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The Pensées is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work.
Betrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès emerges with a new identity—and a carefully planned destiny. Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the world's great adventure novels, combining betrayal, imprisonment, escape, wealth, revenge, romance, and redemption into an unforgettable story. Edmond Dantès begins with a promising future, but the jealousy and schemes of others destroy his freedom and change the course of his life. Years later, circumstances transform him into the mysterious and extraordinarily wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, giving him the means to confront those who wronged him. With its unforgettable characters, dramatic twists, lavish settings, and exploration of justice and revenge, this classic remains a gripping reading experience for generations of readers. Discover one of literature's greatest tales of betrayal, transformation, revenge, and redemption.Ver livro
The Burglar And The Wizard by Alice Duer Miller is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Geoffrey Holland stood up and for the second time surveyed the restaurant in search of other members of his party, two fingers in the pocket of his waistcoat, as if they had just relinquished his watch. He was tall enough to be conspicuous and well bred enough to be indifferent to the fact, good loo This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Ver livro
English prose fiction before the novel: the euphuists, Sidney's Arcadia, Nashe, Deloney's weavers and the pamphlets that fed Shakespeare's plots. Jusserand was a French diplomat and scholar who wrote about English literature from the inside and knew the sixteenth century better than most Englishmen. He is excellent on Deloney and on the reading habits of apprentices. Sixty plates from Turner to Millais and Maclise bring the Elizabethan stage, London streets and the sixteenth-century world Jusserand describes into the book as pictures.Ver livro
A thirty-four-year-old gentlewoman of no fortune earns her living running errands for society women, and is proposed to by a marquess who has watched how she behaves when nobody is watching. Burnett wrote it for adults; it was a stage hit and the situation has been rewritten a hundred times since. This edition binds fifty plates of painting with the text, among them works by William Powell Frith, Walter Sickert and Harold Gilman, alongside one restored and coloured illustration.Ver livro
Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer and Bridgerton, a wonderful Regency romance from bestselling author Fenella J. Miller Mrs Mary Williams, a colonel's widow, arrives at Silchester Court with Miss Elizabeth Freemantle, who has been brought up as her sister. But Beth is actually the Duke of Silchester's cousin and he is her guardian. When the duke is called away to his estates in the North, Lord Aubrey, the duke's youngest brother, finds himself designated to oversee the London debut of both his sister, Lady Giselle, and his lively cousin, Beth. Mary is only four years older than Aubrey, but she is more worldly and well-travelled and worries that he might lead Beth astray. She and Aubrey become closer as they chaperone the young ladies, but Mary is not thinking of marrying a second time. She values her independence too much, and certainly not to a young gentleman like Lord Aubrey. Only when her reputation is lost, and marriage to Aubrey is impossible, does she understand that her feelings have changed. Will the duke allow her to be part of his prestigious family or is it too late for them to find happiness together? Please note: This is a re-issue of An Unconventional Bride by Fenella J. Miller A wonderful Regency romance perfect for fans of Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer and Mary Balogh. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Yet again, Fenella Miller has thrilled me with another of her historical stories. She brings alive a variety of emotions and weaves in facts relating to the era, all of which keep me reading into the small hours.' Glynis Peters– Bestselling author of The Secret Orphan. 'Curl up in a chair with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain. A fabulous series!' Jean Fullerton 'Loved every word of this book. Fenella is a great author and leaves her books with you wanting more. I can’t wait to read the next one.' 5 star Reader ReviewVer livro
Steps in Human Progress by Christian D. Larson is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: In the presence of modern thought and aspiration what may we consider the greatest, the worthiest, the most important and the most inspiring thing that man can do. This is one of the leading questions of today, and we are face to face with a new answer, an answer that has never been given before. In This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Ver livro
