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Jacob's Room is the third novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 26 October 1922. The novel centres, in a very ambiguous way, around the life story of the protagonist Jacob Flanders and is presented almost entirely through the impressions other characters have of Jacob.
The marshal of a small American town, his adopted daughter, and a mystery about her parentage that half the county has an opinion on. McCutcheon wrote both fashionable ruritanian romance and this kind of Indiana small-town comedy, and was better at the second. This edition includes 58 plates of paintings by Edward Lamson Henry, Edvard Munch, Otto Bache and Albert Bierstadt, dating from 1830 to 1919.Voir livre
Why have stories of ghosts and the supernatural fascinated readers for centuries? In On Ghosts, Mary Shelley explores the enduring fascination with supernatural tales and the mysterious world of ghosts. Written by the author of Frankenstein, this intriguing work offers readers a glimpse into Shelley's thoughts on ghost stories, supernatural fiction, imagination, fear, and the human attraction to the unknown. Shelley examines the appeal of stories that place the living in contact with the mysterious and unexplained. Her reflections reveal how supernatural narratives can entertain, disturb, and provoke deeper questions about human nature and the boundaries between reality and imagination. For readers interested in the origins and development of Gothic literature, the work provides an especially fascinating perspective. Shelley's own literary legacy is deeply connected to Gothic storytelling, making her observations on ghosts and supernatural themes particularly compelling. The text also reflects the broader fascination with the supernatural that shaped nineteenth-century literature. Ghost stories became an important form through which writers explored fear, death, mystery, imagination, memory, and the limits of human understanding. For readers who enjoy Mary Shelley, Gothic literature, classic ghost stories, supernatural fiction, literary essays, horror history, and Romantic-era writing, On Ghosts offers a concise and intriguing look into the world of supernatural storytelling. Explore the darker side of literary imagination with Mary Shelley. Read On Ghosts today and discover a fascinating classic reflection on ghosts, supernatural tales, fear, and the enduring appeal of the unknown.Voir livre
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 ? Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. The New Freedom , a collection of speeches he made during his successful 1912 presidential campaign, takes its name from that campaign platform. In it Wilson describes the conditions necessary for freedom in a rapidly changing society, and highlights the dangers from monopolies and politicians that are either bought, or too cozy with business interests. To combat these regressive influences Wilson stresses the need for open and participatory democracy, as well as positive government intervention to promote individual, rather than business, freedom. Throughout these speeches Wilson shows an unwavering belief in democracy and the wisdom of the people. He admits that he doesn't have all the answers, and begrudges those who make that claim for themselves. According to Wilson, politicians of all parties have been slow to recognize a change in power dynamics. Whereas once workers were familiar with their bosses, now workers toil for faceless corporations that have almost unlimited power over them and bear no practical social responsibilities. Wilson stresses that power over others isn't a sign of wisdom or virtue, and that the government should be emboldened to break up such powers to allow for a fair playing field. He remarks that ignoring these new economic power relations risks disillusioning voters, leaving the door open for unscrupulous politicians to promise easy answers that lead to ruin.Voir livre
A young man kept in the wrapping by his father until he is twenty-eight — betrothed since childhood to a girl he has never seen — is finally released into Europe, and falls immediately for a clever woman who has no intention of marrying him. James settled in England and took British nationality at the last; this 1874 story is his lightest treatment of the innocent abroad, and the woman is the honest one in it. Fifty-nine plates of late nineteenth-century portraiture by painters including Edvard Munch and James Tissot give faces to the sheltered and the sophisticated alike.Voir livre
Enter the harsh world of industrial America and discover a powerful story of labor, poverty, exploitation, and social injustice. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle follows immigrants struggling to survive in the industrial environment of early twentieth-century Chicago. Through their experiences, Sinclair exposes difficult working conditions, poverty, exploitation, corruption, and the human costs of an industrial system driven by profit. The novel combines fiction with powerful social criticism to reveal conditions that many readers had never encountered firsthand. A landmark of American social-problem fiction, The Jungle played an important role in public discussions about labor and the food industry. Discover Sinclair's influential classic and experience a powerful literary portrait of industrial America and the struggle for a better life.Voir livre
Where the world's goods come from and how they move: wheat, cotton, coal, iron, rubber and the railways, canals and ports that carry them, taught as a subject in its own right. Redway wrote it for American high schools in 1903, when commercial geography was a new discipline. It is a snapshot of the world economy on the eve of the century that rearranged it. Its 93 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.Voir livre
