Author: Jeremias Gotthelf
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847491084
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The Black Spider
Author: Jeremias Gotthelf
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847491084
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847491084
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Black Spider
Author: Jeremias Gotthelf
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714547697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
After one of their own people repeatedly fails to live up to a pact with the Devil, a petty and morally bankrupt village community is plagued by a swarm of deadly black spiders. Using a complex narrative structure, Gotthelf 's cautionary novella shrewdly dissects the iniquitous social dynamics of rural life.
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714547697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
After one of their own people repeatedly fails to live up to a pact with the Devil, a petty and morally bankrupt village community is plagued by a swarm of deadly black spiders. Using a complex narrative structure, Gotthelf 's cautionary novella shrewdly dissects the iniquitous social dynamics of rural life.
Black Widow Spiders
Author: James E. Gerholdt
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781562395117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes physical characteristics, the habitat, babies, trapping of food, and defense methods of this member of the cobweb weavers.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781562395117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes physical characteristics, the habitat, babies, trapping of food, and defense methods of this member of the cobweb weavers.
A Night with a Black Spider
Author: Ambai
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
ISBN: 9789386582249
Category : Short stories, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
'Since she was valorous, she said she was a man, and since Mahishan was speaking of love, he was feminine... If she was a combination of feminine and masculine qualities, why could he too not be a combination of the masculine and feminine?' Setting the stage with the Asura Mahishan's doomed love for the beautiful Devi, Ambai deftly combines myth and tradition with contemporary situations. In the title story, the woman who is mother, daughter, solver of all problems for her family, finds that it is only a black spider on a wall in a deserted guesthouse with whom she can share her own pain and suffering; in Burdensome Days, Bhramara enters a world of politics that turns her music into a commodity; while in A Moon to Devour, it is through her lover's mother that Sagu learns that marriage is not a necessity for motherhood. Like the strains of the veena that play again and again in this masterful concert of stories, journeys too weave in and out. By train or bus or autorickshaws, each journey takes one into a different facet of human nature: the power of caste over the most basic of bodily needs like thirst; the simple generosity of a mentally afflicted child who loves the colour blue; the loneliness of dying amongst strangers, and the final journey of a veena whose owner herself had gone before it into another world. As in most of her writing, women are central to Ambai's stories, but so too is her deep understanding of, as she puts it, 'the pulls and tensions' between the many different things that make up life and ultimately, create a story.
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
ISBN: 9789386582249
Category : Short stories, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
'Since she was valorous, she said she was a man, and since Mahishan was speaking of love, he was feminine... If she was a combination of feminine and masculine qualities, why could he too not be a combination of the masculine and feminine?' Setting the stage with the Asura Mahishan's doomed love for the beautiful Devi, Ambai deftly combines myth and tradition with contemporary situations. In the title story, the woman who is mother, daughter, solver of all problems for her family, finds that it is only a black spider on a wall in a deserted guesthouse with whom she can share her own pain and suffering; in Burdensome Days, Bhramara enters a world of politics that turns her music into a commodity; while in A Moon to Devour, it is through her lover's mother that Sagu learns that marriage is not a necessity for motherhood. Like the strains of the veena that play again and again in this masterful concert of stories, journeys too weave in and out. By train or bus or autorickshaws, each journey takes one into a different facet of human nature: the power of caste over the most basic of bodily needs like thirst; the simple generosity of a mentally afflicted child who loves the colour blue; the loneliness of dying amongst strangers, and the final journey of a veena whose owner herself had gone before it into another world. As in most of her writing, women are central to Ambai's stories, but so too is her deep understanding of, as she puts it, 'the pulls and tensions' between the many different things that make up life and ultimately, create a story.
