Download or read book The Hermit in the Garden written by Gordon Campbell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens. These follies often included hermitages, many of which still survive, often in a ruined state. Landowners peopled their hermitages either with imaginary hermits or with real hermits - in some cases the landowner even became his own hermit. Those who took employment as garden hermits were typically required to refrain from cutting their hair or washing, and some were dressed as druids. Unlike the hermits of the Middle Ages, these were wholly secular hermits, products of the eighteenth century fondness for 'pleasing melancholy'. Although the fashion for them had fizzled out by the end of the eighteenth century, they had left their indelible mark on both the literature as well as the gardens of the period. And, as Gordon Campbell shows, they live on in the art, literature, and drama of our own day - as well as in the figure of the modern-day garden gnome. This engaging and generously illustrated book takes the reader on a journey that is at once illuminating and whimsical, both through the history of the ornamental hermit and also around the sites of many of the surviving hermitages themselves, which remain scattered throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. And for the real enthusiast, there is even a comprehensive checklist, enabling avid hermitage-hunters to locate their prey.
Download or read book The Hermits written by Charles Kingsley and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1890 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kermit the Hermit written by Bill Peet and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1980-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kermit the Hermit was a greedy, gabby crab until he found a better way of living.
Download or read book The Book of Hermits written by Robert Rodriguez and published by Hermitary Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of hermits and eremitism from antiquity to the present: Greco-Roman influences, early Christianity, hermits in medieval Europe and East Asia, decline in Western modernity, the rise of solitude, and rehabilitation of hermits.
Download or read book Le Morte d Arthur Volume 2 written by Sir Thomas Malory and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the legendary realm of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2, where chivalry, honor, and betrayal intertwine in a captivating narrative that brings the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to life. This epic volume delves deeper into the rich tapestry of Arthurian legend, exploring the heroic deeds and tragic fates of its iconic characters. In this volume, you will encounter the valiant knights, including the noble Lancelot, the tragic Guinevere, and the enigmatic Merlin, as they navigate the complexities of loyalty, love, and the pursuit of honor. The dramatic quests and noble battles illustrate the virtues and vices that define their fates, culminating in the heart-wrenching conflicts that threaten the very foundation of Camelot. The central themes of Le Morte d'Arthur revolve around the ideals of chivalry, the nature of heroism, and the consequences of betrayal. Malory masterfully portrays the internal and external struggles of his characters, inviting readers to reflect on the moral dilemmas faced by those who strive for greatness in a world rife with challenges. The tone of this volume is both grand and somber, with moments of intense action juxtaposed against reflective passages that delve into the characters' inner lives. Malory's poetic prose and vivid imagery create an immersive experience, drawing readers into the emotional depth of the Arthurian saga. Since its publication in the 15th century, Le Morte d'Arthur has been hailed as a foundational work of English literature, inspiring couantless adaptations and interpretations. Its enduring appeal lies in its exploration of timeless themes and its rich character development, which continue to resonate with audiences today. This volume appeals to a diverse readership, from lovers of epic tales and historical fiction to those intrigued by the mythos of Arthurian legend. Its blend of adventure, romance, and moral complexity invites readers to engage deeply with the narrative and its characters. As you journey through Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2, you will find yourself swept away by the grandeur and tragedy of Arthur’s kingdom. Malory’s profound insights into the human experience make this volume a cherished addition to any literary collection. In conclusion, Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is more than just a tale of knights and quests; it is a poignant exploration of honor, love, and the human condition that continues to captivate readers with its timeless themes. Whether you are revisiting this classic or discovering it for the first time, prepare to be enthralled by the magic of Malory's storytelling. Don’t miss your chance to experience the epic journey of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2. Immerse yourself in the world of Camelot and uncover the enduring legacy of its legendary heroes—grab your copy now and join the adventure that has inspired generations!
Download or read book The Iceberg Hermit written by Arthur Roth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1974 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecked in 1757 on an iceberg in the Arctic seas with only an orphaned polar bear cub for companionship, seventeen-year-old Allan begins a seemingly hopeless struggle for survival.
Download or read book The Stranger in the Woods written by Michael Finkel and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. “A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival.” —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.
Download or read book How to Be a Hermit written by Will Cuppy and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Be a Hermit by American humorist Will Cuppy is a subjective and partly fictional account of Will's adventures as a hermit on Jones's Island in Wisconsin. Excerpt: "All was excitement that June morning among the clams of Jones's Island (pronounced, by your leave, in two good healthy syllables, thus: Jone'-sez). Softies by the bushel dug themselves deeper into the shoreward mud, and whimpering little quahogs out in their watery beds clung closer to their mothers as they heard the dread news relayed by their kinsfolk of Seaman's Neck, Black Banks Channel, Johnson's Flats, and High Hill Crick."
