Download or read book The Grey Pool and Other Stories written by Lady Frances Parthenope Verney and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Grey Pool written by Frances Parthenope and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Grey Pool: And Other Stories Dull and slow the long busy line of the Canal stretched out along the flat meadows - the monotonous towing path and a bare hedge beyond keeping step as it were by a dirty black coal barge, with a blank sameness of reiteration, which seemed to make it hardly possible for those on board to know whether any advance was made at all - for ever moving, yet never making any progress. The day was bleak, the January Wind was bitingly cold and keen there was sleet in the air, wetting and freezing by turns; it blew in the teeth of the miserable horse which was tugging at the rickety old boat, and in the faces of two little girls who were running behind him, keeping him up to his work with sticks and stones. They were wretchedly clad, and their thin cotton frocks and shawls, their battered bonnets, seemed to let in the icy wind at every point, chilling them to the bone, while they could hardly manage to keep their worn shoes upon their little chilblained feet. On board the barge, behind the shelter of the central cabin, sat a tall strong man smoking, his jacket and trousers in comfortable order, and leaning on the rudder as his share of the work. Whenever the little girls relaxed their pace or their exertions, he urged them on with an oath or a threat. It was a pitiful sight, the right of the strongest in its worst form, the I will do what I like with my own, the true savage instinct of using his womankind as slaves because they were weak and because they were his. 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 Heavy Water written by Martin Amis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wickedly delightful collection of stories establishing Amis as one of the most versatile and gifted writers of his generation. "Martin Amis is a force unto himself.... There is, quite simply, no one else like him."—The Washington Post "Martin Amis is a stone-solid genius...a dazzling star of wit and insight." —The Wall Street Journal Martin Amis once again demonstrates why he is a modern master of the short story form. In "Career Move," screenwriters struggle for their art, while poets are the darlings of Hollywood. In "Straight Fiction," the love that dare not speak its name calls out to the hero when he encounters a forbidden object of desire—the opposite sex. And in "State of England," Mal, a former "minder to the superstars," discovers how to live in a country where "class and race and gender were supposedly gone."
Download or read book The Donkey S Downfall And Other Stories written by Chandamama and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore and Other Stories written by Louis Becke and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Louis Becke. Set in the South Pacific, they explore themes such as love, adventure, and cultural clashes between Europeans and indigenous people. Becke's vivid descriptions of the landscape and people of the region and his portrayal of complex relationships have made this work a classic of Australian and South Pacific literature.
Download or read book By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore and Other Stories written by Louis Becke and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1901 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anglia written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The House of the Sleeping Winds and Other Stories Some Based on Cornish Folklore Illustrated by Nannie Preston written by Enys Tregarthen and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of the Sleeping Winds and Other Stories Some Based on Cornish Folklore is a bright wholesome volume of stories, founded on the lore of the old-world Cornish folk. From fairies, wishes, small people and quaint songs, this collection of delicate stories will enthrall children of all ages and adults alike. Stories include ‘The House of the Sleeping Winds’, ‘Hunting the Fairies’, ‘The Wishing Song’, An Enchanted Field’, ‘The Piskey Spoon’, ‘The Little Weather Man’, The Piskey Shoemaker,’ A Piskey Who Rose in a Pocket’, and ‘The Golden Egg’. Nellie Sloggett was an author and folklorist born in 1851 from Padstow, Cornwall. She wrote under the names Enys Tregarthen and Nellie Cornwall. At 17 she suffered a devastating spinal illness and was paralysed for the rest of her life. She began to keep diaries about flowers, the changing seasons, and birds and other creatures, all observed from her bedside window. This practice eventually led to the writing and publication of her first book, Daddy Longlegs, and His White Heath Flower, in 1885, under the pen-name Nellie Cornwall. Later she came to devote much of her attention to Cornish folklore and legend. She collected and recorded many stories about the Piskey folk, fairies of Cornish myth and legend. She published most of her works in this category under her better-known pen-name of Enys Tregarthen. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s literature – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration from the 1880s to the 1930s. Our collection showcases classic fairy tales, children’s stories, and the work of some of the most celebrated artists, illustrators and authors.
Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Literary World written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories written by Henry James and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *The inspiration behind Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor* Discover Henry James's most famous and terrifying story in an edition which also includes a unique selection of his best loved ghost stories. A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. To begin with Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess starts to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets of the house she becomes more and more convinced that something evil is watching her. 'A most wonderful, lurid, poisonous little tale' Oscar Wilde
Download or read book Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Download or read book The Coming of Vertumnus And Other Stories written by Ian Watson and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of science-fiction short stories by the author of "Lucky's Harvest". They feature dozens of characters, a new way of travelling between the stars, a strange planet, magical powers, bravura set-pieces, and manoeuvres of narrative.
Download or read book The Christmas mummers And other stories written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Golden Wings and Other Stories by William Morris Delphi Classics Illustrated written by William Morris and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Golden Wings and Other Stories by William Morris - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of William Morris’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Morris includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Golden Wings and Other Stories by William Morris - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Morris’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Download or read book Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle written by James Silk Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let S Go Home And Other Stories written by Meenakshi Mukherjee and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first eye-witness story of the Kashmir Operations permitted by the Government of India to be published in book form. On 22 October 1947, in a flash and without warning, war burst upon Kashmir. Indian troops were rushed to defend the state, after the request of the Ruler to accede to the Indian Union was accepted by the Government of India. The Story of Poonch , which is the central theme of the book, gives a vivid picture of the conditions under which the whole campaign was fought. This book, which is a reprint, is fully illustrated with maps and excellent photographs.
