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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain Romance, burlesque, and tragedy are ingeniously mixed in a wildly imaginative tale about a down-to-earth, inventive Yankee who suddenly finds himself in King Arthur’s court. Critical reaction was harsh, the book being called „coarse … a vulgar travesty.“ In an attempt to counteract this reception, […]
A Tale Of Two Cities
A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities differs essentially from all of Dickens‘ other novels in style and manner of treatment. Forster, in his ‚Life of Dickens,‘ writes that „there is no instance in his novels excepting this, of a deliberate and planned departure from the method of treatment […]
Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten
Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten – G. R. S. Mead The writing of the present work has been a congenial task to Mr. Mead, and he has brought to bear lovingly and zealously upon the portraiture of the figure of Christ and of early Christianity, all the knowledge which a deep study of Oriental religions […]
The Expositions On The Psalms Volume 2
The Expositions On The Psalms Volume 2 – St. Augustine of Hippo In any commentary on a portion of the Old Testament by a writer unacquainted with Hebrew, exact criticism, and freedom from mistake, must not be expected. But the Psalms have been so in the mouth and in the heart of God’s people in […]
The Expositions On The Psalms Volume 1
The Expositions On The Psalms Volume 1 – St. Augustine of Hippo In any commentary on a portion of the Old Testament by a writer unacquainted with Hebrew, exact criticism, and freedom from mistake, must not be expected. But the Psalms have been so in the mouth and in the heart of God’s people in […]
The Westminster Larger Catechism
The Westminster Larger Catechism – The Westminster Assembly The Westminster Larger Catechism, along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism, is a central catechism of Calvinists in the English tradition throughout the world. The process of writing a catechism started in 1643. In January 1647 the Assembly gave up writing one catechism and split it into two. […]
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau – H. G. Wells It is a shipwrecked student, whom chance carries to „The island of Dr. Moreau,“ who tells the story. It is a daring and gruesome tale, replete with horrors. Dr. Moreau is a celebrated English biologist and vivisectionist. His experiments are of such a nature that he […]
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son – Charles Dickens The story opens with the death of Mrs. Dombey, who has left her husband the proud possessor of a baby son and heir. He neglects his daughter Florence and loves Paul, in whom all his ambitions and worldly hopes are centred; but the boy dies. Mr. Dombey marries a […]
Every Man A King
Every Man A King – Orison Swett Marden Be a king. Be a master. Stand erect at the head. Make yourself self-reliant. Rise from the bottom to the top. In your dictionary have no such word as Failure. This you can do by realizing the power of your thought over your fortunes. Believe in yourself-in […]
New Arabian Nights
New Arabian Nights – Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson’s title for these tales of imagination clearly shows what he intended their character to be. Plainly they were not meant to be realistic. Their stilted, artificial style is out of keeping with such an object. They were evidently to be stories which are entertaining in the same […]