Author: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The fiend's delight, by Dod Grile
Author: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Ridiculous
Author: D. L. Carter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985066383
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Identity theft regency style. Funny. Sexy. Cross Dressing. Not your mother's Regency Romance. After the death of her miserly cousin Antony North, Millicent Boarder is determined her family should never be poor or vulnerable again. To protect them she conceals her cousin's death and assumes his identity. Now she must face the Ton and the world as Mr. North and accept the price she must pay for her family's safety -- she will never be loved. Which means, of course, at this point she will meet the perfect man.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985066383
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Identity theft regency style. Funny. Sexy. Cross Dressing. Not your mother's Regency Romance. After the death of her miserly cousin Antony North, Millicent Boarder is determined her family should never be poor or vulnerable again. To protect them she conceals her cousin's death and assumes his identity. Now she must face the Ton and the world as Mr. North and accept the price she must pay for her family's safety -- she will never be loved. Which means, of course, at this point she will meet the perfect man.
The Fiend's Delight
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387035918
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387035918
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Illustrated
Author: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The story opens with the narrator wandering the streets of St. Peters burg. He is contemplating the ridiculousness of his own life, and his recent realisation that nothing matters to him any more. It is this revelation that leads him to the idea of suicide. He reveals that, some months before, he had bought a revolver with the intent of shooting himself in the head.Despite a dismal night, the narrator looks up to the sky and views a solitary star. Shortly after seeing the star, a little girl comes running towards him. The narrator surmises that something is wrong with the girl's mother. He shakes the girl away and continues on to his apartment.Once in his apartment, he sinks into a chair and places the gun on a table next to him. He hesitates to shoot himself because of a nagging feeling of guilt that has plagued him ever since he shunned the girl. The narrator grapples with internal questions for a few hours before falling asleep in the chair.He descends into a vivid dream. In the dream, he shoots himself in the heart. He dies but is still aware of his surroundings. He gathers that there is a funeral and that it is he who is being buried. After an indeterminate amount of time in his cold grave, water begins to drip down onto his eyelids.
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The story opens with the narrator wandering the streets of St. Peters burg. He is contemplating the ridiculousness of his own life, and his recent realisation that nothing matters to him any more. It is this revelation that leads him to the idea of suicide. He reveals that, some months before, he had bought a revolver with the intent of shooting himself in the head.Despite a dismal night, the narrator looks up to the sky and views a solitary star. Shortly after seeing the star, a little girl comes running towards him. The narrator surmises that something is wrong with the girl's mother. He shakes the girl away and continues on to his apartment.Once in his apartment, he sinks into a chair and places the gun on a table next to him. He hesitates to shoot himself because of a nagging feeling of guilt that has plagued him ever since he shunned the girl. The narrator grapples with internal questions for a few hours before falling asleep in the chair.He descends into a vivid dream. In the dream, he shoots himself in the heart. He dies but is still aware of his surroundings. He gathers that there is a funeral and that it is he who is being buried. After an indeterminate amount of time in his cold grave, water begins to drip down onto his eyelids.
The Guardian
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Blackwood's Magazine
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Tatler & Bystander
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Tatler
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Essays on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama
Author: Richard Hosley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351775057
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The twenty-eight essays of this collection, first published in 1962, are the work of distinguished British, Canadian, and American scholars. The essays range widely over the field of Elizabethan drama, concentrating attention on Shakespeare and Marlowe but not neglecting earlier dramatists such as Kyd and Greene or later ones such as Heywood and Massinger. Among the general topics treated are the staging of the interludes, intrigue in Elizabethan tragedy, and Jacobean stage pastoralism. This title will be of interest to students of English literature.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351775057
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The twenty-eight essays of this collection, first published in 1962, are the work of distinguished British, Canadian, and American scholars. The essays range widely over the field of Elizabethan drama, concentrating attention on Shakespeare and Marlowe but not neglecting earlier dramatists such as Kyd and Greene or later ones such as Heywood and Massinger. Among the general topics treated are the staging of the interludes, intrigue in Elizabethan tragedy, and Jacobean stage pastoralism. This title will be of interest to students of English literature.