Super Master in Amorous City
Title | Super Master in Amorous City PDF eBook |
Author | Shi Wan |
Publisher | Funstory |
Pages | 842 |
Release | 2020-06-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1649750889 |
Ye Yunxiao had been ordered to go down the mountain to protect Miss Qian Jin, but he discovered that danger was everywhere around Miss Qian. In order to better protect the beauty, he could only helplessly announce: This beauty is already pregnant, and she is even my child!
King of the Dark World Returns to City
Title | King of the Dark World Returns to City PDF eBook |
Author | Ling HangYuan |
Publisher | Funstory |
Pages | 630 |
Release | 2020-02-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1648146937 |
He was the King of Assassins, the King of the Dark World. No one knew his real name and no one knew where he came from. Because of an accident, he had returned to Hidden City after being heavily injured. Furthermore, he wanted to see just how he would cause such a bloodbath in the city ...
Whiskey and Water
Title | Whiskey and Water PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Bear |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2019-06-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1473225965 |
Several years ago, Matthew the Magician ended an age-old war. It only cost him everything - and everyone - he knew and loved. Turning against his mentor, Jane Andraste, in the realm of Faerie left him physically crippled and his power shattered. But Matthew remains the protector of New York City. So when he finds a young woman brutally murdered by a Fae creature, he must bring her killer to justice before Jane uses the crime to justify more war-and before he confronts an even larger threat in the greatest Adversary of all . . .
The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
Title | The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 862 |
Release | 1828 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Encyclopædia Britannica: Andros-Austria
Title | The Encyclopædia Britannica: Andros-Austria PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1052 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Candide
Title | Candide PDF eBook |
Author | By Voltaire |
Publisher | BookRix |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2019-06-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3736801785 |
Candide is a French satire by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism. As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature. It was listed as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written.
The Encyclopædia Britannica
Title | The Encyclopædia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Chisholm |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1070 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |