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When Life Was Young By C. A. Stephens (Hardcover)
When Life Was Young is a mesmerizing journey back in time, inviting readers to step into the enchanting and innocent world of childhood. The narrative unfolds with a nostalgic embrace of the past, painting a vivid picture of a time when life was simpler, and the world was filled with wonder and exploration. The story follows the protagonist as they reminisce about their youth, recalling the magic of discovery, the bonds of friendship, and the joys of unfettered imagination. Themes of innocence, adventure, and the passage of time resonate throughout, inviting readers to reflect on their own childhoods and the timeless experiences that shape us all.
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White Fang by Jack London (Hardcover)
White Fang, who is appropriately named thus, is the only pup in the litter of the cunning she-wolf who survives to grow into a ferocious and mean wolf-dog. But does he remain wild and free for the rest of his life? How does he fall into the hands of his bitter enemy, man? How does he come into the good books of his saviour, Scott? How does white Fang repay the man he grows to love and look up to? A thrilling tale of how the wild wolf was domesticated and tamed by man through firmness and love and grew to be a part of a happy, contented human family.
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White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Hardback)
- Page : 307
- ISBN : 978-8182475342
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
From the author of Crime and Punishment comes this remarkable collection of short fiction. A selection of ten compelling tales, steeped in Dostoyevsky’s characteristic themes of spiritual torment and psychological struggle, evoke life in Czarist Russia. Featured stories include “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man,” “Bobok,” “An Honest Thief,” “An Unpleasant Predicament,” “Another Man’s Wife,” “The Peasant Marey,” “The Crocodile,” “A Faint Heart,” “A Christmas Tree and a Wedding,” and the title work. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821&;1881) created powerful depictions of the human condition that led to significant developments in twentieth-century thought, including psychoanalysis and existentialism. His influence resonates in the works of latter-day authors such as Proust, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Kafka. This collection of his short stories offers thought-provoking glimpses into the Russian author’s moving portrayals of the conflict between flesh and spirit.
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Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Hardcover)
Coming soon, FictionWives and Daughters: An Everyday Story By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Hardcover)
Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess Mary Elizabeth Mohl as her home on the Rue de Bac in Paris. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood. The story revolves around Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
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Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, Novel
Wonderful Tales For Children [hardcover] Kate Douglas Wiggin
Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, NovelWonderful Tales For Children [hardcover] Kate Douglas Wiggin
There is a Chinese tale, “The Singing Prisoner, ” in which a friendless man is bound hand and foot and thrown into a dungeon, where he lies on the cold stones unfed and untended. He has no hope of freedom and as complaint will avail him nothing, he begins to while away the hours by reciting poems and stories he had learned in youth. So happily does he vary the tones of the speakers, feigning, in turn, the voices of kings and courtiers, lovers and princesses, birds and beasts, that he speedily draws all his fellow prisoners around him, beguiling them by the spell of his genius.
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Wuthering Heights + Pride & Prejudice (Set of 2 Books) By E. Bronte, Jane Austen (Hardcover)
Coming soon, Fiction, NovelWuthering Heights + Pride & Prejudice (Set of 2 Books) By E. Bronte, Jane Austen (Hardcover)
Wuthering HeightsIn this epic story of love, envy, betrayal and revenge, Heathcliff and Catherine come together in a romance that destroys them and those around them. Set in the lonely and bleak Yorkshire moors, this classic tale of thwarted passion begins when the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, a Mr Lockwood, is forced to seek shelter for a night at Wuthering Heights. As the night passes, Lockwood learns of the tumultuous past of Wuthering Heights and of those connected with it.Pride & PrejudiceWhen Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth’s wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. When Darcy saves her youngest sister, Lydia, from a scandal, Elizabeth starts to wonder if her pride has prejudiced her opinion of Darcy. Through this tale about two warring hearts, Austen weaves a witty satire about life in eighteenth century England. And though it was published more than two centuries ago, Pride and Prejudice continues to enthrall readers to this very day.
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