Download or read book Giovanni Maria de Agostini Wonder of the Century written by David Thomas and published by Doc 45 Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a remarkable man, Giovanni Maria de Agostini, born in Italy in 1801, who combined two seemingly contradictory aspirations: a fervent desire to devote his whole life to "perfect solitude" and an astonishing urge to travel incessantly. As his decisions and actions emerge from the lightless silence - the time-covered past - a unifying purpose becomes evident. Following extensive travel in Europe, Agostini takes vows revocable only by formal dispensation from the Pope. He immediately leaves forever his "beloved Italy" for South America. Twenty-one years he spends traversing that, at the time, greatly unexplored continent, visiting Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile - and so doing multiple times. During this spectacular solo Odyssey, he survives a trip down the Amazon River by canoe, crosses the Alps by foot several times, walks vast distances, and endures living alone in scalding deserts and subzero mountains. In spite of oppressive and infuriating obstacles, including death threats, unjust arrest, deportation, jail, and forced confinement in a mental asylum, Agostini persists undeterred in the solemn goal he set for himself when he left Europe. Seeking change and another continent, Agostini leaves South America for Mexico, passing through Panama and Guatemala, and then Mexico for North America, passing through Cuba. In Cuba, he is hailed as an extraordinary adventurer, his photograph is taken, and he is proclaimed "The Wonder of Our Century." After arrival in New York, he walks to Canada, where he spends almost a year, then "goes west," eventually reaching, in the midst of the American Civil War, the Territory of New Mexico, where he meets his merciless fate. Agostini is remembered in many places -- in South America as Monge Joao Maria, in North America as Ermitano Don Juan Agostini; however his life story is encrusted with myth and false fact. As the veritable events of his life are unveiled, a man of fascinating originality, prodigious endurance, intelligence, self-discipline, and self-sufficiency, infused with an indomitable spirit of adventure, emerges. Today in Argentina, as many as 15,000 people participate in a yearly festival initiated by Agostini at Cerro Monje, "Monk's Hill." In Brazil, at Cerro Campestre, "Campestre Hill," and Santo Cerro do Botucarai, "Holy Hill of Botucarai," over 10,000 people celebrate annual events founded by Agostini. In Lapa, Brazil, a national park protects the pilgrimage route to Gruta do Monge, "Monk's Grotto." At Aracoiaba Hill, near Sorocaba, Brazil, the Trilha da Pedra Santa, "Trail of the Holy Rock," is climbed annually by thousands of people desiring to pay respect to the memory of the Monge do Ipanema, the "Monk of Ipanema." These are just a few examples of Agostini's cultural legacy, 145 years after his death. 20 maps and 65 photos, including 2 rare photos of Agostini, one taken in 1857 and one taken in 1861.
Download or read book The Reluctant Hermit of Fort Fisher written by Fred Pickler and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A House for Hermit Crab written by Eric Carle and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.
Download or read book Church and Society in Eighteenth Century France Volume 2 The Religion of the People and the Politics of Religion written by John McManners and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1998-08-27 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume begins with a Section on the religion of the people. The clergy offered the liturgical services, sermons, evangelistic missions, and the offices sanctifying birth, marriage, and death; distinctions are made between what they intended and how their ministrations were popularly interpreted and incorporated into the social order. Statistical soundings concerning the extent of religious practice and the degree of conviction involved are evaluated. Further chapters deal with processions, pilgrimages, and popular practices and superstitions, with hermits and confraternities, with the impact of reading the Bible and other edifying literature in an age of increasing literacy. Finally comes a view of the twilight world of magic and sorcery. Throughout this Section the comments of theologians and thinkers of the Enlightenment are recorded, whether in coincidence or contradiction. The next section deals with the efficacy of the confessional and the role of the casuistry of the Church in attempting to mould sexual mores, business practices, and in the world of the theatre. In the next two Sections, the role of religious issues in political affairs is detailed. An overview of the Jansenist quarrel and of the activities of the Jesuits brings in the story of the struggle between Crown and Parlement, while an extended portrayal of the life of the Protestant and Jewish communities leads to the history of the debate on toleration, involving the Gallican Church in political interventions and controversy. Throughout the two volumes the rising forces of anticlericalism and the tensions within the ecclesiastical establishment have been recorded, and these themes come to their climax in a final section on the role played by churchmen in the coming of the Revolution.
