Author: Charlotte Bronte
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241251710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.' These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Brontë's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Brontë's early writing. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Stancliffe's Hotel
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241251710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.' These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Brontë's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Brontë's early writing. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241251710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.' These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Brontë's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Brontë's early writing. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Stancliffe's Hotel [in, Tales of Angria: Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Heather Glen] (Penguin Classics).
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Tales of the Islanders
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Publisher: Hesperus Press
ISBN: 1780940009
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
When Charlotte's brother Branwell was given a set of 12 toy soldiers, an entire new imaginary world opened before them. The Twelves, or Young Men, became a constant source of inspiration for the Bront&ë children, spawning tales of swashbuckling adventure, darkest intrigue, doomed romance, and malevolent spirits. The four volumes of tales collected here make delightful reading, while offering a unique insight into Bront&ë family life and Charlotte's development as a writer.
Publisher: Hesperus Press
ISBN: 1780940009
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
When Charlotte's brother Branwell was given a set of 12 toy soldiers, an entire new imaginary world opened before them. The Twelves, or Young Men, became a constant source of inspiration for the Bront&ë children, spawning tales of swashbuckling adventure, darkest intrigue, doomed romance, and malevolent spirits. The four volumes of tales collected here make delightful reading, while offering a unique insight into Bront&ë family life and Charlotte's development as a writer.
Transactions
Author: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Blinder
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140470963
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140470963
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Green Dwarf
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Charlotte Brontë was 17 years old when she wrote the story. Lady Emily Charlesworth is in love with Leslie, a struggling artist. Lord Percy, a fierce, arrogant aristocrat, will do anything to lay his hands on Leslie's chosen bride. With its exotic melange of political intrigue, amorous subterfuge, and Gothic scenery, The Green Dwarf reveals the dynamic and experimental nature of Brontë's writing. Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Charlotte Brontë was 17 years old when she wrote the story. Lady Emily Charlesworth is in love with Leslie, a struggling artist. Lord Percy, a fierce, arrogant aristocrat, will do anything to lay his hands on Leslie's chosen bride. With its exotic melange of political intrigue, amorous subterfuge, and Gothic scenery, The Green Dwarf reveals the dynamic and experimental nature of Brontë's writing. Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.
First Signs
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9780718109981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9780718109981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Elvis Over England
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From the author of KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, a contemporary novel about a middle-aged rocker. After the death of his mother, a man begins to think about his teenage years as a Teddy Boy, something which is a far cry from his unemployed, middle-aged life.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From the author of KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, a contemporary novel about a middle-aged rocker. After the death of his mother, a man begins to think about his teenage years as a Teddy Boy, something which is a far cry from his unemployed, middle-aged life.
Flora of Southern California
Author: Anstruther Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"Since the publication of the Botany of California by the Geographical survey in 1876 many new species have been added to the Flora of Southern California and in this work an attempt has been made to collect all those additions and condense their descriptions so as to form a convenient volume for the field worker"--Introduction.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"Since the publication of the Botany of California by the Geographical survey in 1876 many new species have been added to the Flora of Southern California and in this work an attempt has been made to collect all those additions and condense their descriptions so as to form a convenient volume for the field worker"--Introduction.
Classic Ghost Stories
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This collection offers ghost stories that have long been considered classical: stories that have served as prototypes for other work, and stories that are in themselves uniquely great.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This collection offers ghost stories that have long been considered classical: stories that have served as prototypes for other work, and stories that are in themselves uniquely great.