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Download or read book Weird Tales Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by E. T. W. Hoffmann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Weird Tales, Vol. 2 of 2 One day there arose before this picture a fruitless altercation as to whether the artist really intended it for anything more than a mere picture, that is, the temporary situation, sufficiently indicated by the verse, of a decrepit old man who with all his splendour and magnificence is unable to satisfy the desires of a heart filled with yearning aspirations, or whether he intended to represent an actual historical event. One after the other the visitors left the place, tired of the discussion, so that at length there were only two men left, both very good friends to the noble art of painting. I can't understand, said one of them, how people can spoil all their enjoyment by eternally hunting after some jejune interpretation or explanation. Indepen dently of the fact that I have a pretty accurate notion of what the relations in life between this Doge and Dogess were, I am more particularly struck by the sub dued richness and power that characterises the picture as a whole. Look at this flag with the winged lions. 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 Weird Tales Collection Vol 1 No 1 March 1923 Facsimile Edition written by Willard E Hawkins and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the facsimile edition of the first issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. This collection includes: The Dead Man's Tale - Willard E. Hawkins Ooze - Anthony M. Rud The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 1 of 2] - Otis Adelbert Kline The Mystery of Black Jean - Julian Kilman The Grave - Orville R. Emerson Hark! The Rattle! - Joel Townsley Rogers The Ghost Guard - Bryan Irvine The Ghoul and the Corpse - G. A. Wells Fear - David R. Solomon The Chain - Hamilton Craigie The Place of Madness - Merlin Moore Taylor The Closing Hand - Farnsworth Wright The Unknown Beast - Howard Ellis Davis The Basket - Herbert J. Mangham The Accusing Voice - Meredith Davis The Sequel [Fortunato] - Walter Scott Story The Weaving Shadows - W. H. Holmes Nimba, the Cave Girl - R. T. M. Scott The Young Man Who Wanted to Die - Anon. The Scarlet Night - William Sanford The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni - Joseph Faus & James Bennett Wooding The Return of Paul Slavsky - George Warburton Lewis The House of Death - F. Georgia Stroup The Gallows - I. W. D. Peters The Skull - Harold Ward The Ape-Man - James B. M. Clark, Jr. This edition is a facsimile, generated from scans of the original magazine, including the ads, news items, and formatting.About the Pulp Fiction CollectionOur modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses.

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Download or read book Weird Tales Vol I of 2 written by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weird Tales 2 Volume Set Large Print written by E. T. W. Hoffmann and published by TGS Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 Volume Set, Large Print, 15 point fontExcerptCouncillor Krespel was one of the strangest, oddest men I ever met with in my life. When I went to live in H¿¿ for a time the whole town was full of talk about him, as he happened to be just then in the midst of one of the very craziest of his schemes. Krespel had the reputation of being both a clever, learn lawyer and a skilful diplomatist. One of the reigning princes of Germany¿not, however, one of the most powerful¿had appealed to him for assistance in drawing up a memorial, which he was desirous of presenting at the Imperial Court with the view of furthering his legitimate claims upon a certain strip of territory. The project was crowned with the happiest success; and as Krespel had once complained that he could never find a dwelling sufficiently comfortable to suit him, the prince, to reward him for the memorial, undertook to defray the cost of building a house which Krespel might erect just as he pleased. Moreover, the prince was willing to purchase any site that he should fancy. This offer, however, the Councillor would not accept; he insisted that the house should be built in his garden, situated in a very beautiful neighbourhood outside the town-walls. So he bought all kinds of materials and had them carted out. Then he might have been seen day after day, attired in his curious garments (which he had made himself according to certain fixed rules of his own), slacking the lime, riddling the sand, packing up the bricks and stones in regular heaps, and so on. All this he did without once consulting an architect or thinking about a plan. One fine day, however, he went to an experienced builder of the town and requested him to be in his garden at daybreak the next morning, with all his journeymen and apprentices, and a large body of labourers, &c., to build him his house. Naturally the builder asked for the architect's plan, and was not a little astonished when Krespel replied that none was needed, and that things would turn out all right in the end, just as he wanted them. Next morning, when the builder and his men came to the place, they found a trench drawn out in the shape of an exact square; and Krespel said, "Here's where you must lay the foundations; then carry up the walls until I say they are high enough." "Without windows and doors, and without partition walls?" broke in the builder, as if alarmed at Krespel's mad folly. "Do what I tell you, my dear sir," replied the Councillor quite calmly; "leave the rest to me; it will be all right." It was only the promise of high pay that could induce the builder to proceed with the ridiculous building; but none has ever been erected under merrier circumstances. As there was an abundant supply of food and drink, the workmen never left their work; and amidst their continuous laughter the four walls were run up with incredible quickness, until one day Krespel cried, "Stop!" Then the workmen, laying down trowel and hammer, came down from the scaffoldings and gathered round Krespel in a circle, whilst every laughing face was asking, "Well, and what now?" "Make way!" cried Krespel; and then running to one end of the garden, he strode slowly towards the square of brick-work. When he came close to the wall he shook his head in a dissatisfied manner, ran to the other end of the garden, again strode slowly towards the brick-work square, and proceeded to act as before. These tactics he pursued several times, until at length, running his sharp nose hard against the wall, he cried, "Come here, come here, men! break me a door in here! Here's where I want a door made!" He gave the exact dimensions in feet and inches, and they did as he bid them.

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Download or read book Weird Tales written by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...in vain did La Regnie rage and try to extort confessions; in vain did they strengthen their watch and their patrols;--they could not find a trace of the evil-doers. The only thing that did to a certain extent avail was to take the precaution of going armed to the teeth and have a torch carried before one; and yet instances were not wanting in which the servant was annoyed by stones thrown at him, whilst at the same moment his master was murdered and robbed. It was especially remarkable that, in spite of all inquiries in every place where traffic in jewellery was in any way possible, not the smallest specimen of the stolen ornaments ever came to light, and so in this way also no clue was found which might have been followed. Desgrais was furious that the miscreants should thus baffle all his cunning. The quarter of the town in which he happened to be stationed was spared; whilst in the others, where nobody apprehended any evil, these robberies and murders claimed their richest victims. Desgrais hit upon the ruse of making several Desgrais one after the other, so exactly alike in gait, posture, speech, figure, and face, that the myrmidons of the police themselves did not know which was the real Desgrais. Meanwhile, at the risk of his own life, he used to watch alone in the most secret haunts and lairs of crime, and follow at a distance first this man and then that, who at his own instance carried some valuable jewellery about his person. These men, however, were not attacked; and hence the robbers must be acquainted with this contrivance also. Desgrais absolutely despaired. One morning Desgrais came to President La Regnie pale and perturbed, quite distracted in fact. "What's the matter? What news? Have you got a clue? " cried the President....

Download or read book Weird Tales Vol 1 No 1 March 1923 written by Willard Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the readers' edition of the first issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. This collection includes: The Dead Man's Tale · Willard E. Hawkins Ooze · Anthony M. Rud The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 1 of 2] · Otis Adelbert Kline The Mystery of Black Jean · Julian Kilman The Grave · Orville R. Emerson Hark! The Rattle! · Joel Townsley Rogers The Ghost Guard · Bryan Irvine The Ghoul and the Corpse · G. A. Wells Fear · David R. Solomon The Chain · Hamilton Craigie The Place of Madness · Merlin Moore Taylor The Closing Hand · Farnsworth Wright The Unknown Beast · Howard Ellis Davis The Basket · Herbert J. Mangham The Accusing Voice · Meredith Davis The Sequel [Fortunato] · Walter Scott Story The Weaving Shadows · W. H. Holmes Nimba, the Cave Girl · R. T. M. Scott The Young Man Who Wanted to Die · Anon. The Scarlet Night · William Sanford The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni · Joseph Faus & James Bennett Wooding The Return of Paul Slavsky · George Warburton Lewis The House of Death · F. Georgia Stroup The Gallows · I. W. D. Peters The Skull · Harold Ward The Ape-Man · James B. M. Clark, Jr. This edition strips the original manuscript of ads and irrelevant news items, keeping only the stories and the notes from the original editor. It presents these stories in a way that is easier for modern readers on modern devices. PDF scans of the original magazine, as it would have been read in 1923, are available online. About the Pulp Fiction Collection Our modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses. This collection attempts to create a modernized version of these magazines, taking the short stories from each public domain issue and assembling them in a more modern collection format. For a scanned facsimile of the original issue, complete with original ads and formatting, visit MythBank.com.

Download or read book Weird Tales Vol I written by E T a Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Excerpt: ...But he, since the Councillor peremptorily insisted on it, had had to go away again in a hurry. What the relations between Antonia and the Councillor are has remained until now a secret, but this much is certain, that he tyrannises over the poor girl in the most hateful fashion. He watches her as Doctor Bartholo watches his ward in the Barber of Seville; she hardly dare show herself at the window; and if, yielding now and again to her earnest entreaties, he takes her into society, he follows her with Argus' eyes, and will on no account suffer a musical note to be sounded, far less let Antonia sing--indeed, she is not permitted to sing in his own house. Antonia's singing on that memorable night, has, therefore, come to be regarded by the townspeople in the light of a tradition of some marvellous wonder that suffices to stir the heart and the fancy; and even those who did not hear it often exclaim, whenever any other singer attempts to display her powers...

Download or read book WEIRD TALES complete Tales 1 written by Michael Seibert and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American pulp fiction magazine Weird Tales was founded in 1922. H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos stories first appeared in Weird Tales, starting with "The Call Of Cthulhu" in 1928. The magazine also printed early work by Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn. This is the first in a series of Weird Tales reissues by Gilman House. Unlike Some of the original Weird Tales publications which contained stories to be continued; these editions will always contain complete tales. Get comfortable in your favorite armchair and enjoy this pulp classic reproduced in complete facsimile from the original.

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Download or read book The Best of Weird Tales written by Marvin Kaye and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world. Collected here are 13 of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.

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