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In a foreign city, a woman without family or fortune fights to maintain her autonomy while battling crushing loneliness, her internal world becoming a landscape as haunting and volatile as the storms that reflect her spirit.
Bleak House is one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story follows long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. This case revolves around atestator who apparently made several wills.Ver livro
Virginia Woolf's final novel is a lyrical masterpiece that reflects on history, community, and the enduring power of art. Discover "Between the Acts" by Virginia Woolf, the celebrated final novel from one of the twentieth century's most influential literary voices. Rich in poetic language, psychological insight, and innovative storytelling, this timeless classic offers a profound meditation on identity, memory, creativity, and the shared experiences that connect generations. Set in the English countryside on the eve of the Second World War, the novel centers on the preparations for a village pageant that brings together people from different walks of life. As the performance unfolds, Woolf skillfully blends public spectacle with private reflection, revealing the inner thoughts, emotions, and relationships of her characters. Through themes of history, art, community, time, and the changing nature of society, Between the Acts explores the complexities of human experience with remarkable depth and elegance. Published posthumously in 1941, "Between the Acts" stands as Virginia Woolf's final completed novel and a landmark achievement of modernist literature. Its experimental narrative style, lyrical prose, and enduring themes have earned it a lasting place among the masterpieces of English fiction. Perfect for readers who enjoy classic literature, literary fiction, modernist novels, psychological fiction, British literature, historical fiction, and thought-provoking classics, this remarkable novel offers a rewarding reading experience filled with beauty, reflection, and timeless insight. Experience the final masterpiece of a literary pioneer. Add "Between the Acts" to your Kindle library today and discover a timeless novel that celebrates the enduring connections between history, art, and the human spirit.Ver livro
Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit 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: Although every word of this story is as true as despair, I do not expect people to believe it. Nowadays a "rational explanation" is required before belief is possible. Let me then, at once, offer the "rational explanation" which finds most favor among those who have heard the tale of my life's trage This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Ver livro
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5th, 1850 near Dieppe in France. Maupassant’s early life was badly torn when at age 11 (his younger brother Hervé was then five) his mother, Laure, a headstrong and independent-minded woman, risked social disgrace in order to obtain a legal separation from her husband. After the separation, Laure kept custody of her two boys. With the father now forcibly absent, Laure became the most influential and important figure in the young boy's life. Maupassant’s education was such that he rebelled against religion and other societal norms but a developing friendship with Gustave Flaubert began to turn his mind towards creativity and writing. After graduation he volunteered for the Franco-Prussian war. With its end he moved to Paris to work as a clerk in the Navy Department. Gustave Flaubert now took him under his wing. Acting as a literary guardian to him, he guided the eager Maupassant to debuts in journalism and literature. For Maupassant these were exciting times and the awakening of his creative talents and ambitions. In 1880 he published what is considered his first great work, ‘Boule de Suif’, (translated as as ‘Dumpling’, ‘Butterball’, ‘Ball of Fat’, or ‘Ball of Lard’) which met with a success that was both instant and overwhelming. Flaubert at once acknowledged that it was ‘a masterpiece that will endure.’ Maupassant had used his talents and experiences in the war to create something unique. This decade from 1880 to 1891 was to be the most pivotal of his career. With an audience now made available by the success of ‘Boule de Suif’ Maupassant organised himself to work methodically and relentlessly to produce between two and four volumes of work a year. The melding of his talents and business sense and the continual hunger of sources for his works made him wealthy. In his later years he developed a desire for solitude, an obsession for self-preservation, and a fear of death as well as a paranoia of persecution caused by the syphilis he had contracted in his youth. On January 2nd, 1892, Maupassant tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Unsuccessful he was committed to the private asylum of Esprit Blanche at Passy, in Paris. It was here on July 6th, 1893 that Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant died at the age of only 42.Ver livro
The Case of Lady Sannox (also published as "The Kiss of Blood") is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in The Idler in November 1893.The story features an arrogant surgeon, Douglas Stone, who is in love with the married Lady Sannox, one of the most beautiful women in London. On his way to a rendezvous with her, the surgeon is asked by a Turkish man to operate on the latter's wife, who has cut her lip with a poison envenomed scimitar. The doctor is informed the woman will die if the poison is not cut out.Because of his desire to meet his lover, his need for money, his professional arrogance, and the opinion of the Turk that any delay would kill his wife, the surgeon goes ahead with the operation on the heavily drugged wife, whose face is obscured by a veil. After he has performed the operation, Dr. Stone realizes his patient is Lady Sannox, and the Turk her husband, who believes the disfigurement will be morally good for his wife. The surgeon suffers a breakdown.Ver livro
We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? When the play they are attending is interrupted by a policeman yelling at everyone to stay where they are and not get out of their seat, most of the audience in the Roman Theater think nothing of it. After all, the play is about the underworld and the police, and has been full of the sounds of sensationalized criminal society. But this policeman isn't part of the play; someone in the audience has been murdered. Inspector Richard Queen soon arrives on the scene, closely followed by his son Ellery, a mystery writer who often assists Richard on his cases. They quickly determine the victim was a well-known crooked lawyer, and discover an odd clue: the man's top hat is missing. That clue will loom large as the Queen's investigation leads them deeper into both New York high society and the criminal world in which the dead man moved. The Roman Hat Mystery is the first of the Ellery Queen detective novels . Ellery Queen is the pseudonym of a pair of cousins who wrote most of the novels, as well as the name of their fictional amateur detective. Ellery Queen was a significant literary figure whose work has stood the test of time. This public domain edition preserves the original text in its entirety, making it accessible to modern readers and scholars alike. As a work of classic literary fiction, The Roman Hat Mystery exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.Ver livro
