The Strong Arm; And Other Stories
The Strong Arm; And Other Stories

Author: Robert Barr

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-03-16

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 3387321082

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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 Strong Arm
The Strong Arm

Author: Robert Barr

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1776585593

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Immerse yourself in this enthralling collection of short stories set in what is now Germany in the early Middle Ages. Damsels in distress, chivalrous knights, gloomy castles, and heated battlefield contests abound. The collection includes the novella The Strong Arm, along with a variety of shorter pieces in the same vein.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories
The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9781853267291

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Drugs, sexual obsession and a possible murder are the themes of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Also contained in this collection are lesser-known stories and sketeches that deal with subjects as diverse as murder, guilt and childhood.

The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888
The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0141938110

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"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.