Other books that might interest you

• 

  Chivalry - From their pens to...

  Ricardo Fernandez Garcia

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Ricardo Fernandez Garcia.

  Show book

• 

  Lessons from Literature - Short...

  D H Lawrence, Kate Chopin, Amy...

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Human history assigns roles in society by many metrics.  Gender, age, colour and class are but a few of the ways that order, status, and authority can be imposed by one part of society onto others. 
  In this volume our classic authors explore and explain how these rules really do control lives and outcomes.  
  1 - Short Stories About Gender Roles in Society - An Introduction 
  2 - A Modern Lover - Part 1 by D H Lawrence 
  3 - A Modern Lover - Part 2 by D H Lawrence 
  4 - The Unexpected by Kate Chopin 
  5 - The Recent Telepathic Occurence at the British Museum by Amy Levy 
  6 - Tony's Wife by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
  7 - The Woman in the Corner by Gertrude Colmore 
  8 - The Yellow Drawing Room by Mona Caird 
  9 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall 
  10 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence

  Show book

• 

  The Little Match Girl - From...

  Hans Christian Andersen

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is the prolifically talented Hans Christian Anderson.

  Show book

• 

  Crocker's Hole - From their pens...

  R D Blackmore

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7th June, 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now part of Oxfordshire), where his father, John Blackmore, was Curate-in-charge of the parish. His mother died a few months after his birth the victim of an outbreak of typhus. With this loss the family moved to Bushey, Hertfordshire, then on to their native Devon.  His elder brother Richard (by a year), however, was taken by his aunt to live near Oxford. His father married again in 1831, whereupon Richard returned to live with them.  With much of his childhood spent in the lush and pastoral "Doone Country" of Exmoor, and along the Badgworthy Water, Blackmore came to love the very countryside he immortalised in Lorna Doone.  In November 1853 he married his wife Lucy.  And the following year, 1854, his literary career began with a collection of Poems and for the next 15 years he would write in the winters and garden in the summers.  In 1860 with inherited money he built a house in Teddington just outside of London and established a market garden for the cultivation of fruit.  He loved horticulture but having little business experience could never really exploit it.  However with the publication of Lorna Doone in 1869 he was catapulted to fame.  And although he continued to write extensively nothing caught the public imagination quite like Lorna Doone.  RD Blackmore died at Teddington on 20th January, 1900 after a long and painful illness, and was buried next to his wife in Teddington cemetery.

  Show book

• 

  The Last Inspection - A story...

  Alun Lewis

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Alun Lewis was born on the 1st July 1915 in Cwmaman in South Wales. 
  He studied history at Aberystwyth and Manchester Universities before beginning a career as a teacher. 
  In 1940, despite his pacifism, he enlisted to serve in the Royal Engineers and later received a commission in the South Wales Borderers. 
  His first poetry collection ‘Raider’s Dawn’ was published in 1942 as was his short story collection ‘The Last Inspection’.  Both brought him critical acclaim and an admiring audience. 
  Later that year he was posted to India where his conscience and morality wrestled with suffering and poverty that so was so evident all around him. 
  Alun Lewis died on the 5th March 1944 in Rakhine, Myanmar, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, that was officially declared accidental.  He was 28.

  Show book

• 

  The Last Train - From their pens...

  Michael Vincent

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Michael Vincent.

  Show book