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A talented artist faces a tragic race against time as his eyesight fades, forcing him to confront the shattering loss of his passion and his independence.
India, 1914: a Sikh officer, a princess named Yasmini, a German agent, and the question of whether the frontier tribes will rise when the war starts. Mundy was born William Gribbon, spent his twenties in India and East Africa as an ivory poacher and confidence man, and was jailed for it before reinventing himself in America; the intrigue here is a working knowledge of how the frontier actually operated.Mostra libro
William Morris was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role propagating the early socialist movement in Britain. Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex to a wealthy middle-class family. He came under the strong influence of medievalism while studying Classics at Oxford University, there joining the Birmingham Set. After university, he trained as an architect, married Jane Burden, and developed close friendships with Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and with Neo-Gothic architect Philip Webb.Mostra libro
Once upon a time, there was a kind and honest man named Hans. He lived alone in a tiny cottage. Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden, where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about friendship and loyalty. Hans was so devoted to Hugh that he even gifted him whole bunches of flowers from his own garden.Mostra libro
One wager. One extraordinary journey. Eighty days to circle the globe. Around the World in Eighty Days is one of the most famous adventure novels by Jules Verne. The story follows Phileas Fogg, a precise and wealthy English gentleman who makes a bold wager that he can travel around the world in just eighty days. Accompanied by his loyal servant Passepartout, he embarks on a fast-paced journey across continents, facing unexpected obstacles, changing transportation methods, and thrilling encounters along the way. Blending adventure, travel, and early imagination of global connectivity, the novel captures the excitement of exploration and the challenges of a rapidly changing world. A timeless classic of adventure literature, it continues to inspire readers with its spirit of determination, curiosity, and discovery.Mostra libro
Set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.Mostra libro
We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? Mimi Bellamy is dead—stabbed multiple times and discovered in a deserted cottage. Now, two people close to her are on trial for her murder: her husband, Stephen Bellamy, and her friend, Sue Ives. The prosecution claims they killed her out of revenge, supposedly after learning about her affair with Sue's husband, Patrick. But the defense has its own story to tell. Over the course of an eight-day trial family members, friends, servants, and eyewitnesses take the stand, and with each testimony the story shifts, with every revelation the trial changes course. We experience it all through the eyes of a red-haired writer making her debut as a court reporter, and the veteran reporter seated next to her. For the both of them, and for us, the suspense lasts until the very end: did Stephen and Sue kill Mimi? With The Bellamy Trial , Frances Noyes Hart wrote one of the very first legal thrillers. In writing it she was undoubtedly inspired by her husband, an attorney to whom she dedicated this book, but the main inspiration for The Bellamy trial is the Hall–Mills murder case, a trial that was widely reported on at the time. Frances Noyes Hart (died 1943) was an influential writer of the modernist period. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, The Bellamy Trial exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.Mostra libro
