Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

• 

  The Golden Age

  Kenneth Grahame

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The Golden Age is a collection of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood, notable for their conception of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult “Olympians” who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young—a theme later explored by J. M. Barrie and other authors.

  Zum Buch

• 

  A Little Joke - From their pens...

  Anthony Hope

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9th February 1863 in Clapton, London.  
  He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford.  Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1887. Despite what was thought to be a promising legal career he had literary ambitions and wrote in his spare time. 
  His early works appeared in various periodicals of the day but for his first book ‘A Man of Mark’ (1890), with no publisher interested, he published with his own resources.  
  More novels and short stories followed, including the mildly successful ‘Mr Witt's Widow’ in 1892. Hope even found time to run as the Liberal candidate for Wycombe in the election that same year but was unsuccessful. 
  His first major literary success came with ‘The Dolly Dialogues’, a collection of previously published magazine pieces followed very quickly by his instant classic, ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’. He now gave up the vestiges of his legal career to pursue writing full-time. 
  Despite never again reaching the same pinnacle of success he was popular and wrote prolifically across novels, plays and of course, short stories though his writing output rapidly diminished after the war. 
  In 1918 he was knighted for his contribution to propaganda efforts during World War I.  
  His short stories are delicate, mannered and often surprising with their wit, humour and interplay of characters who say one thing and usually mean another.  He was very definitely a writer of escapist rather than serious fare but they are no less enjoyable for that. 
  Anthony Hope died of throat cancer on 8th July 1933 at his country home, Heath Farm at Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey. He was 70.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Wuthering Heights

  Emily Brontë

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  This book by Emily Bronte is a classic of English literature. 
  "Wuthering Heights" is a passionate, obsessive love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father.  After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and believing his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He then proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. 
  The forlong love in the story is matched by the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur.  The novel is both brutal and beautiful in equal measure.

  Zum Buch

• 

  The World Set Free

  H. G. Wells

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  In 1914, H. G. Wells wrote about a world consumed by atomic fire. It wasn't fiction—it was prophecy.
  
  The World Set Free is a startlingly relevant novel that documents a future global conflict ignited by the invention of ceaseless, chain-reacting atomic bombs (coined "atom bombs" by Wells himself). H. G. Wells, the greatest futurist of his time, forces you to confront the terrifying destructive power of science unleashed. But the novel is not just a tale of war. After the devastation, humanity rises from the ashes, establishing a new, enlightened World Government and achieving a true utopian society.
  
  This novel is a powerful blend of military science fiction, philosophical debate, and hopeful social engineering. It is one of the most historically significant pieces of speculative fiction ever written, influencing scientists like Leo Szilard in the development of real atomic weaponry.
  
  Discover the novel that predicted the future of warfare and imagined the ultimate price of peace. Click "Buy Now" to instantly download this prophetic classic and explore Wells's vision for a world set free.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Ring Around the Sun

  Isaac Asimov

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  "Ring Around the Sun" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1940 issue of Future Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov. "Ring Around the Sun" was the fifth story Asimov wrote, and also the fifth to be published.

  Zum Buch

• 

  A Rainy Day - From their pens to...

  Mary Elizabeth Hawker writing as...

  • 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 Mary Elizabeth Hawker.

  Zum Buch