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Poker Jim, Gentleman and other Tales and Sketches

Author : Frank G. Lydston
Publisher : Aegitas
ISBN 13 : 0369400143
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Poker Jim, Gentleman and other Tales and Sketches written by Frank G. Lydston and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poker Jim, Gentleman: And Other Tales and Sketches is a collection of twelve short stories, four of which are set in the west. The long title story, “Poker Jim, Gentleman” is set in 1860s California. The narrator, William Weymouth, is a young doctor with a medical degree from back East. He settles at Jacksonville, a mining camp, on the Tuolomne River. Called to remove a bullet from a man shot in a duel, he meets the “Jim” of the title. On the run from the law and gambling for a living, Jim brings his Spanish wife and child to live with him.

Selected Tales and Sketches

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101077808
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Selected Tales and Sketches written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-03-03 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel Hawthorne revealed, more incisively than any writer of his generation, the nature of a distinctly American consciousness. The pieces collected here deal with essentially American matters: the Puritan past, the Indians, the Revolution. But Hawthorne was highly - often wickedly - unorthodox in his account of life in early America, and his precisely constructed plots quickly engage the reader's imagination. Written in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s, these works are informed by themes that reappear in Hawthorne's longer works: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance. And, as Michael J. Colacurcio points out in his excellent introduction, they are themes that are now deeply embedded in the American literary tradition.

Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches

Author : G. Frank Lydston
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches written by G. Frank Lydston and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches" by G. Frank Lydston. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Conductor and Other Tales

Author : Jean Ferry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Conductor and Other Tales written by Jean Ferry and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction, translated into English for the first time First published in French in 1950 in a limited edition of 100 copies, then republished in 1953 (and enthusiastically praised by André Breton), The Conductor and Other Tales is Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction. It is a collection of short prose narratives that offer a blend of pataphysical humor and surreal nightmare: secret societies so secret that one cannot know if one is a member or not, music-hall acts that walk a tightrope from humor to horror, childhood memories of a man never born, and correspondence from countries that are more states of mind than geographical locales. Lying somewhere between Kafka's parables and the prose poems of Henri Michaux, Ferry's tales read like pages from the journal of a stranger in a familiar land. Though extracts have appeared regularly in Surrealist anthologies over the decades, The Conductor has never been fully translated into English until now. This edition includes four stories not included in the original French edition and is illustrated throughout with collages by Claude Ballaré. Jean Ferry (1906-1974) made his living as a screenwriter for such filmmakers as Luis Buñuel and Louis Malle, cowriting such classics as Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Quai des orfèvres and script-doctoring Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du paradis. He was the first serious scholar and exegete of the work of Raymond Roussel (on whom he published three books) and a member of the Collège de 'Pataphysique.

Tales and Sketches of Christian Life in Different Lands and Ages

Author : Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Tales and Sketches of Christian Life in Different Lands and Ages written by Elizabeth Rundle Charles and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bachura Scandal and Other Stories and Sketches

Author : Jaroslav Hašek
Publisher : Angel Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Bachura Scandal and Other Stories and Sketches written by Jaroslav Hašek and published by Angel Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hasek was a humorist and satirist of rare order long before he wrote his celebrated novel, The Good Soldier Schweik. This selection of 32 pre-1914 stories of Prague life-most were translated into English for the first time in this collection-revels i

The Satyr & Other Tales

Author : Stephen J Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783807413
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Satyr & Other Tales written by Stephen J Clark and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was the straying that found the path direct." - Austin Osman Spare In the final throes of the Blitz, Austin Osman Spare is the only salvation for Marlene, an artist escaping a traumatic past. Wandering Southwark's ruins she encounters Paddy Hughes, a fugitive of another kind. Falling under Marlene's spell Hughes agrees to seek out her lost mentor, the man she calls The Satyr. Yet Marlene's past will not rest as the mysterious Doctor Charnock pursues them, trying to capture the patient she'd once caged. The Satyr is a tale inspired by the life and ethos of sorcerer and artist Austin Osman Spare. Another three novellas of occult enchantment follow: a bookseller discovers that his late wife knew the Devil, in the Carpathian Mountains refugees shelter in a museum devoted to a forgotten author, and in Prague a portraitist must paint a countess whose appearance is never the same twice. This omnibus is comprised of The Satyr (2010) and The Bestiary of Communion (2011); newly illustrated, expanded, and revised.

