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The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All written by Arthur Ransome and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All" by Arthur Ransome. 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 Picts & The Martyrs

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 1567924808
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book The Picts & The Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. She's also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (aka G. A.) hears of their abandonment, she's horrified and off on the next train. The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined but now they'll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherd's cottage (where they'll be forced to live off the land like savages, ergo "The Picts") while they'll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the pianoforte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo "The Martyrs"). Not much stretch here; no one dares trifle with the G.A. As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable maiden aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say she's sorry. This is the eleventh title in a beloved series that have endeared themselves to three generations of readers, books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s.

A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan

Author : C.S. Fairfax
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387592769
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan written by C.S. Fairfax and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read through time, enjoying the good, the better, and the best books from each of the seven eras below: Year 1: Ancient History to 476 A.D. Year 2: The Middle Ages, 477 to 1485 A.D. Year 3: The Age of Discovery, 1485-1763 A.D. Year 4: The Age of Revolution, 1764-1848 A.D. Year 5: The Age of Empire, 1849-1914 A.D. Year 6: The American Century, 1915-1995 A.D. Year 7: The Information Age, 1996- Present Day At the end of seven years, repeat! A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan is a booklist compiled of hundreds of books from each era in history organized into categories of interest. This volume also includes copious room for you to add your own favorite titles!

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950

Author : George Watson
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950 written by George Watson and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1972-12-07 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 4 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.

Wild Things

Author : Sidney I. Dobrin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814330289
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Wild Things written by Sidney I. Dobrin and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length study of the relationship between children's literature and ecocriticism.

Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950

Author : Hazel Sheeky Bird
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137407433
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950 by : Hazel Sheeky Bird

Download or read book Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950 written by Hazel Sheeky Bird and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.

Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn – The Great American Adventure (Illustrated)

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn – The Great American Adventure (Illustrated) by : Mark Twain

Download or read book Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn – The Great American Adventure (Illustrated) written by Mark Twain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" – Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. He skips school to swim and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, but shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a trio of body snatchers getting into a fight. Tom and Huck run away to an island. While enjoying their new-found freedom, they become aware that the community is sounding the river for their bodies... "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" – Huck Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adventures. Huck is placed under the guardianship of the Widow Douglas, who is attempting to "sivilize" him. Finding civilized life confining, his spirits are raised somewhat when Tom helps him to escape one night, but his alcoholic father turns up and kidnaps him... "Tom Sawyer Abroad" – Tom, Huck, and their friend Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world's greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. "Tom Sawyer, Detective" – Tom attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. "The Boys' Life of Mark Twain" by Albert Bigelow Paine is the story of a boy, born in the humblest surroundings, reared almost without schooling, and amid benighted conditions such as to-day have no existence, yet who lived to achieve a world-wide fame. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

Delphi Complete Works of Arthur Ransome (Illustrated)

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1801701180
Total Pages : 5490 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Arthur Ransome (Illustrated) written by Arthur Ransome and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 5490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English interwar writer Arthur Ransome, best known for the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ children’s books, is noted for popularising the pattern for “holiday adventure” stories. A writer of various genres, his first success, ‘Bohemia in London’, is a partly autobiographical account of his early days. He also published a noted general ‘History of Story-Telling’, as well as landmark critical works on Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde. During the Great War, Ransome worked as a war correspondent in Russia, where he studied native folktales, which he retold for children. He also wrote extensively about his passion of angling, producing the seminal work in its field, ‘Rod and Line’. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Ransome’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ransome’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ novels, with individual contents tables * Includes Ransome’s original illustrations to the novels * Many rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Includes Ransome’s rare non-fiction works * Features the celebrated autobiography – discover Ransome’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Swallows and Amazons Books Swallows and Amazons (1930) Swallowdale (1931) Peter Duck (1932) Winter Holiday (1933) Coot Club (1934) Pigeon Post (1936) We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea (1937) Secret Water (1939) The Big Six (1940) Missee Lee (1941) The Picts and the Martyrs (1943) Great Northern? (1947) Other Children’s Books The Child’s Book of the Seasons (1906) Pond and Stream (1906) The Things in our Garden (1906) The Hoofmarks of the Faun (1911) Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1920) The Soldier and Death (1922) The Horror Novel The Elixir of Life (1915) The Short Stories Miscellaneous Stories The Non-Fiction The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers (1904) Bohemia in London (1907) A History of Story-telling (1909) Edgar Allan Poe (1910) Oscar Wilde (1912) Portraits and Speculations (1913) Six Weeks in Russia (1919) The Crisis in Russia (1921) Racundra’s First Cruise (1923) Rod and Line (1929) Racundra’s Third Cruise (1972) The Autobiography The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome (1976)

