Download or read book Beautiful Star Other Stories written by Andrew Swanston and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary people are swept up in extraordinary historical events in these gripping short stories by the bestselling author of The King’s Spy. History is brought alive by the everyday people whose lives it affects in this moving collection of short fiction. In Beautiful Star & Other Stories we meet Eilmer, a monk in 1010 with Icarus-like dreams; Charles I, in hiding in 1651 and befriended by a small boy; the trial of Jane Wenham, witch of Walkern, seen through the eyes of her granddaughter, among many others. From the author of the Thomas Hill trilogy, this is an affecting journey through the centuries, bringing a new perspective to such events as the defense of Corfe Castle, the battle of Waterloo, the siege of Toulon, and, in the title story, the devastating dangers of the life of the sea in 1875.
Download or read book To the Stars and Other Stories written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy who feels persecuted by the banality of everyday life yearns to ascend to the cold and majestic plane of the stars. A seamstress finds liberation of a sort in “becoming” a dog and howling at the moon. A club of young girls masquerade as the grieving fiancées of strange men. This book brings together these and other remarkable short stories by the Russian Symbolist Fyodor Sologub that explore the lengths to which people will go to transcend the mundane. Renowned as one of late imperial Russia’s finest stylists, Sologub bridges the great nineteenth-century novel and the fin-de-siècle avant-garde. He stands out for his masterful command of both realist and fantastic storytelling; his play with language evinces a belief in its capacity to access other worlds and other levels of meaning. Many of Sologub’s stories are set among children whose alienation from the adult world has lent them imagination and curiosity, enabling them to create an alternative reality. At the same time, he bluntly examines the sordid realities of late imperial Russian society and frankly presents sometimes unconventional sexuality. The book also features a selection of Sologub’s “little fairy tales,” ambiguous parables couched in childlike language whose ingenuity anticipates the miniatures and “incidents” of Daniil Kharms. Susanne Fusso’s elegant translation offers these artful tales to an English-speaking audience.
Download or read book The Kingdom of Beautiful Colours and Other Stories written by Isabel Wyatt and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Once upon a time there was a kingdom of beautiful colours. In the middle of it stood a cloud mountain, and from the top of the cloud mountain you looked down on a wonderful rainbow, shining green and blue and yellow.'_x000D_ The King must go on a long journey, so asks his four sons to care for the kingdom of beautiful colours. But the youngest prince has his own ideas about how that should be done..._x000D_ The Kingdom of Beautiful Colours is just one of seven wonderful tales in this collection by master storyteller Isabel Wyatt. The stories are full of ivory towers, great forests, golden lands and the star of the sea, which will inspire and enchant any child._x000D_ Suitable for children aged nine and up, this is a classic collection from the author of The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book. A new revised edition, previously published as The Book of Fairy Princes.
Download or read book Beautiful Star Other Stories written by Andrew D. Swanston and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Level 3 The Young King and Other Stories written by Oscar Wilde and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2015 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gayety Other Stories written by Thomas McCavour and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gayety & Other Stories is a fourth collection of short stories by Thomas McCavour. The Gayety is a story about two singers modelled after the lives of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Robo is a story about artificial intelligence and robots. Milly and Sandy is about a mother daughter relationship. Bones Among the Dunes is a story about hostage taking. Dudley George is a true story about a dispute over indigenous land. Love Triangle Lost is about infidelity and its reward. Eight Ball is a lesbian love story. The 6th Sense is a story about a clairvoyant boy who phorsaw the destruction of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the end of World War II. The Star is a story about a tree ornament that relates what it has seen. G-Men & G-Strings is a murder story. Yes I Remember It Well is about an Alzheimer victim who becomes an inspirational speaker. A Twin's Tale is a story about a mother that seduces her twin daughter's boyfriend. I Learned to Walk is another inspirational story about a paraplegic learning to walk. Stranded is a story about a female astronaut who is temporarily stranded on the moon. Billy Bee tells about the lives of two bees. The Trinity Carving is about a retired dentist who becomes wood carver. The Impossible Dream is a story about a handicapped boy who becomes a famous percussionist. The Mole is a story about an Auschwitz Nazi who is discovered, charged and sentenced to death. Klepto is a story about a kleptomaniac and finally Pulling Petals is a story about a mortician that falls in love with a florist.
Download or read book The Happy Prince and Other Stories written by Oscar Wilde and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed; 'The Selfish Giant', who learned to love little children; 'The Star Child', who suffered bitter trials when he rejected his parents. . . . Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic.
Download or read book Canute Whistlewinks and Other Stories written by Zacharias Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original tales, legends, fairy tales, and studies of child life in Finland and Lapland, many based on traditional materials.
Download or read book Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories written by Mary Higgins Clark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories Mary Higgins Clark.
Download or read book The Murder of the Frogs and Other Stories written by Don Carpenter and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No pretty little thoughts, no fake faith-restoratives -- just hard solid craftsmanship and style." -- The New York Times (An Outstanding Book of the Year). The High Sierras, the Oregon back country, Hollywood, and San Francisco provide the backdrops for these two novellas and eight shorter pieces by the acclaimed author of Hard Rain Falling. The stories display an impressive range and variety, from the stark shocks of "Limbo" to a compassionate study of loneliness, "One of Those Big-City Girls."
Download or read book The Canterville Ghost The Happy Prince and Other Stories written by Oscar Wilde and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed. Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic.
Download or read book Wee Willie Winkie And Other Stories written by Rudyard Kipling and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Star Caf Other Stories written by Mary Caponegro and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking debut, The Star Cafe heralds "an utterly original artist, already writing with something like mastery".--Robert Kelly.
Download or read book A Parisian Affair and Other Stories written by Guy de Maupassant and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature. They focus on the relationships between men and women, as in the poignant fantasy of 'A Parisian Affair', between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. Through these relationships, Maupassant explores the dualistic nature of the human character and his stories reveal both nobility, civility and generosity, and, in stories such as 'At Sea' and 'Boule de Suif', vanity, greed and hypocrisy. Maupassant's stories repeatedly lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty.
Download or read book The Beauty Contest and Other Stories written by Robert Steiner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of short stories, dealing with a range of themes. They include science fiction, as in The Abbot and The Malones; fantasy, as in Phoenix Street; social problems, as in Tetrahedron and The Bridge; and philosophy, as in The Greater Part Thereof. While several stories have a foundation in real events, all are basically fiction. Their primary purpose is to entertain, but several have a social message as well.
Download or read book Buttercup Gold and Other Stories written by Ellen Robena Field and published by Palmertree Book. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of stories for children first published in 1894.
Download or read book The Works of Ivan Turgenieff Virgin soil Reckless character and other stories written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
