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  Nisida

  Alexandre Dumas

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  "Nisida" by Alexandre Dumas is a tale of love, betrayal, and justice set against the vibrant backdrop of Italy. The story follows a young man entangled in a feud between two rival families, whose lives are forever changed by passion and revenge. At its heart is Nisida, a mysterious and captivating woman whose actions drive the plot to its dramatic climax. Dumas masterfully weaves themes of honor, morality, and sacrifice, exploring the consequences of unchecked emotions and societal expectations. Rich in suspense and emotional depth, the novel delves into the complexities of human relationships and the blurred lines between right and wrong. A compelling blend of romance and tragedy, "Nisida" reflects Dumas’s signature flair for intrigue and adventure.

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  Counterparts (Unabridged)

  James Joyce

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  James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
  COUNTERPARTS: The bell rang furiously and, when Miss Parker went to the tube, a furious voice called out in a piercing North of Ireland accent: "Send Farrington here!" Miss Parker returned to her machine, saying to a man who was writing at a desk...

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  The Death Room - Former soldier...

  Edgar Wallace

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  Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.  Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook.  
   
  By 1894 he was engaged but broke it off to join the Infantry being posted to South Africa. He also changed his name to Edgar Wallace which he took from Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur.  
   
  In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time.  
   
  By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press. 
    
  In 1911 his Congolese stories were published in a collection called Sanders of the River, which became a bestseller. He also started his own racing papers, Bibury’s and R. E. Walton’s Weekly, eventually buying his own racehorses and losing thousands gambling.  A life of exceptionally high income was also mirrored with exceptionally large spending and debts.  
   
  Wallace now began to take his career as a fiction writer more seriously, signing with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921. He was marketed as the ‘King of Thrillers’ and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce. He was truly prolific, capable not only of producing a 70,000 word novel in three days but of doing three novels in a row in such a manner. It was estimated that by 1928 one in four books being read was written by Wallace, for alongside his famous thrillers he wrote variously in other genres, including science fiction, non-fiction accounts of WWI which amounted to ten volumes and screen plays. Eventually he would reach the remarkable total of 170 novels, 18 stage plays and 957 short stories. 
   
  Wallace became chairman of the Press Club which to this day holds an annual Edgar Wallace Award, rewarding ‘excellence in writing’.  
   
  Diagnosed with diabetes his health deteriorated and he soon entered a coma and died of his condition and double pneumonia on the 7th of February 1932 in North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills. He was buried near his home in England at Chalklands, Bourne End, in Buckinghamshire.

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  Four Clever Brothers The - Story...

  Brothers Grimm

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  The German tale of four brothers who set out to learn their crafts in the big wide world. When they return home as skilled men; a thief, an astronomer, a hunter, and a tailor their skills are challenged by their father - 'I should like to try what each of you can do in this way.

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  Dethroned - Ukranian born...

  I N Potapenko

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  Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko was born on 30th December 1856 in the village of Fyodorovka in the Kherson Governorate of what was then the Russian Empire. 
   
  After an education that included studying at the Odessa University and the St Petersburg Conservatory Potapenko began his literary career, at first in tales detailing the lives of those Ukrainians all around him. 
   
  His undoubted talent soon took his canon beyond short stories to include both novels and plays.  
   
  I N Potapenko died on 17th May 1929 in Leningrad.  He was 72.

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  10 Masterpieces You Have to Read...

  Edgar Allan Poe, William...

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  This book contains the following works:1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug2. William Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust4. Mark Twain: Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Translator: Constance Garnett)6. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World7. Henry James: The Turn of the Screw8. Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince (Translator: Marina Zhigalova)9. Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray10. Kate Chopin: The Awakening

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