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Novel Beginnings
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Author : Patricia Meyer Spacks
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
Novel Beginnings written by Patricia Meyer Spacks and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this study intended for general readers, eminent critic Patricia Meyer Spacks provides a fresh, engaging account of the early history of the English novel. Novel Beginnings departs from the traditional, narrow focus on the development of the realistic novel to emphasize the many kinds of experimentation that marked the genre in the eighteenth century before its conventions were firmly established in the nineteenth. Treating well-known works like Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy in conjunction with less familiar texts such as Sarah Fielding’s The Cry (a kind of hybrid novel and play) and Jane Barker’s A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies (a novel of adventure replete with sentimental verse and numerous subnarratives), the book evokes the excitement of a multifaceted and unpredictable process of growth and change. Investigating fiction throughout the 1700s, Spacks delineates the individuality of specific texts while suggesting connections among novels. She sketches a wide range of forms and themes, including Providential narratives, psychological thrillers, romans à clef, sentimental parables, political allegories, Gothic romances, and many others. These multiple narrative experiments show the impossibility of thinking of eighteenth-century fiction simply as a precursor to the nineteenth-century novel, Spacks shows. Instead, the vast variety of engagements with the problems of creating fiction demonstrates that literary history—by no means inexorable—might have taken quite a different course.
The Book Of Story Beginnings
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Author : Kristin Kladstrup
language : en
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date : 2013-02-12
The Book Of Story Beginnings written by Kristin Kladstrup and has been published by Candlewick Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"Offers mystery, adventure, and fantasy, as well as reflections on family, time travel, and stories. . . . Many readers will find something here to their liking." – Booklist Oscar Martin was fourteen when he mysteriously disappeared from his Iowa farmhouse in 1914. His sister claimed Oscar had rowed out to sea – but how was that possible? Nearly a century later, when Lucy Martin moves with her parents to that same Iowa farmhouse, she discovers the strange and dangerous Book of Story Beginnings, and soon Oscar himself reappears in a bizarre turn of events that sends the two distant relatives on a perilous journey. From a first-time author comes an intricate, spellbinding fantasy that lures you in and won’t let go.
Novel Beginnings
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Author : Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Novel Beginnings written by Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this study intended for general readers, eminent critic Patricia Meyer Spacks provides a fresh, engaging account of the early history of the English novel. Novel Beginnings departs from the traditional, narrow focus on the development of the realistic novel to emphasize the many kinds of experimentation that marked the genre in the eighteenth century before its conventions were firmly established in the nineteenth. Treating well-known works like Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy in conjunction with less familiar texts such as Sarah Fielding’s The Cry (a kind of hybrid novel and play) and Jane Barker’s A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies (a novel of adventure replete with sentimental verse and numerous subnarratives), the book evokes the excitement of a multifaceted and unpredictable process of growth and change. Investigating fiction throughout the 1700s, Spacks delineates the individuality of specific texts while suggesting connections among novels. She sketches a wide range of forms and themes, including Providential narratives, psychological thrillers, romans à clef, sentimental parables, political allegories, Gothic romances, and many others. These multiple narrative experiments show the impossibility of thinking of eighteenth-century fiction simply as a precursor to the nineteenth-century novel, Spacks shows. Instead, the vast variety of engagements with the problems of creating fiction demonstrates that literary history—by no means inexorable—might have taken quite a different course.
Brightly Burning
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Author : Alexa Donne
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Brightly Burning written by Alexa Donne and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
“One of the most anticipated YA debuts of 2018, Brightly Burning is a gothic, romantic mystery with hints of Jane Eyre, Marissa Meyer, and Kiera Cass.” —Entertainment Weekly “Brightly Burning delivers a brooding gothic mystery and a swoony romance, all set in space. Donne’s atmospheric, twisty update of a cherished classic will keep you up late into the night!” —Elly Blake, NYT bestselling author of the Frostblood Saga Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there’s no water ration, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot. But no one warned Stella that the ship seems to be haunted, nor that it may be involved in a conspiracy that could topple the entire interstellar fleet. Surrounded by mysteries, Stella finds her equal in the brooding but kind nineteen-year-old Captain Hugo. When several attempts on his life spark more questions than answers, and the beautiful Bianca Ingram appears at Hugo’s request, his unpredictable behavior causes Stella’s suspicions to mount. Without knowing who to trust, Stella must decide whether to follow her head or her heart. Alexa Donne’s lush and enthralling reimagining of the classic Jane Eyre, set among the stars, will seduce and beguile you.
The Keeper Of Stories
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Author : Sally Page
language : en
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date : 2023-01-24
The Keeper Of Stories written by Sally Page and has been published by Blackstone Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with Fiction categories.
A charming, uplifting debut novel—full of humor and depth—that has taken readers around the world by surprise. Everyone has a story to tell. But does Janice have the power to unlock her own? She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long (as she dusted a sitting room or defrosted a fridge) she noticed people were telling her their stories. Perhaps they had always done so, but now it is different, now the stories are reaching out to her and she gathers them to her ... Cleaner Janice knows that it is in people’s stories that you really get to know them. From recently widowed Fiona and her son Adam to opera-singing Geordie, the quiet bus driver Euan, and the pretentious Mrs. “YeahYeahYeah” and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her. When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs. B—a shrewd and prickly woman in her nineties—she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn’t have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share. Mrs. B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye. What is she hiding? After all, doesn’t everyone have a story to tell?
The Stars We Steal
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Author : Alexa Donne
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2020-02-04
The Stars We Steal written by Alexa Donne and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-04 with Fiction categories.
