Editora: Leverton Classics
This edition has original illustrations. This the first novel that Jane Austen wrote, but it is not well-known. This edition has been formated to give you the feel of an old book with antique illustrations.
Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940) was born in New York, son of an Irish-American family, and moved to London as a child. As a young man, he quickly established a reputation as a master of horror and decadent macabre stories. He was a close friend of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and other leaders of the aesthetic movement."When I Was Dead" is the macabre story of a man who gradually realises he has died unexpectedly...and resists vigorously this awful turn of events.Ver livro
The bestselling novel that established F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary reputation and brought to vivid life the glory and despair of the “Lost Generation.” Raised by his mother, a charismatic eccentric determined to show her son the very best that life has to offer, Amory Blaine spends his childhood traveling from one party to the next. For this worldly sophisticate, life is heaven—until reality comes crashing through the door. When a burst appendix limits his mobility, Blaine is sent to live in Minneapolis, where he finds that his unique sensibility does not endear him to the other boys. From prep school to Princeton to the crushing inhumanity of the US Army during World War I, Blaine searches for his proper place in the world. His quest brilliantly personifies the struggles of an entire generation that came of age in a time of great turmoil. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Ver livro
A psychopath gets his comeuppance in the form of The Black Cat.Ver livro
A collection of weird tales concerning strange, elemental forces of nature. Contents: The Swooping Wind by Wilford Allen (Weird Tales, 1927) The story of a scientist with a strange connection to the winds. The Spirits' Mountain by Gustavo Bécquer (The Contemporary, 1861) A young man is tasked with the retrieval of a scarf from a haunted mountain. The Glamour of the Snow by Algernon Blackwood (The Pall Mall Magazine, 1911) A writer falls in love with a ghostly ice-skater in the Valais Alps. The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood (Country Life, 1911) The story of a child’s fascination with a barren patch of land in a big garden. The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (The Listener and Other Stories, 1907) The story of a strange adventure through a desolate portion of the River Danube. The Tree of Life by Paul Ernst (Weird Tales, 1930) A curious tree whose leaves could revivify a corpse. Fog Country by Allison V. Harding (Weird Tales, 1945) The story of a peculiar mist that occasionally settles over a small, coastal town. Night Must Not Come by Allison V. Harding (Weird Tales, 1943) Man has never allowed complete darkness, for evil things are waiting beyond the light. Night of Impossible Shadows by Allison V. Harding (Weird Tales, 1945) Shadows, doing things not meant to be done. The Red Brain by Donald Wandrei (Weird Tales, 1927) The tale of a strange cosmic dust that engulfs the universe.Ver livro
Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) had no equal in the realm of the pure "thriller." "The Man of the Night" is a classic example of Wallace's genius. Stepping purposefully out of the dark shop, with a large sharp knife hidden under his coat, the wanted man met a stranger. But it was quite a different kind of stranger than he could have imagined... and what happens next is incomprehensible and inspiring.Ver livro
"The Adventure of the Resident Patient", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" eighteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Doctor Percy Trevelyan brings Holmes an unusual problem. Having been a brilliant student but a poor man, Dr Trevelyan has found himself a participant in an unusual business arrangement. A man named Blessington, claiming to have some money to invest, has set Dr Trevelyan up in premises with a prestigious address and paid all his expenses. In return, he demands three-quarters of all the money that the doctor's practice earns, which he collects every evening, going over the books thoroughly and leaving the doctor five shillings and threepence (5/3d) of every guinea (21 shillings or 1 pound/1 shilling in pre-decimalisation currency) from the day's takings. Blessington is himself infirm, it turns out, and likes this arrangement because he can always have a doctor nearby.Ver livro
