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The Fiend’s Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8074842908
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend’s Delight (novella + short stories + poetry) written by Ambrose Bierce and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Fiend’s Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of Bierce's articles; essays, stories, poems and reflection, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym "Dod Grile". This was Bierce’s first book when he lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun magazine. Ambrose Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce". Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of war. Content: Some Fiction. 1. “One More Unfortunate.” 2. The Strong Young Man of Colusa. 3. The Glad New Year. 4. The Late Dowling, Senior. 5. “Love’s Labour Lost.” 6. A Comforter. 7. Little Isaac. 8. The Heels of Her. 9. A Tale of Two Feet. 10. The Scolliver Pig. 11. Mr. Hunker’s Mourner. 12. A Bit of Chivalry. 13. The Head of the Family. 14. Deathbed Repentance. 15. The New Church that was not Built. 16. A Tale of the Great Quake. 17. Johnny. 18. The Child’s Provider. 19. Boys who Began Wrong. 20. A Kansas Incident. 21. Mr. Grile’s Girl. 22. His Railway. 23. Mr. Gish Makes a Present. 24. A Cow–County Pleasantry. 25. The Optimist, and What He Died Of. 26. The Root of Education. 27. Retribution. 28. Margaret the Childless. 29. The Discomfited Demon. 30. The Mistake of a Life. 31. L. S. 32. The Baffled Asian. Tall Talk. 1. A Call to Dinner. 2. On Death and Immortality. 3. Music–Muscular and Mechanical. 4. The Good Young Man. 5. The Average Parson. 6. Did We Eat One Another? 7. Your Friend’s Friend. 8. Le Diable est aux Vaches. 9. Angels and Angles. 10. A Wingless Insect. 11. Pork on the Hoof. 12. The Young Person. 13. A Certain Popular Fallacy. 14. Pastoral Journalism. 15. Mendicity’s Mistake. 16. Picnicking considered as a Mistake. 17. Thanksgiving Day. 18. Flogging. 19. Reflections upon the Beneficent Influence of the Press. 20. Charity. 21. The Study of Human Nature. 22. Additional Talk–Done in the Country. Current Journalings. Obituary Notices. 1. Christians. 2. Pagans. Musings, Philosophical and Theological. Laughorisms. “Items” from the Press of Interior California. Poesy. 1. Ye Idyll of Ye Hippopopotamus. 2. Epitaph on George Francis Train. 3. Jerusalem, Old and New. 4. Communing with Nature. 5. Conservatism and Progress. 6. Inter Arma Silent Leges. 7. Quintessence. 8. Resurgam.

The Fiend's Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8074847403
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend's Delight (novella + short stories + poetry) written by Ambrose Bierce and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Fiend's Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of Bierce's articles; essays, stories, poems and reflection, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym "Dod Grile". This was Bierce's first book when he lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun magazine. Ambrose Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce". Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of war.

The Fiend's Delight

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781484931943
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend's Delight written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The atrocities constituting this "cold collation" of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals. They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility. If they shall prove incomprehensible on this side of the Atlantic, the reader can pass to the other side at a moderately extortionate charge. In the pursuit of my design I think I have killed a good many people in one way and another; but the reader will please to observe that they were not people worth the trouble of leaving alive. Besides, I had the interests of my collaborator to consult. In writing, as in compiling, I have been ably assisted by my scholarly friend Mr. Satan; and to this worthy gentleman must be attributed most of the views herein set forth. While the plan of the work is partly my own, its spirit is wholly his; and this illustrates the ascendancy of the creative over the merely imitative mind. Palmam qui meruit ferat—I shall be content with the profit.

The Fiends Delight

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781985363113
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book The Fiends Delight written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

The Fiend's Delight

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1846377390
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend's Delight written by Ambrose Bierce and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA - date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story writer, editor, and journalis

THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY

Author : by Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1438794711
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY written by by Ambrose Bierce and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fiends Delight

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fiends Delight written by Ambrose Bierce and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals. They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility. If they shall prove incomprehensible on this side of the Atlantic, the reader can pass to the other side at a moderately extortionate charge. In the pursuit of my design I think I have killed a good many people in one way and another; but the reader will please to observe that they were not people worth the trouble of leaving alive. Besides, I had the interests of my collaborator to consult. In writing, as in compiling, I have been ably assisted by my scholarly friend Mr. Satan; and to this worthy gentleman must be attributed most of the views herein set forth. While the plan of the work is partly my own, its spirit is wholly his; and this illustrates the ascendancy of the creative over the merely imitative mind. Palmam qui meruit ferat—I shall be content with the profit...FROM THE BOOKS.

