Scenes in My Native Land (Classic Reprint)

Scenes in My Native Land (Classic Reprint)

Author: Mrs. L. H. Sigourney

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-11

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780364379042

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Excerpt from Scenes in My Native Land Mr. Hawthorne's style is rich, refined, and graceful, and the pres ent volume is an ornament to the literature of our country. Bos ton Atlas. This modest volume, which comes before us without preface, or any sort of an appeal to the public regard, is well calculated to stand on its own merits, and to acquire enduring popularity. The author possesses the power of winning immediate attention, and of sustain ing it, by a certain ingenuous sincerity, and by the force of a style at once simple and graceful. In all his descriptions, whether of scenes or emotions, nature is his only guide. In short, in quiet hu mor. In genuine pathos, and deep feeling, and in a style equally un studied and pure, the author of Twice Told Tales' has few equals, and with perhaps one or two eminent exceptions, no superior in our country. We confidently and cordially, therefore, commend the beautiful volume to the attention of our readers. - Knickerbocker. 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.


Scenes of Clerical Life (Classic Reprint)

Scenes of Clerical Life (Classic Reprint)

Author: George Eliot

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt from Scenes of Clerical Life Litany, only to feel with more intensity my burst into the conspicuousness of public life when I was made to stand up on the seat during the psalms or the singing. 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.


Scenes in my Native Land

Scenes in my Native Land

Author: L. H. Sigourney

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-04-28

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 3368874020

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.


Scenes in the Indian Country (Classic Reprint)

Scenes in the Indian Country (Classic Reprint)

Author: Augustus Ward Loomis

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780366512027

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Excerpt from Scenes in the Indian Country We asked the cause of their alarm, and they answered, We'll have rows here, sir; so many Indians together; for if there is any whiskey within reach, they'll be sure to scent it out, and if they find it, they'll not be long in getting drunk, you may depend and when they're drunk, they'll fight and kill: that's so. But we enjoyed a quiet Sabbath, worshipping with God's people. 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.


The Lost Girls

The Lost Girls

Author: Andrew D. Radford

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9042022353

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The Lost Girls analyses a number of British writers between 1850 and 1930 for whom the myth of Demeter's loss and eventual recovery of her cherished daughter Kore-Persephone, swept off in violent and catastrophic captivity by Dis, God of the Dead, had both huge personal and aesthetic significance. This book, in addition to scrutinising canonical and less well-known texts by male authors such as Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, also focuses on unjustly neglected women writers – Mary Webb and Mary Butts – who utilised occult tropes to relocate themselves culturally, and especially in Butts's case to recover and restore a forgotten legacy, the myth of matriarchal origins. These novelists are placed in relation not only to one another but also to Victorian archaeologists and especially to Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928), one of the first women to distinguish herself in the history of British Classical scholarship and whose anthropological approach to the study of early Greek art and religion both influenced – and became transformed by – the literature. Rather than offering a teleological argument that moves lock-step through the decades,The Lost Girls proposes chapters that detail specific engagements with Demeter-Persephone through which to register distinct literary-cultural shifts in uses of the myth and new insights into the work of particular writers.


Return to my Native Land

Return to my Native Land

Author: Aime Cesaire

Publisher: Archipelago

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 193574495X

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A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity. More praise: "The greatest living poet in the French language."--American Book Review "Martinique poet Aime Cesaire is one of the few pure surrealists alive today. By this I mean that his work has never compromised its wild universe of double meanings, stretched syntax, and unexpected imagery. This long poem was written at the end of World War II and became an anthem for many blacks around the world. Eshleman and Smith have revised their original 1983 translations and given it additional power by presenting Cesaire's unique voice as testament to a world reduced in size by catastrophic events." --Bloomsbury Review "Through his universal call for the respect of human dignity, consciousness and responsibility, he will remain a symbol of hope for all oppressed peoples." --Nicolas Sarkozy "Evocative and thoughtful, touching on human aspiration far beyond the scale of its specific concerns with Cesaire's native land - Martinique." --The Times


By Heath and Prairie

By Heath and Prairie

Author: Peter Grant

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-11

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781333558000

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Excerpt from By Heath and Prairie: Scottish and American Poems Spey. My youthful mind was keenly sensible of the sublimity of the northern hills, and the varied charms of vale and river. When ten years old I framed my first verses, which I carefully concealed from View. Even at that early age I fully expected to leave my native land, and I often found myself wistfully gazing on the scenes of beauty round me, as on that which I might never see again. So when the ocean rolled between them and me I found the scenes of childhood were imprinted on my memory - that absence made the heart grow fonder. Constant association with brother Scots served to keep alive in me the patriotic ardor and drew from my pen many of the poems which have appeared in Scottish and American publications. They have all been composed during hours of labor, to the accompani ment of the clang of hammer and the whirr of belt and wheel. Now, in response to the wishes of many friends, I have made a selection of those which pleased me best, with many others not hitherto printed. Besides those of special interest to British Americans, there. Are many which present my impres sions of life in a Western city. American Scots are so patriotic that they need little incentive to be true to'the traditions of their native land; and men are so learned now that it is hard to bring a smile to their face; but if these simple verses cause a thrill of fond remembrance in an exiled heart, or beguile a weary hour, they shall not have been written in vain. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, BY peter grant, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 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.


101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

Author: Jules Verne

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-26

Total Pages: 23935

ISBN-13:

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This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)


Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries

Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries

Author: Wilhelm Hauff

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-12-01

Total Pages: 13820

ISBN-13:

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Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries stands as a monumental anthology that maps the evolution of horror and supernatural fiction from its nascent stages to its more refined contemporary forms. Capturing an eclectic mix of styles and narrative voices, this collection underscores the genre's capacity to probe into the darkest corners of human experience and imagination. The anthology showcases a diversity in storytelling, ranging from Gothic tales of the supernatural, psychological thrillers, to cosmic horrors, presenting readers with seminal works that have shaped the genre. The inclusion of renowned pieces by iconic figures allows for a comprehensive overview of the genres thematic preoccupations and stylistic variations, making it an indispensable resource for both aficionados and newcomers to horror literature. The illustrious roster of authors featured within this anthology, including literary giants such as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Mary Shelley, among others, brings together a rich tapestry of cultural and historical contexts. These authors, hailing from diverse backgrounds, have contributed significantly to literary movements such as Romanticism, Victorian Gothic, and the early modernist waves, thereby enriching the anthology with a breadth of perspectives on existential themes of fear, morality, and the supernatural. Their collective work emphasizes the anthologys alignment with significant literary and cultural movements, offering a deeper understanding of the genres evolution and its reflection of societal anxieties and fascinations. Something Wicked invites readers on an unparalleled journey through the annals of horror literature, offering a unique opportunity to indulge in over five hundred tales of terror, mystery, and the macabre. This anthology is not merely a collection of stories; it is a scholarly-curated exploration of horrors multifaceted expressions across time and cultures. Readers are encouraged to delve into this vast compendium, which serves both as an educational tool and as a testament to the enduring power of storytelling in evoking the most profound human emotions. The anthology stands as a testament to horrors capacity to connect readers with the universal fears that resonate through the ages, making it an essential addition to any literary collection.