Author : Rick Bass
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,10 MB
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547346689
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year: “Uniformly excellent” stories about our relationships with each other and with the treacherous natural world (Publishers Weekly). In the title story, a man and woman travel across an eerily frozen lake—under the ice. “The Distance” casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson through the lens of a Montana man’s visit to Monticello. “Eating” begins with an owl being sucked into a canoe and ends with a man eating a town out of house and home, and “The Cave” is a stunning story of a man and woman lost in an abandoned mine. Other stories include “The Fireman,” “Swans,” “The Prisoners,” “Presidents’ Day,” “Real Town,” and “Two Deer.” Each is remarkable in its own way, sure to please both new readers and avid fans of Rick Bass’s passionate, unmistakable voice. “Bass focuses a naturalist’s eye not only on the frozen lakes and interplay of predator and prey often found in his work but also on the ebb and flow of human emotions and relationships . . . Thought-provoking and entertaining, these stories move along quickly but continue to resonate long after the reader is done; several have been anthologized in award collections.” —Library Journal “Beautiful in their magical imagery, dramatic in their situations, and exquisitely poignant in their insights, these stories of awe and loss are quite astonishing in their mythic use of place and the elements of earth, air, fire, and water.” —Booklist “Bass puts his talent as a nature writer to terrific use.” —The New York Times Book Review “Bass’s language glistens with the beauty of the landscapes he evokes.” —San Francisco Chronicle Book Review