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Beauty and the Beast
Bayard Taylor - 1872
"You've got to get the girl to fall in love with you!"The Beast's only chance to break the spell is for him to fall in love with Belle and earn her love in return.
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
James Knowles - 1860
The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various sources, including the Annales Cambriae, the Historia Brittonum, and the writings of Gildas. Arthur's name also occurs in early poetic sources such as Y Gododdin. The legendary Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain). However, some Welsh and Breton tales and poems relating the story of Arthur date from earlier than this work; in these works, Arthur appears either as a great warrior defending Britain from human and supernatural enemies or as a magical figure of folklore, sometimes associated with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. How much of Geoffrey's Historia (completed in 1138) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown. Although the themes, events and characters of the Arthurian legend varied widely from text to text, and there is no one canonical version, Geoffrey's version of events often served as the starting point for later stories. Geoffrey depicted Arthur as a king of Britain who defeated the Saxons and established an empire over Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Gaul. In fact, many elements and incidents that are now an integral part of the Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's Historia, including Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, the wizard Merlin, the sword Excalibur, Arthur's birth at Tintagel, his final battle against Mordred at Camlann and final rest in Avalon. The 12th-century French writer Chretien de Troyes, who added Lancelot and the Holy Grail to the story, began the genre of Arthurian romance that became a significant strand of medieval literature. In these French stories, the narrative focus often shifts from King Arthur himself to other characters, such as various Knights of the Round Table. Arthurian literature thrived during the Middle Ages but waned in the centuries that followed until it experienced a major resurgence in the 19th century. In the 21st century, the legend lives on, not only in literature but also in adaptations for theatre, film, television, comics and other media. The Sir James Knowles version of King Arthur is considered as the most accurate and well known original story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
50 Great Short Stories
Milton CraneEdmund Wilson - 1952
The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O'Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common—the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world's fiction.Garden party / Katherine Mansfield --Three-day blow / Ernest Hemingway --Standard of living / Dorothy Parker --Saint / V.S. Pritchett --Other side of the hedge / E.M. Forster --Brooksmith / Henry James --Jockey / Carson McCullers --Courting of Dinah Shadd / Rudyard Kipling --Shot / Alexander Poushkin, translated by T. Keane --Graven Image / John O'Hara --Putois / Anatole France, translated by Frederic Chapman --Only the dead know Brooklyn / Thomas Wolfe --A.V. Laider / Max Beerbohm --Lottery / Shirley Jackson --Masque of the Red Death / Edgar Allan Poe --Looking back / Guy de Maupassant, translated by H.N.P. Sloman --Man higher up / O. Henry --Summer of the beautiful white horse / William Saroyan --Other two / Edith Wharton --Theft / Katherine Anne Porter --Good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor --Man of the house / Frank O'Connor --Man who shot snapping turtles / Edmund Wilson --Gioconda smile / Aldous Huxley --Curfew tolls / Stephen Vincent Benet --Father wakes up the village / Clarence Day --Ivy Day in the committee room / James Joyce --Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck --Door / E.B. White --Upheaval / Anton Chekhov --How beautiful with shoes / Wilbur Daniel Steele --Haunted house / Virginia Woolf --Catbird seat / James Thurber --Schartz-Metterklume method / H.H. Munro --Death of a Bachelor / Arthur Schnitzler --Apostate / George Milburn --Phoenix / Sylvia Townsend Warner --That evening sun / William Faulkner --Law / Robert M. Coates --Tale / Joseph Conrad --Girl from Red Lion, PA / H.L. Mencken --Main currents of American thought / Irwin Shaw --Ghosts / Lord Dunsany --Minister's black veil / Nathaniel Hawthorne --String of beads / W. Somerset Maugham --Golden honeymoon / Ring Lardner --Man who could work miracles / H.G. Wells --Foreigner / Francis Steegmuller --Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson --Chaser / John Collier
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
Gertrude Landa - 1919
She was the sister of Samuel Gordon, the writer, and married Myer Jack Landa, a British Jewish writer. Together they published a number of novels and plays. She wrote a children's column in the Jewish Chronicle and published a book, Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends (1919). "The very cordial welcome given to my earlier volume of "Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables" has prompted me to draw further upon Rabbinic lore in the interest, chiefly, of the children. How the wise Rabbis of old took into account the necessities of the little ones, whose minds they understood so perfectly, is obvious from such legends as those dealing with boyish exploits of the great Biblical characters, Abraham, Moses, and David. These I have rewritten from the stories in the Talmud and Midrash in a manner suitable for the children of to-day
Polish Fairy Tales
Antoni Józef Gliński - 1862
You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Works of L.M. Montgomery
L.M. Montgomery - 2004
MONTGOMERY by Marjorie MacMurchy - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES REVIEW (I) - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES REVIEW (II) - OUR WOMEN - LETTERS FROM THE LITERATI - "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES" READY - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES REVIEW, 1920
Terrifying Tales
Edgar Allan Poe - 2014
Here, in one volume, are his masterpieces of mystery, terror, humor, and adventure, including stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, and The Pit and the Pendulum, to name just a few, that defined American romanticism and secured Poe as one of the most enduring literary voices of the nineteenth century.
