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Book The Little Manx Nation   1891

Download or read book The Little Manx Nation 1891 written by Hall Caine and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Hall Caine

Book The Little Manx Nation

Download or read book The Little Manx Nation written by Hall Caine and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Selected Works of Sir Hall Caine

Download or read book The Selected Works of Sir Hall Caine written by Sir Hall Caine and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 5433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Deemster Christian of Ballawhaine was a hard man—hard on the outside, at all events. They called him Iron Christian, and people said, "Don't turn that iron hand against you." Yet his character was stamped with nobleness as well as strength. He was not a man of icy nature, but he loved to gather icicles about him. There was fire enough underneath, at which he warmed his old heart when alone, but he liked the air to be congealed about his face. He was a man of a closed soul. One had to wrench open the dark chamber where he kept his feelings; but the man who had done that had uncovered his nakedness, and he cut him off for ever. That was how it happened with his son, the father of Philip. He had two sons; the elder was an impetuous creature, a fiery spirit, one of the masterful souls who want the restraint of the curb if they are not to hurry headlong into the abyss. Old Deemster Christian had called this boy Thomas Wilson, after the serene saint who had once been Bishop of Man. He was intended, however, for the law, not for the Church. The office of Deemster never has been and never can be hereditary; yet the Christians of Ballawhaine had been Deemsters through six generations, and old Iron Christian expected that Thomas Wilson Christian would succeed him. But there was enough uncertainty about the succession to make merit of more value than precedent in the selection, and so the old man had brought up his son to the English bar, and afterwards called him to practise in the Manx one. The young fellow had not altogether rewarded his father's endeavours. During his residence in England, he had acquired certain modern doctrines which were highly obnoxious to the old Deemster. New views on property, new ideas about woman and marriage, new theories concerning religion (always re-christened superstition), the usual barnacles of young vessels fresh from unknown waters; but the old man was no shipwright in harbour who has learnt the art of removing them without injury to the hull. The Deemster knew these notions when he met with them in the English newspapers. There was something awesome in their effect on his stay-at-home imagination, as of vices confusing and difficult to true men that walk steadily; but, above all, very far off, over the mountains and across the sea, like distant cities of Sodom, only waiting for Sodom's doom. And yet, lo! here they were in a twinkling, shunted and shot into his own house and his own stackyard.

Book Hall Caine

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  • Author : Vivien Allen
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 1997-07-01
  • ISBN : 1847141684
  • Pages : 451 pages

Download or read book Hall Caine written by Vivien Allen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first full biography of the Victorian romantic novelist Hall Caine traces his life from childhood in Liverpool, through his time as 'housemate' to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and association with members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to his triumphant career as a popular novelist. Caine, a swashbuckling character who might have figured in one of his own novels, wrote fifteen novels and many non-fiction works. Vivien Allen has been able to take advantage of Caine's family papers and letters and, living in the Isle of Man, is well placed to write about this half-forgotten author of Manx descent who made his home there from 1896 until his death in 1931. The book contains letters to Hall Caine from the American, Dr Francis Tumblety who has been recently identified as the probable 'Jack the Ripper'. These letters were mentioned in the Channel 4 (UK) documentary 'Jack the Ripper' 1996. Much of the archive material was accessed with the assistance of the New York Public Library and the New York Theatre Museum.

Book Delphi Collected Works of Hall Caine  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Hall Caine Illustrated written by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 9093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the highest selling novelists of the late Victorian and the Edwardian era, Hall Caine wrote immensely popular romances, which addressed serious political and social issues of the day. This comprehensive eBook presents Caine’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Caine’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 13 novels in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital print, including THE WHITE PROPHET and THE PRODIGIAL SON * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short fiction, available in no other collection * Includes a selection of Caine’s non-fiction * Features a bonus biography - discover Caine’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, Caine’s last novel, THE WOMAN OF KNOCKALOE, cannot appear in this edition. When the novel becomes available in your public domain, it will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels THE SHADOW OF A CRIME SHE’S ALL THE WORLD TO ME A SON OF HAGAR THE DEEMSTER THE BONDMAN THE SCAPEGOAT THE MANXMAN THE CHRISTIAN THE ETERNAL CITY THE PRODIGAL SON THE WHITE PROPHET THE WOMAN THOU GAVEST ME THE MASTER OF MAN The Shorter Fiction THE PROPHET CAP’N DAVY’S HONEYMOON AND OTHER STORIES CHARLIE THE COX The Plays THE ISLE OF BOY PETE The Non-Fiction RECOLLECTIONS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LITTLE MANX NATION THE DRAMA OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DAYS The Biography HALL CAINE, THE MAN AND THE NOVELIST by C. F. Kenyon Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Book A New History of the Isle of Man  Vol  5

Download or read book A New History of the Isle of Man Vol 5 written by John Belchem and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New History of the Isle of Man will provide a new benchmark for the study of the island’s history. In five volumes, it will survey all aspects of the history of the Isle of Man, from the evolution of the natural landscape through prehistory to modern times. The Modern Period is the first volume to be published. Wide in coverage, embracing political, constitutional, economic, labour, social and cultural developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the volume is particularly concerned with issues of image, identity and representation. From a variety of angles and perspectives, contributors explore the ways in which a sense of Manxness was constructed, contested, continued and amended as the little Manx nation underwent unprecedented change from debtors’ retreat through holiday playground to offshore international financial centre.

Book The Dial

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1909
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book The Dial written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book De Quincey Memorials

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  • Author : Thomas De Quincey
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1891
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book De Quincey Memorials written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Last of the Celts

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  • Author : Marcus Tanner
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2004-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300104642
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book The Last of the Celts written by Marcus Tanner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Ireland's Holy Wars journeys through the Celtic world to discover the Celtic past and what remains of the authentic culture today, discovering that Celtic revival is largely misplaced and that the threats to the world's Celtic communities and culture are relentless.

Book Education Outlook

Download or read book Education Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gothic Britain

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  • Author : William Hughes
  • Publisher : University of Wales Press
  • Release : 2018-04-15
  • ISBN : 1786832348
  • Pages : 269 pages

Download or read book Gothic Britain written by William Hughes and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage of canonical and less-explored texts in fiction, film and museology. Innovative vision of how Gothic evokes the regions of Great Britain. The first work to consider Gothic and the regional experience at length.

Book Thomas Edward Brown

Download or read book Thomas Edward Brown written by Arthur Quiller-Couch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1930, this book contains recollections from the friends of the Manx poet and theologian Thomas Edward Brown on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. The volume includes a preface from the then Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, Sir Claude Hill, as well as some unpublished letters written by Browne and a brief biography written by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Manx literature and the history of Manx thought.

Book Current Opinion

Download or read book Current Opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Current Literature

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1898
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 604 pages

Download or read book Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New History of the Isle of Man  The modern period 1830 1999

Download or read book A New History of the Isle of Man The modern period 1830 1999 written by Richard Chiverrell and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New History of the Isle of Man will provide a new benchmark for the study of the island’s history. In five volumes, it will survey all aspects of the history of the Isle of Man, from the evolution of the natural landscape through prehistory to modern times. The Modern Period is the first volume to be published. Wide in coverage, embracing political, constitutional, economic, labor, social and cultural developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the volume is particularly concerned with issues of image, identity and representation. From a variety of angles and perspectives, contributors explore the ways in which a sense of Manxness was constructed, contested, continued and amended as the little Manx nation underwent unprecedented change from debtors’ retreat through holiday playground to offshore international financial center.

Book Current Literature

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  • Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1898
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 114 pages

Download or read book Current Literature written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Book Buyer

Download or read book The Book Buyer written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: