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Author: John Cowper Powys
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 633
ISBN-13: 9780140021820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOften described as one of the great apocalyptic novels of our time, WOLF SOLENT is the story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. Complex, romantic and humorous, it is a classicwork combining a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual.
Author: John Cowper Powys
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1998-11-24
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 0375703071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1929, John Cowper Powys's novel of Eros and ideas was compared with works by Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, and D.H. Lawrence. Wolf Solent remains wholly unrivaled in its deft and risky balance of mysticism and social comedy, ecstatic contemplation of nature and unblinking observation of human folly and desire. Forsaking London for Ramsgard, Wolf Solent discovers a world of pagan splendor and medieval insularity, riddled by ancient scandals and resentments. And there this poetic young man meets two women—the sensuous beauty Gerda and the ethereal gamine Christie—who will become the sharers of his body and soul. "A novelist of great, cumulative force and lyrical intensity. . . . Out of his rhapsodic style and keen attentiveness to nature, he builds a tower of prose to match the firmament.”—Washington Post Book World
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-04-27
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9781354721636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2009-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780715638750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on his own vivid childhood memories of the seaside town of Weymouth, Powys creates a striking collection of human oddities, through which he shows his deep sympathy for the variety, eccentricity and loneliness of human beings.
Author: John Cowper Powys
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 476
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDecay of an English country family.
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: New York, Simon
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 596
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of literary essays.
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2008-09-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585679959
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a Roman fort in Wales at the turn of the sixth century, Porius, the son of a reigning prince, is aided by Merlin the magician, Nineue, and Medrawd in a battle for cultural survival.
Author: Belinda Humfrey
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 254
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWolf Solent, first published in 1929.
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2013-12-19
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 0571309461
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'I have tried to write my life as if I were confessing to a priest, a philosopher, and a wise old woman. I have tried to write as if I were going to be executed when it was finished. I have tried to write it as if I were both God and Devil.' One is tempted to say only John Cowper Powys could have written that, and, beyond doubt, only John Cowper Powys could have written the idiosyncratic and spellbinding work we have here. Yes, he was influenced by Yeats and Rousseau, especially the latter's Confessions, but there is no other work quite like this. It seems almost too pedestrian to say it covers the first sixty years of his life (he lived for another thirty years) and to say anything about them, as J. B. Priestley memorably put it, 'would be like turning on a tap before introducing people to Niagara Falls.' J. B. Priestley also said 'It is a book which can be read, with pleasure and profit, over and over again. It is in fact one of the greatest autobiographies in the English language. Even if Powys had never written any novels, this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius.'
