Author: Ronald Firbank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781853262951
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Valmouth is one of Firbank's most dazzling novels. Set in an English seaside health resort where the air promotes extraordinary longevity, Valmouth is dominated by the exotic and manipulative black masseuse, Mrs Yajnavalkya. Unhampered by class or creed, the ubiquitous Yajnavalkya moves between the strata of Valmouth society, bringing relief that is not without elements of eroticism ...
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with the Merry Men and Other Stories
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853260612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. This volume also includes a collection of Stevenson's short stories
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853260612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. This volume also includes a collection of Stevenson's short stories
The Well-Beloved with the Pursuit of the Well-Beloved
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840224054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840224054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh.
The Return of the Native
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye.
Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers.
Best Ghost Stories
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Madame Bovary
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853260780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This novel is a tale of human bondage. The author's realistic and explicit descriptions of the fall of Emma Bovary into adultery, debt and eventual death at her own hand, shocked the establishment at the time it was published.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853260780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This novel is a tale of human bondage. The author's realistic and explicit descriptions of the fall of Emma Bovary into adultery, debt and eventual death at her own hand, shocked the establishment at the time it was published.
Rasselas
Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840224207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
RASSELAS is a provocative fable about "the choice of life." Bored by the endless contentment of "the happy valley" in which he has been brought up, Prince Rasselas escapes with his sister. The rove the world searching for the secret of happiness and striving to find the ideal way to live. Repeatedly the pleasures they glimpse dissolve on closer acquaintance, and the great men they admire prove to be flawed. Where, then, are happiness and purpose to be found?
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840224207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
RASSELAS is a provocative fable about "the choice of life." Bored by the endless contentment of "the happy valley" in which he has been brought up, Prince Rasselas escapes with his sister. The rove the world searching for the secret of happiness and striving to find the ideal way to live. Repeatedly the pleasures they glimpse dissolve on closer acquaintance, and the great men they admire prove to be flawed. Where, then, are happiness and purpose to be found?
Fathers and Sons
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Set in 1859 at the moment when the Russian autocratic state began to move hesitantly towards social and political reform, this novel explores the conflict between the liberal-minded fathers of Russian reformist sympathies and their free-thinking intellectual sons whose revolutionary ideology threatened the stability of the state.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Set in 1859 at the moment when the Russian autocratic state began to move hesitantly towards social and political reform, this novel explores the conflict between the liberal-minded fathers of Russian reformist sympathies and their free-thinking intellectual sons whose revolutionary ideology threatened the stability of the state.
The Old Curiosity Shop
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This novel is a frequently and deliberately sentimental story of pursuit and courage in adversity, of malevolent and vile villains and the plucky and downtrodden characters who oppose them and their evil actions.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This novel is a frequently and deliberately sentimental story of pursuit and courage in adversity, of malevolent and vile villains and the plucky and downtrodden characters who oppose them and their evil actions.
The Egoist
Author: George Meredith
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262661
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Egoist: A Comedy In Narrative revised George Meredith C. Scribner, 1898
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853262661
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Egoist: A Comedy In Narrative revised George Meredith C. Scribner, 1898