Arthur Ransome - Ultimate Collection

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Arthur Ransome - Ultimate Collection written by Arthur Ransome and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 3118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Arthur Ransome collection includes his best known "Swallows and Amazons" series of children's adventure novels, as well as other children's books, his literary studies and historical writings. This unique collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Swallows and Amazons Series: Swallows and Amazons Swallowdale Peter Duck Winter Holiday Coot Club Pigeon Post We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea Secret Water The Big Six Missee Lee The Picts and the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome At All Great Northern? Children's Books: Old Peter's Russian Tales The Soldier and Death Pond and Stream The Child's Book of the Seasons Other Writings: Russia in 1919 The Crisis in Russia Oscar Wilde – A Critical Study Open Letter to America

Space and Place in Children’s Literature, 1789 to the Present

Author : Maria Sachiko Cecire
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317052021
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Space and Place in Children’s Literature, 1789 to the Present written by Maria Sachiko Cecire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on questions of space and locale in children’s literature, this collection explores how metaphorical and physical space can create landscapes of power, knowledge, and identity in texts from the early nineteenth century to the present. The collection is comprised of four sections that take up the space between children and adults, the representation of 'real world' places, fantasy travel and locales, and the physical space of the children’s book-as-object. In their essays, the contributors analyze works from a range of sources and traditions by authors such as Sylvia Plath, Maria Edgeworth, Gloria Anzaldúa, Jenny Robson, C.S. Lewis, Elizabeth Knox, and Claude Ponti. While maintaining a focus on how location and spatiality aid in defining the child’s relationship to the world, the essays also address themes of borders, displacement, diaspora, exile, fantasy, gender, history, home-leaving and homecoming, hybridity, mapping, and metatextuality. With an epilogue by Philip Pullman in which he discusses his own relationship to image and locale, this collection is also a valuable resource for understanding the work of this celebrated author of children’s literature.

Reading and Mapping Fiction

Author : Sally Bushell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487459
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Reading and Mapping Fiction written by Sally Bushell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the power of the map in fiction and its centrality to meaning, from Treasure Island to Winnie-the-Pooh.

Swallows & Amazons - Boxed Set

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2718 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Swallows & Amazons - Boxed Set written by Arthur Ransome and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 2718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows & Amazons - Boxed Set' is a collection of classic children's adventure novels set in the English Lake District during the 1920s. Ransome's writing style is vivid and immersive, capturing the imagination of young readers with tales of sailing, camping, and exploration. The books are filled with themes of friendship, courage, and the thrill of outdoor discovery, making them timeless and engaging for readers of all ages. Ransome's meticulous attention to detail brings the picturesque landscapes of the Lake District to life, transporting readers to a world of endless possibilities. Arthur Ransome, a former war correspondent and accomplished sailor, drew inspiration from his own experiences to create the Swallows & Amazons series. His love for adventure and the natural world shines through in the books, making them a captivating read for anyone who appreciates the beauty of the great outdoors and the spirit of camaraderie. I highly recommend the 'Swallows & Amazons - Boxed Set' to readers seeking a charming and enchanting escape into a world of adventure and friendship. Ransome's timeless tales are sure to captivate and inspire both young and old readers alike, offering a nostalgic journey into the wonders of childhood imagination.

