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By flickering candlelight, these haunting tales were carefully penned by some of greatest writers of the Victorian era, including Sheridan Le Fanu, Catherine Crowe and Mary Elizabeth Braddon.The Victorian era has been dubbed the'Golden Age of the Ghost Story', producing some of the most iconic and masterful ghost stories the genre has ever seen. In this exquisite collection, you will find 14 terrifying tales which have been haunting readers for more than a century. Be transported to cobwebbed crypts, creaking manor houses, and dusky moors, where peril lies just around the corner.Includes:• The Dream - Sheridan Le Fanu• The Italian's Story - Catherine Crowe• Eveline's Visitant - Mary Elizabeth Braddon• The Body Snatcher - Rudyard Kipling• And many more!Perfect for horror lovers, these classic ghost stories are sure to terrify and entertain in equal measure.

This collection of essays reprints previously published writings about Trinity College Cambridge's most celebrated writer, Lord Byron, for the bicentennial commemoration of his death on 19 April 1824. Bringing together diverse contributions from a series of scholars, three of them fellows of Trinity College, it explores various aspects of Byron's life and writing. The collection draws out the relationships between ‘memorials, marbles and ruins', themes always prominent in his thinking and feeling. The earliest essay reprinted here dates from the bicentenary of Byron's birth in 1788. Thirty-six years and two centuries later, this collection honours a figure of enduring, complex significance, with whom Trinity College is proud to be associated. It will be of value to scholars and students of Byron, as well as those interested in his life, in the bi-centenary year of his death.

This carefully crafted ebook:'Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles'is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. He was the first modern English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. Table of Contents: Journal THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT Letters PAUL'S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK LETTERS OF MALACHI MALAGROWTHER LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT Various Articles and Essays RELIQUES OF ROBERT BURNS LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN HOME LIFE OF KEMBLE — KELLY'S REMINISCENCES SALMONIA ON PLANTING WASTE LANDS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING TRIAL OF DUNCAN TERIG ALIAS CLERK, AND ALEXANDER BANE MACDONALD BIOGRAPHY: SIR WALTER SCOTT by George Saintsbury SIR WALTER SCOTT by Richard H. Hutton MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT by J. G. Lockhart

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London. At the height of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, prosecuted for libel, a charge carrying a penalty of up to two years in prison. The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men. After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years'hard labour. In 1897, in prison, he wrote De Profundis which was published in 1905, a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain.

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited R. M. Ballantyne collection, formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Children's Books: Three Little Kittens The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Mister Fox The Life of a Ship My Mother Other Works: The Hudson's Bay Company Handbook to the new Goldfields Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships The Ocean and its Wonders Six Months at the Cape Battles with the Sea Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 11 is a collection of works written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is part of the'Swanston Edition'of Stevenson's works, which was published in the early 20th century. The collection likely includes a variety of Stevenson's writings, including fiction, poetry, and essays.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 2 is a collection of literary works by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It includes several of his famous works such as'Treasure Island,''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,'and'Kidnapped,'as well as a selection of his poems, essays, and other shorter works. The Swanston Edition is a comprehensive collection of Stevenson's works, published in the early 20th century, and is highly valued by fans and scholars of his writing.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 3 is a collection of works written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is part of the'Swanston Edition'of Stevenson's works, which was published in the early 20th century. The collection likely includes a variety of Stevenson's writings, including fiction, poetry, and essays.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 7 is a collection of works written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is part of the'Swanston Edition'of Stevenson's works, which was published in the early 20th century. The collection likely includes a variety of Stevenson's writings, including fiction, poetry, and essays.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 5 is a collection of works written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is part of the'Swanston Edition'of Stevenson's works, which was published in the early 20th century. The collection likely includes a variety of Stevenson's writings, including fiction, poetry, and essays.

The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a young Scottish aristocrat who struggles to find purpose and meaning. In the first part of the novel, set in late 19th century Scotland, Haystoun drifts through the privileged world of the upper class, unable to commit to relationships or a vocation. However, when duty calls in the second half, set in colonial India, Haystoun finds himself embroiled in a dangerous military campaign. This new setting awakens his sense of honor and masculine identity. Yet a dissonance remains between Haystoun's inner world and external circumstances. Throughout, the novel explores how societal expectations and conventions shape, constrain, and conflict with personal growth and fulfillment.

The'Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson'is a collection of letters written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters cover a wide range of topics and provide insight into Stevenson's personal life, as well as his thoughts and experiences as a writer. The letters are arranged chronologically and offer a unique perspective on Stevenson's life, from his childhood and education, to his travels and his writing career. The letters also provide insight into his relationships with friends, family, and literary figures of the time. Through these letters, readers can gain a deeper understanding of Stevenson's character, his views on life, and his approach to writing.

'Zanoni'- Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist. An English gentleman named Glyndon loves Viola as well, but is indecisive about proposing marriage, and then renounces his love to pursue occult study. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789. Zanoni has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. His master Mejnor warns him against a love affair but Zanoni does not heed. What will happen to Zanoni now? Will his love for Viola succeed? Or, will his occult powers vanish completely? Read on!'Zicci'- In many ways, this is a prequel to the latter. Yet, it has its own distinct flavour. Written in serial format in 1841, it remained unfinished until the same story was reworked from top to bottom and became an iconic classic,'Zanoni.'This edition brings to you both of these versions together for your utmost reading pleasure!

Alan Alexander Milne was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Winnie the Pooh is the second most valuable character after Mickey Mouse. “Winnie-The-Pooh” the book was published in 1926, followed by “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928), and a second collection of nursery rhymes, “Now We Are Six” (1927). Together with “When We Were Very Young” the four books make up the full Winnie-The-Pooh set, and all the books Milne would right about the bear. The Pooh books were Inspired by Milne's son Christopher Robin and his stuffed animals. The name Winnie came from black bear named Winnipeg, who was a military mascot during World War I and later a resident of the London Zoo. The name Pooh may have been added to'Winnie'because the original bear smelled bad. The real Christopher Robin's toys that inspired the stories are on display at the New York Public Library. Story collections for children Winnie-the-Pooh A Gallery of Children Poetry collections for children When We Were Very Young Now We Are Six

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. Bulwer-Lytton's literary works were highly popular and bestselling novels at the time. Novels & Novellas: The Last Days of Pompeii The Pilgrims of the Rhine Rienzi, the last of the Roman tribunes Falkland Pelham The Disowned Devereux Paul Clifford Eugene Aram Godolphin Asmodeus at Large Ernest Maltravers Alice, or The Mysteries (A sequel to Ernest Maltravers) Calderon, the Courtier Leila, or The Siege of Granada Zicci: A Tale (A prequel to Zanoni) Zanoni Night and Morning The Last of the Barons Lucretia Harold, the Last of the Saxons The Caxtons: A Family Picture A Strange Story My Novel, or Varieties in English Life The Haunted and the Haunters, or The House and the Brain What Will He Do With It? The Coming Race, or Vril: The Power of the Coming Race Kenelm Chillingly The Parisians Pausanias, the Spartan Short Stories: The Incantation The Brothers Historical Works: Athens: Its Rise and Fall Plays: The Lady of Lyons, or Love and Pride Poetry

This meticulously edited and formatted collection is designed to whet your appetite for the supernatural and occult fiction of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the master storyteller: Zanoni A Strange Story The Coming Race Falkland Zicci (Prequel to Zanoni) The Haunted and the Haunters, or The House and the Brain The Incantation

A new scholarly edition of a bold yet overlooked Victorian text that blends the genres of memoir, travelogue, ethnography and the realist novelPermits students and academic researchers to access more subtle assessments of Lavengro, as well as a range of relevant contextsReappraises the relation of Lavengro to nineteenth-century writings on Romani and traveller cultureExplores George Borrow's influence on an array of later Victorian and modernist authors such as Ford Madox Ford and Virginia Woolf.Surveys and gauges recent debates and critical accounts of George Borrow's life and literary careerThis critical edition of George Borrow's Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest (1851) brings a renewed focus on a formally inventive and original text for scholars of the nineteenth-century autobiographical novel and travelogue. This edition reflects and develops research that anchors Borrow's energetically eccentric vision in a range of notable contexts. The scholarly introduction gives readers unfamiliar with the formidably prolific Borrow an opportunity to discover more about this author's career at home and abroad (as a translator for the British and Foreign Bible Society), his stylistic innovations, and how Lavengro evokes a ‘wild England'that became crucial for admirers in the next century such as D.H. Lawrence, Ford Madox Ford, and Virginia Woolf.

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in'one of the first celebrity trials', imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at age 46. Contents: Novel The Picture of Dorian Gray Stories The Canterville Ghost The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend The Remarkable Rocket Poetry Ravenna Charmides The Sphinx The Ballad of Reading Gaol Theocritus''The Harlot's House''To Milton''The Grave of Keats''Magdalen Walks''The New Helen''The Grave of Shelley''Eleutheria''The Garden of Eros''The Burden Of Itys''Wind Flowers'Flowers of Gold''Impressions de Théàtre''Panthea'Plays The Importance of Being Earnest

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: Novels: Adam Bede The Mill on the Floss Silas Marner Romola Felix Holt, the Radical Middlemarch Daniel Deronda Short Stories: Scenes of Clerical Life The Lifted Veil Brother Jacob Poetry: The Spanish Gypsy The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems: The Legend of Jubal Agatha Armgart How Lisa Loved the King A Minor Prophet Brother and Sister Stradivarius A College Breakfast-Party Two Lovers Self and Life Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love The Death of Moses Arion O May I Join the Choir Invisible Other Poems: Count that Day Lost Farewell On Being Called a Saint Sonnet Question and Answer Mid my Gold-Brown Curls Mid the Rich Store As Tu Va la Lune se Lever In A London Drawing Room Arms! To Arms! Ex Oriente Lux In the South Will Ladislaw's Song Erinna I Grant you Ample Leave Mordecai's Hebrew Verses Making Life Worth While Essays: Impressions of Theophrastus Such Three Months in Weimar Carlyle's Life of Sterling Woman in France: Madame de Sablé Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming German Wit: Henry Heine The Natural History of German Life Silly Novels by Lady Novelists Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young The Influence of Rationalism The Grammar of Ornament Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt George Forster Margaret Fuller How to Avoid Disappointment The Wisdom of the Child A Little Fable with a Great Moral Hints on Snubbing From the Note-Book of an Eccentric Leaves from a Note-Book Translations: The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals – Biography

