Editorial: anamsaleem
The novel All Roads Lead to Cavalry offers an irreverent take on the social forces at play in England in the period leading up to and just following the outbreak of World War I. If you're interested in history but often find yourself bored by historical fiction, this funny, one-of-a-kind novel is for you.
H.G.Wells, best known for his science fiction novels, wrote many short stories which had the same engaging qualities as his major works. Strange, disturbing, but full of wit and humour, here are nine of them. “The Moth”“In the Avu Observatory”“The Stolen Bacillus”“The Flowering of the Strange Orchid”“The Beautiful Suit”“The Red Room”“The Apple”“The Diamond Maker”“The Treasure in the Forest”Ver libro
Like the hero in the novel, Mark Twain was also a time traveller. His boyhood was spent in the American South, where people followed agrarian lives. As the country modernized, inventions such as electricity and the move towards manufacturing rapidly changed the way people lived. By taking his readers back to King Arthur's 6th-century court, Twain explores the struggle between industrial progress and the ways of a rural past.Ver libro
George Birch, undertaker for the New England town of Peck Valley, finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial in the spring. When Birch stacks the coffins to reach a transom window, his feet break through the lid of the top coffin, injuring his ankles and forcing him to crawl out of the vault. Later, Dr. Davis investigates the vault, and finds that the top coffin was one of inferior workmanship, which Birch used as a repository for Asaph Sawyer, a vindictive citizen whom Birch had disliked, even though the coffin had originally been built for the much shorter Matthew Fenner. Davis finds that Birch had cut off Sawyer's feet in order to fit the body into the coffin, and the wounds in Birch's ankles are actually teeth marks.Ver libro
A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising. 1."The Mystery of Sasassa Valley", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2. "The Severed Hand", by Wilhelm Hauff 3. "The Black Ferry", by John Galt 4. "The Tête Noire", by Charles Allston Collins 5. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai 6. "The Judgement of Paris", by Leonard Merrick 7. "A Witch in the Peak" ,by R. Murray Gilchrist 8."The Door of the Trap", by Sherwood Anderson 9. "The Drover’s Wife", by Henry Lawson 10. "The Encased Man", by Anton Chekhov 11. "The Pistol-Shot", by Alexander Pushkin 12. "A Pastoral Horror", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 13. "The Other Side", by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock 14. "The Inn of the Two Witches", by Joseph Conrad 15. "The Hair", by A. J. Alan 16. "A Child’s Revenge", by Paul Bourget 17. "Gabriel-Ernest", by Saki 18. "The Haunted Doll’s House", by M. R. James 19. "An Egyptian Cigarette", by Kate Chopin 20. "Nyarlathotep", by H. P. Lovecraft 21. "Old Fags", by Stacy Aumonier 22. "The Idiot", by Arnold Bennett 23. "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant 24. "Odour of Chrysanthemums", by D. H. LawrenceVer libro
Charles Dickens beloved Christmas story narrated by Bill DeWees, with his special inflection to make the story English but easily understood by Americans. Particularly nice to hear in relistenings during the holiday season and year around.Ver libro
This story is, in essence, the novelization of Wollstonecraft's ultimate work, Vindication of the Rights of Women. It follows a girl who grows up in a moderately wealthy English family in 18th century, trying to find love and individuality in a time when such concepts are incomprehensible to society. Mary, the main character, follows life and love through a turbulent series of ups and downs while trying to remain true to herself.Ver libro
