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Autobiography of Mark Twain
E-bok, 2011
21 kr
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One of the Modern Library''s 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century: The great American writer tells his own story.Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and …
George Washington
A Biography
Av Washington Irving, Charles Neider
Häftad, 1994
336 kr
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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856-59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the …
The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving
Av Charles Neider, Charles Neider
Häftad, 1998
351 kr
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Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service
Complete Short Stories Of Robert Louis Stevenson
With A Selection Of The Best Short Novels
Av Charles Neider, Robert Stevenson Louis m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
324 kr
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Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Weir of Hermiston . The editor has collected in convenient form Stevenson's short fiction, including the complete New …
Complete Essays Of Mark Twain
Häftad, 2000
324 kr
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Mark Twain is best known as one of this country's finest humourists and novelists. As this collection confirms, he was one of our finest essayists as well. Gathered here in a single volume, these pieces reveal the complete range of this esteemed American writer and contain some of his best, …
Life As I Find It
A Treasury of Mark Twain Rarities
Häftad, 2000
279 kr
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Mark Twain's hilarity and irreverence shine through in this impeccably chosen collection.
Essays of the Masters
Häftad, 2000
298 kr
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This unorthodox but delightful anthology of 42 essays focuses on the masters of world literature—writers best known for novels, plays, and poems—and how they put the essay to their personal use. Contributors include Auden, Balzac, Conrad, Dickens, Dostoevski, Eliot, Faulkner, Flaubert, Gide, …
Short Novels of the Masters
Häftad, 2001
354 kr
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Ten classic short novels appear in this collection by noted editor Neider. The contents include: Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, Notes from Underground by F. M. Dostoyevsky, A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert, The Death of Ivan Ilych by L. N. Tolstoy, The Aspern Papers by Henry James, Ward No. 6 …
Beyond Cape Horn
Travels in the Antarctic
Häftad, 2002
243 kr
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Writer and Antarctic explorer Neider tells of his third trip to the frozen continent, describing the international stations there and the goals they are working toward. Neider also tours the Antarctic landscape, observing the geography and wildlife and evoking it in detail. Devoting scrutiny to the …
Great Short Stories of the Masters
Häftad, 2002
298 kr
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Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and 20th century Western European giants such as …
Kafka
His Mind and Art
E-bok, 2023
588 kr
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First published in 1949, Kafka: His Mind and Art begins with an extended analysis of the Kafka literature, with emphasis on its shortcomings and their effect on Kafka’s vogue. Chapter two presents in broad terms a new aspect of Kafka which after the biographical chapter, chapter three, is studied …
Kafka
His Mind and Art
E-bok, 2023
588 kr
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First published in 1949, Kafka: His Mind and Art begins with an extended analysis of the Kafka literature, with emphasis on its shortcomings and their effect on Kafka’s vogue. Chapter two presents in broad terms a new aspect of Kafka which after the biographical chapter, chapter three, is studied …
Kafka
His Mind and Art
Inbunden, 2024
1752 kr
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First published in 1949, Kafka: His Mind and Art begins with an extended analysis of the Kafka literature, with emphasis on its shortcomings and their effect on Kafka’s vogue. Chapter two presents in broad terms a new aspect of Kafka which after the biographical chapter, chapter three, is studied …
Kafka
His Mind and Art
Häftad, 2025
545 kr
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First published in 1949, Kafka: His Mind and Art begins with an extended analysis of the Kafka literature, with emphasis on its shortcomings and their effect on Kafka’s vogue. Chapter two presents in broad terms a new aspect of Kafka which after the biographical chapter, chapter three, is studied …
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Ljudbok, 2010
477 kr
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Mark Twain''s daughter, Susy, wrote: "Papa…doesn''t like to go to church at all, why I never understood, until just now, he told us the other day that he couldn''t bear to hear any one talk but himself, but that he could listen to himself talk for hours without getting tired, of course he said this …
Authentic Death of Hendry Jones
E-bok, 2016
138 kr
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Nowadays, I understand, the tourists come for miles to see Hendry Jones'' grave out on the Punta del Diablo and to debate whether his bones are there or not... A stark and violent depiction of one of America''s most alluring folk heroes, the mythical doomed gunslinger. Set on the majestic coast of …
Authentic Death of Hendry Jones
Häftad, 2025
197 kr
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“[An] unsentimental, elegiac tale of a legendary gunslinger’s final days . . . Neider’s timeless novel sneaks up on readers with a kind of elliptical genius that simultaneously celebrates and subverts its mythos, anticipating and surpassing many of the revisionist Westerns that were to follow.” …
Man's struggle against natureStories of adventures and explorations
E-bok, 2024
77 kr
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The author has tried to place the reader, either above the peak of the events, or at the very depths of them, so that he can feel while reading as much as possible, similar to the feelings of those he reads about, and so that he can judge the course of the events whose details, circumstances, and …
Grotto Berg
Two Novellas
Inbunden, 2001
308 kr
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In the title story, a voyage on an Antarctic icebreaker becomes dangerous when the ship's captain develops a mysterious enmity towards a photographer on board. The companion piece, The Left Eye Cries First, takes place during the last days of the Soviet Union, where Long Island lawyer Sid Little …
Authentic Death of Hendry Jones
Häftad, 2016
132 kr
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Nowadays, I understand, the tourists come for miles to see Hendry Jones' grave out on the Punta del Diablo and to debate whether his bones are there or not... A stark and violent depiction of one of America's most alluring folk heroes, the mythical doomed gunslinger. Set on the majestic coast of …