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted Lewis Carroll collection formatted: Novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Sylvie and Bruno Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Stories: A Tangled Tale Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories: Bruno's Revenge Crundle Castle The Legend of Scotland The Ladye's History Novelty and Romancement A Photographer's Day Out Photography Extraordinary The Walking Stick of Destiny Wilhelm von Schmitz What the Tortoise Said to Achilles Poems: Early Verse: My Fairy Punctuality Melodies Brother and Sister Facts Rules and Regulations Horrors Misunderstandings As It Fell upon a Day Ye Fattale Cheyse Lays of Sorrow The Two Brothers The Lady of the Ladle Coronach She's All my Fancy Painted Him Photography Extraordinary Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour The Mock Turtle's Song Upon the Lonely Moor Miss Jones Puzzles from Wonderland Prologues to Plays Rhyme? And Reason? College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel: Ode to Damon Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies! My Fancy The Majesty of Justice The Elections to the Hebdomadal Council The Deserted Parks Examination Statute Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses: Acrostic To Three Puzzled Little Girls Double Acrostic Three Little Maids Puzzle Three Children Two Thieves Two Acrostics Double Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic To M. A. B. Acrostic Madrigal Love among the Roses Two Poems to Rachel Daniel The Lyceum Acrostic Dreamland To my Child-Friend A Riddle A Limerick Rhyme? And Reason? A Nursery Darling Maggie's Visit to Oxford Maggie B— Inscribed to a Dear Child Five Fathom Square the Belfry Frowns The Wandering Burgess A Bacchanalian Ode Red Riding-Hood A Square Poem Three Sunsets and Other Poems: Three Sunsets The Path of Roses The Valley of the Shadow of Death Solitude Far Away Beatrice Stolen Waters The Willow-Tree Only a Woman's Hair The Sailor's Wife After Three Days Faces in the Fire A Lesson in Latin Puck Lost and Found A Song of Love The Hunting of the Snark The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Her first collection of poems, An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, was published in 1826 and reflected her passion for Byron and Greek politics. Its publication drew the attention of a blind scholar of the Greek language, Hugh Stuart Boyd, and of another Greek scholar, Uvedale Price, with whom she maintained sustained correspondence. Among other neighbours was Mrs James Martin from Colwall, with whom she also corresponded throughout her life. Later, at Boyd's suggestion, she translated Aeschylus'Prometheus Bound (published in 1833; retranslated in 1850). During their friendship Barrett studied Greek literature, including Homer, Pindar and Aristophanes. CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections THE BATTLE OF MARATHON A ESSAY ON MIND, WITH OTHER POEMS PROMETHEUS BOUND POEMS, 1838-50 SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE SONNETS CASA GUIDI WINDOWS AURORA LEIGH POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS LAST POEMS The Non-Fiction SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREEK CHRISTIAN POETS THE BOOK OF THE POETS REVIEW OF ‘POEMS, CHIEFLY OF EARLY AND LATE YEARS, INCLUDING THE BORDERERS, A TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH'REVIEWS OF CORNELIUS MATHEWS'POETRY REVIEW OF ‘ORION: AN EPIC POEM by R. H. Horne'The Letters THE LETTERS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator and diplomat. Burton's best-known achievements include a well-documented journey to Mecca, in disguise; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights; the publication of the Kama Sutra in English and an expedition with J. H. Spake to discover the source of Nile. E-artnow present his greatest works as an author, translator and explorer. His works and the works about his life act as the true legacy of his untamed travel spirit and eternal curiosity. Content Translations: Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Book of Thousand Nights and A Night (Complete Edition) The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui Ananga Ranga Vikram and the Vampire Travel Writings: First Footsteps in East Africa Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah To the Gold Coast for Gold Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Unexplored Syria Historical Research: A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue Poetry: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî The Gulistan of Sa'di Priapeia Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Poem to His Wife Alma Minha Gentil, Que Te Partiste Em Quanto Quiz Fortuna Que Tivesse Eu Cantarei De Amor Tao Docemente No Mundo Poucos Annos, E Cansados Que Levas, Cruel Morte? Hum Claro Dia Ah! Minha Dinamene! Assim Deixaste Biography and Further Readings: Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by J. H. Speke What Led to the Discovery of the Nile by J. H. Speke Arabian Society in the Middle Ages Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia

