Publisher: DD Sales & Distributors
Experience romance in the sprawling prairies with Her Prairie Knight by B. M. Bower. This captivating tale unfolds the story of a city woman who finds love in the most unexpected place: the rugged landscapes of the American West. With its spirited characters and enchanting setting, Her Prairie Knight is a delightful read for all lovers of romantic fiction.
Sir Henry Delmé, a soldier-baronet who has spent his youth restoring the fortunes of an old Norman family, falls in love at last at Leamington, with Julia Vernon, a widow's daughter he first sees sketching in a park. Then letters from Malta tell him that his younger brother George is ill and strangely troubled, and Henry leaves England to find him, only to find the reason in George's room: a young Greek girl. The search takes the brothers on to Naples and Rome, and breaks down much of what Henry believed a family owed its name. The author wrote the book in lonely evenings in the Australian bush and dedicated it to Lady Gipps, wife of the governor of New South Wales. Fifty-five plates after painters including William Powell Frith and Henry Moore carry the reader from English merry-making to the Salon d'Or at Homburg, matching the novel's movement from Leamington to the Continent.Show book
Clara Amedroz has no money and two men: her cousin, who will inherit the estate she grew up in, and a suitable gentleman with a career. Trollope wrote before breakfast, by his watch, 250 words a quarter-hour; he dismissed this novel of 1866 as having no particular merit, which is unfair — it is the one where he looks hardest at what a woman without an income is actually choosing between. Fifty-six plates, from Tissot to Millet, gather the seaside, the harvest field, and the woman alone at her window: the same quiet arithmetic of duty, income, and choice that Trollope works out at Belton.Show book
Natalya was once a happy and radiant young woman. Now an older woman, she reflects about her youth. In particular, she thinks about the heavy emphasis she put on her wealth and the relationships and experiences that it cost her. One man, Pyotr, loved her, but they both let their different statuses in society prevent their love from having a chance. After years of unhappiness and regret, Pyotr comes to visit Natalya.Show book
Lavretsky comes home to his estate at forty, ruined by a wife he has left in Paris, and meets a girl of nineteen who plays the piano — and then a newspaper reports that the wife is dead. Turgenev was the first Russian read across Europe and admired by Flaubert and James; this 1859 novel was the one Russians loved most in his lifetime, and the last scene, in a monastery garden, is the quietest ending he wrote. Twenty-three plates by painters including Polenov and Venetsianov follow the novel's own landscape of old gardens, quiet interiors and returning travellers.Show book
The Vicar of Wakefield, a novel by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, has long been regarded as a literary treasure of 18th-century English fiction. Though often simple in plot and unassuming in its narrative style, the novel reveals the depth of Goldsmith's genius and the charm of his storytelling, which has captivated readers across generations. The novel recounts the trials and tribulations of Dr. Charles Primrose, the vicar of the title, and his family. A man of virtuous character, the vicar's steadfast belief in providence and moral integrity is tested through a series of misfortunes—financial ruin, deception, and personal calamity. Yet, it is through these trials that the narrative explores themes of resilience, forgiveness, and the essential goodness of the human spirit. Goldsmith’s portrayal of the Primrose family, especially the vicar’s unwavering faith, serves as both a reflection of the virtues of 18th-century morality and an enduring commentary on human dignity.Show book
"Before there were robots, there was the Dynamo - and it was hungry." In the heart of a Victorian electric shed, amidst a deafening roar of iron and steam, sits the Big Dynamo. To the cruel engineer Holroyd, it is just a powerful tool of the modern world. But to his mistreated assistant, Azuma-zi, the machine is something far more terrifying. It is alive. It is a King. It is a God. Trapped in a world of humming wires and buzzing electricity, Azuma-zi finds himself mesmerized by the rhythmic thrum of the great machine. As Holroyd’s bullying turns to violence, Azuma-zi begins to hear a voice in the engine's drone - a voice demanding a sacrifice. Can Holroyd survive the very monster he helped create? And when the Great Dynamo finally speaks, who will be chosen to satisfy its hunger? Feel the floor tremble and the air buzz with lethal current. Experience H.G. Wells' haunting vision of industrial terror - press play now and witness the birth of a new, darker god.Show book