White and Other Tales of Ruin

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Night Shade
ISBN 13 : 9781892389305
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book White and Other Tales of Ruin written by Tim Lebbon and published by Night Shade. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHITE AND OTHER TALES OF RUIN collects together six of Tim Lebbon's novellas, two of them brand new to this collection. From the all-powerful natural horrors of The First Law, to the man-made terrors of The Origin of Truth, this collection explores existence at the very edge of survival ... for humankind itself. The British Fantasy Award-winning White gives an ambiguous vision of a frozen hell-on-earth, while the new novella Hell locates it even nearer to our hearts. From Bad Flesh tells of diseased flesh, while the brand new Mannequin Man and the Plastic Bitch contains many maladies of the mind, most of them considered normal in the sick world it inhabits ... Contents: * White * From Bad Flesh * Hell (original) * The First Law * The Origin of Truth * Mannequin Man and the Plastic Bitch (original) Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

The Snow-image, and Other Tales

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Snow-image, and Other Tales written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101099194
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book written by Washington Irving and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings. “His influence on American writers is unquestioned,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe, and his stories have proved as enduring as the Catskill Mountains the author immortalized. “Exceptional talent….I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irving’s work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I ‘borrowed it.’”—Edgar Allan Poe With an Introduction by Wayne Franklin

Selected Tales

Author : Brothers Grimm
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140444018
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Selected Tales written by Brothers Grimm and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1983-02-24 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Tales contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, translated with an introduction by David Luke These folktales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are among the most memorable stories in European culture - conjuring up a world of spells and bewitchment, outwitted villains and cruel stepmothers, animal bridegrooms and enchanted princesses. Tales such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Little Red Cape' and 'The Robber Bridegroom' depict the dangers lurking in dark forests, and others, including 'Briar-Rose' and 'Snow White' show young beauties punished by unforgiving sorceresses. Other tales include 'Thickasathumb', which portrays a childless young couple whose wish for a baby is granted in an unexpected way, while 'The Frog King' tells of a rash promise made by a haughty princess to share her bed with a frog, and a fortune is won in 'The Blue Lamp', when a soldier gains a kingdom with the help of a magic lamp. David Luke's vibrant translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the key themes of the tales and the literary background of the Brothers Grimm. 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 disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The twins; and other tales

Author : Fredrika Bremer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The twins; and other tales written by Fredrika Bremer and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The ghosts of their ancestors

Author : Weymer Jay Mills
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The ghosts of their ancestors written by Weymer Jay Mills and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel 'The ghosts of their ancestors' by Weymer Jay Mills begins as the old St. Paul's bells echo through the town, awakening memories of a bygone era. As Vesey Street lies calm and serene, the Knickerbocker House becomes the backdrop for family intrigue and secrets. Jonathan Knickerbocker's ire is ignited by the Easter bells, but his youngest daughter, Patricia, bears the burden of a mysterious banished portrait.

Cecilia de Noël

Author : Lanoe Falconer
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Cecilia de Noël written by Lanoe Falconer and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Cecilia de Noël' by Lanoe Falconer, a young man finds himself drawn into a captivating manor-house party with an intriguing twist – a room haunted by an enigmatic ghost. As guests share their diverse religious views, they encounter the ghost, revealing their true beliefs and outlooks on life and divinity. From the witty atheist host who remains untouched by the apparition to the spiritualist lady paralyzed with fear, each encounter exposes the profound impact of faith on one's perception of the supernatural.

The Twins, and Other Tales

Author : Bremer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twins, and Other Tales written by Bremer and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twilight

Author : Julia Frankau
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Twilight written by Julia Frankau and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twilight" by Julia Frankau. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Handbook of the American Short Story

Author : Erik Redling
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110587645
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the American Short Story written by Erik Redling and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.