Maison d'édition: Bu Classics Books
On the windswept moors, a tale of obsession and revenge unfolds between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Their love is a destructive force that transcends death, haunting the generations that follow. Raw, atmospheric, and deeply gothic, this story explores the boundaries of passion and the devastating consequences of a broken heart.
Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside in England on the 7th August 1902 into a privileged family steeped in titles and politics. Part of her education was at Miss Douglas's school at Queen's Gate. Here she met and befriended several other young women that the British tabloid press would later call the ‘Bright Young Things’, a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. Smith's paternal great-grandmother, was said to have been a Gypsy, and this sparked an early and life-long interest with the Romani people, she even went so far as to learn to read and speak the language, which she called ‘musical and broken.’ Her life was full of adventure and mishaps. A mistaken encounter with a man she thought could help her into the film business turned out to be threats of marriage and death from a man wanted for the murder of his father. She was even arrested twice. Once for listing her career as a journalist and another, in Rome, for walking around in a sleeveless dress. Smith began her career writing society gossip columns for various newspapers but later received an offer to write for the newly-formed Great Carmo Circus, with which she travelled for several years and was the source material for many of her books. Her first novel, ‘Red Wagon’, was published when she was 28 and it was an immediate bestseller. A prolific writer several of her works were also adapted for films. Smith also wrote ghost stories and others flavoured with evil. Her support for the Conservative party may be forgiven but her attributed quote to be a ‘warm adherent of General Franco’ less so. Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith died on the 20th October 1945 in Westminster after a long illness. She was 43.Voir livre
A young man wakes on his twenty-first birthday to find his bedroom turning into a forest, and walks through Fairy Land shadowed by a double he cannot shake off. MacDonald called it a faerie romance for men and women, not for children, and C. S. Lewis said reading it at sixteen baptised his imagination. Nothing is explained and little is resolved; what the book offers instead is the sensation of a dream that means something, held for three hundred pages. Forty plates by painters including Shishkin and Kittelsen follow the same path, pine woods, pools and phantom figures that shadow the young man's dream.Voir livre
The greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder produced innovative landscapes and vigorous, witty scenes of peasant life. He exerted a strong influence on painting in the Low Countries and through his sons Jan and Pieter, he founded a dynasty of painters that survived into the eighteenth century. Delphi's Masters of Art Series presents the world's first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Bruegel's complete works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material.Voir livre
One of the most influential works of modern literature, exploring creativity, independence, and the power of women's voices. Discover "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, the groundbreaking literary essay that has inspired generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. Blending elegant prose with profound insight, this timeless classic examines the relationship between creativity, education, financial independence, and artistic expression, making it one of the defining works of twentieth-century literature. Based on a series of lectures delivered at women's colleges, A Room of One's Own explores the historical barriers that limited women's opportunities in literature and the arts. Through thoughtful reflection, vivid imagination, and memorable examples, Virginia Woolf considers the conditions necessary for creative achievement while examining themes of education, equality, intellectual freedom, identity, and the enduring importance of independent thought. Her ideas continue to spark meaningful conversations about literature, culture, and society around the world. First published in 1929, "A Room of One's Own" is regarded as a landmark of literary criticism and feminist thought. Its influence extends across literature, history, education, gender studies, and cultural criticism, ensuring its place among the most important nonfiction classics of the modern era. Perfect for readers interested in classic literature, literary criticism, women's history, feminist philosophy, cultural studies, education, and timeless nonfiction, this remarkable work offers an engaging and thought-provoking reading experience. Experience one of the most important literary essays ever written. Add "A Room of One's Own" to your Kindle library today and discover a timeless classic that continues to inspire creativity, independence, and intellectual freedom.Voir livre
"Midsummer Night's Dream" is Shakespeare's classic tale of two couples who can't quite pair up to everyone's satisfaction. Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia. Hermia loves Lysander but has been promised to Demetrius by her father. Hermia's best friend Helena loves Demetrius, but in his obsession for Hermia Demetrius barely even notices her smitten friend. When Hermia and Lysander plan to elope all four find themselves in the forest late at night where the fairy Puck and his lord Oberon wreck havoc on the humans with a love potion that causes the victim to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. - Some Books of Shakespeare: - Romeo and Juliet (1597) - Hamlet (1599) - Macbeth (1606) - Julius Caesar (1599) - Othello (1603) - The Merchant of Venice (1598) - Much Ado About Nothing (1600) - King Lear (1606 - The Taming of the Shrew (1594) - The Comedy of Errors (1594)Voir livre
The Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within horror 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: Pestis eram vivus—moriens tua mors ero. —Martin Luther HORROR and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages. Why then give a date to this story I have to tell? Let it suffice to say, that at the period of which I speak, there existed, in the interior of Hungary, a settled although hidden belief This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Voir livre