A gripping story of a young girl's quest to save her family from ruin set in a dazzling world of royal intrigue and lost love. Perfect for fans of Katharine McGee and Kiera Cass. Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie "Leo" Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, has only one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo's childhood friend and first love, Elliot, returns as the captain of a successful whiskey ship, everything changes. Elliot was the one who got away, the boy Leo's family deemed to be unsuitable for marriage. Now he's the biggest catch of the season and he seems determined to make Leo's life miserable. But old habits die hard, and as Leo navigates the glittering balls of the Valg Season, she finds herself falling for her first love in a game of love, lies, and past regrets.
Endings Beginnings
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Author : Redi Tlhabi
language : en
Publisher: Jacana Media
Release Date : 2012
Endings Beginnings written by Redi Tlhabi and has been published by Jacana Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"When Redi Tlhabi is eleven years old, two years after her father's death, she meets the handsome, charming and smooth, Mabegzo. A rumoured gangster, murderer and rapist, he is a veritable 'jack roller' of the neighbourhood. Against her family's wishes, she develops a strong connection to him. Tlhabi herself doesn't understand why she is drawn to Mabegzo and why, at eleven, she feels a brokenness that only Mabegzo can fix. 'Endings & Beginnings' is Tlhabi's emotional journey back into her past to finally humanise this man whose hollowness mirrored her own and who was hated and abhorred by so many when he was alive. Through interviews and deep emotional conversations with his family, friends and those who knew him, Redi finally gets to fit together the pieces of the puzzle that was Mabegzo. Her revelations do not in any way excuse who and what he was, but they go a long way in shedding light on the scourge that is violence in our societies and why young black men are consumed by anger." -- Back cover.
New Beginnings
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Author : Khairun Atika Kamsan
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Release Date : 2018-11-13
New Beginnings written by Khairun Atika Kamsan and has been published by Partridge Publishing Singapore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-13 with Fiction categories.
A wedding could be a happy ending for some or simply a new beginning for others. While celebrating their cousin’s wedding, sisters Julia and Alisa encounters two different men who are about to turn their worlds upside down. Julia finds herself instantly attracted to accomplished young law graduate Bazli Sulaiman, while Alisa finds herself instantly repulsed by his best friend and superior, Gadafi Wahid. While Bazli courts Julia, Alisa and Gadafi find themselves reluctant chaperones, forced to get to know each other despite their initial dislike toward each other. In this modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice, two sisters learn the true meaning of moving forward and that while chasing their own happy endings, they are learning to create new beginnings as well.
The Bad Beginning
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Author : Lemony Snicket
language : en
Publisher: Egmont Books Limited
Release Date : 2016-02-25
The Bad Beginning written by Lemony Snicket and has been published by Egmont Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with Children's stories categories.
The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents have been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with their Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children.
Novel Beginnings
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Author : Timothy Taaffe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-11-03
Novel Beginnings written by Timothy Taaffe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-03 with categories.
The first page sells the book. The last page sells your next book. --- Frank Morrison (Mickey) Spillane. A few years ago I wrote a small book about opening lines to great novels. It is still available on Amazon Kindle books. One review pointed out that my first book (One-Hundred Opening Lines To Great Novels) was fun to read "but seemed somewhat incomplete." I can say that the first book was not everything I wanted it to be. So this is the result I wanted to expand on the basic idea I had for the first book and make this book more appealing with more information and exciting material. What do you do after looking at the front cover, the back cover, or a random page of a book? I like to read the opening chapter, and I'm guessing that is what most people do. I will admit, but I don't have any empirical evidence to back this up any more than I can imagine that some people read the last chapter of a book to find out how it ends. I briefly considered writing a book based on how it ends, for obvious reasons, I abandoned the idea. The author of any book must capture your attention with the opening chapter and make you want to discover what happens next. When I considered writing another book about the opening lines to books I wanted to add more about the plot, authors and more books by a particular author and interesting quotes either from the author themselves or one of the characters in their written work. But you know what they say about quotes? People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations. You'll read about one of the first authors to write about a modern detective. Moreover, that's not Dashelle Hammett. A large section of the book is devoted to mystery, thriller, crime, and detective fiction. You will also read about science fiction, fantasy, and classic and beloved stories and read about authors Carroll John Daly, Cornell Woolrich, David Goodis, Erle Stanley Gardner, Mark Twain, George V. Higgins. It is possible that you have never heard of these authors, but they are still very readable today. Reading about these authors you will find some beautiful works from writers you may not be acquainted with and lesser-known works from authors you know well. You'll read about J.D. Salinger, William Faulkner, Robert B. Parker, John Le Carre, George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon, Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce, More. I have a fondness for crime writers so... to give you an idea of the contents of the book...Here is a short piece from author Jonathan Latimer from his book Solomon's Vineyard: "I like big men," she said. Her voice was raspy like she had a cold. She came up to me and grabbed my arm. Her fingers hurt the muscles. I could smell her perfume. She came close to me. I thought I knew what she wanted. I tried to kiss her. She jerked away."No." I'm sorry."She slapped me. She was strong, my cheek stung. She moved in, swinging both arms. Now she had her fists closed. She hit my arms and my chest. I tried to hold her."Hit me " she said. It was goddam queer. I held her arms, but she got loose. How's that for incorrect social interaction in today's world? This novel was written in 1941 and caused such a sensation in the U.S. with its depiction of murder, violence, perverse sexuality and twisted religion that it was not published in America until 1988, more than forty years after its first release in Britain. Now you can read this book, Novel Beginnings, straight through, or pick it up at any point you want. Enjoy it and discover a book you are not familiar with by a favorite author and read the plot description ( I promise that I have not revealed any spoilers) or find an author you have not encountered before and will be inspired to learn their work.