Publisher: Charles River Editors
Gustave Flaubert was a prominent French writer in the 19th century. Flaubert, who wrote the classic novel Madame Bovary, was a significant contributor to literary realism. This edition of The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller includes a table of contents.
On Christmas Eve, two children, a brother and sister, leave their grandmother's house in an Alpine village and get lost in the mountain snow. They become trapped among the rock crystals of the frozen glacier. This short and gripping novel, by 19th century Austrian master Adalbert Stifter, influenced Thomas Mann and others with its suspenseful, simple, myth-like story and majestic depictions of nature. Poet W.H. Auden called the work "a quiet and beautiful parable about the relation of people to places, of man to nature." (Introduction by Greg W.)Show book
Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's classic comic romance, in which the five Bennett sisters try to find that most elusive creature: a single man in possession of a large fortune. Sparks fly when sweet, pretty Jane meets their new neighbor, Mr. Bingley, but her sister Elizabeth is most offended by his haughty friend, Mr. Darcy. This is Austen at the height of her powers: the ironic narration, hilariously drawn supporting characters, and romantic suspense make this her most enduringly popular novel.Show book
A: Oh, They were sick to bloody death. They were ten years old, and already half of their lives had been spent sitting in that bottom group— Q: How else—A: —dealing with teachers who asked the class to do one thing, and the bottom group another; teachers who couldn't subtly differentiate their lesson plans; teachers who asked the class to turn to page fifteen in the workbook, while handing the bottom group a separate sheet…Show book
Melting Point fuses prose and poetry, realism and literary inventiveness, in dealing with the absurdity of humanity. It's fourteen stylistically diverse stories, flirt with irony, paradox and enigma. The most striking thing about Magarian's collection is its range of interests, the multiplicity of the worlds evoked, and the extreme contrasts among its characters: a feted, reclusive writer; a seductive murderess with a fondness for Bourbon and fellatio; a thief obsessed with a Toulose Lautrec print; a fruit and vegetable merchant who has a genius toddler; and a deep sea diver who can only be free from clumsiness when she is submerged in water. Stories and characters flow from these molten moments in a series of fictions that touch on ecstasy, excess and the elemental.Show book
In a collection of short tales inspired by his experiences, Gambhir reveals insight into his interactions with housewives, students, ex-cons, bootleggers, seekers, and healers pursuing side gigs in an economic revolution. From a Buddhist monk-in-training who drove an Uber to make ends meet while questioning the evils of materialism to a former circus daredevil seeking the infinite calm in Key West to a Somalian transplant relying on her faith to drive in treacherous weather, Gambhir’s stories delve beneath the surface of the mundane and the ordinary to provide a fresh look into the people, places, and cultures that comprise our big beautiful world. The Uber Chronicles is a volume of bite-sized stories that highlight the wisdom and insight gathered from an Uber passenger’s short conversations with his drivers while en route.Show book
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of short stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.'The Reconciliation' is the story of two old enemies who had quarrelled as students but who are now attempting to reconcile by spending an evening together. But as they drink more whisky, the old antagonism raises its head again...and then one man suggests a boxing match....Show book
