Prester John is a 1910 adventure novel by John Buchan. It tells the story of a young Scotsman named David Crawfurd and his adventures in South Africa, where a Zulu uprising is tied to the medieval legend of Prester John. Crawfurd is similar in many ways to Buchan's later character, Richard Hannay.
It contains the notable line: "Perfect love casteth out fear, the Bible says; but, to speak it...
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra.
Although the title is Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is not the most visible character in its action; he appears in only five scenes. Marcus Brutus...
Why, ma, yes you do. They're so fine and handsome, and high-bred and polite, so every way superior to our gawks here in this village; why, they'll make life different from what it was-so humdrum and commonplace, you know-oh, you may be sure they're full of accomplishments, and knowledge of the world, and all that, that will be an immense advantage to society here. Don't you think so, ma?
A Legend of Montrose is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the 1640s during the Civil War. It forms, along with The Bride of Lammermoor, the 3rd series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1819.
Earl of Montrose
The story takes place during the Earl of Montrose's 1644-5 Highland campaign on behalf of King Charles I against the...
Hugo's Napoleon the Little is a satirical comparison of Napoleon I and II, published in 1852. Earlier was monument of leadership, while latter a complete failure. During his reign, France went to an edge of ruin. This conscience-shaking work with references from other sources is illuminating for readers of all times!
Đêm Qua Một Thiên Thần Đã Ra Đi là tập thơ của tác giả Miyuki Lê gồm các bài thơ:
Hồn Gió
Hoài Niệm
Không Đề
Nợ Bốn Mùa
Tiếng Đàn Bên Suối
Donna
Mùa Hoa Của Tôi
Đêm Qua Một Thiên Thần Đã Ra Đi
Chết Trong Mùa...
The title of this book in the original is Rodzina Polanieckich (The Family of the Polanyetskis); Children of the Soil has been substituted, because of the difficulty of the Polish title for American and English readers, because the Polanyetskis are called children of the soil in the text of the volume, and because all the other characters are children of the soil in the same sense.
For most...
Fanny's First Play is a 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw. It was first performed as an anonymous piece, the authorship of which was to be kept secret. However, critics soon recognised it as the work of Shaw. It opened at the Adelphi Theatre at Westminster in London on 19 April 1911 and ran for 622 performances. The mystery over the authorship helped to publicise it....
This book is the result of twelve years' experience in teaching university students to write special feature articles for newspapers and popular magazines. By applying the methods outlined in the following pages, young men and women have been able to prepare articles that have been accepted by many newspaper and magazine editors. The success that these students have achieved leads the author to...
Sau khi Dương Dương thành thạo quấn băng chân cho tôi xong, cậu ngước cặp mắt đen sâu thẳm liếc nhìn tôi một cái. Cậu vốn là một người đàn ông cực kỳ khôi ngô, ngũ quan sắc nét, dáng người hoàn mỹ, nhất là cặp mắt xếch kia, ánh...
The Lost Girl is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1920. It was awarded the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the fiction category. Lawrence started it shortly after writing Women in Love, and worked on it only sporadically until he completed it in 1920.
Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her...
Huntingtower is a novel written by John Buchan in 1922. The first of his three Dickson McCunn books, it is set near Carrick in south-west Scotland around 1920. The hero is a 55-year-old grocer Dickson McCunn, who has sold his business and taken early retirement. As soon as he ventures out to explore the world, he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced...
A very odd house used to stand in the quaint old Saxon City of Leipzig. This house was called the Red and White Lion. I suppose no one ever really saw a lion that was red and white, but nevertheless that was the name of the house. There, was born Richard Wagner, who was one day to write the wonderful opera scenes of which we will soon read.
Richard Wagner's day of birth was May 22, 1813. That...
Vì sao những lá phong đỏ ấy vẫn cứ rơi hoài, rơi hoài… ...miên man… …da diết… trong kí ức và nỗi nhớ của một người…người họa sĩ ấy… Anh đã từng rất muốn bảo vệ em khỏi một tương lai vô định… Em là người mà anh...
"Tôi nghe thấy tiếng la hét inh ỏi phát ra từ đằng sau cánh cửa. Vào trước tôi là một thiếu phụ xinh đẹp, ăn mặc duyên dáng. Cô ta có tiếng la hét chói tai như vậy sao? Tôi tự hỏi.
Đáng sợ thật. Tôi không dám hình dung...
The Man of Destiny is an 1897 play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his first book of plays, Plays...
Why not give Christianity a trial?
The question seems a hopeless one after 2000 years of resolute adherence to the old cry of "Not this man, but Barabbas." Yet it is beginning to look as if Barabbas was a failure, in spite of his strong right hand, his victories, his empires, his millions of money, and his moralities and churches and political constitutions. "This man" has not been a failure...
The Woggle-Bug Book is a 1905 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum, creator of the Land of Oz, and illustrated by Ike Morgan. It has long been one of the rarest items in the Baum bibliography. Baum's text has been controversial for its use of ethnic humor stereotypes.
The Woggle-Bug Book features the broad ethnic humor that was accepted and popular in its era, and which Baum employed in...
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