Casa editrice: Krill Press
Arthur Scott Bailey was one of the most prolific and popular authors of kids books in the early 20th century. He wrote several dozen books, many of which are still read today.
A sumptuous collection of over 60 short stories by some of the world's greatest writers. 'The Hoop' by Fedor Sologub 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry 'The Man Who Hated Aspidistras' by W. F. Harvey 'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton 'The End of a Show' by Barry Pain 'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson 'The First of April' by A. J. Alan 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray 'The Apple Tree' by Katherine Mansfield 'Story of the Vanishing Patient' by Elia W. Peattie 'The Clock' by W. F. Harvey 'The Book' by H. P. Lovecraft 'The Cactus' by O. Henry 'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Middleton 'Mrs. Brassington-Claypott's Children's Party' by F. Anstey 'Seashore Macabre' by Hugh Walpole 'Quality' by John Galsworthy 'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie 'The Beast in the Cave' by H. P. Lovecraft 'The Artist’s Secret' by Olive Schreiner ...and over 40 other gigantic little stories.Mostra libro
The funny and heartwarming story of a young lady whose zeal, snobbishness, and self-satisfaction lead to several errors in judgment Emma takes Harriet Smith, a young woman previously unknown to good society, under her wing, scheming for her advancement through an advantageous marriage. Her efforts to find Harriet a suitor occupy all of Emma's time. However, in the midst of her often fumbled attempts, she settles on a most unlikely union with her own constant critic: Mr. Knightly. This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.Mostra libro
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men, and Night Patrol. West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome. Arthur Graeme West was a British writer and war poet. West was born in Eaton, Norfolk, educated at Highgate School, then Blundell's School and Balliol College, Oxford, and killed by a sniper in 1917.Mostra libro
The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It explores and portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after the Great War and in the early 1920s. As in his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters in this novel are complex, especially with respect to marriage and intimacy. The work generally is considered to be based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism. Gloria and Anthony's story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish.Mostra libro
Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. These stories introduce us to the city, which fed Joyce’s entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. Rich in humour and musical allusion, they contain some of Joyce’s most powerful and moving prose.Mostra libro
CONTENTS: 01. A Suspicious Gift [Algernon Blackwood]02. Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp [Algernon Blackwood]03. The Wood of the Dead [Algernon Blackwood]04. A Baby Tramp [Ambrose Bierce]05. The Damned Thing [Ambrose Bierce]06. Dagon [H.P Lovecraft]07. The Horror of the Heights [Arthur Conan Doyle]08. The_Descendant [H.P Lovecraft]09. The Cats of Ulthar [H.P Lovecraft]10. The Evil Clergyman [H.P Lovecraft]11. He [H.P Lovecraft]12. The Book [H.P Lovecraft]13. In the Vault [H.P Lovecraft]14. Nyarlathotep [H.P Lovecraft]15. Death and the Woman [Gertrude Atherton]16. The Striding Place [Gertrude Atherton]17. Hop-Frog [Edgar Allan Poe]18. The Raven [Edgar Allan Poe]19. The Tell-Tale Heart [Edgar Allan Poe] 20. Shadow [Edgar Allan Poe] 21. The Beast in the Cave [H.P Lovecraft]22. The Doom That Came to Sarnath [H.P Lovecraft]23. The Vampire Maid [Hume Nisbet] 24. A Tale of the Ragged Mountains [Edgar Allan Poe]25. The Demon Spell [Hume Nisbet] 26. Out of the Earth [Arthur Machen] 27. The Signal-Man [Charles Dickens]28. The Colloquy of Monos and Una [Edgar Allan Poe]29. Demons of the Sea [William Hope Hodgson]30. Glámir [Sabine Baring-Gould] 31. Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story [Sabine Baring-Gould] 32. Tales of Secret Egypt [Sax Rohmer]33. Some Words with a Mummy [Edgar Allan Poe]34. In the Dark [Edith Nesbit]35. The Sea Raiders [H. G. Wells] 36. The Baron of Beauguard [Gilbert Parke]37. The Vampire [Jan Neruda]38 .A Journey of Little Profit [John Buchan]39. The Keeper of Cademuir [John Buchan] 40. Dickon the Devil [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]41. The Child That Went With The Fairies [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]42. Wicked Captain Walshawe, Of Wauling [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]43. Two Doctors Montague [Rhodes James]44. A School Story Montague [Rhodes James]45. The Diary of Mr. Poynter Montague[ Rhodes James]46. In the Forest of Villefére by [Robert Robert E. Howard]47. The Dream Snake [Robert E. Howard]48. The Thing On the Roof [Robert E. Howard]49. The Imp of the Perverse [Edgar Allan Poe] 50. The Devil in the Belfry [Edgar Allan Poe]Mostra libro
