Victoria Cross wrote a novel titled "Five Nights: A Novel," which was released in 1908. The protagonist of the tale is Lady Ursula, a woman compelled to stay in a haunted house for five nights in order to inherit her uncle's wealth. The spirit of a woman who passed away years ago is supposed to haunt and curse the house. Mr. Grey, a barrister and friend of Lady Ursula's, is skeptical about the otherworldly allegations. Lady Ursula starts to have weird and scary experiences as the evenings go by, which makes her doubt her sanity. Mr. Grey attempts to explain the happenings, but he soon comes to the conclusion that there might be a darker motive at work. This rare antiquarian book is a facsimile replica of the ancient original and can include some marks and annotations from libraries. We have made this work available as part of our dedication to safeguarding, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in reasonably priced, excellent, contemporary editions that are faithful to their original work because we think it is significant to culture.

It was just striking three as I came up the companion-stairs on to the deck of the Cottage City, into the clear topaz light of a June morning in Alaska: light that had not failed through all the night, for in this far northern latitude the sun only just dips beneath the horizon at midnight for an hour, leaving all the earth and sky still bathed in limpid yellow light, gently paling at that mystic time and glowing to its full glory again as the sun rises above the rim. Our steamer had left the open sea and entered the Taku Inlet, and we were steaming very slowly up it, surrounded on every side by great glittering blocks of ice, flashing in the sunshine as they floated by on the buoyant blue water. How blue it was, the colouring of sea and sky! Both were so vividly blue, the note of each so deep, so intense, one seemed almost intoxicated with colour. I stepped to the vessel's side, then made my way forward and stood there; I, the lover of the East, dazzled by the beauty of the North! The marvellous picture before me was painted in but three colours, blue, gold, and white.

"A fascinating book that takes us deep into Edith Sitwell's world of artifice, disguise, high camp, and verbal ingenuity. In these essays, Sitwell emerges as a central figure in an alternative avant-garde in early twentieth-century Britain."--Faye Hammill, author of Sophistication: A Literary and Cultural History Establishing Edith Sitwell at the center of British modernism, this volume showcases her many achievements in poetry, autobiography, novel writing, criticism, art, and performance. Forgoing the gossip about her eccentric appearance and self-fashioned persona that has too often overshadowed serious writing about her work, the contributors explore how Sitwell combined persona and poetry to foster an outpouring of iconoclastic creativity. The Many Facades of Edith Sitwell argues that Sitwell was crucial to the development of a British avant-garde that operated alongside the conventionally accepted transatlantic modernism of Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. With Sitwell as an influential literary player and social architect, the British interwar arts scene was not an ascetic escape from personality--as the modernism of Pound and Eliot has often been characterized--but an alternative space of flamboyant, extravagant, and ornate performance. Allan Pero is associate professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. Gyllian Phillips is associate professor of English studies at Nipissing University.

In the bustling world of music, fame and fortune are tantalizing dreams. In "Fake Musical Artist," we follow the riveting journey of a talented young musician named Alex Walker, who finds himself swept up in the whirlwind of the music industry's dark underbelly. Battling with imposter syndrome and external pressures, Alex must navigate through deception, authenticity, and self-discovery in his pursuit of success. This gripping tale delves into the sacrifices one makes for fame, the true cost of success, and the power of staying true to oneself amidst a sea of illusions.

This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. Plato's Fable provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. How, in light of these tendencies, can humankind be saved? Joshua Mitchell discusses the question in unprecedented depth by examining one of the great books of Western civilization. He draws us beyond the ancients/moderns debate, and beyond the notion that Plato's Republic is best understood as shedding light on the promise of discursive democracy. Instead, Mitchell argues, the question that ought to preoccupy us today is neither "reason" nor "discourse," but rather "imitation." To what extent is man first and foremost an "imitative" being? This, Mitchell asserts, is the subtext of the great political and foreign policy debates of our times. Plato's Fable is not simply a work of textual exegesis. It is an attempt to move debates within political theory beyond their current location. Mitchell recovers insights about the depth of the problem of mortal imitation from Plato's magnificent work, and seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim--that "only philosophy can save us."