Publisher: Good Press
Dive into the 27-page classic "Art Under Plutocracy" by William Morris, a thought-provoking exploration of art's role and challenges in a society dominated by wealth. Written in the 1890s, Morris delves into the intersection of art, society, and economics. His insights and critiques remain relevant, making this a must-read for art enthusiasts and historians alike.
Orlando is one of the most unforgettable creations of twentieth-century literature. He emerges as a young man at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and progresses, with breathtaking ease, through three centuries until, by now a woman, she arrives in the bustle and diversion of the 1920s. For Virginia Woolf, a leading figure of the Bloomsbury Group, Orlando was more than a fantastic flight of imagination. It was a roman à clef, a love letter for her lover, the charismatic, eccentric bisexual, Vita Sackville West. Orlando’s journey, from wondrous youth barbed by love, to fêted writer, settled in her femininity, is a wild and curiously relevant fable for our times.Show book
Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish-American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction. "My Enemy and Myself" is a superbly sinister and gory tale of insanity, a love triangle, revenge, murder and supernatural retribution.Show book
Helen de Guerry Simpson was born in Sydney, Australia on the 1st December 1897. As a 17 year old she was sent to France and then on to Oxford, England to complete her education. Whilst there she founded the Oxford Women's Dramatic Society. She was sent down in 1921 apparently for breaking regulations prohibiting men and women students from acting together. Her early work of poems, plays, a novel and a collection of short stories found little commercial success. It was only with ‘Boomerang’ in 1932 that her success was established. Helen continued to write across the genres and by now had become intensely interested in politics. She was selected to run by the Liberals for the Isle of Wight parliamentary seat in the expected General Election of 39 or 40. Sadly this coincided with the rapid onset of cancer and her health very quickly deteriorated. Helen Simpson died in Worcestershire, England on the 14th October 1940. She was 42. In ‘Young Magic’ a young girl has definite supernatural abilities which she attempts to control. Years later when she returns home and begins a relationship those abilities begin to reappear in a more sinister form.Show book
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume our authors show that Modernism was once cutting edge. A way to explore, create, show and share in new ways. Decades may have passed but their words still seem fresh and new and cutting edge. Genius in every name. 01 - The Top 10 - The Modernists - An Introduction 02 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce 03 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce 04 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf 05 - The Defense of Strikerville by Damon Runyon 06 - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield 07 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 08 - Youth - Part 1 by Joseph Conrad 09 - Youth - Part 2 by Joseph Conrad 10 - Rooms by Gertrude Stein 11 - Here We Are by Dorothy Parker 12 - Speed by Sinclair Lewis 13 - Ariel's Triumph by Booth TarkingtonShow book
37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David Livingston, Canute, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth and Raleigh are just some of the well known people and incidents covered in short stories. (Summary by phil chenevert)Show book
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.Book 6: 1808-10: Prince Andrew had spent two years continuously in the country. All the plans Pierre had attempted on his estates and constantly changing from one thing to another had never accomplished were carried out by Prince Andrew without display and without perceptible difficulty.Show book
