Editora: Bu Classics Books
In the smoke-choked slums of Clerkenwell, the struggle for survival strips humanity down to its rawest elements. Characters fight against a destiny dictated by crushing poverty, where hope is a dangerous luxury and charity is often futile. This is a bleak, uncompromising vision of the urban underclass that refuses to look away from the darkness.
A baby is deposited in the bed of Squire Allworthy, a wealthy widower in Georgian England. The baby is given the name of Tom Jones and given to Allworthy's live-in sister to raise. She soon marries and has her own son, and the two boys are raised together, with the usual household rivalries and jealousies. As Tom reaches his late teenage years, he discovers the several young ladies that surround, but especially the one that lives next door. Circumstances eventually lead to Tom being thrown out of Allworthy's house, and the bulk of the novel is about the resulting adventures and pursuit of his beloved Sophia. Tom Jones is many things: a coming-of-age story, a romance, a picaresque, but it is first and foremost a comedy. It is also one of the earliest English novels, and was hugely popular when it was released, going through four printings in its first year. Fielding used the first chapter of each of its eighteen "books" to weigh in on a wide-range of topics, from critics to religion, and his narrator is as important a character in the novel as Tom himself. Highly regarded and highly popular, it is still in print over three-and-a-half centuries after its initial success. Henry Fielding (died 1754) was one of the foundational figures of Western literary tradition. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.Ver livro
Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics 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: "It stands to reason," said Twombly, "that a man must accept of his own eyes, and when eyes and ears agree, there can be no doubt. He has to believe what he has both seen and heard." "Not always," put in Singleton, softly. Every man turned toward Singleton. Twombly was standing on hearthrug, his bac This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Ver livro
A young man kept in the wrapping by his father until he is twenty-eight — betrothed since childhood to a girl he has never seen — is finally released into Europe, and falls immediately for a clever woman who has no intention of marrying him. James settled in England and took British nationality at the last; this 1874 story is his lightest treatment of the innocent abroad, and the woman is the honest one in it.Ver livro
A Long Island family with a beautiful daughter comes to New York to sell her — into a chorus line first, then into the best marriage the mother can arrange, the auction block being the point of the title. Beach joined the Klondike rush at twenty-two, struck nothing, and mined the experience instead; here he leaves the North for Broadway, and the mother is one of the most convincing monsters in American fiction.Ver livro
What begins as a well-intentioned effort quickly spirals into a masterpiece of comic chaos. At his Aunt Dahlia’s country estate, Bertie Wooster finds himself surrounded by romantic entanglements, wounded pride, and a cast of eccentrics that seem determined to complicate life at every turn. Confident in his own abilities—and against the better judgment of his ever-reliable valet—Bertie takes it upon himself to set things right. The result? Utter pandemonium. Between a lovesick newt enthusiast, a fiery French chef on the brink, broken engagements, and a prize-giving ceremony headed for disaster, Bertie’s interventions only deepen the confusion. With social catastrophe looming and his own freedom at risk, he must do the unthinkable: admit defeat and turn once more to the incomparable Jeeves. With razor-sharp wit, perfectly timed farce, and unforgettable characters, Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of P. G. Wodehouse’s finest comic achievements. Narrated with warmth and precision by Paul Landergan, this production captures every nuance of Wodehouse’s timeless humor. 🎧 This audiobook is produced under the Certified Human Voice™ standard—performed entirely by a human narrator, with no AI-generated voices.Ver livro
In the quiet Dutch settlement of Sleepy Hollow, nestled in the Hudson Valley, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane finds himself entangled in local superstition and romantic rivalry. He competes for the affection of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, only to be confronted by the eerie legend of the Headless Horseman—a ghostly figure said to haunt the region in search of his lost head.Blending gothic horror with subtle humor and folklore, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of America's earliest and most enduring ghost stories. Irving masterfully captures the mood of early American superstition and rural life, creating a tale that is both haunting and strangely charming.Ver livro