Best known for his beloved children's classic ‘Tom Brown's School Days', Thomas Hughes was a British jurist, reformer and novelist. He attended Rugby School in the 1830's and his admiration of the headmaster Thomas Arnold and for games and boyish antics are admirably captured in his famous novel. It enjoyed a phenomenal success, running into nearly 50 editions by 1890. ‘Tom Brown's School Days'was responsible for bringing the school story genre to much wider attention, inspiring the fictional schools of Billy Bunter's Greyfriars, Mr Chips'Brookfield, the girls boarding school of St. Trinian's and J. K. Rowling's Hogwarts. This comprehensive eBook presents Hughes'complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hughes'life and works• Concise introductions to major texts• All the novels, with individual contents tables• The Tom Brown books are fully illustrated with their original artwork• Features rare non-fiction works appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Hughes'seminal study of David Livingstone• Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts• Excellent formatting of the texts• Rare biographies available in no other collection• Includes Hughes'autobiography, digitised here for the first time• Features a bonus biography – discover Hughes'literary life• Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The FictionTom Brown's School Days (1857)The Scouring of The White Horse (1859)Tom Brown at Oxford (1859) The Non-FictionReligio Laici (1861)Alfred the Great (1870)Memoir of a Brother (1873)True Manliness (1880)David Livingstone (1889)Vacation Rambles (1895) The AutobiographyEarly Memories for the Children (1899) The BiographyThomas Hughes (1901) by John Llewelyn Davies Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. In seinen Romanen, Essays und Kurzgeschichten setzte sich Chesterton intensiv mit modernen Philosophien und Denkrichtungen auseinander. Bekannt sind seine oft gewagten Gedankensprünge und sein Zusammenbringen scheinbar unvereinbarer Ideen, oft mit überraschenden Ergebnissen. Diese Ausgabe enthält: Verteidigung des Schundromans Verteidigung des Unsinns Verteidigung der Planeten Verteidigung der Posse Verteidigung der Demut Verteidigung unüberlegter Gelübde Verteidigung von Gerippen Verteidigung der Öffentlichkeit Verteidigung von Porzellan-Schäferinnen Verteidigung nützlicher Information Verteidigung der Heraldik Verteidigung häßlicher Dinge Verteidigung des Slang Verteidigung der Kinderanbetung Verteidigung von Detektivgeschichten Verteidigung des Patriotismus Aus dem Buch:'Wenn wir dieser phantastischen Laune nachgeben wollten, würde es schwerer halten, sich vorzustellen, durch welche entsetzliche Deutung oder welch wildes Bild des Weltalls diese erste Verfolgung heraufbeschworen ward, was für eines überraschenden Gedankens Geheimnis unter den grausamen Steinen begraben liegt.'

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. Content: Introduction: The Spirit of the Age: Mr. Coleridge by William Hazlitt A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge by May Byron The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman Poetry: Notable Works: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment Christabel France: An Ode LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS (1798) LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH OTHER POEMS (1800) THE CONVERSATION POEMS The Complete Poems in Chronological Order Plays: OSORIO REMORSE THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE ZAPOLYA: A CHRISTMAS TALE IN TWO PARTS THE PICCOLOMINI THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN Literary Essays, Lectures and Memoirs: BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA ANIMA POETAE SHAKSPEARE, WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER ON POETRY, THE DRAMA AND THE STAGE AIDS TO REFLECTION CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM'THE FRIEND” HINTS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF LIFE OMNIANA. 1812 A COURSE OF LECTURES LITERARY NOTES SPECIMENS OF THE TABLE TALK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LITERARY REMAINS OF S.T. COLERIDGE Complete Letters: LETTERS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHIA EPISTOLARIS

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) war ein irischer Schriftsteller. Als Lyriker, Romanautor, Dramatiker und Kritiker wurde er zu einem der bekanntesten und – im Viktorianischen England – auch umstrittensten Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Das Gespenst von Canterville Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen: Eine Studie über die Pflicht Der Modellmillionär: Ein Zeichen der Bewunderung Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis: Eine Radierung Zwei Gespräche von der Kunst und vom Leben Der glückliche Prinz Die Nachtigall und die Rose Der selbstsüchtige Riese Der ergebene Freund Die vornehme Rakete Der junge König Der Geburtstag der Infantin Der Fischer und seine Seele Das Sternenkind

Chance (1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is'like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion.'After her bankrupt father is imprisoned, she learns the harsh fact that a woman in her position'has no resources but in herself.'Her only means of action is to be what she is. Flora's long struggle to achieve some dignity and happiness makes her Conrad's most moving female character. (Google)

Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866.His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies'Sonnets, was published in 1887. In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with the staging of melodramas, which would later reach a peak with the historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895).Le Gallienne joined the staff of The Star newspaper in 1891, and also wrote for various other papers under the pseudonym ‘Logroller'. He contributed to the short-lived but influential quarterly periodical The Yellow Book, published between 1894 and 1897.His first wife, Mildred Lee, died in 1894 leaving their daughter, Hesper, in his care. In 1897 he married the Danish journalist Julie Norregard. However, the marriage would not be a success. She left him in 1903 and took their daughter Eva to live in Paris. They were eventually divorced in June 1911.Le Gallienne now moved to the United States and became resident there. On 27th October 1911, he married Mrs. Irma Perry, whose marriage to her first cousin, the painter and sculptor Roland Hinton Perry, had been dissolved in 1904. Le Gallienne and Irma had known each other for many years and had written an article together a few years earlier in 1906. Le Gallienne and Irma lived in Paris from the late 1920s, where Irma's daughter Gwen was by then an established figure in the expatriate bohème. Le Gallienne also added a regular newspaper column to the frequent publication of his poems, essays and other articles.By 1930 Le Gallienne's book publishing career had virtually ceased. During the latter years of that decade Le Gallienne lived in Menton on the French Riviera and, during the war years, in nearby Monaco. His house was commandeered by German troops and his handsome library was nearly sent back to Germany as bounty. Le Gallienne managed a successful appeal to a German officer in Monaco which allowed him to return to Menton to collect his books. To his credit Le Gallienne refused to write propaganda for the local German and Italian authorities, and financially was often in dire need. On one occasion he collapsed in the street due to hunger.Richard Thomas Gallienne died on 15th September 1947. He is buried in Menton in a grave whose lease is, at present, due to expire in 2023.

Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866.His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies'Sonnets, was published in 1887. In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with the staging of melodramas, which would later reach a peak with the historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895).Le Gallienne joined the staff of The Star newspaper in 1891, and also wrote for various other papers under the pseudonym ‘Logroller'. He contributed to the short-lived but influential quarterly periodical The Yellow Book, published between 1894 and 1897.His first wife, Mildred Lee, died in 1894 leaving their daughter, Hesper, in his care. In 1897 he married the Danish journalist Julie Norregard. However, the marriage would not be a success. She left him in 1903 and took their daughter Eva to live in Paris. They were eventually divorced in June 1911.Le Gallienne now moved to the United States and became resident there. On 27th October 1911, he married Mrs. Irma Perry, whose marriage to her first cousin, the painter and sculptor Roland Hinton Perry, had been dissolved in 1904. Le Gallienne and Irma had known each other for many years and had written an article together a few years earlier in 1906. Le Gallienne and Irma lived in Paris from the late 1920s, where Irma's daughter Gwen was by then an established figure in the expatriate bohème. Le Gallienne also added a regular newspaper column to the frequent publication of his poems, essays and other articles.By 1930 Le Gallienne's book publishing career had virtually ceased. During the latter years of that decade Le Gallienne lived in Menton on the French Riviera and, during the war years, in nearby Monaco. His house was commandeered by German troops and his handsome library was nearly sent back to Germany as bounty. Le Gallienne managed a successful appeal to a German officer in Monaco which allowed him to return to Menton to collect his books. To his credit Le Gallienne refused to write propaganda for the local German and Italian authorities, and financially was often in dire need. On one occasion he collapsed in the street due to hunger.Richard Thomas Gallienne died on 15th September 1947. He is buried in Menton in a grave whose lease is, at present, due to expire in 2023.

Set in 19th century Massachusetts, Emanuel Bayard feels unsure about his studies at the local seminary. Though he is very devout to God, Emanuel feels he is called to do more for his community. However, some of the rules and leaders of the church are more conservative in their practices, disagreeing with Emanuel's liberal and judgment-free approach. Among these people is the daughter of Emanuel's theology professor, Helen. Yet, unlike others in the church, Helen accepts this difference, possibly persuaded by the attraction between she and Emanuel. After leaving the orthodox church, Emanuel begins to perform humanitarian acts inspired by the teachings and behavior of Jesus Christ. When these pursuits lead to the meeting of a local prostitute, Emanuel finds himself especially dedicated to her struggle. Magdalena, or Lena for short, is a beautiful woman and talented singer, forced to prostitution to make ends meet. She and Emanuel begin a friendship as he tries to help her find a better profession. Though Emanuel's only intention is to better the community, improving one life at a time, not all are happy with Emanuel's work, leading to conflict, surprising action, and an event that unsettles the whole town. First published one-hundred and twenty-five years ago in 1895, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps'A Singular Life is a best-selling novel, offering a new perspective on the meaning of Christianity. With the use of religious philosophy, metaphor, and impactful prose, A Singular Life is a powerful narrative that promotes compassion and acceptance. While these elements encourage critical thought and provide insight, A Singular Life also entertains with its compelling drama, tender romance, and memorable characters. Invoking a whirlwind of emotion, A Singular Life challenges beliefs, offers immense comfort, and depicts characters that demand affection. This edition of A Singular Life by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps features an eye-catching new cover design and is presented in a font that is both modern and readable. With these accommodations, this edition is accessible and appealing to contemporary audiences, restoring A Singular Life to modern standards while preserving the original intelligence and impact of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps'work. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Adam Bede falls in love with a teenage orphan, who is being secretly seduced by a wealthy squire, which leads to a series of tragedies. Adam attempts to navigate the situation exposing lies and unexpected betrayals. In the small village of Hayslope, a group of men and women are pulled into an unconventional love story that changes the trajectory of their lives. Adam Bede is a young carpenter who adores Hetty, the 17-year-old cousin of Dinah, a Methodist preacher. Hetty is a flirtatious beauty who engages in a romance with Captain Arthur Donnithorne. When their relationship is discovered, Adam insists Arthur leave Hetty to which he quickly obliges. Despite his interference, Adam is unaware of a looming development that will send Hetty down and dark and inevitable path. George Eliot brilliantly composes a multilayered story driven by selfish desires. It explores the hidden consequences of behavior, as well as the superficial nature of romance. Adam Bede is a complex tale that questions elements of chivalry, marriage and the traditional family. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Adam Bede is both modern and readable. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

