The Heather Fields And Other Stories
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The Heather Fields And Other Stories
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Author : John F. Deane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Heather Fields And Other Stories written by John F. Deane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
In The Heather Fields, Reynolds' only friend has drowned and his neighbours have turned against him. Facing a cold and lonely future, he is simply marking time until his death, with only some pigs, chickens and the scolding shade of his mother for company. Life is as cruel as the land in The Eye of the Beholder. Living alone on a small, failing farm, Augustine Honeywell yearns for companionship, but God has dealt him 'a hand with not even one trump. Not an ace, not a king, not a knave; and above all, not a queen.' And in Down on the Farm, a modest lottery win allows the lustful Valentine Kidney to escape the 'wholesome and disinfected petting' that passes for romance in Killnamaine. Set in island communities in small-town rural Ireland, peopled with the marginalized and forgotten, these nine stories address life's most profound questions - the nature of existence and the purpose of being.
The Heather Field
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
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The Rendezvous And Other Stories
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Author : Daphne Du Maurier
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-06-07
The Rendezvous And Other Stories written by Daphne Du Maurier and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Fiction categories.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A magician, a virtuoso' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'There is an intense and exhilarating fusion of feeling, landscape, climate, character and story' GUARDIAN 'Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry ... ' The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole of Daphne du Maurier's writing career and explore every human emotion: an apparently happily married woman commits suicide; a steamer in wartime is rescued by a mysterious sailing-ship; a dull husband breaks loose in a surprising fashion; a con woman plays her game once too often; and a famous novelist looks for romance, only to meet with bitter disappointment. Each meticulously observed tale shows du Maurier's mastery of the genre.
Books Ireland
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Books Ireland written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Authors, Irish categories.
The Beckoning Hand And Other Stories
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Author : Grant Allen
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1887-01-01
The Beckoning Hand And Other Stories written by Grant Allen and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The Goose Girl And Other Stories
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Author : Eric Linklater
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-09-28
The Goose Girl And Other Stories written by Eric Linklater and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Eric Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific Scottish writers of this century, yet more than twenty-five years have passed since his last collection of short stories was published. This selection covers Linklater's entire writing life. The settings are as various as the places where he lived - Orkney, India, California, Edinburgh and the Highlands - the events that take place, both fantastic and sensual in their depiction. A strong seam of Scottish history and culture runs through much of Linklater's work. The short stories include classics of the form, such as The Goose Girl and Kind Kitty, and wild variations on fairy stories, medieval myths, bawdy folktales, Viking sagas and 1920s crime reports. They derive from the magic of the world - love, beauty, ambition, drink and language. Their exuberant invention and comic verve provide glorious evidence for George Mackay Brown's assertion that 'Linklater is one of Scotland's best story-tellers ever'.
The Sword Of Welleran And Other Stories
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Author : Lord Dunsany
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Release Date : 2021-01-01
The Sword Of Welleran And Other Stories written by Lord Dunsany and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Where the great plain of Tarphet runs up, as the sea in estuaries, among the Cyresian mountains, there stood long since the city of Merimna well-nigh among the shadows of the crags. I have never seen a city in the world so beautiful as Merimna seemed to me when first I dreamed of it. It was a marvel of spires and figures of bronze, and marble fountains, and trophies of fabulous wars, and broad streets given over wholly to the Beautiful. Right through the centre of the city there went an avenue fifty strides in width, and along each side of it stood likenesses in bronze of the Kings of all the countries that the people of Merimna had ever known. At the end of that avenue was a colossal chariot with three bronze horses driven by the winged figure of Fame, and behind her in the chariot the huge form of Welleran, Merimna's ancient hero, standing with extended sword. So urgent was the mien and attitude of Fame, and so swift the pose of the horses, that you had sworn that the chariot was instantly upon you, and that its dust already veiled the faces of the Kings. And in the city was a mighty hall wherein were stored the trophies of Merimna's heroes. Sculptured it was and domed, the glory of the art of masons a long while dead, and on the summit of the dome the image of Rollory sat gazing across the Cyresian mountains towards the wide lands beyond, the lands that knew his sword. And beside Rollory, like an old nurse, the figure of Victory sat, hammering into a golden wreath of laurels for his head the crowns of fallen Kings.
The Figure In The Carpet And Other Stories
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Author : Henry James
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-12-06
The Figure In The Carpet And Other Stories written by Henry James and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-06 with Fiction categories.
The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James’s writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’, is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader’s undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are ‘The Author of Beltraffio’, an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and ‘The Private Life’, a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.
Mogens Other Stories
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Author : J. P. Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-11-12
Mogens Other Stories written by J. P. Jacobsen and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-12 with Fiction categories.
Mogens and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by J. P. Jacobsen, Danish author and naturalist. Tales are wistful, dreamy and melancholic but also naturalistic. Table of Contents: "Mogens" is the tale of a young dreamer and his maturing during love, sorrow and new hope of love. "The Plague of Bergamo" shows people clinging to religion even when tempted to be "free men". "There Should Have Been Roses" is a tale of two roses, the blue one and the yellow one; one on the balcony and the other in the garden. "Mrs. Fonss" is a sad story about a widow's tragic break with her egoistic children when she wants to remarry.
Mogens And Other Stories
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Author : J. P. Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-28
Mogens And Other Stories written by J. P. Jacobsen and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-28 with Fiction categories.
This book is a classic collection of short stories from a poet Jens Peter Jacobsen associated with the so-called "modern breakthrough" in Danish literature in the 1870s. Jacobsen's immediate importance was his status as the writer of his generation. He stood aside from the conflict, content to be merely artist, a creator of beauty and a seeker after truth, eager to bring into the realm of literature "the eternal laws of nature, its glories, its riddles, its miracles," as he once put it. That is why his work has retained its living colors until to-day, without the least trace of fading.