Download or read book Insights Vol 2 written by Dr. Jose Kaimlett and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insights Vol.1 was enthusiastically welcomed by the public. Many found the simple reflections relevant to their day to day lives, whereas the short stories kept the reading pleasant. The demand for a second volume of INSIGHTS was spontaneous yet compulsive. Like the INSIGHTS Vol.1 this also has stories that will touch you for a lifetime and you too can pass on the legacy of it to your future generations giving insights of life. Stories in this book are indexed with over 500 plus topic index covering wide range of daily life helping you to make insightful choice at your finger tips.
Download or read book Planet of the Orcs Light Novel Vol 2 written by Himataro Zukunashi and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fighting through the orcish hordes to save a fellow dragon rider, the hero earns praise from the people and ire from the orcs. Their commander dubs him the Demon King in White, a fiend destined to be overcome. When the hero returns, the king ushers him off to Kreulgarz, a land laid to waste by civil war. However, the king's trifling errand takes an unforeseen turn, and the hero finds himself face-to-face with the Black Dog of the orcish army once more.
Download or read book Hyperion Or the Hermit in Greece written by Friedrich Hölderlin and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friedrich Hölderlin's only novel, Hyperion (1797-99), is a fictional epistolary autobiography that juxtaposes narration with critical reflection. Returning to Greece after German exile, following his part in the abortive uprising against the occupying Turks (1770), and his failure as both a lover and a revolutionary, Hyperion assumes a hermitic existence, during which he writes his letters. Confronting and commenting on his own past, with all its joy and grief, the narrator undergoes a transformation that culminates in the realisation of his true vocation. Though Hölderlin is now established as a great lyric poet, recognition of his novel as a supreme achievement of European Romanticism has been belated in the Anglophone world. Incorporating the aesthetic evangelism that is a characteristic feature of the age, Hyperion preaches a message of redemption through beauty. The resolution of the contradictions and antinomies raised in the novel is found in the act of articulation itself. To a degree remarkable in a prose work of any length, what it means is inseparable from how it means. In this skilful translation, Gaskill conveys the beautiful music and rhythms of Hölderlin's language to an English-speaking reader.
Download or read book Best Work of Sir Thomas Malory Le Morte d Arthur Volume 2 and Le Morte d Arthur Volume 1 written by Sir Thomas Malory and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an Epic Journey through the Legends of King Arthur with Sir Thomas Malory's Timeless Masterpieces Discover the enchanting tales of chivalry, honor, and adventure with this captivating 2 Ebook combo, presenting Sir Thomas Malory's iconic retelling of the Arthurian legends in "Le Morte d'Arthur." Book 1: Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 Continue the saga of King Arthur and his knights in the second volume of Sir Thomas Malory's epic masterpiece, "Le Morte d'Arthur." Journey alongside Arthur and his valiant companions as they face trials, quests, and battles against formidable foes in their quest for honor, justice, and the legendary quest for the Holy Grail. With its rich tapestry of myth, magic, and heroism, Volume 2 of "Le Morte d'Arthur" immerses readers in the timeless allure of Camelot and the Round Table. Book 2: Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 Begin your adventure with the first volume of "Le Morte d'Arthur," Sir Thomas Malory's enduring retelling of the Arthurian legends. Enter the mythical realm of Camelot, where King Arthur, the noble knights of the Round Table, and the enchanting Lady Guinevere embark on quests of bravery, romance, and destiny. From the forging of Excalibur to the tragic downfall of Camelot, Volume 1 of "Le Morte d'Arthur" sets the stage for a sweeping epic of love, betrayal, and redemption. Experience the Majesty and Magic of Camelot: Can Honor and Virtue Triumph Over Adversity? Join the Legendary Quest! As you journey through the pages of Sir Thomas Malory's epic retelling, ponder the timeless themes of loyalty, destiny, and the enduring power of myth. Can the ideals of Camelot inspire us to be better, nobler beings, or are they mere echoes of a bygone age? The answers await within these immortal tales, inviting you to embark on a quest for truth, honor, and the quest for the Holy Grail. Unlock the Gates of Arthurian Legend - Begin Your Journey Today!
Download or read book Hermit written by Jeffrey H. Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Jim Whyte settled outside the slate mining town of Monson, Maine, in 1895, people hardly knew what to make of him. Almost 130 years later, we still don't. A world traveler who spoke six languages fluently, Whyte came to town with sacks full of money and a fierce desire to keep to himself. It was clear that Whyte was hiding something -- enough to make the FBI come looking. But even the Feds couldn't imagine how Whyte, who lost every penny he had when WWI broke out, amassed another fortune before he died. Based on the true story, Hermit follows one man's quest to discover all he can about Whyte's secret life before it's too late"--from back cover.