cold, thin air: Volume 2
C.K. Walker - 2015
Curl up in front of a warm fire on a silent night and choose your poison.
Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide
Robert Carlson - 2016
This text manages a pleasing balance, succeeds in whetting the appetite and supplying excellent online resources for the reader who wishes to find out more. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Creation in Norse Mythology ✓ The Nine Worlds ✓ Major Gods and Goddesses ✓ Valhalla ✓ Ragnarok ✓ The Sagas ✓ The Influence of Norse Mythology on Our Lives Today The author quotes generously from the most important relevant source which is freely available via the Project Gutenberg, and you are left with the sounds and taste of the times... ringing in your ears and tingling on your tongue.
Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The American Crisis / The Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal
Thomas Paine - 2008
Through these writings, Paine proved the pen is mightier than the sword.
Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 2008
Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Author's biography and free stories in the trial version.
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List of Works by GenreList of Works in Alphabetical Order List of Works in Chronological OrderF. Scott Fitzgerald Biography NovelsThe Beautiful and DamnedThe Great Gatsby This Side of Paradise Tender Is the Night Short Story CollectionsFlappers and Philosophers Tales of the Jazz Age The Pat Hobby Stories Short StoriesAbsolution Afternoon of an Author An Alcoholic CaseAt Your Age The Baby PartyBabylon Revisited Basil: The Freshest Boy Basil and Cleopatra Benediction Bernice Bobs Her Hair "Boil Some Water--Lots of It" The Bowl The Bridal Party The Camel's Back The Captured Shadow Crazy Sunday The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Cut-Glass Bowl Dalyrimple Goes Wrong Design in Plaster The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar Emotional Bankruptcy Family in the Wind The FiendFinancing Finnegan First Blood Forging Ahead The Four Fists A Freeze-OutFun in an Artist's Studio Gretchen's Forty WinksHe Thinks He's WonderfulHead and Shoulders The Homes of the Stars The Hotel Child"I Didn't Get Over" The Ice Palace Jacob's Ladder The Jelly-Bean Jemina Josephine: A Woman with a Past The Last of the BellesThe Lees of Happiness The Lost DecadeLove in the Night Magnetism MajestyA Man in the Way May Day Mightier than the Sword More Than Just a HouseMr. Icky A New Leaf News of Paris--Fifteen Years AgoA Nice Quiet Place The Night at Chancellorsville A Night at the Fair No Harm Trying The Offshore Pirate "Oh Russet Witch!" On the Trail of Pat Hobby One InterneOne Trip AbroadOutside the Cabinet-Maker's Pat Hobby Does His Bit Pat Hobby and Orson Welles Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish Pat Hobby's College Days Pat Hobby's Preview Pat Hobby, Putative Father Pat Hobby's Secret A Patriotic Short The Perfect Life Porcelain And Pink Rags Martin-Jones and The Prince Of WalesThe Rich BoyThe Rough Crossing The Scandal Detectives "The Sensible Thing"A Short Trip Home Six of OneTeamed with Genius The Swimmers Tarquin of Cheapside Three Hours Between Planes Two Old-Timers Two Wrongs What a Handsome Pair!Winter Dreams
The Edible Woman ; Surfacing ; Lady Oracle
Margaret Atwood - 1987
The Brontës Complete Works
Charlotte Brontë - 2011
Collected in this giant book is the collective works of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Bronte (along with their father Patrick Bronte). Included in this edition: Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Cottage Poems, The Professor, Shirley, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette, Wuthering Heights and many others.