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"A Room with a View" is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. The novel is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century.
“I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.” Narrator RJ Bayley and Audiobook Empire have once again teamed up to bring you another Gothic classic from Bayley's Bookshelf. Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde explores the bifurcated nature of one man's psyche and the turmoil it can bring upon society, in a time when such things were not fully understood.Voir livre
Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 1 - Six of the Best - Jerome K Jerome - An Introduction 2 - Jerome K Jerome - An Introduction 3 - The Absent Minded Man by Jerome K Jerome 4 - The Man of Science by Jerome K Jerome 5 - The Man Who Went Wrong by Jerome K Jerome 6 - The Man Who Did Not Believe in Luck by Jerome K Jerome 7 - 76 - The Lesson by Jerome K Jerome 8 - Told After Supper - The Doctor's Story by Jerome K JeromeVoir livre
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. Book 4: 1806: Early in the year 1806 Nicholas Rostóv returned home on leave. Denísov was going home to Vorónezh and Rostóv persuaded him to travel with him as far as Moscow and to stay with him there. Meeting a comrade at the last post station but one before Moscow, Denísov had drunk three bottles of wine with him and, despite the jolting ruts across the snow-covered road, did not once wake up on the way to Moscow, but lay at the bottom of the sleigh beside Rostóv, who grew more and more impatient the nearer they got to Moscow.Voir livre
"Pride and Prejudice" is a classic novel written by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story is set in rural England in the early 19th century and follows the life of Elizabeth Bennet, the intelligent and spirited second daughter of the Bennet family. The novel explores themes of love, marriage, social class, and individual character. Elizabeth navigates the challenges of her era, particularly the expectations placed on women regarding marriage and propriety. The central plot revolves around her evolving relationship with the wealthy and initially aloof Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Their interactions are marked by misunderstandings, prejudices, and eventual personal growth, as both characters learn to look beyond their first impressions. "Pride and Prejudice" is celebrated for its witty dialogue, keen observations of social manners, and richly developed characters. It remains one of the most beloved works in English literature, often noted for its timeless exploration of human relationships and society.Voir livre
Little information survives on Catherine’s life. She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872. In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells. Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey. He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras register office. In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a family. When they did they had two children; Philip in 1901 and Frank two years later. For much of her life she seemed to pursue other interests, being a mother, a gardener, running much of her husband’s business affairs and this seemed to leave little time for her own literary pursuits. She published little during her lifetime apart from a few poems and some short stories. Indeed her prodigiously talented husband even referred to her as ‘Jane’ and soon all around her did too, her writing life seemingly in another personality far, far away. By the mid 20’s she was ill with cancer and succumbed to its advance in 1927. Wells, although wayward and promiscuous during much of the marriage, now attempted to put his wife’s literary merits into book form and published ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’, a collection of short stories and poems.Voir livre
"The Iliad" is an epic by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy.Voir livre
