Archiv der Kategorie: Classics of Fiction (English)

A Tangled Tale

Publiziert am 27. November 2017 von Jazzybee

A Tangled Tale – Lewis Carroll

‘A Tangled Tale’ is a collection of ten brief humorous stories. These were published originally between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. The stories are called ‘knots’ and present mathematical problems. The mathematical interpretations of the Knots are not always straightforward, yet they are logical and make perfect sense.

A Tangled Tale

A Tangled Tale

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A Tangled Tale.

ISBN: 9783849674793.

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More Information on this book (from Wikipedia):

A Tangled Tale is a collection of 10 brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packetmagazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 1

Publiziert am 24. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 1 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume one out of five.

The Life Of George Washington, Vol. 1

The Life Of George Washington, Vol. 1

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 1.

ISBN: 9783849674731.

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Biography of George Washington (from Wikipedia):

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Nicholas Nickleby

Publiziert am 21. November 2017 von Jazzybee

Nicholas Nickleby – Charles Dickens

“Nicholas Nickleby” combined the comic and the sensational elements for the first time, and is still the type of Dickens’s 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 novelist’s genius.

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby.

ISBN: 9783849675042.

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The First Men in the Moon

Publiziert am 17. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The First Men in the Moon – H. G. Wells

There is probably no other living writer than the author of “The War of the Worlds” whose brain possesses that abnormal twist requisite to the production of such a story as “The First Men In the Moon.” The conception of a planet peopled by a race of articulated creatures, gigantic insects, endowed with something akin to human intelligence, whose entire life is passed not upon the moon’s surface, but miles below it. In chambers and passages hollowed out after the fashion of a colossal ant hill—all this described with that touch of verisimilitude which is the one thing which makes H. G. Wells readable, gives an uncanny, at times almost … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Iliad Of Homer

Publiziert am 15. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The Iliad Of Homer – Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, assisted by Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, has put the old Greek epos into contemporary English prose. The subject of the Iliad, as the first line proclaims, is the “anger of Achilles.” The manner in which this subject is worked out will appear from the following summary in which we distinguish (1) the plot, i.e. the story of the quarrel, (2) the main course of the war, which forms a sort of underplot, and (3) subordinate episodes.

The Iliad Of Homer

The Iliad Of Homer

Format: Paperback.

The Iliad Of Homer.

ISBN: 9783849675158.

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Short biography of Andrew Lang (from Wikipedia):

Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War

Publiziert am 14. November 2017 von Jazzybee

White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War – Herman Melville

White-Jacket is a novel that perfectly reflects on the American naval life of the 19th century and is widely based on his own experiences when he sailed on the USS United States as a seaman.


White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War

White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-WarFormat: Paperback

White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War.

ISBN: 9783849675141.

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Overview on White-Jacket (from Wikipedia):

Based on Melville’s experiences as a common seaman aboard the frigate USS United States from 1843 to 1844 and stories that other sailors told him, the novel is severely critical of virtually every aspect of American naval life and thus qualifies as Melville’s most politically strident … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Walden

Publiziert am 14. November 2017 von Jazzybee

Walden – Henry David Thoreau

In 1854, Thoreau published the book by which he will always be best known, Walden, or Life in the Woods. It is by far the deepest, richest, and most closely jointed of his books. It shows Thoreau at his best, and contains all that he had to say to the world. In fact, he is a man of one book, and that book is Walden. In plan, it is open to the same objection as “A Week”, and might almost plead guilty to the charge of obtaining a hearing under false pretences. “Life in the woods” suggests the atmosphere of As You Like It and the Robin Hood ballads, but not moralizings on economy and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Little White Bird

Publiziert am 13. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The Little White Bird – James M. Barrie

Where did Peter Pan come from? There is a very general conception that he stepped from Mr. Barrie’s day-dreams straight upon the boards. But those who remember that delicate piece of sentiment, “The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Gardens” will find him already grown to his eternal youth there. In the story that the lonely old bachelor tells the boy David, Peter Pan is the same lad, whose “age is a week” and who “escaped from being human when he was seven days old; he escaped by the window and flew back to the Kensington Gardens,” where, like all children, he had been a bird before he was born; and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

Publiziert am 12. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood – Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens’ last novel and remained – unfortunately – unfinished. There was a lot of discussion about what Dickens could have had in his mind as solution for the plot. Was Mr. Jasper really a murderer? What was the real mystery of Edwin Drood’s death? We will never know, but this novel will surely make your mind reel after you read it to the … end?

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.

ISBN: 9783849675462.

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Plot summary of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (from Wikipedia):

The novel begins as John Jasper leaves a London opium den.[4] … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Mystery Of Mary Stuart

Publiziert am 11. November 2017 von Jazzybee

The Mystery Of Mary Stuart – Andrew Lang

Mr. Lang does not claim to have said the lastword in the tragedy of Mary Stuart. She and Marie Antoinette will probably continue to furnish “copy” for ages to come. As long as the “copy’ is given to us in the manner of this book it will continue to be welcome. Pictures of the dramatis persona; of the Mystery give a brilliant impression of the ethics of the period following the Reformation in Scotland. The examination of much new material and the careful investigation of all documents bearing on the case add historic value to the book. Mr. Lang forms no conclusions; the “Mystery” is not unveiled, but the fascinating Queen stands … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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