Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Novels and Stories: Oldtown folks, 2. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories
Author: Stowe H.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521083049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. “Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories” is a sequel to her novel “Old Town Folks”, featuring some of the same characters. It is a collection of fifteen charming short stories told by Sam Lawson to some young boys of Oldtown. The author here masterfully captures many of the colloquial expressions, superstitions, beliefs, customs and habits of that period.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521083049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. “Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories” is a sequel to her novel “Old Town Folks”, featuring some of the same characters. It is a collection of fifteen charming short stories told by Sam Lawson to some young boys of Oldtown. The author here masterfully captures many of the colloquial expressions, superstitions, beliefs, customs and habits of that period.
Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Publisher:
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Ghost Stories
Author: J. A. Cuddon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140861181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Collected here are some of the best ghost stories ever written, to be experienced as they were meant to be--read aloud. From Angeline or the Haunted House by Emile Zola to The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, these are classic writers working in an ever-popular genre of apparitions, mystery, and murder.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140861181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Collected here are some of the best ghost stories ever written, to be experienced as they were meant to be--read aloud. From Angeline or the Haunted House by Emile Zola to The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, these are classic writers working in an ever-popular genre of apparitions, mystery, and murder.
A Catalogue of Authors Whose Works are Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141943815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141943815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton
A Guide to Historical Fiction
Author: Ernest Albert Baker
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Classified English Prose Fiction
Author: San Francisco Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Oldtown folks, and Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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List of Novels and Tales in the English Language
Author: Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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