![]() He also discovered that these secondary characters, along with Wilson, were becoming more central to the story than originally imagined. ![]() However, Twain realized that the serious narrative of Roxy, Tom, and Chambers clashed with the light farce of the twins. This novel grew out of Twain’s original plan to write a novel titled Those Extraordinary Twins, which would’ve focused on the Italian twins Luigi and Angelo Capello, who were originally imagined as conjoined twins. Because of Twain’s refusal to represent any absolute morality in Pudd’nhead, Leslie Fielder describes the novel as “morally… one of the most honest books in our literature, superior in this one respect to Huckleberry Finn.” ![]() ![]() It was written during “Mark Twain’s later, darker period… the unhappiest decade of his life” during which he lived in Europe for seven years following multiple financial crises (Malcolm Bradbury 9). Pudd’nhead Wilson was published by Mark Twain in 1894. ![]()
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At any given moment, the human body contains millions of parasites.īenjamin Wilson was having a lousy month even before the stomach pains began. ![]() 6/2/2023 0 Comments Dare you brooke blaine![]() Kieran Bailey, a sexy, hardworking lieutenant at Station 73, has been reaping the rewards of being crowned the city’s hottest fireman, which his crew never lets him forget. ![]() That is, until he’s thrown over the shoulder of one of Chicago’s finest and hauled out of a burning building. He’s more than fulfilled with his company and his closest friends, and no one is going to shake up the status quo. Self-assured and playful, he’s never left wanting for suitors-but Bash isn’t looking for something permanent. ![]() Sebastian “Bash” Vogel, the magnetic, cross-dressing CEO of AnaVoge, has long been a lone island when it comes to his personal life. Dare you, the first book in the all new must-read Dare to Try Trilogy from USA Today bestselling authors Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine is available now!įrom Ella Frank’s Prime Time series and Brooke Blaine’s South Haven series comes an explosive spin-off of both worlds. ![]() 6/2/2023 0 Comments The silas marner![]() His religious faith gone, for fifteen years Marner isolates himself from the life of the village and becomes a miser. Set in the fictional village of Raveloe, it centers on Silas Marner, a weaver who is forced to leave his hometown in the north after being falsely accused of theft by members of his chapel. Silas Marner is a story of loss, alienation, and redemption that combines elements of fairy tale and myth with realism and humor. After the publisher John Blackwood read some of the manuscript and told her he found it somber, Eliot replied that it was not a sad story because "it sets in a strong light the remedial influences of pure, natural human relations." The idea for the short novel, which she described as "a story of old-fashioned village life," came upon Eliot suddenly and interrupted her plans for the writing of another novel, Romola. ![]() Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, by Victorian novelist George Eliot, was first published in 1861. ![]() ![]() When The Secret Garden was published in 1911, British society was entering a time of considerable industrial change and therefore of spectacular social upheavals which were to lead to unexpected cultural consequences. Questions of genre and gender lie at the heart of the book, which plays on different cultural and literary influences, and questions the ideological and social context in which it is inscribed. ![]() Mary, who is left alone most of the time, decides to explore the place and discover its secrets. The latter lives in a mysterious manor in the middle of the Yorkshire moors. ![]() In the opening pages of the novel, the heroine's parents die of cholera in India and the orphan is sent to England to live with her uncle. However, the book is considered a classic of children's literature in England and America, and as such, it is part of Anglo-Saxon cultural heritage. Today, the story of The Secret Garden is mostly known in France thanks to the 1993 Warner Bros film, directed by Agnieszka Holland. "If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." Mary's last sentence in the film adaptation of The Secret Garden recalls the main metaphor of Burnett's book, and gives broader significance to the garden, thus endowing Burnett's story with a universal and atemporal dimension, and contributing to its lasting popularity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second dialogue, "Apology," starts out as a monologue, as Socrates makes his defense to the Athenian court. ![]() ![]() The two men debate the natures of both piety and justice, their conversation ending when Socrates proves to Euthyphro that his (Euthyphro's) actions are not what he believes them to be, and Euthyphro leaves in confusion. The two men encounter one another outside the Athenian version of the law courts, where Socrates is about to go on trial for corrupting the youth of the city and Euthyphro is about to bring charges of murder against his father. The first dialogue in the collection is given the title "Euthyphro," after the name of the first citizen who engages Socrates in dialogue. Written by Plato, a pupil of Socrates and a noted philosopher in his own right, the four dialogues in this collection take place over a period of time from the beginnings of Socrates' trial in Athens to the day of his execution, and explore themes relating to the nature of existence, the nature of death, and the value of wisdom. This collection of conversations between classical Greek philosopher Socrates and those who question and/or challenge him is one of the earliest, and most significant, works of philosophy in history. ![]() 6/1/2023 0 Comments Wild Swans by Jung Chang![]() ![]() ![]() As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving-and ultimately uplifting-detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Audible Audiobook Unabridged Jung Chang (Author), Joy Osmanski (Narrator), & 1 more 8,876 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 16.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. ![]() The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history-a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author.Īn engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution.Ĭhang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. ![]() 6/1/2023 0 Comments The moonstone book![]() ![]() The original crime in The Moonstone, the theft of the Tippoo diamond after the fall of Seringapatam, is Collins's masterstroke. ![]() The Moonstone has this, and more, all of it brilliantly executed. Finally, there's a denouement replete with surprise, excitement and a plausible solution. Its influence continues to animate the work of crime writers such as PD James.Ĭertainly, Collins adheres faithfully to the rules of detective fiction: a mysterious and compelling crime takes place in an English country house a large cast of potential suspects is assembled, each with plenty of motive, means and opportunity an incompetent constabulary is replaced by a celebrated sleuth/ investigator who, after a "reconstruction" of key elements in the crime, comes up with a satisfying explanation of the puzzle, based on a brilliant analysis of the clues. Dorothy L Sayers, a queen of crime in the 1930s and 40s, echoing Eliot, pronounced it "probably the finest detective story ever written". ![]() TS Eliot, claiming that the genre was "invented by Collins and not by Poe", declared it to be "the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels". The Moonstone is often said to be the godfather of the classic English detective story, its founding text. ![]() 6/1/2023 0 Comments Archenemies marissa![]() Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.īut as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. She works with Adrian’s patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City.Īs Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova’s double life is about to get a lot more complicated:Īs Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. ![]() 6/1/2023 0 Comments Jonah berger new book![]() ![]() ![]() There are discernible dynamics behind the apparent chaos of trendiness, he argues: we naturally want to talk about things that seem fashionable, secretive, useful, or remarkable, that arouse our emotions, that come to mind frequently in mundane settings, and that wrap themselves in compelling stories. Drawing on his own nifty research, Wharton marketing professor Berger investigates all manner of phenomena-surging name brands, chic restaurants, YouTube hits, most–e-mailed articles-that catch on through word-of-mouth popularity. Faster-spreading than the flu are the ordinary conversations people have about products and ideas, according to this infectious treatise on viral marketing. ![]() |