Author: Ernest George HenhamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Pixy in Petticoats
Author: Ernest George HenhamA Pixy in Petticoats
Author: Ernest George HenhamPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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A Pixy in Petticoats
Author: John TREVENA (pseud.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 323
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A pixy in petticoats, by john trevena
Author: John TrevenaA Pixy in Petticoats (Annotated Edition)
Author: Ernest HenhamPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781479228386
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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This is a romantic tale of unrequited love on the beautiful and dangerous landscape of Dartmoor in Devon, England, around the close of the nineteenth century. A spirited, young girl, Beatrice Pentreath, adores perfection in nature and is obsessed with the witchcraft, superstition and folklore of her ancestors in Cornwall. She is quietly pursued by a scholarly, 35-year old bachelor, recluse named John Burrough. Beatrice lives in a fantasy world that John is intrigued by and participates in as the two explore the ancient secrets of the moors together. Their mutual interest in the natural world leads to a tragic event that shatters their relationship and demolishes John's chances as her potential lover. He desperately seeks to overcome their separation and win back her affections. Comic interludes are provided through several rural characters from a small village. Mr Yeoland is an old vicar who flirts with youthful Beatrice. A simple butter-maker, Ann Cobbledick, who is Beatrice's landlady and the parish gossip, is determined to secure a tombstone for herself without paying the granite merchant, Rubert Eastaway, for it. Ann's unemployed loaf of a son, Willum, is another amusing character who fails miserably to conceal his educational ignorance. Interwoven with the story of the two lovers and their country neighbors are several Cornish folktales and a journey across the West Country that is reminiscent of a picturesque travelogue. A Pixy in Petticoats was the first novel of Ernest George Henham to be a commercial success. There are many elements in it that foreshadow the greatness of his Dartmoor trilogy: Furze the Cruel, Heather, and Granite. This edition of A Pixy in Petticoats includes detailed annotations about the many Biblical, Classical, historical and geographical references in the book.
A Pixy in Petticoats (Classic Reprint)
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331658491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Excerpt from A Pixy in Petticoats Then his eyes fell upon a dry sand-spit at the foot of a rock, beneath the thicket of osmunda. Right in the centre appeared the impression of a single footprint. There was no mistake. It was a woman's footprint, in Spite of its ridiculous smallness. There was the deep imprint made by the heel - a half-crown would have covered it. There was the dainty point. Burrough wondered how five pink feminine toes could possibly be compressed within so slight a compass. In fancy Burrough saw the hand which had dropped that piece of paper. He could guess what it was like after looking at that footprint. Give a distinguished paleontologist the fossil bone of some extinct species, and he will proceed to construct and describe the creature by that one bone. In like manner Burrough built up the perfect image of the unknown damsel, who had penetrated into the interior of his little kingdom, and had dared to desecrate it by throwing paper about, by that single tiny footprint in the sand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Imperial Richenda
Author: Rosamond LangbridgeFurze the Cruel
Author: Ernest George HenhamPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Heather
Author: Ernest George HenhamPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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The Swoop!
Author: Pelham Grenville WodehousePublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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