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This ebook is a haunting tale of absence, mystery, and the quiet traces of lives unseen. No Footprints in the Snow explores the emotional weight of disappearing acts—both literal and metaphorical—where silence speaks louder than presence. Poetic, chilling, and deeply introspective, it’s perfect for readers drawn to stories where the unknown leaves the deepest mark.
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff. The novel, influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction, is considered a classic of English literature. Wuthering Heights was accepted by publisher Thomas Newby along with Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey before the success of their sister Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, but they were published later. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited a second edition of Wuthering Heights, which was published in 1850. Wuthering Heights is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels ever written in English, but contemporaneous reviews were polarised. It was controversial for its depictions of mental and physical cruelty, including domestic abuse, and for its challenges to Victorian morality, religion, and the class system. CREATED: Narrated by Abigail Weir Author: Emily Brontë Date of original publication: 1847 Genre: novel Language : English Version : unabridged, full/complete Without subtitlesZum Buch
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare Enjoy our live recorded audio version of our theatrical stage production, gently adapted and performed by Meadow Sky Productions in October 2024. If you'd like to support us to create more stories and in turn empower us to elevate our performing arts community, consider supporting us monthly on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/c/MeadowSkyProductions Read more about us on our website: https://www.meadowskyproductions.com/home Instagram: @meadowskyproductions Directed by David Purkey Assistant Directed by Vreyah Palmantier Costumes by Dora Novak Costume Assistance by Lucinda Haigh Cast: Donald Emmerich as Theseus and Oberon Owen Cogen as Egeus and Quince Samuel Soyster as Lysander Isaac Fortune as Demetrius Jessica Hayes as Philostrate and Puck Kaz Paré-Mayer as Bottom Dane Eichelberger as Flute and Cobweb Sergio Carrillo as Snout, First Fairy, Peaseblossom and Attendant Jason Gunder as Snug, Second Fairy, Moth, and Attendant Andrea Carmack as Starveling and Mustardseed Anna Purkey as Helena Lucinda Haigh as Hermia Leah Chole as Hippolyta and Titania Finley Wittenborn as A Fairy and our Understudy of all roles Special thanks to Somni Studios for recording/editing our show!Zum Buch
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 Barbara Baynton.Zum Buch
"The Rue Morgue Murders" is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris, revealing a surprising and unusual outcome.Zum Buch
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine issue. The novel-length version was published in April 1891.The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian desires to sell his soul to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and visually records every one of Dorian's sins.Zum Buch
Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on the 30th August 1854 in London. He was one of 11 children. His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Illustrated London News, Macmillan's Magazine, Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, and The Queen. It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path. His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence’. As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record. He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’. Capes quickly became both prolific and popular. As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novels. Bernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic.Zum Buch
