Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
'A Bicycle of Cathay' is an entertaining tale by Frank Richard Stockton about a rural school teacher who embarks on a cycling trip and encounters three alluring young women along the way. Despite the temptations, he ultimately returns to the charming daughter of a local doctor who had given him quinine pills for his journey. Although the plot may seem thin, Stockton skillfully weaves in amusing incidents and ridiculous scenarios that will keep readers engaged from start to finish. This short read is a delightful blend of romance and adventure, perfect for those who love a good story with a touch of humor.
A Bicycle of Cathay
Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
'A Bicycle of Cathay' is an entertaining tale by Frank Richard Stockton about a rural school teacher who embarks on a cycling trip and encounters three alluring young women along the way. Despite the temptations, he ultimately returns to the charming daughter of a local doctor who had given him quinine pills for his journey. Although the plot may seem thin, Stockton skillfully weaves in amusing incidents and ridiculous scenarios that will keep readers engaged from start to finish. This short read is a delightful blend of romance and adventure, perfect for those who love a good story with a touch of humor.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
'A Bicycle of Cathay' is an entertaining tale by Frank Richard Stockton about a rural school teacher who embarks on a cycling trip and encounters three alluring young women along the way. Despite the temptations, he ultimately returns to the charming daughter of a local doctor who had given him quinine pills for his journey. Although the plot may seem thin, Stockton skillfully weaves in amusing incidents and ridiculous scenarios that will keep readers engaged from start to finish. This short read is a delightful blend of romance and adventure, perfect for those who love a good story with a touch of humor.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Author: Henry Mills Alden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Book News Monthly
British Books
Men
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Young Men's Christian associations
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Young Men's Christian associations
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
The House on Mango Street
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345807197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. “Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review The House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting." Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345807197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. “Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review The House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting." Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.
Domestic Fiction in Colonial Australia and New Zealand
Author: Tamara S Wagner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317317416
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Colonial domestic literature has been largely overlooked and is due for a reassessment. This essay collection explores attitudes to colonialism, imperialism and race, as well as important developments in girlhood and the concept of the New Woman.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317317416
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Colonial domestic literature has been largely overlooked and is due for a reassessment. This essay collection explores attitudes to colonialism, imperialism and race, as well as important developments in girlhood and the concept of the New Woman.