Download or read book Straw Hat and Other Stories written by Nesta Tuomey and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Straw Hat consists of 21 well crafted stories. Set in Irish provincial towns, they explore the themes of love, loyalty and neighbourliness, family unity, aloneness, prejudice and petty jealousy. Good characterization, each story has a satisfying twist in the tail.
Download or read book A Desperate Character And Other Stories written by Ivan Turgenev and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivan Turgenev "A Desperate Character, And Other Stories" is a compelling collection of brief testimonies that explores the complexities of human relationships and society in nineteenth-century Russia. Turgenev, a maestro of Russian literature, tells stories which might be each heartbreaking and intelligent. The titular narrative, "A Desperate Character," chronicles its protagonist's psychological unraveling, offering a gripping portrayal of internal struggling inside the face of societal expectancies. Turgenev's astute observations and nuanced characterizations elevate the story, imparting readers with a radical comprehension of the human condition. Turgenev's different portions inside the series, which include "A Month within the Country" and "A Quiet Backwater," expertly illustrate the multidimensional nature of affection, societal dynamics, and human soul yearnings. His awesome words and empathic narrative paint a vibrant photograph of Russian lifestyles at some point of this time. "A Desperate Character, And Other Stories" exemplifies Turgenev's literary expertise, taking pictures the essence of nineteenth-century Russia even as addressing everlasting themes that enchantment to readers from all countries and eras.
Download or read book Queen of Easter written by Mary Engelbreit and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the warm and colorful imagination of New York Times bestseller Mary Engelbreit comes a delightful romp through an Easter wonderland! Ann Estelle dreams of wearing a hat covered with ribbons and flowers for the neighborhood Easter Parade. But when her mother gives her a straw hat instead, she wonders how she can be the Queen of Easter with something so plain. Never one given to despair, Ann Estelle rolls up her sleeves and gets to work—with the help of some surprise spring visitors! Lavishly illustrated and positively bursting with spring colors, this picture book is a magical and heartwarming journey from the queen of holidays herself—Mary Engelbreit!
Download or read book The Umbrella and Other Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Magic Straw Hat written by Karen Jonice Bricker and published by Sdp Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magic Straw Hat is the story of a little girl named Caitie, who takes us on a journey full of adventure and excitement as she discovers her great-grandmother's straw hat, and the magic it brings along for the ride. Drawing from her Irish roots and family memories, Karen Jonice Bricker combines the real experiences of three generations of women to tell the story of one enchanted afternoon. Like her great-grandmother's arrival in America, Caitie faces many ups and downs, but she ultimately discovers a new-found hope, and a special friend. Join Caitie as she learns the true magic of her great-grandmother's straw hat, and reveal a little true magic of your own.
Download or read book The Chorus Girl and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bishop Other stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Abhishek Publications. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful compilation of the selected works of Anton Chekhov. It consists of a few of his renowned works like, The Bishop, The Letter, Easter Eve, A Nightmare, The Murder, Uprooted, The Steppe etc. This original compilation of classic stories of Chekhov keeps the spirit of his original writings alive.
Download or read book What We Keep written by Bill Shapiro and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from Cheryl Strayed, Mark Cuban, Ta-Nahesi Coates, Melinda Gates, Joss Whedon, James Patterson, and many more--this fascinating collection gives us a peek into 150 personal treasures and the secret histories behind them. All of us have that one object that holds deep meaning--something that speaks to our past, that carries a remarkable story. Bestselling author Bill Shapiro collected this sweeping range of stories--he talked to everyone from renowned writers to Shark Tank hosts, from blackjack dealers to teachers, truckers, and nuns, even a reformed counterfeiter--to reveal the often hidden, always surprising lives of objects.
Download or read book The Bishop and Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop and Other Stories (1919) is a collection of short stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The title story of the collection, originally published in 1902, finds the author at his most introspective. Written while Chekhov was dealing with the long term effects of tuberculosis, a period in which he began to accept the inevitability of his own death, “The Bishop” is a meditative story that follows a dedicated man who, in the face of oblivion, wants nothing more than to go about his work to the best of his ability. “The Bishop” is the story of a man named Pyotr. Set during Easter Week, it begins while Pyotr is passing out palms at a service on the night before Palm Sunday. As he begins to feel faint, he sees his mother—whose presence he did not expect—and begins to cry. Over the next several days, Pyotr goes about his duties, caring for the sick and dying, officiating at the local cathedral, and meeting with his colleagues, all while growing sicker and increasingly irritable. As he succumbs to typhoid fever, his mother and his faith are all he has left in a world that will soon forget him. “The Letter” is a similarly religious, earlier story in which a conversation between two priests, Father Orlov and Father Anastasi, is interrupted by the deacon. As the three discuss what is to be done with the deacon’s wayward son, the difference between morality and mercy is illuminated for all to see. The Bishop and Other Stories is a collection of seven short works of fiction by Russian literary icon Anton Chekhov. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Anton Chekhov’s The Bishop and Other Stories is a classic of Russian literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book Love and Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Other Stories is the thirteenth and final volume of the Tales of Chekhov, by Russian author Anton Chekhov. A collection of short stories including: Love; Lights; A Story Without An End; Mari D’elle; A Living Chattel; The Doctor; Too Early!; The Cossack; Aborigines; An Inquiry; Martyrs; The Lion And The Sun; A Daughter Of Albion; Choristers; Nerves; A Work Of Art; A Joke; A Country Cottage; A Blunder; Fat And Thin; The Death Of A Government Clerk; A Pink Stocking; and, At A Summer Villa.
