ISBN : 1598757180 Author : Wharton, Edith Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : Set in the 1920s The Glimpses of the Moon is a charming story about finding your one true love. It is the story of Nick and Susy who have all of the right connections but lack funds. They concoct a plan […]
ISBN : 1598757164 Author : James, Henry Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The narrator, a writer, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker dismisses his efforts, explaining that none of the critics have spotted the secret contained in his novel. As the narrator and his friends attempt to […]
ISBN : 1598757105 Author : Wilde, Oscar Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The Devoted Friend is one of Wilde's charming children's stories, originally published in The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888).
ISBN : 1598757059 Author : Wilde, Oscar Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : Although first published in 1891, this ghost story remains a classic of Wildean wit and Victorian sentimentality. True, some of the references to melodrama and nineteenth-century Anglo-American attitudes may elude modern readers, but the basic story of a hardheaded American family […]
ISBN : 1598757032 Author : Scott, Sir Walter Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The Bride of Lammermoor is set against the tempestuous backdrop of the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688-9; it recounts the tale of the Ravenswood family, which chose to remain loyal to the Stuart cause when England's last Stuart king, […]
ISBN : 1598757016 Author : Scott, Sir Walter Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The Black Dwarf is set in the Scottish Borders during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14). At the centre of the story is Sir Edward Mauley, a dwarf who, having been betrayed in a love affair by his friend Mr […]
ISBN : 1598756990 Author : Wilde, Oscar Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The year after his release from prison in 1897, while in Berneval, France, Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a poem that explored the harsh nature of prison life. It was published anonymously in England under the pseudonym of C33 […]
ISBN : 1598756982 Author : James, Henry Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : The story of a love affair in the early 19th Century between a romantic poet, Jeffrey Aspern, and a beautiful young lady whom he called Julianna. The Aspern Papers is set late in the nineteenth century after Aspern has died. Julianna […]
ISBN : 1598756974 Author : James, Henry Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : Henry James considered this his greatest work. It is the story of Lambert Strether who is sent to Paris, from New England by his fiancee, the widowed Mrs Newsome. Strether was sent to bring back Mrs Nessome's son, whom, it is […]
ISBN : 1598757202 Author : Hawthorne, Nathaniel Publisher : Electric Book Company Description : Published in 1889, this collection of short stories comprises 'The Great Stone Face', 'The Ambitious Guest', 'The Great Carbuncle', and 'Sketches from Memory'. The first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire. The passages […]