MARK TWAIN Ultimate Collection: 370+ Titles in One Volume (Illustrated)

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7654 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book MARK TWAIN Ultimate Collection: 370+ Titles in One Volume (Illustrated) written by Mark Twain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 7654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection comprises the complete works of Mark Twain. The edition includes all of Twain's novels and short stories, autobiographical writings, numerous travel books, essays, speeches, letters and much more: Novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Gilded Age The Prince and the Pauper A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The American Claimant Tom Sawyer Abroad Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Pudd'nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer, Detective A Horse's Tale The Mysterious Stranger Novelettes A Double Barrelled Detective Story Those Extraordinary Twins The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut The Stolen White Elephant The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven Short Story Collections The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance Sketches New and Old Merry Tales The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories Mark Twain's Library of Humor Other Stories Essays, Satires & Articles How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays What Is Man? And Other Essays Editorial Wild Oats Concerning the Jews To the Person Sitting in Darkness To My Missionary Critics Christian Science Queen Victoria's Jubilee Essays on Paul Bourget The Treaty with China Stirring Times in Austria The Czar's Soliloquy King Leopold's Soliloquy Adam's Soliloquy Essays on Copyrights Other Essays Travel Books The Innocents Abroad A Tramp Abroad Roughing It Old Times on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi Following the Equator Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion The Complete Speeches The Complete Letters Autobiography Biographies Mark Twain: A Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells

Of Modern Dragons; and other essays on Genre Fiction:

Author : John Lennard
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1847600697
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Of Modern Dragons; and other essays on Genre Fiction: written by John Lennard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of essays exploring some of the best genre fiction of the last 40 years.

The Greatest Works of Mark Twain: 370+ Titles in One Edition (Illustrated)

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7655 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Works of Mark Twain: 370+ Titles in One Edition (Illustrated) written by Mark Twain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 7655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Gilded Age The Prince and the Pauper A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The American Claimant Tom Sawyer Abroad Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Pudd'nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer, Detective A Horse's Tale The Mysterious Stranger Novelettes A Double Barrelled Detective Story Those Extraordinary Twins The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut The Stolen White Elephant The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven Short Story Collections The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance Sketches New and Old Merry Tales The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories Mark Twain's Library of Humor Other Stories Essays, Satires & Articles How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays What Is Man? And Other Essays Editorial Wild Oats Concerning the Jews To the Person Sitting in Darkness To My Missionary Critics Christian Science Queen Victoria's Jubilee Essays on Paul Bourget The Treaty with China Stirring Times in Austria The Czar's Soliloquy King Leopold's Soliloquy Adam's Soliloquy Essays on Copyrights Other Essays Travel Books The Innocents Abroad A Tramp Abroad Roughing It Old Times on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi Following the Equator Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion The Complete Speeches The Complete Letters Autobiography Biographies Mark Twain: A Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells

Arthur Ransome

Author : Wayne G. Hammond
Publisher : Oak Knoll Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Arthur Ransome written by Wayne G. Hammond and published by Oak Knoll Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prolific 20th-century author, editor, critic, reviewer and foreign correspondent, Arthur Ransome is historically considered one of the most important English children's writers between the wars. This first comprehensive bibliography describes in detail the various editions of the books he wrote and to which he contributed. Included in this work are more than 1,500 contributions by Ransome to newspapers and magazines, with extensive notes on their publication history. Among these contributions are controversial reports from Russia during World War I and the rise of the Bolsheviks.

"Swallows, Amazons and Coots"

Author : Julian Lovelock
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718844653
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book "Swallows, Amazons and Coots" written by Julian Lovelock and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning inpublication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947. They changed the course of children's literature and have never been out of print since. In them, Ransome creates a world of escape so close to reality that it is utterly believable, a world in which things always turn out right in the end. Yet Swallows, Amazons and Coots shows that, to be properly appreciated today, the novels must be read as products of their era, inextricably bound up with Ransome's life and times as he bore witness to the end of Empire and the dark days of the Second World War. In the first critical book devoted wholly to the series, Julian Lovelock explores each novel in turn, offering an erudite assessment of Ransome's creative process and narrative technique, and highlighting his contradictory politics, his defence of rural England, and his reflections on colonialism and the place of women in society. Thus Lovelock demonstrates convincingly that, despite first appearances, the novels challenge as much as reinforce the pervading attitudes of their time.Written with a lightness of touch and enlivened by Ransome's own illustrations, Swallows, Amazons and Coots is both fresh and nostalgic. It will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the world of Swallows and Amazons, and there is plenty here to challenge both the student and the Ransome enthusiast."