Download or read book The Tales of Tchehov The bishop and other stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The bishop written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Steppe and Other Stories 1887 91 written by Anton Chekhov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-01-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which established his reputation, is the unforgettable tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power; 'The Kiss' portrays a shy soldier's failed romantic encounter; and in 'The Duel' two men's enmity ends in farce. Haunting and highly atmospheric, all the stories in this volume show a writer emerging from the shadow of his masters - Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gogol - and discovering his own voice. They also illustrate Chekhov's genius for evoking the natural world and exploring inner lives.
Download or read book Owl in a Straw Hat written by Rudolfo Anaya and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterfully written children’s book by New Mexico’s favorite storyteller is a delightful tale about a young owl named Ollie who lives in an orchard with his parents in northern New Mexico. Ollie is supposed to attend school but prefers to hang out with his friends Raven and Crow instead. Ollie’s parents discover he cannot read and they send Ollie off to see his grandmother, Nana, a teacher and farmer in Chimayó. Along the way, Ollie’s illiteracy causes mischief as he meets up with some shady characters on the path including Gloria La Zorra (a fox), Trickster Coyote, and a hungry wolf named Luis Lobo who has sold some bad house plans to the Three Little Pigs. When Ollie finally arrives at Nana’s, his cousin Randy Roadrunner drives up in his lowrider and asks Ollie why he’s so blue. “I’m starting school, and there’s too much to learn, and I can’t read,” Ollie says. “I can’t do it.” Randy explains that he didn’t think he could learn to read either, but he persevered, earned a business degree, and now owns the best lowrider shop in Española! Ollie finally decides he is ready to learn to read. The characters and the northern New Mexico landscape in Owl in a Straw Hat come to life wonderfully in original illustrations by New Mexico artist El Moisés.
Download or read book Sarah Carlisle s River and Other Stories written by Cynthia Lang and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Cynthia Lang's collection of nine short stories it becomes apparent that a legacy is not always as tangible as a mahogany chest or a summer cabin; or even predetermined, much less recognized by those giving or receiving. 'Devoid of weight, of volume, some [legacies] take up no room at all. On a journey, for instance, nothing may change hands but the tickets.' Traveling through the lives of intriguing and oftentimes enlightening characters ... nine characters, each inheriting a legacy and collectively handing one on to the reader, composed of remnants from past lives, a natural history that has the power to reveal current truths and predict future realities."--Page [4] cover.
Download or read book A Christmas Accident and Other Stories written by Annie Eliot Trumbull and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1969 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AT first the two yards were as much alike as the two houses, each house being the exact copy of the other. They were just two of those little red brick dwellings that one is always seeing side by side in the outskirts of a city, and looking as if the occupants must be alike too. But these two families were quite different. Mr. Gilton, who lived in one, was a pretty cross sort of man, and was quite well-to-do, as cross people sometimes are. He and his wife lived alone, and they did not have much going out and coming in, either. Mrs. Gilton would have liked more of it, but she had given up thinking about it, for her husband had said so many times that it was women's tomfoolery to want to have people, whom you weren't anything to and who weren't anything to you, ringing your doorbell all the time and bothering around in your dining-room,—which of course it was; and she would have believed it if a woman ever did believe anything a man says a great many times. In the other house there were five children, and, as Mr. Gilton said, they made too large a family, and they ought to have gone somewhere else. Possibly they would have gone had it not been for the fence; but when Mr. Gilton put it up and Mr. Bilton told him it was three inches too far on his land, and Mr. Gilton said he could go to law about it, expressing the idea forcibly, Mr. Bilton was foolish enough to take his advice. The decision went against him, and a good deal of his money went with it, for it was a long, teasing lawsuit, and instead of being three inches of made ground it might have been three degrees of the Arctic Circle for the trouble there was in getting at it. So Mr. Bilton had to stay where he was. It was then that the yards began to take on those little differences that soon grew to be very marked. Neither family would plant any vines because they would have been certain to heedlessly beautify the other side, and consequently the fence, in all its primitive boldness, stood out uncompromisingly, and the one or two little bits of trees grew carefully on the farther side of the enclosure so as not to be mixed up in the trouble at all. But Mr. Gilton's grass was cut smoothly by the man who made the fires, while Mr. Bilton only found a chance to cut his himself once in two weeks. Then, by and by, Mr. Gilton bought a red garden bench and put it under the tree that was nearest to the fence. No one ever went out and sat on it, to be sure, but to the Bilton children it represented the visible flush of prosperity. Particularly was Cora Cordelia wont to peer through the fence and gaze upon that red bench, thinking it a charming place in which to play house, ignorant of the fact that much of the red paint would have come off on her back. Cora Cordelia was the youngest of the five. All the rest had very simple names,—John, Walter, Fanny, and Susan,—but when it came to Cora Cordelia, luxuries were beginning to get very scarce in the Bilton family, and Mrs. Bilton felt that she must make up for it by being lavish, in one direction or another. She had wished to name Fanny, Cora, and Susan, Cordelia, but she had yielded to her husband, and called one after his mother and one after herself, and then gave both her favorite names to the youngest of all. Cora Cordelia was a pretty little girl, prettier even than both her names put together.
Download or read book Fire Ants and Other Stories written by Gerald Duff and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this collection of stories--ranging in locale from the marshes and pine barrens of East Texas to the row houses of Baltimore, and in time from the Civil War to the present day--Gerald Duff conjures up portraits of people suffering from the condition defined by a character in the prizewinning title story, "Fire Ants." "Does it burn when the fire ants bite?" he says. "Everywhere it stings, a piece of you swells up and rots out"--Jacket flap.