The prolific novelist Arnold Bennett created a succession of stories that detailed life in the Staffordshire Potteries, which were to immortalise his beloved “Five Towns” and establish his name as one of the leading realist authors of Edwardian fiction. Now for the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Bennett's complete fictional works. This comprehensive eBook is complemented with numerous illustrations, many rare novels, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bennett's life and works• Concise introductions to the novels and other texts• ALL 36 novels, with individual contents tables• Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing• Includes the extremely rare novelisation of Bennett's screenplay of the film PICCADILLY, available nowhere else• Even includes the author's unfinished novel DREAM OF DESTINY, appearing here for the first time• Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts• Excellent formatting of the texts• All of the short story collections, including rare collections like THE WOMAN WHO STOLE EVERYTHING, available nowhere else• Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories• Easily locate the short stories you want to read• Includes a generous range of Bennett's plays and non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author's diverse oeuvre• Even includes the engaging HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, available in no other digital edition• Special criticism section, with seminal essays by authors such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, evaluating Bennett's contribution to literature• Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres• UPDATED with a rare play and four more non fiction works The NovelsA Man from the North (1898)The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902)Anna of the Five Towns (1902)The Gates of Wrath (1903)Leonora (1903)A Great Man (1904)Teresa of Watling Street (1904)Sacred and Profane Love (1905)Hugo (1906)Whom God Hath Joined (1906)The Sinews of War (1906)The Ghost (1907)The City of Pleasure (1907)The Statue (1908)Buried Alive (1908)The Old Wives'Tale (1908)The Glimpse (1909)Helen with the High Hand (1910)Clayhanger (1910)The Card (1911)Hilda Lessways (1911)The Regent (1913)The Price of Love (1914)These Twain (1916)The Lion's Share (1916)The Pretty Lady (1918)The Roll-Call (1918)Mr Prohack (1922)Lilian (1922)Riceyman Steps (1923)Lord Raingo (1926)The Vanguard (1928)Accident (1928)Piccadilly: Story of the Film (1929)Imperial Palace (1930)Dream of Destiny (1932) The Short Story CollectionsTales of the Five Towns (1905)The Loot of Cities and Other Stories (1905)The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907)The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories (1912)Elsie and the Child, and Other Stories (1924)The Woman Who Stole Everything, and Other Stories (1927)The Night Visitor and Other Stories (1931)Venus Rising from the Sea (1932) The Short StoriesList of Short Stories in Chronological OrderList of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The PlaysPolite Farces for the Drawing-Room (1899)The Honeymoon (1911)The Great Adventure (1913)The Title (1918)Judith (1922) The Non FictionJournalism for Women: A Practical Guide (1898)How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide (1903)The Human Machine (1909)Literary Taste: How to Form It (1909)How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1910)The Feast of St. Friend (1911)Those United States (1912)The Arnold Bennett Calendar (1912)The Plain Man and His Wife (1913)From the Log of

Trilby is a novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Published serially in Harper's Monthly from January to August 1894, it was published in book form on 8 September 1895 and sold 200,000 copies in the United States alone. Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. The late nineteenth-century novelist George Gissing read the'notorious'novel in May 1896 with'scant satisfaction'. Though Trilby features the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist.

Captain Bellendean of Bellendean has returned to Scotland to begin life on his estate. He has brought several people with him including the older Colonel Hayward. Helping with the festivities is Joyce, the village schoolteacher - an outgoing, popular girl of high intelligence. She is engaged to Andrew Halliday, the pedantic schoolmaster from the next village. Colonel Hayward is shocked when he sees Joyce - who looks like his first wife, disappeared years ago while pregnant, and never traced. He soon learns from Joyce's history that her mother is dead, and that she must be his daughter. Almost overnight Joyce leaves behind her whole life to go with her father and his second wife to his home in England. Mrs Hayward perhaps intends to be a good stepmother to Joyce, but in fact is cold, and blames Joyce for not adapting easily.

Domestic issues, chastity, morality, marriage and love are concerns we typically associate with Victorian female characters. But what happens when men in Victorian novels begin to engage in this type of feminine discourse? While we are familiar with certain Victorian women seeking freedom by moving beyond the domestic sphere, there is an equally interesting movement by the domestic man into the private space through his performance of femininity. This book defines the domesticated bachelor, examines the effects of the blurring of boundaries between the public and private spheres, and traces the evolution of the public discourse on masculinity in novels such as Bronte's Shirley, Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret, Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This bachelor, along with his female counterpart, the New Woman, opens up for discussion new definitions of Victorian masculinity and gender boundaries and blurs the rigid distinction between the gendered spaces thought to be in place during the Victorian period.

