The Ridiculous to the Delightful
The Ridiculous to the Delightful

Author: Robert Nicholas Reeves

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780674768901

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Sir Philip Sidney's comic technique, in particular the comic characters in the second version of his pastoral romance, is the subject of this ably written essay. Robert Nicholas Reeves begins with a re-examination of comic theory in Sidney's Defense of Poesy, and proceeds to a reading of the humorous in the Arcadia as a happy kind of moral teaching. He discusses devices employed--irony, ridicule, deflation--and the relation of the low comic figures to the delightful elements of the main plot.

Ridiculous
Ridiculous

Author: D. L. Carter

Publisher: Ridiculous Lovers

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781794241183

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Funny. Sexy. Cross Dressing.Not your mother's Regency Romance.After the death of her miserly cousin Antony North, Millicent Boarder is determined her family should never be poor or vulnerable again.To protect them she conceals her cousin's death and assumes his identity. Now she must face the Ton and the world as Mr. North and accept the price she must pay for her family's safety -- she will never be loved.Which means now is the perfect time for her to rescue a duke ... up to his neck in a mud puddle!

The Full Ridiculous
The Full Ridiculous

Author: Mark Lamprell

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2014-04-21

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1619023946

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Michaelo O’Dell is hit by a car, and when he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move, frozen in the crash position. He can’t concentrate, or control his anger and grief, or work out what to do about much of anything. His professional life begins to crumble, and although his wife Wendy is heroically supportive, his teenage children only exacerbate his post-accident angst. His daughter Rosie punches out a vindictive schoolmate, plunging the family into a special parent-teacher hell. Meanwhile, his son Declan is found with a stash of illicit drugs, and a strange policeman starts harassing the family, causing ordinary mishaps to take on a sinister desperation. Equal parts hilarious and painful, this compelling novel delves into the difficulties of family, love, and the precarious business of being a man. Mark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.

The Fiend's Delight
The Fiend's Delight

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13:

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Dod Grile in the book "The Fiend's Delight" shares a series of diabolic stories extracted from the Californian journals. This book features a dark way to harness the world and the messages portrayed in it. A classical book containing a collection of creative writeups that invokes difference and strength.

Flora & Ulysses
Flora & Ulysses

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 076366040X

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Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.

A Shocking Delight
A Shocking Delight

Author: Jo Beverley

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0698144112

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From New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley comes a captivating Regency romance in which a lady must risk it all to win the heart of an infamous Earl... Lucinda Potter, daughter of a wealthy merchant, is more interested in trade than in the men after her dowry. When forced to have a London season, Lucy sets out to enjoy herself rather than to find a husband. But once she meets the notorious Earl of Wyvern, her resolve weakens, and when they kiss, it dissolves—even though her instincts warn he’s dangerous. Wyvern has a dark secret, which means he must win a rich bride. Lucy seems ideal—not for her beauty and her lively charm, but because at first meeting she seems unlikely to realize the truth... As he comes to really know her with each intoxicating kiss, Wyvern realizes she’s too clever and honest by far. Marrying Lucy would mean living a lie with the woman he has come to love.