Writing the Novella

Author : Sharon Oard Warner
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826362567
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Writing the Novella written by Sharon Oard Warner and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A novella compresses the world with a short story’s focus, but it explores that smaller space with a novel’s generosity.”—Josh Weil, author of The New Valley: Novellas While the novella has existed as a distinct literary form for over four hundred years, Writing the Novella is the first craft book dedicated to creating this intermediate-length fiction. Innovative, integrated journal prompts inspire and sustain the creative process, and classic novellas serve as examples throughout. Part 1 defines the novella form and steers early decision-making on situation, character, plot, and point of view. Part 2 provides detailed directions for writing the scenic plot points that support a strong but flexible narrative arc. Appendix materials include a list of recommended novellas, publishing opportunities, and blank templates for the story map, graphs, and charts used throughout the book. By turns instructive and inspirational, Writing the Novella will be a welcome resource for new and experienced writers alike.

The Fiend's Delight, by Dod Grile

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780461909685
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend's Delight, by Dod Grile written by Ambrose Bierce and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

The Fiend's Delight. (Republished.).

Author : Dod GRILE (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780839801658
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Fiend's Delight. (Republished.). written by Dod GRILE (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women

Author : Chloe Caldwell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063387085
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Women written by Chloe Caldwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Most Anticipated Pride Read by Electric Literature and GO Magazine • One of Cosmopolitan UK's Best Erotic Novels of All Time "Brief, sharp, and utterly consuming. . . Like your first love, it lingers long after the final chapter." – Tegan Quin "A contemporary classic of queer women's writing." – Michelle Tea "Her prose has a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic.” – Cheryl Strayed "[A] gorgeously composed queer novel that’s about so much more than romantic love.” –Vogue The cult-classic novella that intimately explores one young writer’s whirlwind and whiplash affair as she falls deeply in love with a woman for the first time. Sometimes I wonder what it is I could tell you about her for my job here to be done. I am looking for a shortcut. . . .But that would be asking too much from you. It wasn’t you who loved her. A young writer moves from the country to the city and falls in love with another woman for the very first time. From the start, the relationship is doomed; Finn is nineteen years older, wears men’s clothes, has a cocky smirk of a smile . . . and a long-term girlfriend. With startling clarity and breathtaking tenderness, Chloé Caldwell writes the story of a love in reverse: of nights spent drunkenly hurling a phone against a brick wall; of early mornings hungover in bed, curled up together; of emails and poems exchanged at breakneck speed. In Women, Caldwell lays bare the fierce obsession of addictive love, and asks the question: what, if anything, can who we love teach us about who we are? In this beautiful, transcendent, bracingly sexy novella, Caldwell tells a lust-love story that will bring you to your knees. Capturing the feverish heartbreak of Sapphic romance, painting a stark picture of an identity in crisis, and illuminating the exploratory possibilities of queer life, Women brands the heart and sears the soul.

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

Author : Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141985623
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories written by Jhumpa Lahiri and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.

Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1909496251
Total Pages : 3491 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 3491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete works of master storyteller Ambrose Bierce. This comprehensive eBook is spiced with numerous illustrations, rare and forgotten texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bierce’s life and works * Concise introductions to the collections and other texts * The rare novella THE DANCE OF DEATH appears here for the first time in digital print * ALL the short story collections, with individual contents tables * Featuring 475 tales, many appearing for the first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works such as COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry, essays and the short stories * Easily locate the works you want to read * The complete non-fiction, with many scarce essays and newspaper articles * Includes Bierce’s letters – spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Bierce’s contribution to literature * Also provides a unique ‘Biercian Texts’ section with interesting articles on the works and disappearance of Ambrose Bierce * Features a bonus full biography – discover Bierce’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Novellas THE DANCE OF DEATH THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW The Short Story Collections THE FIEND’S DELIGHT COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL PRESENT AT A HANGING, AND OTHER GHOST STORIES IN THE MIDST OF LIFE: TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS CAN SUCH THINGS BE? FANTASTIC FABLES NEGLIGIBLE TALES THE PARENTICIDE CLUB THE FOURTH ESTATE THE OCEAN WAVE KINGS OF BEASTS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS MISCELLANEOUS TALES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Poetry Collections BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER SHAPES OF CLAY FABLES IN RHYME SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS THE SCRAP HEAP The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYS THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY WRITE IT RIGHT ASHES OF THE BEACON “ON WITH THE DANCE!”: A REVIEW A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE TANGENTIAL VIEWS BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES AND REVIEWS UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS The Essays LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Letters THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE The Criticism AMBROSE BIERCE by Vincent Starrett AMBROSE BIERCE: AN APPRAISAL by Frederic Tabor Cooper ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BOOST BIERCE INTO IMMORTALITY THE UNDERGROUND REPUTATION OF AMBROSE BIERCE AMBROSE BIERCE by Ella Sterling Cummins Biercian Texts LIST OF BIERCIAN ARTICLES AND REVIEWS The Biography AMBROSE BIERCE: A BIOGRAPHY by Carey McWilliams

