The Prime Minister

Anthony Trollope

Sinopse

The Palliser family comes to the forefront in a classic novel of politics and propriety from the series that inspired the BBC serial The Pallisers. With the Whigs and Tories at a standstill in attempts to form a working government, a compromise is finally reached, and the hardworking—and hardheaded—Plantagenet Palliser is installed as prime minister. But even as he gets used to the power and privilege of the high office, Palliser slowly and distressingly realizes that the government he leads is too fragile and disparate to actually accomplish anything. His own obstinate nature does not help matters.   At home, Palliser’s wife, Glencora, causes more chaos as she attempts to support her husband in any way, going as far as to suggest that her daughter’s dubious suitor attempt to stand for Parliament. Subject to political embarrassment and personal turmoil, the Palliser family will have to decide on whose side they stand if they are to survive major scandal.   In the penultimate installment of his epic Victorian saga, Anthony Trollope interweaves every last thread in anticipation of a truly climactic dénouement.   The Prime Minister is the 5th book in the Palliser Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.  This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Disponível desde: 15/11/2016.

Comprimento de impressão: 570 páginas.

Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

Tales from Edgar Allan Poe -...

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. 
Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. 
Here is a second collection of some of his best stories: "Masque of the Red Death", "Three Sundays In A Week", "The Sphinx", and "Hop-Frog". 
Don't miss the other volumes in the Tales from Edgar Allan Poe collection. 
©2011 Listen & Live Audio, Inc. (P)2011 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ver livro

The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

When a beautiful young woman, thought to be recently widowed, suddenly moves into the half ruined Wildfell Hall with her five year old son, young squire Gilbert Markham and the local residents are intrigued. Gilbert meets the aloof newcomer Helen Graham by chance, falls in love with her, and she with him. Their passion is held in check by her mysterious relationship with the handsome but cruel Arthur Huntingdon. Her dramatic flight from him is revealed in her journal – a story within a story.

Ver livro

Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

Alexander Puschkin, Nikolai...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.

Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

In the vast Empire of the Russians literature was a way to exchange ideas, values and cultures. Yet each author, each story, each character is an individual example of a journey that, story by story, has transformed the glimmering arc of its literature.

1 - The Top 10 - The 19th Century - The Russians - An Introduction
2 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy
3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat'
4 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
5 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
7 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov
8 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev
9 - The Shot by Alexander Pushkin
10 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub
11 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov
12 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin

Ver livro

The Fox The Captain's Doll The...

D.H. Lawrence

The acclaimed author of Sons and Lovers explores the effects of war on humanity in three novellas. Written between November 1920 and December 1921, these novellas were enthusiastically received by D. H. Lawrence’s readers. Including the original ending of The Fox, the Cambridge edition adds new depth to the legacy of Lawrence’s story of a disruptive fox in a troublesome time. A visit to Austria in 1920 inspired the characters and settings of The Captain’s Doll, diving into a storied relationship between a Scottish soldier and a German countess in occupied Germany. Also featuring the original unedited edition of The Ladybird, a heartbreaking tale of a wounded soldier and the English nurse who tended his wounds, this is a complete collection of three of Lawrence’s brilliantly crafted war stories about human emotions and relationships.

Ver livro

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Ebenezer Scrooge is heartless, stingy, and selfish. He spends his entire days in his office, buried in hefty accounting books. He avoids good deeds like the plague, is never pleasant, and despises Christmas. However, under the influence of extraordinary events that unfold on a certain Christmas Eve, his life undergoes a complete transformation...A timeless tale of the magic of Christmas, of doing good, and of mutual kindness.

Ver livro

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick is a novel by Herman Melville, in which an eerily compelling madman is pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

Ver livro