Book Description
Personal experiences in the world of autograph and manuscript collecting by a dealer and auctioneer.
Author : Charles Hamilton
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Autographs
ISBN :
Personal experiences in the world of autograph and manuscript collecting by a dealer and auctioneer.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 1823
Category : Canadian literature
ISBN :
Author : Frances Burney
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2002-09-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1770481656
Frances Burney’s journals and letters, composed between 1768 and 1839, contain a unique account of the creative, social, and commercial ambitions and achievements of an eighteenth-century female writer. Focusing on Burney’s literary life, this selection from her journals and correspondence combines Burney’s own accounts of the creation of her popular novels, her aspirations for her dramatic writings, and her reflections upon her letters and journals as literary productions in their own right. In addition to Burney’s letters and journal entries, this Broadview edition includes: selections from Burney’s Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy (1793) and Memoirs of Doctor Burney (1832); letters by family and friends about her literary activities; and contemporary reviews of The Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay.
Author : Ros Jackson
Publisher : Rosalind Jackson
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Thomas Laceby is trying to live the life of a gentleman on a pauper's income, but writing stories about the nobility isn't keeping him in quills and ink. But his troubles are about to take on another order of magnitude. Little does he know, the demon Inar has chosen him as his latest experiment in unnatural philosophy. Used to digging up the nobility's secrets, Laceby starts to get glimpses of a disturbing, shadowy world - one that's not for any upstart mortal's eyes. A short story of around 5,600 words, set in 1734.
Author : StoryMirror Authors
Publisher : StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 11,82 MB
Release : 2023-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9395374268
About the Book: The famous novelist Orhan Pamuk has said – “I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.” StoryMirror has been instrumental in changing the lives of people by providing a unique platform for writers and readers alike. Storytelling or reading stories – transitions one into another realm, to explore various shades of human emotions. Each story teaches us something, makes us ponder and provides an opportunity for some soulful reflection. In this hectic and monotonous life, a storybook can help us dream, make us believe in fairies, keep us lively, give us hope and some stories can even give us the courage to deal with our day-to-day problems. It is rightly said by George Saunders, “When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.” It is a difficult task to choose a handful of stories from the plethora of interesting content on StoryMirror but the very best stories have been selected and brought to you by the means of this book. They are a result of the hard work and determination of promising writers. The writers have questioned their imagination and desire for writing and presented to us their most imaginative, engrossing, fascinating and gripping creations. This collection of short stories will provide an opportunity for the readers to access the best stories and also bear ample evidence to the vast corpus of work on the StoryMirror website. We hope it touches your heart and soul. Hope you have a great reading experience!
Author : Coulson Kernahan
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 13,93 MB
Release : 1899
Category : English fiction
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Author : Cryptograph Company, Providence, R.I.
Publisher :
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Ciphers
ISBN :
Author : George Galt
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 155022333X
Sexual entanglements, the libel suit of the decade, an accusation of plagiarism, and a sudden suicide layer this witty, acid-tongued journey through the Canadian media world of the 1990s.
Author : Thomas Keneally
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 34,48 MB
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1400075548
Hero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of scruple that wins friends, seduces women, and gets people killed. In American Scoundrel Thomas Keneally, the acclaimed author of Schindler’s List, creates a biography that is as lively and engrossing as its subject. Dan Sickles was a member of Congress, led a controversial charge at Gettysburg, and had an affair with the deposed Queen of Spain—among many other women. But the most startling of his many exploits was his murder of Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), the lover of his long-suffering and neglected wife, Teresa. The affair, the crime, and the trial contained all the ingredients of melodrama needed to ensure that it was the scandal of the age. At the trial’s end, Sickles was acquitted and hardly chastened. His life, in which outrage and accomplishment had equal force, is a compelling American tale, told with the skill of a master narrative.
Author : Jack Lynch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,19 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802719341
Lackbrain, oysterwench, wantwit, clotpoll--Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary of 1755 contained some of the ripest insults in the English language. In Samuel Johnson's Insults, Jack Lynch has compiled more than 300 of the curmudgeonly lexicographer's mightiest barbs, along with definitions only the master himself could elucidate. Word lovers will delight in flexing their linguistic muscles with devilishly descriptive vituperations that pack a wicked punch. Many of these zingers have long lain dormant. Some have even come close to extinction. Now they're back in all their prickly glory, ready to be relished once more.