Three classic novels of wealth, poverty, murder, and ambition from the greatest storyteller of the Victorian era. Filled with drama, emotion, and suspense, these three novels have compelled and delighted readers for well over a century. Martin Chuzzlewit: After losing his inheritance, a young man strives to make his own fortune, in this witty, wide-ranging saga. Nicholas Nickleby: A young man fights to save his mother, his sister, and a group of abused schoolboys in this novel of hardship and heroism. Our Mutual Friend: When a corpse is found in the River Thames, it will alter the course of several lives. “In addition to its realistic police procedures and incisive criminal psychology, Our Mutual Friend is steeped in the gloomy atmosphere and foreboding imagery that one associates with the modern suspense thriller.” —The New York Times

Ordinary Masochisms reveals how literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries frequently challenged the prevailing view of masochism as a deviant behavior, an opinion supported by many sexologists and psychoanalysts in the 1800s. In these texts, Jennifer Mitchell highlights everyday examples of characters deriving pleasure from pain in encounters and emotions such as flirtations, courtships, betrothals, lesbian desires, religious zeal, marital relationships, and affairs.Mitchell begins by examining the archetypal tale of Samson and Delilah together with Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, from whom masochism gets its name. Through close readings, Mitchell then argues that Charlotte Brontë's Villette, George Moore's A Drama in Muslin, D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow, and Jean Rhys's Quartet all experiment with masochistic relationships that are more complex than they seem. Mitchell shows that, far from being victimized, the characters in these works achieve self-definition and empowerment by pursuing and performing pain and that masochism is a generative response rather than a destructive force beyond their control. Including readings of Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden and Ian McEwan's The Comfort of Strangers, Mitchell traces shifts in public consciousness regarding sex and gender and discusses why masochism continues to be categorized as a perversion today. The literary world, she asserts, has repeatedly questioned this notion as well as masochism's associations with passivity and femininity, using the behavior to defy heteronormative and heteropatriarchal gender dynamics.

Excerpt:'In a period of English history which graybeards call the good old times - the fine old times; that is to say, when Parliament was horribly corrupt, and the Poor Laws as barbarous as the Inquisition; when it took fifteen hours to go from London to Dover and when at least one-half of the conveniences which we now very reasonably call the necessities of life had no existence Southbourne was a small straggling village, and, by reason of the quaint and primitive aspect of its houses, something, even in those good old times, like an anachronism on the face of the land. What is now a well-looking street, fairly paved, and decorated with a number of showy shop-windows, was then an uneven road, with great Spaces of grassy land, dusty and closely nibbled by goats, between the houses whilst the houses themselves were mostly gable-roofed, with latticed win dows, which served excellently to exclude the light, and which gave a blank and lack-lustre look to the edifices, as though they were weary to death of the View over the way.'

Excerpt:'Fugitive Pieces, Byron's first volume of verse, was privately printed in the autumn of 1806, when Byron was eighteen years of age. Passages in Byron's correspondence indicate that as early as August of that year some of the poems were in the printers'hands and that during the latter part of August and during September the printing was suspended in order that Byron might give his poems an'entire new form.'The new form consisted, in part, in an enlargement; for he wrote to Elizabeth Pigot about September that he had nearly doubled his poems'partly by the discovery of some I conceived to be lost, and partly by some new productions.'According to Moore, Fugitive Pieces was ready for distribution in November. The last poem in the volume bears the date of November 16, 1806.'

Presents scholars, students and general readers with the major fiction for adults, much of the best of juvenile fiction, and a selection of the educational and occasional writings of Maria Edgeworth. MARIA EDGEWORTH was born in 1768. Her first novel, Castle Rackrent (1800) was also her first Irish tale. The next such tale was Ennui (1809), after which came The Absentee, which began life as an unstaged play and was then published (in prose) in Tales of Fashionable Life (1812), as were several of her other stories. They were followed in 1817 by the last of her Irish tales, Ormond. Maria Edgeworth died in 1849. Edited with an introduction and notes by Marilyn Butler.

This book collected his iconoclastic essays on various topics, some surprisingly relevant over a century later. (Goodreads)

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished authors weigh in on timely issues, and a wide range of readers encounter the most vital academic insights and explore what they mean for the world at large.Think in Public: A Public Books Reader presents a selection of inspiring essays that exemplify the magazine's distinctive approach to public scholarship. Gathered here are Public Books contributions from today's leading thinkers, including Jill Lepore, Imani Perry, Kim Phillips-Fein, Salamishah Tillet, Jeremy Adelman, N. D. B. Connolly, Namwali Serpell, and Ursula K. Le Guin. The result is a guide to the most exciting contemporary ideas about literature, politics, economics, history, race, capitalism, gender, technology, and climate change by writers and researchers pushing public debate about these topics in new directions. Think in Public is a lodestone for a rising generation of public scholars and a testament to the power of knowledge.