This Is Pleasure

Author : Mary Gaitskill
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1524749141
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book This Is Pleasure written by Mary Gaitskill and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with Bad Behavior in the 1980s, Mary Gaitskill has been writing about gender relations with searing, even prophetic honesty. In This Is Pleasure, she considers our present moment through the lens of a particular #MeToo incident. The effervescent, well-dressed Quin, a successful book editor and fixture on the New York arts scene, has been accused of repeated unforgivable transgressions toward women in his orbit. But are they unforgivable? And who has the right to forgive him? To Quin’s friend Margot, the wrongdoing is less clear. Alternating Quin’s and Margot’s voices and perspectives, Gaitskill creates a nuanced tragicomedy, one that reveals her characters as whole persons—hurtful and hurting, infuriating and touching, and always deeply recognizable. Gaitskill has said that fiction is the only way that she could approach this subject because it is too emotionally faceted to treat in the more rational essay form. Her compliment to her characters—and to her readers—is that they are unvarnished and real. Her belief in our ability to understand them, even when we don’t always admire them, is a gesture of humanity from one of our greatest contemporary writers.

The Ancient Minstrel

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190219
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Minstrel written by Jim Harrison and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of novellas from the New York Times–bestselling author—“arguably America’s foremost master of the novella . . . A force of nature on the page” (The Washington Post). The Mark Twain Award–winning author of Legends of the Fall delivers three novellas that highlight his phenomenal range as a writer, shot through with his trademark wit and keen insight into the human condition. Harrison has fun with his own reputation in the title novella, about an aging writer in Montana who weathers the slings and arrows of literary success and tries to cope with the sow he buys on a whim and the unplanned litter of piglets that follows soon after. In Eggs, a Montana woman reminisces about collecting eggs at her grandparents’ country house. Years later, having never had a child, she attempts to do so. And in The Case of the Howling Buddhas, retired Detective Sunderson—a recurring character from Harrison’s New York Times bestseller The Great Leader and The Big Seven—is hired to investigate a bizarre cult that achieves satori by howling along with howler monkeys at the zoo. “Still independent, fierce and feral,” The Ancient Minstrel confirms Jim Harrison as one of the most cherished and important writers in modern America (David Gates, The New York Times).

The World of Glimpse

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999824771
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The World of Glimpse written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for ALL AGES - 4 to 104! This is the black and white paperback version of Ellen Palestrant's unique and beautiful coffee table book, The World of Glimpse, where art, literature and theater combine. THE WORLD OF GLIMPSE is a fantasy world of contagious rhythms and luminous color. Because Glimpse, the world of the Glimpsibles, is a realm of creativity, and Sooma Sooma, the world of the Dreaded Drooma, is one of destructivity, the two worlds collide. Glimpse needs a seventh Glimpsible Spark to complete its color-tight alliance and prevent the Drooma, those begrudging, color-sucking, spectroscopic parasites, from destroying their world. Will Spunktaneous become the seventh Spark of Glimpse?

An English Family

Author : Julio Dinis
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1912868466
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book An English Family written by Julio Dinis and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. Despite his many years’ residence in Portugal, he remains resolutely English in his tastes and in his accent. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads constantly. A widower for many years, he lives with his children Jenny and Carlos. Jenny is the angel of the house and wise beyond her 21 years. Carlos is 18 and much given to carousing with his friends and to falling – very briefly – in love with whichever pretty girl he sees. He is the despair of his father, but his sister believes in him despite all, because she knows he has a good heart. One day, during Carnival, Carlos meets a young woman at a masked ball and falls in love. As ever, the path of true love runs very erratically indeed. Júlio Dinis is sometimes referred to as the Portuguese Trollope, and this, the first novel he wrote is a keen-eyed evocation of the narrow world of nineteenth-century bourgeois Oporto, but also, and more importantly, it is a brilliant account of family life, in all its flawed beauty.