Junte-se a nós em uma viagem ao mundo dos livros!
Adicionar este livro à prateleira
Grey
Deixe um novo comentário Default profile 50px
Grey
Assine para ler o livro completo ou leia as primeiras páginas de graça!
All characters reduced
Rookwood - cover
LER

Rookwood

William Harrison Ainsworth

Editora: Passerino

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Sinopse

Rookwood is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name.

William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.

Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed, the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Disponível desde: 18/10/2023.

Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

  • The Palace of Pleasure - cover

    The Palace of Pleasure

    C.L. Holmes

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Now helplessly folded into her monstrous master's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she serves as a secret agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing her master down. All the while, Amalina must try to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.
    Ver livro
  • Algernon Blackwood: The Man Who Found Out - A Nightmare - cover

    Algernon Blackwood: The Man Who...

    Algermon Blackwood

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    A researcher goes on an expedition to find "The Tablets of the Gods" which have plagued his dreams since his boyhood. He finds them, and the horrible truth of humanity's true purpose in the universe. This story, "The Man Who Found Out" is an example to me of pure cosmic horror in that the horror comes totally from knowledge which is (in-story) so terrible that it forever blights the minds of anyone who discovers it. Two highly intelligent and well informed men, Professor Ebor and then Dr. Laidlaw, learn the contents of the Tablets of the Gods, and even though this information is short enough to be on two ordinary-sized tablets, it is enough to induce absolute belief in its veracity and utterly destroy hope in the reader. Yeah, that is pretty scary. There are no monsters in the tale, nothing but Forbidden Knowledge -- which, apparently, is Forbidden with good reason
    Ver livro
  • The Metamorphosis - cover

    The Metamorphosis

    Franz Kafka

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Franz Kafka’s haunting novella, The Metamorphosis, tells the disturbing tale of Gregor Samsa, a young man who awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. As Gregor grapples with his shocking new reality, his once-loving family begins to recoil, viewing him as an outcast and burden. Through Kafka’s unsettling lens, this story explores themes of isolation, identity, and the fragility of human connections, as Gregor’s physical change mirrors his growing alienation from society. 
    Narrated by Phillip Nathaniel Freeman, this audiobook captures the bleak yet poignant atmosphere of Kafka’s masterpiece. Freeman’s voice brings depth to Gregor’s internal struggle and illuminates the novella’s emotional nuances, drawing listeners into a world where the boundaries between humanity and monstrosity blur. His narration provides an engaging and thought-provoking experience, amplifying the timeless questions Kafka raises about existence and empathy. 
    Perfect for listeners who appreciate psychological horror and classic literature, The Metamorphosis invites audiences to reflect on society’s reaction to the unfamiliar and the profound effects of transformation and rejection. This audiobook offers an immersive journey into one of literature’s most iconic tales of existential dread and self-discovery.
    Ver livro
  • Art of Gaslighting - Testing the Waters - cover

    Art of Gaslighting - Testing the...

    Nathan Aherne

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
     The Art of Gaslighting has been shrouded in mystery, judgement, disdain, hatred and confusion for thousands of years. 
    After decades of research into how Gaslighting is such an effective tool to control human beings, why it seemed to work on everyone and why. John Leonard Smith has discovered the gold behind Gaslighting, he has discovered the key to the minds of people and he has discovered the words, not to give you more examples of Gaslighting but to have you see Gaslighting, harness its power and be free of it. John has discovered how to teach people how to be Expert Gaslighters. 
    Art of Gaslighting - Testing the Waters is John's first (short) story about the Art of Gaslighting. 
     
    Ver livro
  • The Monster Maker - Book II in The Girls' Ghost Club Adventures - cover

    The Monster Maker - Book II in...

    Jeff Miller

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Everyone loves monsters and Halloween, which has become a frightening part of induction for teens in Webster Parish, Louisiana. Where girls are being abducted or drawn into an irreversible transforming process of becoming monstrous beings. The Second adventure in the Girls Ghost Club, this mystery strikes at their own members and threatens to pull them into a power beyond themselves. As a Halloween Carnival comes to town and kids who come up missing are recruited forever to be a part of the Hall of Horrors. Only the members of this conundrum solving group can unravel this haunting plot and stop the Power Bearers behind it who auction off scary beings and people for a profit. Hold on to your masks, because what’s underneath is coming for you.
    Ver livro
  • Black Pine Creek - cover

    Black Pine Creek

    David Haynes

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Gold is all Scott Draper knows. Gold and darkness. A lifetime of mining has broken his life, estranged him from his daughter and left two dead men behind. One last opportunity might turn things around – an abandoned mine in the icy Alaskan wilderlands. If he can bring his old crew together to help, they could all end up rich. Draper knows that darkness always follows the gold. What he doesn’t know is that something even darker than his past, something nightmarish and ravenous, is waiting for them all in the shadows of Black Pine Creek.
    Ver livro