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2023
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Without question the most influential, brilliant and beloved writer in the English language, William Shakespeare began as a simple poet and would-be actor, but after joining the Lord Chamberlain's Men acting company in London (later, the King's Men), he began writing plays and his works would go on to become the most performed theatrical pieces on the planet.
It is difficult to encapsulate the scope and impact of Shakespeare's writings. Entire...
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J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Excerpt: "...he is hardly even a caricaturist; that he is something very like a realist. Those comic monstrosities which the critics found incredible will be found to be the immense majority of the citizens of this country. We shall find that Sweedlepipe cuts our hair and Pumblechook sells our cereals; that Sam Weller blacks our boots and Tony Weller drives our omnibus. For the exaggerated notion of the exaggerations of Dickens (as was admirably pointed...
163) Robert Browning
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in 1903. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. Over the course of his life, his literary output was incredibly diverse and highly prolific, ranging from philosophy and ontology to art criticism and detective fiction. However, he is probably best-remembered for his Christian...
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The most prolific woman writer of the eighteenth century, Eliza Haywood (1693—1756?) was a key player in the history of the English novel. Along with her contemporary Defoe, she did more than any other writer to create a market for fiction prior to the emergence of Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett.
Also, one of Augustan England's most popular authors, Haywood came to fame in 1719 with the publication of her first novel, Love in Excess. In addition...
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The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked and talked. Even Shakespeare was roped in, as Victorian entrepreneurs transformed quiet Stratford-upon-Avon into a combination shrine and tourist trap.
Stratford continues to lure the tourists today,...
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Step into the enchanting world of the Scottish Born Pesky Poet and immerse yourself in a decade of heartwarming holiday verse. "Have Yourself a Pesky Little Christmas" invites you on a poetic journey through the seasons of Christmas, Advent, and New Year, spanning from 2012 to 2022.
Within these pages, you'll discover a treasure trove of poetic gems that capture the essence of the festive season. With each carefully crafted poem, you'll be transported...
167) Sleeping Beauty
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English
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A Sleeping Beauty for our times! Role reversal brings a new aspect to a much-loved tale.
The world spins and the cycle of seasons turns as the Guardians of the Year gather to tell each other stories. As a new Winter begins it is time to tell another tale…
A kingdom is in peril, its people driven to flee their homes as a dark forest covers the land. The King and Queen are missing and Prince Roland, only heir to the kingdom, lies sleeping, cursed...
168) Sappho and Phaon
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"Sappho and Phaon" by Mary Robinson is a poignant sonnet sequence that breathes life into the legendary tale of the ancient poetess Sappho's tragic love. Robinson, known as 'the English Sappho,' was a pioneering female author and feminist trailblazer with a dramatic life story. Abandoned by her father at a young age, she turned to teaching and acting, capturing the heart of the Prince of Wales before transforming into a respected writer.
In this...
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Embark on a profound and captivating journey through The Gift of Time Poetry Collection, a poignant compilation of forty soul-stirring poems that capture the fragility and beauty of life and the different life stages and experiences that define our humanity.
Reflect on each word where every moment is a precious gift. Through vivid imagery, from the enchanting rainbows to the serene moonlit skies and the magical cascade of a waterfall, experience...
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What grounds the fictional world of a novel? Or is such a world peculiarly groundless? In a powerful engagement with the latest debates in novel theory, Daniel Wright investigates how novelists reckon with the ontological status of their works. Philosophers who debate whether fictional worlds exist take the novel as an ontological problem to be solved; instead, Wright reveals the novel as a genre of immanent ontological critique.
Wright argues...
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In these searching, songful poems, Marc Woodward reflects on the ricketiness of life; of the body, and on the certainty of earthworms. His imagery elevates the natural world to its rightful place; birds, sky and trees glimmer like new-found things, while his pragmatism puts on its boots, picks up its keys and looks you straight in the eye.
173) The Rowley Poems
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his work off as that of a non-existent 15th-century poet named Thomas Rowley-which he did until unmasked by Horace Walpole. Brought up in poverty and without a father, he studied furiously and went on to try and earn a living from his writing. After impressing the likes of the Lord Mayor, William Beckford...
174) The Secret Rose
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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The Secret Rose (1897) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written in response to demands that the poet write "a really national poem or romance," The Secret Rose exhibits Yeats' devotion to personal mythology and occult orders, and is a brilliant display of symbolism by one of Irish literature's premier poets.
"To the Secret Rose" opens the collection. The poem, inspired by Yeats' membership in the Rosicrucian Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,...
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A reflection on Orwell-as-idea that "outlines some of the misconceptions and misuses of the Orwell name" (Modern Fiction Studies).
The year 1984 is just a memory, but the catchwords of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four still routinely pepper public discussions of topics ranging from government surveillance and privacy invasion to language corruption and bureaucratese. Orwell's work pervades the cultural imagination, while others of his literary...
176) Le livre des mots
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Français
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La beauté des mots se dissimule souvent dans leur écriture, leur signification, leur sonorité ou leur prononciation. À travers ce recueil de pensées, chaque page crée l'histoire d'un mot. Plongez dans l'univers des mots. Ils pourraient vous transporter vers un autre espace-temps, vous projetant dans un monde de rêves et de douceur.
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Récemment diplmée en tant qu'ingénieur agronome, Emma Daroles a toujours été...
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British Recipe Cookbook: 21 Classic British Recipes from Across the Country, is a comprehensive cookbook to some of Britain's most loved classic foods and how to prepare them yourself in your home kitchen.From filling Shepard's pie, delicious English custard and even homemade Cornish pasties, our cookbook will give you the recipes you need to create your own much loved British foods in America.Inside this British recipe cookbook you will discover:21...
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"Niccolò Machiavelli: Literary Analysis" is an engaging compendium that delves into the complexities of the iconic works of this visionary Renaissance thinker. This volume offers a meticulous exploration of Machiavelli's political and philosophical ideas, highlighting his enduring influence on political theory and critical thinking. Each page is a captivating journey through the intricate nuances of "The Prince," "Discourses on the First Decade of...
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Richard Francis Towndrow was a noted Victorian entomologist and botanist, and the senior member and at one time President of Malvern Field Club. He held an international honour as an Associate of the exclusive Linean Society, and published three books containing a collection of poems.
This new and unrivalled collection of his poetry predominantly contains poems from the published volumes "A Life, Love and other poems" (1889) and "A Garden and...
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The University of Adelaide
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Travel back in time to ancient Pompeii with "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a captivating and thrilling historical novel. Immerse yourself in a tale of love, intrigue, and tragedy at the heart of a city on the verge of being buried by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
In this enchanting narrative, you will meet Nydia, a blind slave with a tragic fate, Glaucus, a Roman nobleman, and Ione, a priestess of Isis. Their lives...
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