Black Spider
Author: Jeremias Gotthelf
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761852093
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Die Schwarze Spinne is a religious allegory about morals and religious living in the mid-nineteenth century, written by Jeremias Gotthelf. This work is an interlinear translation of Gotthelf's Die Schwarze Spinne with introductions to both the author and the work itself. In a small Swiss community, a baptism is the backdrop for a village elder to tell the story of his family and their life and death struggle with the devil himself. The elder relates the story of a knight and his ill treatment of the farmers of the area. The knight's inhuman demands upon the peasants bring about unforeseen consequences, which lead to the decimation of the village and, ultimately, the knight's own death. The plague released through a pact with the devil, the black spider, haunts the village for hundreds of years and must be fought with religious piety, courage, and devotion to traditional values. It is when one forgets God and his commandments that the black spider is at its most deadly. A true tale of morality written by a pastor in 1842, The Black Spider serves as a warning to those who, according to Gotthelf, go against the will of God.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761852093
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Die Schwarze Spinne is a religious allegory about morals and religious living in the mid-nineteenth century, written by Jeremias Gotthelf. This work is an interlinear translation of Gotthelf's Die Schwarze Spinne with introductions to both the author and the work itself. In a small Swiss community, a baptism is the backdrop for a village elder to tell the story of his family and their life and death struggle with the devil himself. The elder relates the story of a knight and his ill treatment of the farmers of the area. The knight's inhuman demands upon the peasants bring about unforeseen consequences, which lead to the decimation of the village and, ultimately, the knight's own death. The plague released through a pact with the devil, the black spider, haunts the village for hundreds of years and must be fought with religious piety, courage, and devotion to traditional values. It is when one forgets God and his commandments that the black spider is at its most deadly. A true tale of morality written by a pastor in 1842, The Black Spider serves as a warning to those who, according to Gotthelf, go against the will of God.
Black Widow Spider
Author: Julie Murray
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098221990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Black widow spiders may be tiny, but they are powerful. This title introduces readers to black widow spiders and why and how it uses its powerful venom. This title is at a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098221990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Black widow spiders may be tiny, but they are powerful. This title introduces readers to black widow spiders and why and how it uses its powerful venom. This title is at a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
The Black Widow Spider
Author: Lisa Owings
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612117104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Don't say you weren't warned. Black widows have red markings that let you know they are dangerous. Bother a black widow and experience the effects of its potent poison. Get caught up in reading about the deadly black widow spider.
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612117104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Don't say you weren't warned. Black widows have red markings that let you know they are dangerous. Bother a black widow and experience the effects of its potent poison. Get caught up in reading about the deadly black widow spider.
Yellow Bird, Black Spider
Author: Dosh Archer
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
ISBN: 9781582348742
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Black Spider thinks Yellow Bird should be more traditional. "Why don't you make a lovely, cozy nest?" asks Black Spider. "I like hotels, actually," says Yellow Bird. But is Yellow Bird willing to change his unconventional ways? He is a unique bird who does his own thing in his own way. Black Spider soon learns that this bird likes sailing, vanilla ice cream, and even red guitars-but his most shocking discovery comes at the end, when Black Spider innocently asks, "Why don't you eat some yummy, squelchy worms?" This quirky, stylish tale is full of wit and whimsy. Its ever-so-slightly macabre ending serves as the perfect punch line to this clever book.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
ISBN: 9781582348742
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Black Spider thinks Yellow Bird should be more traditional. "Why don't you make a lovely, cozy nest?" asks Black Spider. "I like hotels, actually," says Yellow Bird. But is Yellow Bird willing to change his unconventional ways? He is a unique bird who does his own thing in his own way. Black Spider soon learns that this bird likes sailing, vanilla ice cream, and even red guitars-but his most shocking discovery comes at the end, when Black Spider innocently asks, "Why don't you eat some yummy, squelchy worms?" This quirky, stylish tale is full of wit and whimsy. Its ever-so-slightly macabre ending serves as the perfect punch line to this clever book.
Black Widow Spiders
Author: Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Poisonous Animals
ISBN: 9781607537847
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the venomous black widow spider. Readers learn how these spiders use venom to kill prey and as a protection against predators. Also explains where they live and what to do when they are encountered.
Publisher: Poisonous Animals
ISBN: 9781607537847
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the venomous black widow spider. Readers learn how these spiders use venom to kill prey and as a protection against predators. Also explains where they live and what to do when they are encountered.
Black Widows
Author: Jenna Lee Gleisner
Publisher: Pogo Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this book, early fluent readers will learn all about black widows. Vivid, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about this arachnid's anatomy, appearance, habitat, and behaviors. Take a Look! infographics and sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend learning. Children can learn more about arachnids using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Black Widows also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Black Widows is part of Jump!'s All About Arachnids series.
Publisher: Pogo Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this book, early fluent readers will learn all about black widows. Vivid, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about this arachnid's anatomy, appearance, habitat, and behaviors. Take a Look! infographics and sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend learning. Children can learn more about arachnids using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Black Widows also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Black Widows is part of Jump!'s All About Arachnids series.