The Cloud King, Or, Up in the Air, and Down in the Sea
Title | The Cloud King, Or, Up in the Air, and Down in the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | William Stephens Hayward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 1865 |
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"Science fiction/fantastic novel involving balloon travel across the Pacific and USA. Lands at one stage in Australia ... Includes brief description of how hero learnt the natives' language and his wandering around Sydney before flying to San Francisco" -- Bookseller's catalogue.
The Night Ocean
Title | The Night Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2020-12-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
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"The Night Ocean" is told from the first person narrative and it follows the young painter who arrives in a small village of Ellston where he is supposed to enter a contest with his large mural. At first, he enjoys peace and quiet surroundings, but as he stays longer he start seeing and experiencing some strange things which, along with the loneliness, have strong effect to his psyche.
Our Mutual Friend
Title | Our Mutual Friend PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Deception |
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The Dartons
Title | The Dartons PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Darton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 806 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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A list of children's books issued by two publishing houses.
Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
Title | Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | William Jerdan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 922 |
Release | 1837 |
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The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry. Comprising the best Poems of the Most Famous Writers, English and American
Title | The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry. Comprising the best Poems of the Most Famous Writers, English and American PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Troth Coates |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 1102 |
Release | 2024-05-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3385441544 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature
Title | The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Peter E. Knox |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199910723 |
Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the era's literature in English. The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature provides a general introduction to the literature of the Roman empire at its zenith, between the second century BC and the second century AD. Two features of this extraordinarily fertile period in literary achievement as evidenced by this anthology are immediately and repeatedly clear: how similar the Romans' view of the world was to our own and, perhaps even more obviously, how different it was. Most of the authors included in the anthology wrote in Latin, but as the anthology moves forward in time, relevant Greek texts that reflect the cultural diversity of Roman literary life are also included, something no other such anthology has done in the past. Roman literature was wonderfully creative and diverse, and the texts in this volume were chosen from a broad range of genres: drama, epic, philosophy, satire, lyric poetry, love poetry. By its very nature an anthology can abbreviate and thus obscure the most attractive features of even a masterpiece, so the two editors have not only selected texts that capture the essence of the respective authors, but also have included accompanying introductions and afterwords that will guide the reader in pursuing further reading. The presentations of the selections are enlivened with illustrations that locate the works within the contexts of the world in which they were written and enjoyed. The student and general reader will come away from this learned yet entertaining anthology with a fuller appreciation of the place occupied by literature in the Roman world.