Publisher: Charles River Editors
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 11 January 1928) was a writer and poet born in Dorchester, England. Hardys poetry dealt mainly with the naturalism movement. Hardy considered himself a poet first, but his most famous works were his novels, particularly Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Guy Boothby (1867 - 1905) was an Australian by birth, who came to England in 1894 and was quickly acknowledged as a masterly writer of thrillers and crime stories.His best work includes a series of stories which appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1897 under the title The Prince of Swindlers. These stories describe the exploits of Simon Carne, one of the earliest society criminals whose cunning robberies were executed with oustanding imagination and ingenuity.In The Wedding Guest Simon Carne gets away with an extraordinary heist.Show book
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. The Little Girl and Other Stories was first published in 1921 and includes:'The Tiredness of Rosabel' 'How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped' 'The Journey to Bruges' 'A Truthful Adventure' 'New Dresses' 'The Woman at the Store' 'Ole Underwood' 'The Little Girl' 'Millie' 'Pension' 'Séguin' 'Violet' 'Bains Turcs' 'Something Childish but Very Natural' 'An Indiscreet Journey' 'Spring Pictures' 'Late at Night' 'Two Tuppenny Ones, Please' 'The Black Cap' 'A Suburban Fairy Tale' 'Carnation' 'See-Saw' 'This Flower' 'The Wrong House' 'Sixpence' 'Poison'Show book
This collection contains 12 of the greatest Christmas shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio!You’ll hear Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood reprising their roles from Miracle on 34th Street; Dick Powell as Detective Richard Diamond narrating A Christmas Carol; Eve Arden in a yuletide comedy on Our Miss Brooks; Hal Peary as The Great Gildersleeve; Joel McCrea as lawman Jase Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers; Jim & Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee & Molly plus many more!Relive these classic Christmas shows from yesteryear and their legendary stars in this incredible collection.Screen Director’s Playhouse—“Miracle On 34th Street” w/ Edmund Gwenn & Natalie WoodFibber McGee & Molly—“Lost Key Ring” w/ Jim & Marian JordanThe Great Gildersleeve—“Present for Judge Hooker” w/ Hal PearyMy Friend Irma—“Christmas Party” w/ Marie WilsonCasey, Crime Photographer—“Christmas Shopping” w/ Staats CottsworthTales of the Texas Rangers—“Christmas Present” w/ Joel McCreaThe Life of Riley—“Flashback to First Christmas” w/ William BendixCavalcade of America—“America For Christmas” w/ Walter HustonBig Town—“Prelude to Christmas” w/ Edward Pawley & Fran CarlonRichard Diamond, Private Detective—“A Christmas Carol” w/ Dick PowellEscape—“The Man Who Liked Dickens” w/ Terry KilburnOur Miss Brooks—“Christmas Clothing Drive” w/ Eve ArdenShow book
They’ve helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection. When image becomes everything, it’s up to love to refocus the heart. Photographer Jenna Harrison wants every bride and groom to look picture perfect on their special day, putting her heart into every wedding to give the couple memorable images of their love. But her own heart is still broken, the unworn wedding dress hanging in her closet a reminder that relationships aren't always as perfect as they look through her camera lens. But Jenna has faith that she will find true love. Until then, she must be patient and trust in God's plan and His perfect timing. Attorney Ashton Vance is the one that got away. When an embarrassing Photoshopped picture of put an end to his political aspirations, he blamed Jenna. So what if the photo led to his being offered a dream job and changing his life for the better? Jenna betrayed his trust, and two years later, Ashton's heart still hasn't recovered. It was me. His younger sister's three words turn Ashton's world upside down. He must ask Jenna’s forgiveness, but can he risk his heart a second time? Even if Jenna can forgive him, dare he hope for a second chance at her love?Show book
'Samson and Delilah' is set against a Cornish backdrop. Lawrence and his wife tried to settle in Cornwall during the First World War but were hounded by the authorities and forced to leave. Lawrence pointedly describes the local people as' mindless' in this story. It is almost a Homeric story of a husband returning home after a long absence, having to fight to regain his wife. But in this story it is the wife who is the obstacle. But she succumbs to the man's physical presence as Lawrence demanded all women should if they were to attain happiness.Show book
Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, is determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will. When he commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that, for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth of characterization and vision is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and Punishment can bear any amount of rereading without losing a drop of its power over our imaginations. Dostoevsky's drama of sin, guilt, and redemption transforms the sordid story of an old woman's murder into the nineteenth century's profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel. Award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky render this elusive and wildly innovative novel with an energy, suppleness, and range of voice that do full justice to the genius of its creatorShow book
