Sam and Arry
Title | Sam and Arry PDF eBook |
Author | Outlet Book Company Staff |
Publisher | Crescent |
Pages | |
Release | 1999-01-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780517183595 |
Sam and Arry
Title | Sam and Arry PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Cats |
ISBN | 9780701104924 |
The Sound of Coaches
Title | The Sound of Coaches PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Garfield |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2013-12-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1448173957 |
One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unexpectedly gave birth to a child. Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.
Adventure
Title | Adventure PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 694 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Adventure stories |
ISBN |
Comic Sketches
Title | Comic Sketches PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Calderbank |
Publisher | BoD - Books on Demand |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2024-06-06 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 2322518514 |
A collection of 19 comic sketches for performance at parties, weddings, open mike sessions, etc.
The Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction
Title | The Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Keating |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2016-07-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317232267 |
First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. It considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound of working class voices. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of major and minor fiction, and new light is cast on Dickens, Mrs Gaskell, Charles Kingsley, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Morrison. This book would be of interest to students of literature, sociology and history.
A Child's Voice Calling
Title | A Child's Voice Calling PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie Bennett |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2012-03-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1448136237 |
Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Harris, Nancy Revell and Catherine Cookson, this is the richly moving and powerful story of one girl's struggle to protect her family, come what may, from much loved author Maggie Bennett. READERS ARE LOVING A CHILD'S VOICE CALLING! 'A great story full of every emotion' -- ***** Reader review 'Very capturing' -- ***** Reader review 'Riveting' -- ***** Reader review 'Great story, couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review '[Maggie Bennett] is a real story teller who makes you want to turn each page' -- ***** Reader review 'Maggie Bennett is a brilliant writer' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************** SHE'LL NEED TO DO ALL SHE CAN TO SAVE HER FAMILY...AND HERSELF London, 1900s: Young Mabel Court, child of a hasty marriage and spendthrift parents, has always been a mother to her brothers and sisters. With poverty never far from the door, the battle to stay respectable is finally lost when the family breaks up in tragic circumstances, and Mabel is thrown upon the dubious mercy of her grandmother, the sinister Mimi Court. Mimi has her own dark secrets and is not all she seems... When Mimi falls foul of the law and Mabel has to fight for her own survival, faithful Harry Drover of the Salvation Army, in love with Mabel, gets an opportunity to prove his devotion. Is a happy ending on the cards?