Download or read book The Great Carbuncle written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Carbuncle" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.In the White Mountains, a band of eight adventurers gathers together. They are each on a personal quest for the Great Carbuncle, a brilliant gem legendary in its elusiveness. The adventurers are as follows:* The Seeker: a man sixty years of age who has sought the Great Carbuncle nearly his entire life. He says when he finds the Carbuncle he will die alongside it.* Doctor Cacophodel: a chemist. He hopes to perform many tests on the Carbuncle and make many copies of it.* Master Ichabod Pigsnort: a merchant, who wishes to sell the Carbuncle to the highest bidder.* The Cynic: a bespectacled man with a constant sneer. He considers the hopes of the other adventurers futile. He seeks the Carbuncle to prove to everyone that it doesn't exist.* The Poet: He hopes the Carbuncle will bring him inspiration.* Lord de Vere: a wealthy prince, who would use the Carbuncle's brilliance as a symbol of his family's greatness for posterity.* Matthew and Hannah: newlyweds, who wish to use the gem as a light in their household and as a conversation piece.The next morning, Matthew and Hannah wake up realizing that the others have left before them. Even though they fear they have lost the Carbuncle, they take their time in preparing for their morning's adventure.They begin to climb a great mountain. They soon fear they will be lost, until they spy a great red brilliance. They realize it is the Carbuncle. Beneath the Carbuncle, they see the figure of the Seeker, who has died trying to reach the gem. The Cynic approaches them and claims that he cannot see the Carbuncle. He removes his glasses and is immediately blinded by the gem's brilliance. Matthew and Hannah decide the gem is too brilliant for their household, and they leave it where it lies.
Download or read book The Great Carbuncle written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great Carbuncle" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1835. The Great Carbuncle points out that earthly possessions are not necessary for success and that people should be satisfied with what they have instead of wanting things that are not essential in life.
Download or read book The Great Carbuncle Publishing People Series written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nightfall once in the olden time, on the rugged side of one of the Crystal Hills, a party of adventurers were refreshing themselves after a toilsome and fruitless quest for the Great Carbuncle. They had come thither, not as friends nor partners in the enterprise, but each, save one youthful pair, impelled by his own selfish and solitary longing for this wondrous gem. Their feeling of brotherhood, however, was strong enough to induce them to contribute a mutual aid in building a rude hut of branches and kindling a great fire of shattered pines that had drifted down the headlong current of the Amonoosuck, on the lower bank of which they were to pass the night. There was but one of their number, perhaps, who had become so estranged from natural sympathies by the absorbing spell of the pursuit as to acknowledge no satisfaction at the sight of human faces in the remote and solitary region whither they had ascended. A vast extent of wilderness lay between them and the nearest settlement, while scant a mile above their heads was that bleak verge where the hills throw off their shaggy mantle of forest-trees and either robe themselves in clouds or tower naked into the sky. The roar of the Amonoosuck would have been too awful for endurance if only a solitary man had listened while the mountain-stream talked with the wind.
Download or read book Great Carbuncle by Nathaniel Hawthorne written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the Interactive Library Network, Teen.com and W3T.com, Inc. present the full text of "The Great Carbuncle," a short story written by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). The story was originally published as part of "The Great Stone and Other Tales of the White Mountains," a collection of stories written by Hawthorne.
Download or read book The Great Carbuncle Large Print written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nightfall once in the olden time, on the rugged side of one of the Crystal Hills, a party of adventurers were refreshing themselves after a toilsome and fruitless quest for the Great Carbuncle. They had come thither, not as friends nor partners in the enterprise, but each, save one youthful pair, impelled by his own selfish and solitary longing for this wondrous gem. Their feeling of brotherhood, however, was strong enough to induce them to contribute a mutual aid in building a rude hut of branches and kindling a great fire of shattered pines that had drifted down the headlong current of the Amonoosuck, on the lower bank of which they were to pass the night. There was but one of their number, perhaps, who had become so estranged from natural sympathies by the absorbing spell of the pursuit as to acknowledge no satisfaction at the sight of human faces in the remote and solitary region whither they had ascended. A vast extent of wilderness lay between them and the nearest settlement, while scant a mile above their heads was that bleak verge where the hills throw off their shaggy mantle of forest-trees and either robe themselves in clouds or tower naked into the sky. The roar of the Amonoosuck would have been too awful for endurance if only a solitary man had listened while the mountain-stream talked with the wind.
