Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486148505
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Three of the finest of the author's numerous short stories include the romantic title tale, the comic "The Distracted Preacher," and "The Three Strangers," a tribute to community life.
The Encantadas and Other Stories
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This collection features 14 of Melville's short stories reprinted from Harper's and Putnam's magazines, including "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," a dramatic story set on the Galapagos Islands, plus "The Bell-Tower," more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This collection features 14 of Melville's short stories reprinted from Harper's and Putnam's magazines, including "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," a dramatic story set on the Galapagos Islands, plus "The Bell-Tower," more.
The Secret Sharer and Other Stories
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Three of Conrad’s most powerful stories of the sea — "Youth: A Narrative" (1898), "Typhoon" (1902) and "The Secret Sharer" (1910) — each probing deeply, suspensefully into the mysteries of human character.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Three of Conrad’s most powerful stories of the sea — "Youth: A Narrative" (1898), "Typhoon" (1902) and "The Secret Sharer" (1910) — each probing deeply, suspensefully into the mysteries of human character.
The Duel and Other Stories
Author: Anton Chekhov
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Six selections from the famed Russian showcase his natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion. Includes "The Darling," "The Kiss," "Anna on the Neck," the title story, and more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Six selections from the famed Russian showcase his natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion. Includes "The Darling," "The Kiss," "Anna on the Neck," the title story, and more.
Lilacs and Other Stories
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the author of The Awakening comes this collection, which features 24 distinctive tales of Southern life, filled with fascinating characters, idiosyncratic customs, and sometimes shocking details.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the author of The Awakening comes this collection, which features 24 distinctive tales of Southern life, filled with fascinating characters, idiosyncratic customs, and sometimes shocking details.
Jewish Wit and Wisdom
Author: Herb Galewitz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110141
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Sometimes hilarious and frequently profound, this collection of aphorisms includes observations and remarks from statesmen, writers, artists, philosophers, jurists, musicians, and celebrities — from the prophets of the Old Testament to Woody Allen.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110141
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Sometimes hilarious and frequently profound, this collection of aphorisms includes observations and remarks from statesmen, writers, artists, philosophers, jurists, musicians, and celebrities — from the prophets of the Old Testament to Woody Allen.
Joseph Andrews
Author: Henry Fielding
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
An Ideal Husband
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414232
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414232
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
The Koran
Author: Arthur Jeffery
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414256
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Sacred scripture of Islam: Mohammed's revelations concerning the omniscience and majesty of God, death and judgment, the proper conduct of the faithful, previous prophets, kindness to orphans, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414256
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Sacred scripture of Islam: Mohammed's revelations concerning the omniscience and majesty of God, death and judgment, the proper conduct of the faithful, previous prophets, kindness to orphans, more.
The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.
Detection by Gaslight
Author: Douglas G. Greene
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486114120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Fourteen extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, G. K. Chesterton, and others — many never before published in book form.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486114120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Fourteen extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, G. K. Chesterton, and others — many never before published in book form.