Author: Bertha M. Clay
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331626282
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Excerpt from Violet Lisle Will you forgive my presumption, Miss Violet? I have nothing to forgive, Mr. Jenkins; the love of so good and true a man as you must be an honor to any girl. The two speakers stood under the spreading branches of a great oak. Near by stood the ruins of Penarth Abbey, its ivy mantled walls gilded by the glowing rays of a warm autumn sun, and the long shadows cast by the famous Penarth oaks falling in fantastic shapes over its uneven contours. It was plain from the sketch-book in the girl's hand that she had been there with an artist's purpose. A glance at the man told that he was a curate a fact betrayed no less by his air than by his garb. 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.
Author: Mrs. Baillie-Reynolds
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243939107
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Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Excerpt from The Notorious Miss. Lisle Drave with a sudden wind across the deeps, And touching Breton sands, they disembarked. Tennyson. Whatever his faults may have been, there was little to complain of in the personal appearance Of Peter. He was not more than common tall, but he was well put together. The way his head was placed upon his firm neck, above his square shoulders -the set of his flat, well-modelled ears gave you satisfaction as you gazed. Perhaps his nose was too long, and a little too Sharp. His mouth could look Very hard, and his lips were too thin. But his eyes, which were of that dark grey which is not at all blue but carries a hint of purple, were doubtless prepossessing. His smile was charming, his teeth were good, his dun-coloured hair had a strong tendency to curl. 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.
Author: Charlotte M. Brame
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Julia Magruder
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259187073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Excerpt from The Violet Louise Wendell was, at eighteen, unusually alone in the world, her nearest relative being her father's mother, an old woman who had spent her life in a small rural community very unlike the world in which her granddaughter's lot was cast. Old Mrs. Wendell had recently come to make her home with Louie, but was. 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.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Author: J. B. Priestley
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504083725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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In this classic novel of psychological terror, an unrelenting storm forces three travelers to take shelter in a sinister mansion. A powerful storm rages through the Welsh mountains, driving three travelers off the road. Philip Waverton, his wife, Margaret, and their friend Roger Penderel are desperate to get out of the torrential downpour. Their only option is a mysterious old mansion, home to the bizarre Femm family and their brutish butler, Morgan. Although the Femms have plenty rooms in their home, they are hesitant to allow guests to stay in them. Instead, Penderel and the Wavertons must settle in for the night by the ground-floor fireplace and hope the storm will pass by morning. But as the hours go by, their situation only gets worse. The storm intensifies, and the dark house begins revealing its secrets—like what lies behind the two locked doors on the top floor. Now the travelers can only pray they survive until morning . . . Published in 1927, Benighted served as the basis for the 1932 James Whale film The Old Dark House, starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, and Gloria Stuart. It was J. B. Priestly’s second novel. “Priestley’s book is a beautifully written affair, oftentimes thrilling and touching, that this reader found perfect company during a few recent stormy days in late October. . . . The novel will surely manage to chill the modern-day reader.” —Fantasy Literature
Author: Hope Mirrlees
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667639919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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"The single most beautiful, solid, unearthly, and unjustifiably forgotten novel of the twentieth century ... a little golden miracle of a book." —Neal Gaiman Hope Mirrlees penned Lud-in-the-Mist--a classic fantasy, and her only fantasy novel--in 1926. When the town of Lud severs its ties to a Faerie land, an illegal trade in fairy fruit develops. But eating the fruit has horrible and wondrous effects. "Helen Hope Mirrlees was born in England in 1887. Mirrlees was a close friend of such literary lights as Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, André Gide, Katharine Mansfield, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Bertrand Russell, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, and William Butler Yeats. Under her own name, she published three novels: Madeleine— One of Life's Jansenists (1921); The Counterplot (1924); and her 1926 classic fantasy Lud-in-the-Mist, which has acknowledged inspiration to the likes of Neil Gaiman, Mary Gentle, Elizabeth Hand, Johanna Russ, and Tim Powers."--SF Site "Hope Mirrlees' writing, usually underrated, moves between gently crazy humour, poetic snatches, real menace, and real poignancy."—The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Author: Kate Atkinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552779687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to? Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in lifeâe(tm)s bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves.
Author: Bertha M. Clay
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434466884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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From Charlotte M. Braeme (who wrote as "Bertha M. Clay") comes "Her Only Sin."
