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A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrads early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman. It is also an artistic and political manifesto. The introduction traces Conrads sources and gives the history of writing and reception. The essay on the text and the apparatus set out the textual history. The notes explain literary and historical references, identify places, and gloss foreign terms. Four maps and a genealogical table supplement this explanatory material.

After refusing his uncles proposals to become clergyman, young William Crimsworth seeks work as a tradesman and becomes a clerk to his rich brother Edward. Edward, being jealous of Williams education and intelligence, treats him terribly, so William leaves the position and gains a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium. Soon, Williams merits as a professor reach the ears of the headmistress of the neighboring girls school. Mlle. Reuter offers him a position at her school, which he accepts. Initially captivated by Mlle. Reuter, William begins to entertain ideas of falling in love with her.

The story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. By challenging the prevailing morals of the time the novel caused a critic to pronounce it utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls. It is considered to be one of the first feminist novels.

The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857.The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girls school. The story is based upon Charlotte Brontes experiences in Brussels, where she studied as a language student in 1842.

The adventure novel The Pathfinder by Fenimore Cooper is a sequel of the series The Leatherstocking Tales about the colonization of North America.Once again we meet the Deerslayer , the "pale-faced" of the Delaware tribe, a former scout of the British army, and his Indian friend Chingachgook of the Mohicans tribe. By overcoming miles full of various adventures, they help the young girl Mable to get to the English fortress on the shore of Lake Ontario.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepherd), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey, proving his unbreakable spirit...

In James Joyces ULYSSES, the reader is immersed in the stream-of-consciousness narrative of the protagonist, Leopold Bloom, as he navigates through Dublin on a single day. Joyces modernist style challenges traditional storytelling, incorporating elements such as puns, parodies, and allusions, making the text rich and complex. The book delves into themes of identity, nationality, and the mundane moments of daily life, making it a cornerstone of modernist literature. ULYSSES is not just a novel, but a work of art that pushes the boundaries of literary expression. James Joyce, an Irish novelist, drew inspiration from his own experiences living in Dublin, as well as from classical literature such as Homers Odyssey. His intricate writing style and attention to detail reflect his deep understanding of human nature and the complexities of the world. Joyces talent for wordplay and experimentation with language sets him apart as a literary innovator. I highly recommend ULYSSES to readers who appreciate challenging and thought-provoking literature. This book will take you on a literary journey unlike any other, offering profound insights into the human condition and the power of storytelling.

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickenss finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon.

One of the pioneers of modern detective literature, the English writer Wilkie Collins is considered to be a master of intrigue, who can combine mystery, detective and love in his works.The novel "Woman in White" is based on a fascinating plot about a crime that was conceived and implemented for the sake of money. The arts teacher meets a mysterious girl in a white dress on the road. A frightened and slightly confused stranger begs him to help her to get to London.

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A Bushers Letters HomeThe Busher Comes BackThe Bushers HoneymoonA New Busher Breaks InThe Bushers KidThe Busher Beats It HenceRinggold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theatre.

One of the pioneers of modern detective literature, the English writer Wilkie Collins is considered to be a master of intrigue, who can combine mystery, detective and love in his works.The novel "Woman in White" is based on a fascinating plot about a crime that was conceived and implemented for the sake of money. The arts teacher meets a mysterious girl in a white dress on the road. A frightened and slightly confused stranger begs him to help her to get to London.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Rattenfanger von Hameln also known as the Pan Piper, the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the subject of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using his instruments magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others.

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickenss finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon.

It may perhaps be thought, that in prefacing a manual of drawing, I ought to expatiate on the reasons why drawing should be learned; but those reasons appear to me so many and so weighty, that I cannot quickly state or enforce them. With the readers permission, as this volume is too large already, I will waive all discussion respecting the importance of the subject, and touch only on those points which may appear questionable in the method of its treatment.ii. In the first place, the book is not calculated for the use of children under the age of twelve or fourteen. I do not think it advisable to engage a child in any but the most voluntary practice of art. If it has talent for drawing, it will be continually scrawling on what paper it can get; and should be allowed to scrawl at its own free will, due praise being given for every appearance of care, or truth, in its efforts. It should be allowed to amuse itself with cheap colors almost as soon as it has sense enough to wish for them. If it merely daubs the paper with shapeless stains, the color-box may be taken away till it knows better: but as soon as it begins painting red coats on soldiers, striped flags to ships, etc., it should have colors at command; and, without restraining its choice of subject in that imaginative and historical art, of a military tendency, which children delight in, (generally quite as valuable, by the way, as any historical art delighted in by their elders,) it should be gently led by the parents to try to draw, in such childish fashion as may be, the things it can see and likes,birds, or butterflies, or flowers, or fruit.iii. In later years, the indulgence of using the color should only be granted as a reward, after it has shown care and x progress in its drawings with pencil.

The work now laid before the public originated in indignation at the shallow and false criticism of the periodicals of the day on the works of the great living artist to whom it principally refers. It was intended to be a short pamphlet, reprobating the matter and style of those critiques, and pointing out their perilous tendency, as guides of public feeling. But, as point after point presented itself for demonstration, I found myself compelled to amplify what was at first a letter to the Editor of a Review, into something very like a treatise on art, to which I was obliged to give the more consistency and completeness, because it advocated opinions which, to the ordinary connoisseur, will sound heretical. I now scarcely know whether I should announce it is an Essay on Landscape Painting, and apologize for its frequent reference to the works of a particular master; or, announcing it as a critique on particular works, apologize for its lengthy discussion of general principles. But of whatever character the work may be considered, the motives which led me to undertake it must not be mistaken. No zeal for the reputation of any individual, no personal feeling of any kind, has the slightest weight or influence with me. The reputation of the great artist to whose works I have chiefly referred, is established on too legitimate grounds among all whose admiration is honorable, to be in any way affected by the ignorant sarcasms of pretension and affectation.

Extra! Extra! American billionaire King Kerry is using his immense wealth to quite literally, buy London, in this gripping mystery from prolific writer and creator of King Kong, Edgar Wallace. King Kerry and his associates own a huge and growing portfolio of properties and he has come to London to expand his empire. A charming and ambitious man, he nevertheless has made a few enemies along the way including the obnoxious and dangerous Hermann Zeberlieff whose bad business decisions and gambling habit mean he would like nothing more than to get his hands on Kerrys fortune. When Elsie Marion, late for work again and in a dreadful rush, bumps into a charming grey-haired man on the tube, little does she know how much her life is about to change. For the dashing stranger has just bought Tack and Brighten, her place of employment, and is about to offer Elsie a new job she simply cannot refuse. Thus begins a whirlwind of mysterious events for Elsie, as she soon finds herself in the cut-throat world of business in a London which she never knew existed before. King Kerrys rivals will go to deadly lengths to topple his growing property empire, and when a long-buried dark romantic secret from King Kerrys past comes to light, a shock will lie in store for all.

The Crime of the Congo, is the most powerful indictment yet launched against the Belgian rulers of this bloodstained colony. After reviewing the early history of the Congo Free State Sir Arthur quotes the testimony of many unimpeachable witnesses regarding the brutalities of the rubber system and the coldblooded mutilation and massacre of natives during the past fifteen years."--Daily Express. 189-

"Nicholas Nickleby" combined the comic and the sensational elements for the first time, and is still the type of Dickenss longer books, in which the strain of violent pathos or sinister mystery is incessantly relieved by farce, either of incident or description. In this novel, too, the easy-going, old-fashioned air of "Pickwick" is abandoned in favour of a humanitarian attitude more in keeping with the access of Puritanism which the new reign had brought with it, and from this time forth a certain squeemishness in dealing with moral problems and a certain "gush" of unreal sentiment obscured the finer qualities of the novelists genius.

"The Christmas Books" is a beautifully arranged compilation of all of Mr. Dickens Christmas novels, short storys and narratives. It contains the following works:A Christmas CarolThe ChimesThe Cricket On The HearthThe Battle Of LifeThe Haunted Man And The Ghosts BargainA Christmas TreeWhat Christmas Is As We Grow OlderThe Poor Relations StoryThe Childs StoryThe Schoolboys StoryNobodys StoryThe Seven Poor TravellersIn Three ChaptersThe Holly-TreeThree BranchesThe Wreck Of The Golden MaryThe Perils Of Certain English PrisonersGoing Into SocietyThe Haunted House.A Message From The SeaTom Tiddlers GroundSomebodys LuggageMrs. Lirripers LodgingsMrs. Lirripers LegacyDoctor MarigoldThe Trial For Murder.The Signal-Man.Mugby JunctionNo Thoroughfare