Observations and Reflections of a Country Squire

Observations and Reflections of a Country Squire

Author: George C. Zidbeck

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1491785667

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George C. Zidbeck is the author of a six-volume collection of stories focusing on family dysfunction as a result of parental alcoholismcreative fiction based on the true events of his life. In Observations and Reflections of a Country Squire, Zidbeck recounts his life story and considers the lasting effects of his early years on the rest of his life. After spending those early years in the American Canal Zone in Panama occasionally getting into trouble, he found himself moving to California with his mother and siblings in an attempt to start a new life after his father left to join the Merchant Marines. As a teenager, Zidbeck continued to learn some things the hard way when it came to growing up, enlisting in the US Army at the age of seventeen. He served during the Korean War, was hospitalized for hepatitis, and was then honorably discharged in October 1952, thus beginning his life as a free man in Long Beach, California. Thereafter his life required constant adjustment from his earlier ways, presenting challenges of paying the bills, finding love, and trying to decide what he truly wanted for his future. In this memoir, one man offers a candid description and exploration of the events of his life, reflecting on the many changes and bumps in the road over the years.


The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Author: Henry Fielding

Publisher:

Published: 1820

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13:

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A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squireathough he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, "Tom Jones" is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.


Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

Author: Joseph Addison

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 4379

ISBN-13: 1786560992

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The English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, Joseph Addison was a leading contributor and guiding spirit of the periodicals ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’. Addison also wrote ‘Cato’, one of the most successful tragedies of the eighteenth century. Dr. Samuel Johnson’s praise of Addison established him as one of the most admired and influential masters of prose. This comprehensive eBook presents Addison’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Addison’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All the plays and English poetry, with individual contents tables * Features rare works appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare essays available in no other collection * Special alphabetical contents table for the poetry * Includes Addison’s rare magazine contributions – available in no other collection * Features four biographies - discover Addison’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Dramatic Works Rosamond Cato The Drummer The Poetry The Poetical Works of Addison The Poems in Alphabetical Order The Prose Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation, Consider’d The Late Tryal and Conviction of Count Tariff A Dissertation upon the Most Celebrated Roman Poets The Old Whig Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals Serino The Evidences of the Christian Religion A Discourse on Antient and Modern Learning Maxims, observations, and Reflections: Moral, Political, and Divine Notes upon the Twelve Books of Paradise Lost The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers The Magazines Essays from ‘The Tatler’ The Spectator Essays from ‘The Free-Holder’ Essays from ‘The Guardian’ Essays from ‘The Lover’ The Biographies Addison by William John Courthope Addison by Samuel Johnson Life of Joseph Addison by George Gilfillan Joseph Addison by William Spalding Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks