Download or read book The Bishop and Other Stories Classic Reprint written by Anton Tchekhov and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bishop and Other Stories My mother? When did she come? Before the evening service. She asked first where you were and then she went to the convent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories written by Marjorie Bowen and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bowen's stories show a mastery of detail, a sureness of expression and an acute reading of human nature that give them a sinister force which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion.
Download or read book The Bishop s Purse written by Cleveland Moffett and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peasants and Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever maturing art and ever more ambitious imaginative reach of Anton Chekhov, one of the world's greatest masters of the short story, led him in his last years to an increasingly profound exploration of the troubled depths of Russian society and life. This powerful and revealing selection from Chekhov's final works, made by the legendary American critic Edmund Wilson, offers stories of novelistic richness and complexity, published in the only formatp edition to present them in chronological order. Table of Contents A Woman's Kingdom Three Years The Murder My Life Peasants The New Villa In the Ravine The Bishop Betrothed
Download or read book Silence and Other Stories written by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bishop and Other Stories written by Anton Chekov and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop and other stories Anton Chekhov In the waning weeks of his life, a renowned bishop reflects on his past and his priorities. Written during the period when Anton Chekhov was gravely ill with tuberculosis, "The Bishop" reflects the author's feelings about his own imminent death, and is considered one of his finest works. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Minnie s Bishop written by George A. Birmingham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minnie's Bishop: And Other Stories She spoke to her husband, who was arranging a salmon cast in the smoking-room. The post had just arrived and she held an Open letter in her hand. He glanced at it apprehensively. His mother was an Old lady who made unreasonable demands of her children and usually carried through any scheme in which she was interested without regard for the feelings of other people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bishop s Purse Classic Reprint written by Cleveland Moffett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bishop's Purse The other one of this trio, whose meeting here was to have such far-reaching consequences, was a quietly attired young woman, traveling alone, her black hair and warm ivory coloring seeming to indicate a Latin origin. She, too, was a girl of striking beauty, but there was something of sadness and yearning in the depths of her lustrous dark eyes. As if weary with the journey, she dozed from time to time or seemed to doze, her thick lashes lifting occasionally for a languid glance at her companions and then drooping again, while a faint, half-wistful smile played about her full red lips. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Silence and Other Stories Classic Reprint written by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Silence, and Other Stories Bishop, supped early. She had not far to go to Ensign Sheldon's. She was nearly there when she heard quick footsteps on the creaking snow behind her. Her heart beat quickly, but she did not look around. Silence, said a voice. Then she paused, and waited, with her eyes cast down and her mouth grave, until David Walcott reached her. What do you out this cold night, sweetheart he said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Weird written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 2482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote written by K. J. Bishop and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duellists in a decadent urban dream. Lost creatures in a bizarre post-apocalypse. Fables lingering into almost-modern worlds. From hallucinatory surrealism to human dramas at the fuzzy edges of reality, these stories and poems by the author of The Etched City are by turns exuberant, poignant, darkly funny and delightfully deranged, all showcasing the inventive magic of an acclaimed literary fantasist. Includes Aurealis Award winner The Heart of a Mouse and two stories in the world of The Etched City, one previously unpublished. "Bishop is one of my favorite writers. She is an unmatched stylist and an alarming dreamer. Like her first novel, That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote is an astonishment, a portfolio of wonders." -Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Download or read book The Bishop and the Caterpillar as Recited by Mr Brandram And Other Pieces Classic Reprint written by Mary E. Manners and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bishop and the Caterpillar (as Recited by Mr. Brandram) And Other Pieces The Boy's Own Paper, which was started by the Religious Tract Society, 56, Paternoster Row, to provide high-class literature for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bishop and Other Stories written by Anton Chekov and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-13 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop and Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov A collection of various of Anton Chekhov's short stories including: THE BISHOP, THE LETTER, EASTER EVE, A NIGHTMARE, THE MURDER, UPROOTED, and THE STEPPE. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.the bishop and other storiesthe bishop of hell and other storieshow shall we kill the bishop and other stories
Download or read book The Incidental Bishop written by Grant Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Incidental Bishop: A Novel Tom Pringle, however, knew nothing of all this; as indeed, how could he P A simple-natured, gently bred Canadian young man, who had run away to sea as a lad of sixteen from a home in the interior, and spent the last eight years before the mast, he took it for granted that all other sailors were as indifferent honest as himself; and he accepted a berth on a Labour Trafi'ic steamer as readily as he would have accepted it on a Canadian four-master in the grain trade on lake Ontario. He was not specially good, but he was not wholly bad: he was just the average well-educated, adventurous youth who goes to sea or to an African diamond-mine, in search of sensation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories written by Marjorie Bowen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen is a collection of feminist tales about the hardship of women and haunting and dark supernatural happenings. Excerpt: "SHE who had been Florence Flannery noted with a careless eye the stains of wet on the dusty stairs, and with a glance ill-used to the observance of domesticities looked up for damp or dripping ceilings. The dim-walled staircase revealed nothing but more dust, yet this would serve as a peg for ill-humor to hang on, so Florence pouted."
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Download or read book The Unkind Word and Other Stories Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Unkind Word, and Other Stories, Vol. 2 of 2 I proceeded to pay my visit to this lady whose name, having been often before in print, there can be no scruple in mentioning here Miss Gilbert, the blind daughter of the Bishop of Chichester. To her superintendence and endowment, in conjunction with the design and practical aid of another blind person, Mr. W. Hanks Levy, this institution owes its existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
