Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
All characters reduced
At His Gates - At His Gates - cover

At His Gates - At His Gates

Mrs. Oliphant

Publisher: e-artnow

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

"At His Gates" is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant first published in 1872. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Extract:
 "Thus they were happier, more hopeful, more at their ease. They went more into society, and received more frequent visits from their friends. The new studio made many social pleasures possible that had not been possible. Of itself it implied a certain rise in the world. It gave grace and completeness to their little house. Nobody could say any longer that it was half a house and half a workshop, as Helen, under her breath, in her impatience, had sometimes declared it to be. The workshop phase was over, the era of self-denial gone—and yet Robert was not driven from the art he loved, nor prevented from putting on his old coat and stealing away in the evenings to visit the mistress who was dearer to him than anything else except his wife."
Available since: 01/07/2021.
Print length: 460 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • Before the War - cover

    Before the War

    Fay Weldon

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Consider Vivien in November 1922: she is twenty-four, and a spinster. She wears fashionable clothes, but she is plain and - almost worse in those times - intelligent. At nearly six foot tall, she is known unkindly by her family as ‘the giantess.'  
    Fortunately, Vivien is rich, so she can travel to London and bribe a charismatic gentleman publisher to marry her. What he does not know is that Vivien is pregnant with another man’s child, and will die in childbirth in just a few months...
    Show book
  • The White Camellia - cover

    The White Camellia

    Juliet Greenwood

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    1909. Cornwall. Her family ruined, Bea is forced to leave Tressillion House, and self-made business woman Sybil moves in. Owning Tressillion is Sybil's triumph – but now what? As the house casts its spell over her, as she starts to make friends in the village despite herself, will Sybil be able to build a new life here, or will hatred always rule her heart?
    
    Bea finds herself in London, responsible for her mother and sister's security. Her only hope is to marry Jonathon, the new heir. Desperate for options, she stumbles into the White Camellia tearoom, a gathering place for the growing suffrage movement. For Bea it's life-changing, can she pursue her ambition if it will heap further scandal on the family? Will she risk arrest or worse?
    
    When those very dangers send Bea and her White Camellia friends back to Cornwall, the two women must finally confront each other and Tresillion's long buried secrets.
    Show book
  • John Saturnall's Feast - A Novel - cover

    John Saturnall's Feast - A Novel

    Lawrence Norfolk

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    “An enthralling tale of an orphan kitchen boy turned master of culinary arts, with sumptuous recipes and intoxicatingly gorgeous illustrations.” —Vanity Fair   A beautiful, rich and sensuous historical novel, John Saturnall’s Feast tells the story of a young orphan who becomes a kitchen boy at a manor house, and rises through the ranks to become the greatest cook of his generation. It is a story of food, star-crossed lovers, ancient myths, and one boy’s rise from outcast to hero.   Orphaned when his mother dies of starvation, having been cast out of her village as a witch, John is taken in at the kitchens at Buckland Manor, where he quickly rises from kitchen boy to cook, and is known for his uniquely keen palate and natural cooking ability. However, he quickly gets on the wrong side of Lady Lucretia, the aristocratic daughter of the Lord of the Manor. In order to inherit the estate, Lucretia must wed, but her fiancé is an arrogant buffoon. When Lucretia takes on a vow of hunger until her father calls off her engagement to her insipid husband-to-be, it falls to John to try to cook her delicious foods that might tempt her to break her fast.   “Shimmering with wonder, suffused with an intense and infectious appreciation for the gifts of bountiful nature, John Saturnall’s Feast is a banquet for the senses and a treat to anyone who relishes masterful storytelling.” —The Washington Post
    Show book
  • Burning Daylight - cover

    Burning Daylight

    Jack London

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Burning Daylight, Jack London's fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best selling book in his lifetime.The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed Burning Daylight was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith.
    Show book
  • Too Close for Comfort - cover

    Too Close for Comfort

    La Jill Hunt

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Picking up where Essence best-selling author La Jill Hunt’s Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda left off, Too Close for Comfort follows Paige Michaels and her no-nonsense friends as they search for love. Paige finally broke loose from her no-good man, and she’s loving the single life—until Quincy Westbrooke shows up.
    Show book
  • The Jade Lioness - cover

    The Jade Lioness

    Christina Courtenay

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Nagasaki, 1648: Temperance Marston longs to escape England and explore the exotic empire of Japan. When offered the chance to accompany her cousin and Captain Noordholt on an expedition to Nagasaki, she jumps at the opportunity. On a foolhardy venture she meets Kazuo. 
     Kazuo is fascinated by her blonde hair and blue eyes, but he has a mission to complete: Kazuo must restore his family's honour. But when Temperance is kidnapped, he has to make a decision – can he save her and keep the promise he made to his father?
    Show book