Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

• 

  Tragedy At Ravensthorpe

  J. J. Connington

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  During a masquerade ball at an English country estate with a valuable collection of artifacts on display there is a shot, the lights go out, and a robbery ensues. It's soon followed by an entertaining, if unsuccessful, chase of the thief by the costumed revelers. Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield's investigation discovers the robbery was planned as a practical joke that has gone awry. There are conflicting clues, unclear motives, and then even deaths which may or may not be related to the theft. The country estate is a charming character in its own right, with interesting features like "fairy houses" maintained through generations due to a clause in a will, a family curse, a museum for precious artifacts, secret passages, ruins, and an old quarry. J. J. Connington (died 1947) was an influential writer of the modernist period. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, Tragedy At Ravensthorpe 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.

  Mostra libro

• 

  The Story of Dr Dolittle

  Hugh Lofting

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Written by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. In this book, we are told how Dr John Dolittle came to learn the language of animals, and become and animal doctor. His journey to Africa to treat the sick Monkeys, and his return back to England. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

  Mostra libro

• 

  Miss Mackenzie

  Anthony Trollope

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope 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: First published by Trollope in 1865, this novel tells the tale of Margaret Mackenzie, an unattractive and colourless woman in her mid thirties. Having inherited a small fortune at the death of her brother, she can now seek personal happiness. This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

  Mostra libro

• 

  Rudder Grange

  Frank R. Stockton

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  A young couple, unable to afford a house, buy a derelict canal boat and set up in it — with a hired girl of alarming competence, a dog, a boarder, and eventually a burglar. Stockton was a wood engraver before he wrote The Lady, or the Tiger?, the most argued-over story in American literature; this 1879 book was his first success, and Pomona, the servant who reads sensation novels and acts on them, is one of the great comic creations.

  Mostra libro

• 

  Middlemarch (Book 2: Old and Young)

  George Eliot

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Middlemarch (Book 2: Old and Young), A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, from 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Leavened with comic elements, Middlemarch approaches significant historical events in a realist mode: the Reform Act 1832, early railways, and the accession of King William IV. It looks at medicine of the time and reactionary views in a settled community facing unwelcome change. Eliot began writing the two pieces that formed the novel in 1869–1870 and completed it in 1871. Initial reviews were mixed, but it is now seen widely as her best work and one of the great English novels.

  Mostra libro

• 

  The Man Who Was Thursday A...

  G.K. Chesterton

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  A secret council of anarchists, a terrifying plot, and a masquerade where nothing is as it seems—prepare for a nightmare that will challenge your grip on reality. 
  In early twentieth-century London, Scotland Yard detective and poet Gabriel Syme embarks on a dangerous crusade against an underground anarchist network hell-bent on destroying human civilization. Disguising himself as a radical poet, Syme infiltrates the Supreme Council of Anarchists, earning the title of "Thursday." Led by the colossal, terrifying President Sunday, this syndicate of masked madmen plots to obliterate order. As Syme plunges deeper into the organization, the stakes soar, and the very fabric of reality begins to unravel. Can Syme survive a deadly game of cat and mouse when every ally might be an enemy, and every enemy a phantom? 
  Why you will love this: Fans of mind-bending literature will be utterly captivated by this defining piece of Philosophical Thriller / Detective Fiction. Chesterton weaves an unforgettable tapestry blending tense police procedural elements, explosive espionage tropes, and surreal, metaphysical allegories. Expect razor-sharp dialogue, brilliant paradoxes, and a psychological cat-and-mouse game that redefines the detective genre. 
  About the Author: G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a prolific English writer, philosopher, and literary critic known as the "prince of paradox." His profound, whimsical storytelling deeply influenced modern fantasy, mystery fiction, and Christian apologetics, establishing a towering legacy that inspires readers and writers to this day.

  Mostra libro