Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Considered one of the first mystery novels, this extraordinary piece of Victorian literature is wrought with dizzying twists and psychological turns. Walter Hartright’s encounter with a mysterious woman clad in white leaves him spellbound. His thoughts are plagued so much by the encounter that he shares the story with his drawing students—the beautiful Laura Fairlie, and her half-sister, Marian Halcombe. But this woman in white piques more than their curiosity. As the story unravels, so does a mystery of identity, insanity, and betrayal.
Though today she is little known, Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was one of the most remarkable women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Active in both the civil rights movement and the campaign for women's suffrage, Terrell was a leading spokesperson for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, and the first black woman appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education and the American Association of University Women. She was also a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In this autobiography, originally published in 1940, Terrell describes the important events and people in her life.Terrell began her career as a teacher, first at Wilberforce College and then at a high school in Washington, D.C., where she met her future husband, Robert Heberton Terrell. After marriage, the women's suffrage movement attracted her interests and before long she became a prominent lecturer at both national and international forums on women's rights. A gifted speaker, she went on to pursue a career on the lecture circuit for close to thirty years, delivering addresses on the critical social issues of the day, including segregation, lynching, women's rights, the progress of black women, and various aspects of black history and culture. Her talents and many leadership positions brought her into close contact with influential black and white leaders, including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Ingersoll, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, and others.With a new introduction by Debra Newman Ham, professor of history at Morgan State University, this new edition of Mary Church Terrell's autobiography will be of interest to students and scholars of both women's studies and African American history.
One of Hardy’s most popular and controversial novels, Return of the Native explores tragedy and romance with a vivacity that is his alone. Young beauty Eustacia Vye longs for the lively city of Paris and, by association, Clym Yeobright, the Egdon Heath native returning from the city’s irresistible glow. Though the two have feelings for one another, Eustacia also harbors an infatuation with her former lover, Damon Wildeve, who is to marry the innocent Thomasin Yeobright. Damon, though about to be married, is still in love with her. Eustacia, hoping it will lead to an escape from Egdon Heath, marries Clym, forever impacting the future of everyone tangled in her romantic web. An intricate and catastrophic tale of love lost, and a masterpiece by a true master of the novel. Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. For more classic titles like this, visit www.diversionbooks.com/ebooks/diversion-classics
In this timeless collection, the brothers Grimm craft classic tales that shape the canon of children’s literature. Known for their dark undertones, these stories are perfect for lovers of magic, fantasy, and well-told tales. From famous staples like Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, and Hansel and Gretel, to its more obscure stories, GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES entertains and delights.
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Controversial when it was first published, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES now sits in the canon as one of the great nineteenth-century novels. Driven by overwhelming guilt and her family’s poverty, Tess Durbeyfield claims shaky kinship with the wealthy D’Urberville family, hoping to procure a portion of their fortune. She encounters Alec D’Urberville, and is mortified to find herself the victim of her cousin’s relentless pursuit. When the kind and loving farmer Angel Clare enters her life, Tess is torn between a peaceful future with a loving husband and facing the truth of her past.
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. From ghost stories to spine-chilling mysteries, the horror genre is perfect reading for the Halloween season and year-round. Including Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, Robert Louis Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, and Bram Stoker's DRACULA, these terrifying tales will stay with you long after they're finished.
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. In this stunning work of early feminist literature, New Orleans housewife Edna Pontellier attempts to balance motherhood and femininity in a society that stifles women. As she navigates a world of social contracts and expectations while trying to remain true to her desires, Edna becomes increasingly isolated. One of the American South's first defining novels, THE AWAKENING is a heart-wrenching portrait of a woman struggling with her own identity.
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Sir Henry Curtis’s brother goes missing after travelling into unexplored territory on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines, so he desperately seeks the help of the great explorer, Allan Quatermain. Fascinated with the legends of Solomon’s Mines and in possession of a map that could lead them there, Quatermain agrees, with one stipulation: he gets half of any diamonds they find there. This thrilling saga encompasses their encounters with dangerous terrain, vast deserts, sorcery, lost tribes, and so much more. This legendary adventure novel carved a winding path for those that would follow and is a must-read for thrill-seekers of every kind. For more classic titles like this, visit www.diversionbooks.com/ebooks/diversion-classics
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. The classic tale of adventure! On a trip from England to West Africa, Lord and Lady Clayton, well-known aristocrats, perish on their journey, leaving their infant son not only an orphan—but alone on a remote island. Taking pity on this abandoned creature, the baby is taken in by the apes that inhabit the island and given a name: Tarzan. Raised to be king of the jungle, Tarzan’s world is upended when he discovers the lovely Jane Porter, a civilian exploring his wild world.
