Archiv der Kategorie: Classics of Fiction (English)

A Night In Acadie

Publiziert am 4. Januar 2022 von Jazzybee

A Night In Acadie – Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin, whose stories have deservedly won much praise, has chosen her field among the rural Acadian French of Louisiana, whose patois is not the same as that of the New Orleans Creoles, and whose traditions are quite distinct. This volume is altogether delightful and takes its name, ‘A Night in Acadie’, from the title of the first story. There are twenty-one tales in all.

 

A Night In Acadie

A Night In Acadie.

Format: eBook.

A Night In Acadie.

ISBN: 9783849658854.

 

Excerpt from the text:

 

THERE was nothing to do on the plantation so Telèsphore, having a few dollars in his pocket, thought he would go down and spend Sunday in the vicinity of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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At Fault

Publiziert am 4. Januar 2022 von Jazzybee

At Fault – Kate Chopin

The scene of ” At Fault ” is laid in Louisiana , and the creole dialect used by Thérèse and her friends is much more agreeable than the slang indulged in by the wealthy St . Louis women. The tale has a somewhat pleasant flavor, and the local color seems to be well preserved. The story ends happily in the orthodox fashion.

 

At Fault

At Fault.

Format: eBook.

At Fault.

ISBN: 9783849658847.

 

Excerpt from the text:

 

“You got to set mighty still in this pirogue,” said Grégoire, as with a long oar-stroke he pulled out into mid stream.

“Yes, I know,” answered Melicent complacently, arranging herself opposite him in the long narrow boat: all … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A Son at the Front

Publiziert am 26. November 2021 von Jazzybee

A Son at the Front – Edith Wharton

Mrs. Wharton’s story is the simple one of John Campton, the great American painter, whose only son, born in France, is subject to military service. The father, his divorced wife, and her banking husband all interest themselves to keep the boy out of danger, but he eludes their care and while ostensibly on staff work he is really with his regiment at the front. He is wounded, recovers, goes back, is wounded again and returns to die. The theme of the novel is American participation in the war, dramatized by the conversion of John Campton from a position of indifferent neutrality at the outset to a conviction that no ‘civilized man could … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Emily of New Moon

Publiziert am 26. November 2021 von Jazzybee

Emily of New Moon – Lucy Maud Montgomery

In the story little Emily Byrd Starr, aged eleven, has been left an orphan. We are in time to see the death of her father, Douglas Starr, an unsuccessful journalist, and to learn that though he had never been forgiven for having eloped with Juliet Murray, yet the Murray pride is such that the family will certainly provide for Juliet’s daughter. It is decided by the drawing of iots that she shall go to New Moon with two of her aunts. New Moon, called after the ship in which the Murrays sailed from the old country, had been built more than a century ago; the family had spread and, prospered, its tentacles … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Prophet

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

The Prophet – Khalil Gibran

‘The Prophet’ consists of 26 fables written by the poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. The chapters deal with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. ‘The Prophet’ ist one of the most translated books in the world and has been translated into more than 100 languages.

The Prophet

The Prophet

Format: eBook.

The Prophet.

ISBN: 9783849652760.

 

Excerpt from the first chapter:

ALMUSTAFA, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Cane

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

Cane – Jean Toomer

‘Cane’ is a novel and possibly the best-known work by Jean Toomer. The novel is built up in a series of vignettes that deal with the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes picture the South in sketches, short stories and poems by. A book whose tap roots run deep in the Southern soil, and whose music sways our emotions as only primitive desires can.

Cane

Cane

Format: eBook.

Cane.

ISBN: 9783849652753.

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Cane (from Wikipedia):

Toomer spent a great deal of time working on the structure of Cane. He said that the design was a circle. Aesthetically, Cane builds from simple to complex forms; regionally, it … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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New Hampshire – A Poem with notes and grace notes

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

New Hampshire – A Poem with notes and grace notes – Robert Frost

New Hampshire is a collection of poems written by Robert Frost and first published in the United States in 1923. The work was awrded a Pulitzer Prize. The book includes some of the most prominent and best-known poetry of Frost, including ‘New Hampshire’, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and many more.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Format: eBook.

New Hampshire.

ISBN: 9783849652746.

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New Hampshire (from Wikipedia):

New Hampshire is a 1923 volume of poems written by Robert Frost which won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

The book included several of Frost’s most well-known poems, including “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A Garland For Girls

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

A Garland For Girls – Louisa May Alcott

A collection of short stories by the famous authoress of classics like ‘Little Women. Each story is woven about the flower from which it takes its name. The lessons of self-sacrifice and kindness to others contained in these stories cannot fail to help the youthful readers, so earnestly are they presented by the author, who has endeared herself to girls.

A Garland For Girls

A Garland For Girls.

Format: eBook.

A Garland For Girls.

ISBN: 9783849659288.

 

Excerpt from the text:

 

Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the Mayflower Club. A very good name, and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 3

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 3 – Louisa May Alcott

This is a collection of stories by Louisa May Alcott, the famous authoress of classics like ‘Little Women.’ Included are ‘Recollections Of My Childhood’, ‘A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came’, ‘The Silver Party’, ‘The Blind Lark’, ‘Music And Macaroni’, ‘The Little Red Purse’ and many more.

Lulu's Library Series, Volume 3

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 3.

Format: eBook.

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 3.

ISBN: 9783849659271.

 

Excerpt from the text:

 

One of my earliest memories is of playing with books in my father’s study,–building towers and bridges of the big dictionaries, looking at pictures, pretending to read, and scribbling on blank pages whenever pen or pencil could be found. Many of these first attempts … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 2

Publiziert am 24. November 2021 von Jazzybee

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 2 – Louisa May Alcott

This is a collection of stories by Louisa May Alcott, the famous authoress of classics like ‘Little Women.’ Included are ‘The Frost-King’, ‘Lilybell and Thistledown’, ‘Ripple, the water-sprite’, ‘Eva’s visit to fairyland’, ‘Sunshine, and her brothers and sisters’, ‘The fairy spring’ and many more.

Lulu's Library Series, Volume 2

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 2.

Format: eBook.

Lulu’s Library Series, Volume 2.

ISBN: 9783849659264.

 

Excerpt from the text:

 

The Queen sat upon her throne, and all the fairies from the four kingdoms were gathered for a grand council. A very important question was to be decided, and the bravest, wisest elves were met to see what could be done. The Frost King made war upon … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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