The Wild Irish Girl (Mothers of the novel) (Revolution & Romanticism S., 1789-1834)
by Lady Morgan
'I long to study the purely national, natural character of an Irishwoman' When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for gambling debts and dissipated living, he adopts the persona of knight errant and goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely and learned daughter, Glorvina. In this setting and a...
A secret Place Book Four of the Pulaski Series An autistic young man and a former prostitute, both with their own troubled histories, are struggling for a better way of life. Finding no help in their fundamentalist church, they turn to Satanism, little knowing it will end in their deaths. A year after their disappearance in the small community of Spirit Lake, Idaho, the parents of the young man turn to Northwest Investigations for help in finding what happened to their son, something the authori...
In only six weeks, Isla Ramsey is due to marry Henry Northrup, the sixth Earl of Sydney. But she remains haunted by memories of the dashing Hugh Courtney, the Marquess Pierce. The handsome aristocrat had hinted at forever and then tossed her aside, leaving Isla with few viable options. Now, as she awaits her new fiancé’s arrival from London, she rides her horse past Hugh’s estate at Hazelwood every day, pining for a man who was never truly hers. Hugh Courtney may have left Isla’s life, but...
Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works-Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha-as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disci...
The diary of Guy Hodge, of Badger's Mount School, begins with the very last days of the war and his 12th birthday. Bike rides and garden cricket in the summer, awkward confrontations with girls, hours spent listening to "Children's Hour," and making aeroplanes with balsa wood are all described by Guy.
Katy was a young woman when her son was taken from her by her sister. Katy had gone on a search for a doctor to fix her injured back and when she returned she found that her sister had gone into hiding with her infant son. Now she was determined to find him and get him back. Unfortunately, it would take her into near middle age before she would even get close.
Ia Great Authors - Chekov (Great Authors (Audio))
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and Ralph Cosham
La Meunière de Moulin-Galant, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
by Paul Sauniere