Download or read book Wormwood written by Marie Corelli and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A novel that explores the mind of a young man, Gaston Beauvais, the son of a wealthy Parisian banker, as his life spirals to the depths of despair and degradation. Gaston's downfall begins when he discovers that his young and charming betrothed, Pauline de Charmelles, has betrayed him with his best friend Silvion Guidel. Gaston drowns his sorrows in the bars of Paris, and becomes addicted to absinthe, losing all moral judgement to the drug-crazed hallucinogenic effects of the ''green fairy'"--Synopsis from MarieCorelli.org.uk

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Download or read book Slave Narratives Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Part 2 written by Work Projects Administration and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Revolutionary War, millions of African descendent men and women remained slaves despite being freed by the English. Nearly 100 years later they were freed, but remained living in fear for their lives in the Southern States. This book details first hand accounts of what it was like to live under the hand of oppression and slavery. The language is harsh and direct, but shows what life truly was like by the stories and pictures of individuals who lived during this era. This book is for any history major or any individual who wants to find Americas dark past. It is filled with stories and language that may be disturbing to some, but shows the true life under slavery in America. This book has been left unedited as originally written in 1938-39.

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Download or read book Wormwood written by Marie Corelli and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wormwood (1890) is a novel by Marie Corelli. Published at the beginning of Corelli’s career as one of the most successful writers of her generation, Wormwood combines realism, social commentary, and family drama to tell a story of murder, revenge, and addiction set in the bustling city of Paris. Due for reassessment by a modern audience, Marie Corelli’s work—which has inspired several adaptations for film and theater—is a must read for fans of nineteenth century fiction. “Men such as ‘Gaston Beauvais’ are to be met with every day in Paris—and not only in Paris, but in every part of the Continent where the Curse, which forms the subject of this story, has any sort of sway. The morbidness of the modern French mind is well known [...]; the open atheism, heartlessness, flippancy, and flagrant immorality of the whole modern French school of thought is unquestioned.” Intended as a rallying cry to English readers, Wormwood states quite clearly Corelli’s beliefs on progressivism and the dangers of alcohol. Echoing the popular realist novels of French contemporary Emile Zola, Corelli provides a gritty portrait of ambition and suffering in Paris. When young Gaston Beauvais is betrayed by his fiancée and best friend, he turns from a life of promise to the promise of absinthe, beginning a tragic spiral into violence and despair. Addressing philosophical, psychological, and religious themes, Wormwood is a moving work of fiction which asks important questions about an emerging modern world. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Marie Corelli’s Wormwood is a classic work of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

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Download or read book The Testimonies of Slaves written by Work Projects Administration and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 6002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this meticulously collection of hundreds of life stories, recorded interviews and incredible vivid testimonies of former slaves from the American southern states, including photos of the people being interviewed and their extraordinary narratives. After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the former slaves. The Federal Writers' Project was one such project by the United States federal government to support writers during the Great Depression by asking them to interview and record the myriad stories and experiences of slavery of former slaves. The resulting collection preserved hundreds of life stories from 17 U.S. states that would otherwise have been lost in din of modernity and America's eagerness to deliberately forget the blot on its recent past. Contents: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia