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I think myself that descriptions of places are generally dull, but I have sometimes thought that was because the authors do not tell you what you truly want to know. However, dull or not, here goes—because you won't understand anything unless I tell you what the place was like...FROM THE BOOKS.
They stood with feet braced apart, trading fury, a metal rain on shivering plastic. The stuff was almost unbreakable, but not quite, not for long when such violence dinned on it. Bo felt a lifting wild glee, something savage he had never known before leaped up in him and he bellowed. He was stronger, he could hit harder. Lundgard's helmet would break first!...FROM THE BOOKS.Mostra libro
What happens when the fated mates doubt their destiny and go through the most brutal kind of marriage counseling thanks to a villain? In this Snow Queen retelling, Lir and Louisa endure a hellish experience on their way to that happy ending. (This is a short novel in the Wicked Darlings series. It is concurrent to the events of book two, A Court of Hearts and Hunger, and it contains spoilers for books one and two in the series.) As the King and Queen of the Seelie Court of Delight, Lir and Louisa travel to the prison of Griem Dorcha to hear the cases of the Unseelie Fae that Drosselmeyer freed from his mansion. But when their journey takes an unexpected turn, they are trapped in an icy stronghold and forced to play a twisted game. As the stakes rise higher, Louisa must confront her deepest doubts about her marriage and her worst fears about life in Faerie—as well as some harsh truths about herself. Contains mature themes.Mostra libro
Jerome Klapka Jerome was born on the 2nd May 1859 at Belsize House in Caldmore, Walsall, England. His family were reduced to poverty whilst he was a toddler owning to failed investments in the local mining industry. After several moves in declining circumstances Jerome became a pupil at St Marylebone Grammar School. His aim then was to go into politics, or even become a man of letters, but with the death of his father, when he was thirteen, and his mother two years later, now meant that he had to support himself and leave all thoughts of education behind. He spent four years working for the London and North Western Railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the railway lines. Thereafter, using the name Harold Crichton, he tried his hand at acting but the repertory company he joined was stretched in its resources and, at times, relied on the actors to purchase their own props and costumes. After three years he tried journalism, teaching and work as a solicitor’s clerk. All came to nothing. Finally, in 1885, he had some success with ‘On the Stage―and Off’, a comic memoir collection of his stage experiences and his early attempts at acting. Shortly thereafter he married and his honeymoon on the Thames became the inspiration for ‘Three Men in a Boat’. This of course was a wild success, both critically and commercially, but also his creative high point. Although he was now able to write full time, he was never able to attain all the heights of that classic humorous novel. He remained a prolific writer of novels, plays and short stories and its from those classic works that these stories have been mined. Jerome K Jerome died in Northampton General Hospital on the 14th June 1927 two weeks after suffering a paralytic stroke and a cerebral haemorrhage on a motoring tour. He was 68.Mostra libro
The Yellow Fairy Book is one of the celebrated fairy-tale collections edited by Andrew Lang (1844–1912), the Scottish poet, folklorist, historian, and literary critic. Lang devoted much of his life to gathering and retelling traditional stories from around the world, making them accessible to generations of readers. Although his name appears on the cover, the work of translating and adapting many of these tales was undertaken with the invaluable assistance of his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. First published in 1894, The Yellow Fairy Book is the fourth volume in Lang's famous Fairy Book series, following The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, and The Green Fairy Book. Like its companions, it brings together a rich assortment of stories drawn from diverse cultures and traditions, preserving old folklore while presenting it in a lively and engaging form. The tales that follow are filled with magic, adventure, courage, and wit. Some have become enduring classics, while others remain delightful discoveries for modern readers. Together they offer a glimpse into the imagination of many peoples and many ages, united by the timeless appeal of storytelling. Some are not for the squeamish and are by no means the sanitised versions of Fairy Stories that we often see and hear. Head Stories Audio presents The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. With original music and narration by Simon Hester.Mostra libro
""Amoretti" is a captivating sequence of 89 sonnets written by the renowned English poet Edmund Spenser. These sonnets follow the tradition of Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form during the Renaissance period. Let's explore more about this poetic work: The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for poets of the Renaissance period. Spenser's sequence has been largely neglected in modern times, while those of his contemporaries William Shakespeare and Sir Philip Sidney have been acclaimed. However, because of the artistic skill, along with the emotion and the humor exhibited, these poems deserve a broader hearing, even though they may be somewhat difficult for the present-day reader, partly through Spenser's love for words and expressions that were already archaic in his time."Mostra libro
A collection of 9 short stories: The Scandal Of Father Brown; The Quick One; The Blast Of The Book; The Green Man; The Pursuit Of Mr Blue; The Crime Of The Communist; The Point Of A Pin; The Insoluble Problem; and, The Vampire Of The Village.Mostra libro
