Author: Thomas IngoldsbyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
What's Bred in the Bone
Author: Robertson DaviesPublisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771027877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Called “an altogether remarkable creation, his most accomplished novel to date” (The New York Times), What's Bred in the Bone is the second brilliant novel in Robertson Davies’ The Cornish Trilogy. Available as an eBook for the first time. Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, a master art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis’s life were not always what they seemed. In this wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, Robertson Davies has created a spellbinding tale of artistic triumph and heroic deceit. It is a tale told in stylish, elegant prose, endowed with lavish portions of Davies’ wit and wisdom. “Davies’s make-believe universe has the appeal of a mystic’s vision… What’s Bred in the Bone is vintage Davies.” The Globe and Mail
The Ingoldsby Legends ... Second edition. First series. With illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech
Author: Thomas IngoldsbyWhat's Bred in the Bone Illustrated
Author: Grant AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Elma Clifford found herself thrust, hap-hazard, at the very last moment, into the last compartment of the last carriage of the train -- alone -- with an artist. Now, you and I, to be sure, most proverbially courteous and intelligent reader, might never have guessed at first sight, from the young man's outer aspect, the nature of his occupation. But she recognized him for what he was immediately, and she was right, and his name was Cyril Waring. He was the love of her life. Even in that first moment, Elma probably knew it. The trouble was, it seemed bound to be a short life. Before the train reached its next station, a tunnel through which it was travelling collapsed upon them. . . . All of a sudden a rapid jerk of the carriage pulled up their train unexpectedly. Elma was aware of a loud noise and a crash in front, almost instantaneously followed by a thrilling jar -- a low dull thud -- a sound of broken glass -- a quick blank stoppage. Next instant she found herself flung wildly forward into her neighbor's arms, while the artist, for his part, with outstretched hands, was vainly endeavoring to break the force of the fall for her. All she knew for the first few minutes was merely that there had been an accident to the train. Until the tunnel behind them collapsed as well, and then there was nothing either of them could do but wait. Wait, and, all but certainly, die.
The Life of P. T. Barnum, written by himself. Author's edition. With illustrations and a portrait
Author: Phineas Taylor BARNUMPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: The Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
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