This book is a collection of novels The Absentee, Madame de Fleury, and Emilie de Coulanges by Maria Edgeworth that address issues of nationalism in an Anglo-Irish context and that will be of much use to scholars, students and general readers interested in fictional works. MARIA EDGEWORTH was born in 1768. Her first novel, Castle Rackrent (1800) was also her first Irish tale. The next such tale was Ennui (1809), after which came The Absentee, which began life as an unstaged play and was then published (in prose) in Tales of Fashionable Life (1812), as were several of her other stories. They were followed in 1817 by the last of her Irish tales, Ormond. Maria Edgeworth died in 1849. Edited with an introduction and notes by Marilyn Butler.

Unflinching, fictional accounts of life in Ireland during the early twentieth century.This collection by James Joyce includes two of his most famous works: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners. Joyce spent years writing an autobiographical novel that he later turned into his first novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. It was first published as a book in 1916, shortly after its success as a magazine serial. Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories relating the often-gritty reality of Dublin's middle class in the early twentieth century. With famous titles such as “The Dead” and “Eveline,” this collection is a must-read for enthusiasts of classic literature.

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 28900 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Princess and the Goblin • Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women • Lilith: A Romance • The Princess and the Goblin • At the Back of the North Wind • The Light Princess • A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul • The Princess and Curdie • Unspoken Sermons, Series I., II., and III. • The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories • The Hope of the Gospel • A Double Story • The Portent and Other Stories • The Princess and Curdie • At the Back of the North Wind and Elizabeth Lewis • A Dish of Orts: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare • The Flight of the Shadow • Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • Stephen Archer, and Other Tales • Miracles of Our Lord • Gibbie • Malcolm • What's Mine's Mine — Complete • Far Above Rubies • David Elginbrod • The Marquis of Lossie • Adela Cathcart, Volume • Robert Falconer • Heather and Snow • The Vicar's Daughter • Cross Purposes and The Shadows • Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood • Thomas Wingfold, Curate • Mary Marston • Wilfrid Cumbermede • Alec Forbes of Howglen • The Seaboard Parish, Complete • Adela Cathcart • St. George and St. Michael • There & Back • Home Again • Donal Grant • England's Antiphon • Paul Faber, Surgeon • Warlock o'Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance • A Hidden Life and Other Poems • Salted with Fire • Weighed and Wanting • The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark • The Elect Lady • Gutta-Percha Willie • A Rough Shaking • At the Back of the North Wind • Rampolli • The poetical works of • The Princess and the Goblin • St. George and St. Michael • The poetical works of in two volumes — Volume • What's Mine's Mine — Volume • Thomas Wingfold, Curate V • The Seaboard Parish • My Contemporaries In FictionDavid Christie Murray • The Light Princess • Thomas Wingfold • etc.

After his kingdom of Ruritania had been invaded by a score or more of imitators, Mr. Anthony Hope came back to England to sing of a man sans arms, whose victories are as remarkable, if not so renowned, as those of Rudolph Rassendyll. Alexander Quisante becomes a power in the house of commons and a ruler in that realm of finance known in London as'the city,'all by the grace of a ready tongue, an adjustable conscience, and the stupidity of his fellow men. His equipment for a hero is very meager. In the first place he was'not quite a gentleman,'not merely in the English acceptance of that term, but even in our more democratic diction. The fact that nothing was known of his antecedents beyond the rumor that his father had grown wine in Spain might be overlooked, but not the defects in his manners and morals. On public occasions and in regard to public audiences he possessed a tact and a power of understanding the feelings of his company which entirely and conspicuously failed him in private life. He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter, but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms. This was the attitude of his mind, so strongly contradicted by the cringing of his body and the wheedling of his tongue...

Excerpt:'This edition is the same as that in seven large volumes published between 1903 and 1905, except that it has been revised and amended and arranged in more companionable shape. Some new matter is included; some doubtful matter has been removed; and the notes, although occasionally enriched, have been reduced in number and often condensed. For completer annotation as well as for portraits and accessory illustrations the old edition must be consulted. The present volume contains all Lamb's prose, with the exception of his work for children, his full notes in the Dramatic Specimens and Garrick Extracts, his prose plays and the Elia essays. The contents have been arranged in their order of publication, the earliest dating from 1798, when Lamb was twenty-three, and the latest belonging to 1834, the year of his death—thus covering the whole of his literary life.'

Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents. Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a prominent English writer and politician in the 19th century. Bulwer-Lytton is notable for being one of the first authors to earn a considerable fortune from just his books. Bulwer-Lytton also was responsible for famous sayings such as'pursuit of the almighty dollar'and'the pen is mightier than the sword'. Some of his most famous works include The Last Days of Pompeii, The Coming Race, and Zanoni. This collection includes the following: NOVELS: The Last Days of Pompeii The Coming Race Paul Clifford Zanoni Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings Rienzi, The Last of the Roman Tribunes A Strange Story The Last of the Barons