Maison d'édition: Carousel Books
A master craftsman brings one of the most fascinating periods in American history to vivid life in these provocative and poignant short stories, which include the masterpieces The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Captain Delano is approached on the open sea by a battered-looking ship lead by Captain Benito Cereno. Cereno, always accompanied by his personal slave Babo, explains that his crew was transporting a group of slaves from Africa when their ship was caught and damaged in severe weather. He is polite but always timid, and requests supplies for his ships remaining journey. Captain Delano agrees to help but begins to notice the strange social interactions and atmosphere of Cereno's crew and the slaves. Delano begins to believe that Cereno is hiding something, and turns out to be right, as a climactic battle breaks out between the two crews, Benito Cereno greatest secret is uncovered.Voir livre
Twelve short stories from the author of such classics as Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterly’s Lover. D. H. Lawrence’s first collection of short stories, The Prussian Officer and Other Stories, was published in England in 1914, and contains some of his best works, chronicling accounts of the time and place—from old mining communities to pre–First World War Germany. This definitive edition of these writings presents Lawrence’s stories as he intended them. They have been cleaned of corruptions and errors, as well as providing a history of each story and of the whole collection.Voir livre
Come visit Dr. Alinger in his Museum of Silence, where every breath could be your last.A HarperAudio production.Voir livre
Arthur Morrison was born on November 1st, 1863, in Poplar, in the East End of London. From the age of 8, after the death of his father, he was brought up, along with two siblings, by his mother, Jane. Morrison spent his youth in the East End. In 1879 he began as an office boy in the Architect's Department of the London School Board and, in his spare time, visited used bookstores in Whitechapel Road. He first published, a humorous poem, in the magazine Cycling in 1880. In 1885 Morrison began writing for The Globe newspaper. In 1886, he switched to the People's Palace, in Mile End and, in 1888, published the Cockney Corner collection, about life in Soho, Whitechapel, Bow Street and other areas of London. By 1889 he was an editor at the Palace Journal, reprinting some earlier sketches, and writing commentaries on books and articles on the life of the London poor. In 1890 he was back at The Globe and published ‘The Shadows Around Us’, a supernatural collection of stories. At this time he also began to develop a keen interest in Japanese Art. In October 1891 his short story A Street appeared in Macmillan's Magazine. The following year he married Elizabeth Thatcher and then befriended publisher and poet William Ernest Henley for whom he wrote stories of working-class life in Henley's National Observer between 1892-94. In 1894 came his first detective story featuring Martin Hewitt, described as "a low-key, realistic, lower-class answer to Sherlock Holmes”. Morrison published A Child of the Jago in 1896 swiftly followed by The Adventures of Martin Hewitt. In 1897 he published seven stories about Horace Dorrington, a deeply corrupt private detective, described as "a cheerfully unrepentant sociopath who is willing to stoop to theft, blackmail, fraud or cold-blooded murder to make a dishonest penny." To London Town, the final part of a trilogy including Tales of Mean Streets and A Child of the Jago was published in 1899. Following on came a wide spectrum of works, including novels, short stories and one act plays. In 1911 he published his authoritative work Japanese Painters, illustrated with art from his own collection. Although he retired from journalistic work in 1913 he continued to write about Art. In his last decades Morrison served as a special constable, and reported on the first Zeppelin raid on London. Tragically in 1921 his son, Guy, who had survived the war, died of malaria. The Royal Society of Literature elected him as a member in 1924 and to its Council in 1935. In 1930 he moved to Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. Here he wrote the short story collection Fiddle o' Dreams and More. Arthur Morrison died on December 4th, 1945. In his will he left his collection of paintings, woodcuts, and ceremonial tea porcelain to the British Museum. He also directed that his library be sold and his papers burnt.Voir livre
Master storyteller H.H. Munro— better known by the pen name “ Saki” — is famous for his witty, mischievous, and macabre stories of suspense. Saki specialized in impudent practical jokes, devilish trickery, and incredible yarns, and his writing became popular in the early 1900s for its witty and satirical look at the pretensions and ignorance of bourgeois English society. From the eerie yet humorous “ Gabriel Ernest” to the downright chilling “ The Interlopers,” this brilliant collection of tales— read by multiple award-winning British actor, Sir Derek Jacobi— will succeed in bringing both chills and laughs to listeners of all ages.Voir livre
Puf și gărgărița - un puișor curios se rătăcește departe de casă Firul de iarbă și ghiocelul - un fir de iarbă modest și un ghiocel arogant Ghiocelul și Martha albina - ghiocelul învață valoarea prieteniei și modestiei Pic motanul și Mica vrăbiuța - motanul Pic, poftind la vrăbiuțe și porumbei primește o lecție Mica vrăbiuța și Țic șoricelul de câmp - Mica vrăbiuța îl ajută pe șoricelul Țic să se mute din calea secerătorilor Țic șoricelul și Moni veverița cea hoață - șoricelului Țic da o lectie veveriței Moni Moni veverița și Nasture, corbul cântăreț - Moni se confruntă cu o nouă problemă - corbul cântăreț Nasture Nasture, corbul cântăreț și Pic motanul - corbul Nasture este lecuit de cântat de catre Pic și Miron Puf and the Ladybug - a curious chick wanders far from home The Blade of Grass and the Snowdrop - a modest blade of grass and an arrogant snowdrop The Snowdrop and Martha the Bee - the snowdrop learns the value of friendship and modesty Pic the Tomcat and Mica the Sparrow - Pic, craving sparrows and doves gets another lesson Mica the Sparrow and Țic the Mouse - Mica helps the little mouse Tic to move out of the path of the harvesters Țic the Mouse and Moni the Thief Squirrel - the mouse Tic teaches the squirrel Moni a lesson Moni the Squirrel and Button the Singing Raven - Moni faces a new problem - Button the singing raven Button the Singing Raven and Pic the Tomcat - Button the raven is cured of singing by Pic and Miron Please find and enjoy my other stories too. Love, GeoVoir livre
