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Adam Bede was the first novel by Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot), and was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time.
Annabel Lee: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.Mostra libro
The Bells of San Juan is a novel by American author Jackson Gregory, published in 1919. It is a western adventure story set in a small California town, where a new sheriff faces a gang of outlaws led by Jim Galloway, a ruthless and ambitious criminal. The novel also features a romance between the sheriff and a young woman doctor, who helps him recover from a head injury that changes his personality. The title refers to the mission bells that ring to announce different events in the town, such as births, deaths, fires, weddings, and discoveries of gold. The novel was adapted into a silent film in 1922, starring Buck Jones as the sheriff.Mostra libro
Book 5: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame or Notre-Dame de Paris is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. - The story is set in Paris in 1482 during the reign of Louis XI. The gypsy Esmeralda (born as Agnes) captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but Quasimodo is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, who attempted to help Esmeralda but was knocked out by Quasimodo, is about to be hanged by beggars when Esmeralda saves him by agreeing to marry him for four years.Mostra libro
A southern clergyman's daughter is moved to a northern mill town, where she takes the strikers' side against a master she is beginning to respect. Gaskell wrote it for Dickens's magazine and fought him over the length and the pace all through the serial. The riot at the mill gates is the scene everyone remembers, but the argument about what a wage is goes on for another two hundred pages and does not resolve. Its 81 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.Mostra libro
What Does History Teach: Two Edinburgh Lectures by John Stuart Blackie is a thought-provoking collection of two lectures that examine the lessons of history. Blackie emphasizes how history serves as a mirror for contemporary society, offering crucial insights that can help shape present and future decision-making. His lectures address the value of studying history not merely as a chronicle of events but as a source of wisdom for understanding human behavior, political strategies, and societal development. Blackie urges readers to see history as a vital guide to addressing the challenges of their own time.Mostra libro
Nearer and nearer toward strange and unexplored regions, higher and higher sailed the Wonderful Elephant, borne along by the great silken balloon. Harold and Ione, the Prince and the little Princess slept peacefully. It was midnight by the hands of the clock, but the boundless aerial space through which they sped was lighted by myriads upon myriads of twinkling stars. On and still on through diamond-specked space the Elephant floated safely. Above, below, to right, to left, and round about in all directions, flashing, glittering globes of light were to be seen and of such dazzling hues and colors as had never been dreamed of by earth-bound mortals. The planet Neptune was wrapped 13in a bluish-green vapor; Uranus seemed a blinding white; Saturn emitted a yellow light; Jupiter shone like a glorious, crimson jewel; Mars blazed forth fiery red beams, while Mercury seemed bathed in a metallic green color...Mostra libro
