The Novels, Tales, and Sketches of J.M. Barrie
Author : James Matthew Barrie
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 14,66 MB
Release : 1917
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Author : James Matthew Barrie
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 14,66 MB
Release : 1917
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Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 1987-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101077808
The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel Hawthorne revealed, more incisively than any writer of his generation, the nature of a distinctly American consciousness. The pieces collected here deal with essentially American matters: the Puritan past, the Indians, the Revolution. But Hawthorne was highly - often wickedly - unorthodox in his account of life in early America, and his precisely constructed plots quickly engage the reader's imagination. Written in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s, these works are informed by themes that reappear in Hawthorne's longer works: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance. And, as Michael J. Colacurcio points out in his excellent introduction, they are themes that are now deeply embedded in the American literary tradition.
Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 1904
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Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 1979-12-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052090575X
This collection brings together for the first time more than 360 of Mark Twain's short works written between 1851, the year of his first extant sketch, and 1871, when he renounced his ties with the Buffalo Express and the Galaxy, resolving to "write but little for periodicals hereafter." In October 1871 Clemens and his family moved to Hartford, where they would live until 1891. No longer a journalist, he was about to complete his second full-length book, Roughing It. The literary apprenticeship that he had begun twenty years before in the print shops of Hannibal, and pursued in the newspaper offices of Virginia City, San Francisco, and Buffalo, had at last come to a close. The selections included in these volumes represent a generous sampling from Mark Twain's most imaginative journalism, a few set speeches, a few poems, and hundreds of tales and sketches recovered from more than fifty newspapers and journals, as well as two dozen unpublished items of various description—the main body of what can now be found of his early literary and subliterary work, though by no means everything written during those twenty years of experimentation. The selections are ordered chronologically and therefore provide a nearly continuous record of the author's literary activity from his earliest juvenilia up through the mature work that he published in the Galaxy, the Buffalo Express, and many other journals.
Author : Benjamin 1794-1841 Cn Drake
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781020509742
This book is a collection of short stories and sketches set in the city of Cincinnati. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Washington Irving
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Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1822
Category : American essays
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Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fantasy literature, American
ISBN : 9780252069222
Promising spine-tingling delights and sleepless nights, this annotated edition of Tales and Sketches is a treasure trove for scholars and general readers alike, confirming Edgar Allan Poe's status as one of literary art's "most brilliant but erratic stars". This volume is the first of two, edited by the consummate Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott, collecting all the tales of a master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. Each volume is enriched with Mabbott's detailed and authoritative notes on sources, the history and collation of all known texts authorized by Poe, and variants of Poe's "final" version. Marrying grotesque inventiveness with superb plot construction, Poe's strikingly original tales often use only one main character and one main incident. In many of them, horror and suspense, revenge and torture, are laced with hilarious satire. Volume I includes "Ms. Found in a Bottle", the horrific "Berenice", "Ligeia" (which Poe considered his finest tale), "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and one of his most famous stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Author : David Mains
Publisher : Mainstay Ministries
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Fiction
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Action, intrigue, and danger follow Scarboy wherever he goes, especially in the Enchanted City, where the “imperfect” are cast away and orphans are enslaved. Scarboy manages to escape the evil Enchanter to safety in Great Park, but has yet to confront his greatest fear—and he’ll need enormous courage to conquer it! An exciting series from best-selling authors David and Karen Mains, the gold-medallion award-winning Tales of the Kingdom offers fast-paced action and exciting storytelling with a enduring Christian message. Enjoy these classic allegories teach kids and adults the importance of trusting God as they unveil fundamental truths about good and evil.
Author : Mark S. Monmonier
Publisher : Mark Monmonier
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 9780805025811
Argues that maps can be manipulated to distort the truth, and shows how they have been used for propaganda in international affairs, political districting, and finding toxic dump sites
Author : James Matthew Barrie
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,4 MB
Release : 1903
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