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Twelve Men - Bok av Theodore Dreiser - Inbunden

Twelve Men - Bok av Theodore Dreiser - Inbunden

The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser (\My Brother Paul\), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke (\The Mighty Rourke\), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a level consistent with..

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The Sea-Hawk - Bok av Rafael Sabatini - Inbunden

The Sea-Hawk - Bok av Rafael Sabatini - Inbunden

The Sea Hawk is a novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1915. The story is set over the years 1588-1593 and concerns a retired Cornish seafaring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name \Sakr-el-Bahr\ (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother. (wikipedia.org)

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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - Bok av Henry David Thoreau - Inbunden

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - Bok av Henry David Thoreau - Inbunden

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) is a book by American writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). It recounts his experience on a boat trip with his brother on the Concord River and Merrimack River. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839. John died of tetanus in 1842 and Thoreau wrote the book, in part, as a tribute to his memory...

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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - Bok av Henry David Thoreau - Häftad

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - Bok av Henry David Thoreau - Häftad

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) is a book by American writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). It recounts his experience on a boat trip with his brother on the Concord River and Merrimack River. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839. John died of tetanus in 1842 and Thoreau wrote the book, in part, as a tribute to his memory...

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Paula the Waldensian - Bok av Eva Lecomte - Häftad

Paula the Waldensian - Bok av Eva Lecomte - Häftad

Contents Translator's NotePreface Part IAn Unexpected LetterMemoriesPaula ArrivesPaula's TreasuresLouis' WatchIn the Midst of DarknessCatalina's IllnessThe Five-Franc PieceA Little Glimpse of HeavenIn the CountryThe Cat MotherA Treasure RestoredThe School Teacher and Her Brother Part IISome Years LaterThe BretonSaved!The Young SchoolmistressThe Night SchoolThe House of GodIn His PresencePrefaceI hope and trust that the young people who read this book will have as much joy in the reading of it as..

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Northanger Abbey - Bok av Jane Austen - Inbunden

Northanger Abbey - Bok av Jane Austen - Inbunden

Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England. Catherine is in Bath for the first time. There she meets her friends such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rather rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates..

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Anabasis - Bok av Xenophon - Häftad

Anabasis - Bok av Xenophon - Häftad

Anabasis (an \expedition up from\) is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. It narrates the expedition of a large army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger to help him seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II, in 401 BC.The seven books making up the Anabasis were composed circa 370 BC. Though as an Ancient Greek vocabulary word, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ means \embarkation\, \ascent\ or \mounting up\, the title Anabasis..

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The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York - Bok av Edward Eggleston - Inbunden

The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York - Bok av Edward Eggleston - Inbunden

Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston was his brother. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1856. He wrote a number of tales, some of which, especially the \Hoosier\ series, attracted much attention. Among these..

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The Trumpet-Major - Bok av Thomas Hardy - Inbunden

The Trumpet-Major - Bok av Thomas Hardy - Inbunden

The Trumpet-Major is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel, and Hardy included it with his \romances and fantasies\. It concerns the heroine, Anne Garland, being pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the eponymous trumpet major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Bob, a flighty sailor; and Festus Derriman, the cowardly nephew of the local squire. Unusually for a Hardy novel, the ending is not entirely tragic; however, there remains an ominous..

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The Garden of Survival - Bok av Algernon Blackwood - Häftad

The Garden of Survival - Bok av Algernon Blackwood - Häftad

The story is comprised of a narrative written to the protagonist's twin brother looking back on his short marriage to an artistically-creative young woman who was his short-lived wife and can be seen as signifying both a mesmerizing beauty embodying true love as well as possibly a dark force of seduction. The narrative mainly documents the protagonist's spiritual development through the years following his short marriage and the effect her embodiment still has on him, either through memory or ghostly..

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Celtic Literature - Bok av Matthew Arnold - Häftad

Celtic Literature - Bok av Matthew Arnold - Häftad

Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools..

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Bostonians (vol. I and vol. II) - Bok av Henry James - Häftad

Bostonians (vol. I and vol. II) - Bok av Henry James - Häftad

Henry James OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.He is best known for a number of novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between emigre Americans, English..

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Sense and Sensibility - Bok av Jane Austen - Inbunden

Sense and Sensibility - Bok av Jane Austen - Inbunden

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, which she wrote under the pseudonym \A Lady\.The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, a cottage on a distant relative's property,..

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Aaron's Rod - Bok av D. H. Lawrence - Inbunden

Aaron's Rod - Bok av D. H. Lawrence - Inbunden

Aaron's Rod is a picaresque novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1918 and published in 1922. Lawrence began writing Aaron's Rod early in 1918, but abandoned the work after its first eleven chapters. The longer portion that finishes Aaron's Rod was written by Lawrence in 1921. The biblical title refers to the rod of Aaron in the Old Testament, Moses' brother who built the Golden Calf in the desert for the worship of the Israelites. The rod, his divine symbol of authority and independence, finds its..

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History of Morgan's Cavalry - Bok av Basil W Duke - Inbunden

History of Morgan's Cavalry - Bok av Basil W Duke - Inbunden

Basil Wilson Duke (May 28, 1838 - September 16, 1916) was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. His most noted service in the war was as second-in-command for his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan; Duke would later write a popular account of Morgan's most famous raid: 1863's Morgan's Raid. He took over Morgan's command after Morgan was shot by Union soldiers in 1864. At the end of the war, Duke was among Confederate President Jefferson Davis's bodyguards after his flight from..

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Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War - Bok av Et Al & Basil W Duke - Inbunden

Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War - Bok av Et Al & Basil W Duke - Inbunden

Basil Wilson Duke (May 28, 1838 - September 16, 1916) was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. His most noted service in the war was as second-in-command for his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan; Duke would later write a popular account of Morgan's most famous raid: 1863's Morgan's Raid. He took over Morgan's command after Morgan was shot by Union soldiers in 1864. At the end of the war, Duke was among Confederate President Jefferson Davis's bodyguards after his flight from..

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The Great Roxhythe - Bok av Georgette Heyer - Häftad

The Great Roxhythe - Bok av Georgette Heyer - Häftad

The Great Roxhythe is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. The book opens in 1668 and closes in 1685, and concerns the misadventures of a fictional spy loyal to Charles II. About the author:Georgette Heyer (16 August 1902 - 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George..

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Parnassus on Wheels - Bok av Christopher Morley - Inbunden

Parnassus on Wheels - Bok av Christopher Morley - Inbunden

Parnassus on Wheels is a 1917 novel written by Christopher Morley. The title refers to the Mount Parnassus of Greek mythology; it was the home of the Muses.Parnassus on Wheels is Morley's first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her older brother, Andrew. Andrew is a former businessman turned farmer, turned author. As an author, he begins using the farm as..

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Sense and Sensibility - Bok av Jane Austen - Häftad

Sense and Sensibility - Bok av Jane Austen - Häftad

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, which she wrote under the pseudonym \A Lady\.The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, a cottage on a distant relative's property,..

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Clockwork Man - Bok av E V Odle - Inbunden

Clockwork Man - Bok av E V Odle - Inbunden

Rumors has it that \E.V. Odle\ was a pen name for Virginia Woolf. However this is not true. (1890-1942) UK editor and author; in the former capacity he was the first editor 1926-circa1935 of the British Argosy Magazine (see The Argosy). As younger brother of the UK illustrator and artist Alan Odle (1888-1948), who was the husband of Dorothy M Richardson (1873-1957), Odle came into close contact with J D Beresford, who had been instrumental in publishing the first volume of Richardson's Pilgrimage..

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The Great Roxhythe - Bok av Georgette Heyer - Inbunden

The Great Roxhythe - Bok av Georgette Heyer - Inbunden

The Great Roxhythe is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. The book opens in 1668 and closes in 1685, and concerns the misadventures of a fictional spy loyal to Charles II. About the author: Georgette Heyer (16 August 1902 - 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George..

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The Story Girl - Bok av Lucy M Montgomery - Häftad

The Story Girl - Bok av Lucy M Montgomery - Häftad

The Story Girl is a novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. It narrates the adventures of a group of young cousins and their friends who live in a rural community on Prince Edward Island, Canada.The book is narrated by Beverley, who together with his brother Felix, has come to live with his Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec King on their farm while their father travels for business. They spend their leisure time with their cousins Dan, Felicity and Cecily King, hired boy Peter Craig, neighbor Sara Ray..

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