Download or read book The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes, the world's “only unofficial consulting detective”, was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously in popularity, later to become one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. In this book series, the short stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes have been amusingly illustrated using only Lego® brand minifigures and bricks. The illustrations recreate, through custom designed Lego models, the composition of the black and white drawings by Sidney Paget that accompanied the original publication of these adventures appearing in The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. Paget's iconic illustrations are largely responsible for the popular image of Sherlock Holmes, including his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape, details never mentioned in the writings of Conan Doyle. This uniquely illustrated collection, which features some of the most famous and enjoyable cases investigated by Sherlock Holmes and his devoted friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson, including A Sandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League, is sure to delight Lego enthusiasts, as well as fans of the Great Detective, both old and new. In this story Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the curious discovery of a blue carbuncle in the crop of a Christmas goose abandoned by a man during a scuffle with some street ruffians. Holmes makes a series of deductions concerning the owner of a tattered old hat recovered along with the goose and thus sets out on the trail of the audacious thief who stole the precious stone five days previously.
Download or read book Hawthorne s Short Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-four of the best short stories by one of the early masters of the form, in the definitive collection edited by acclaimed scholar Newton Arvin. Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest American writers of the nineteenth century, and some of his most powerful work was in the form of fable-like tales that make rich use of allegory and symbolism. The dark beauty and moral force of his imagination are evident in such enduring masterpieces as "Young Goodman Brown," in which a young man who believes he has witnessed a satanic initiation can never see his pious neighbors the same way again; “Rappaccini's Daughter," about a lovely young girl who has been raised in isolation among dangerous poisons; and "The Birthmark," in which a scientist obsessed with perfection destroys the flaw that makes his otherwise flawless wife both beautiful and human.
Download or read book The Great Stone Face written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes the Blue Carbuncle written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable jewel known as the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from the jewel case of the Countess of Morcar yesterday. A reward of 1000 has been offered by the countess for information leading to the stone's return ... While the police work to trace the missing diamond, Holmes attempts to reunite a Christmas dinner and its owner. But when the detective comes across the jewel, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a race against time to save an innocent man's life. About The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection Elementary-age reading, my dear Watson This fun series adapts the classic mysteries of Holmes & Watson for young readers, and makes the perfect introduction to whodunit fun for ages 7 and up. All titles are also leveled for classroom use, including GRLs.
Download or read book Tales of the White Mountains written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Stone Face written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legend of Carbuncle Pond written by Robert James Racicot and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Michael has just landed his first real job - a paper route. But this paper route forces him to go where he and his friends know is a place where you should never go. Michael must overcome his worst fears before he can begin a fascinating adventure of discovery about the history of the Nipnets, a local Native American tribe, and their sacred hidden knowledge.
Download or read book Grundish and Askew written by Lance Carbuncle and published by . This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two white-trash, trailer-park-dwelling, platonic life-partners go on a moronic and misdirected crime spree. Can their manly love for each other endure when one of them suffers a psychological slap that renders him a homicidal maniac?
Download or read book The Great Stone Face written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Passages from the French and Italian Note books of Nathaniel Hawthorne written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales and Sketches written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voyage of the Blue Carbuncle written by Carl L. Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the brave crew of the space ship Clipper as they discover the entrance to a new universe. The clues ripped from an obscure gem lead them on an adventure that takes them through space and time. Join the members of the secretive Trade Guild of the Space Merchant Fleet as they combat adversaries who are intent on preventing the announcement of their discoveries to Planet Earth. Explore the daily lives of the Computer and its ship-mates as they go about their humdrum and humorous daily activities. Will they ever reach the Hedendome in one piece?
