Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Pages : 438

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Author: Stowe H.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521083049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. “Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories” is a sequel to her novel “Old Town Folks”, featuring some of the same characters. It is a collection of fifteen charming short stories told by Sam Lawson to some young boys of Oldtown. The author here masterfully captures many of the colloquial expressions, superstitions, beliefs, customs and habits of that period.

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Pages : 438

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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230084879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...with ruby crest and diamond eyes; you 've no idea what pretty fellows they are. But here, you see, we are coming to the house; you can smell the roses." "How lovely and how changed!" said Tina. "Oh, what a world of white roses over that portico, --roses everywhere, and white lilacs. It is a perfect paradise! " " May you find it so, my little Eve," said Ellery Davenport, as the carriage stopped at the door. Ellery sprang out lightly, and, turning, took Tina in his arms and set her down in the porch. They stood there a moment in the moonlight, and listened to the fainter patter of the horses' feet as they went down the drive. "Come in, my little wife," said Ellery, opening the door, " and may the black serpent bring you good luck." The house was brilliantly lighted by wax candles in massive silver candlesticks. "Oh, how strangely altered! " said Tina, running about, and looking into the rooms withithe delight of a child. " How beautiful everything is!" The housekeeper, a respectable female, now appeared and offered her services to conduct her young mistress to her rooms. Ellery went with her, almost carrying her up the staircase on his arm. Above, as below, all was light and bright. " This room is ours," said Ellery, drawing her into that chamber which Tina remembered years before as so weirdly desolate. Now it was all radiant with hangings and furniture of blue and silver; the open windows let in branches of climbing white roses, the vases were full of lilies. The housekeeper paused a moment at the door. "There is a lady in the little parlor below that has been waiting more than an hour to see you and madam," she...

Author: J. A. Cuddon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140861181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562

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Collected here are some of the best ghost stories ever written, to be experienced as they were meant to be--read aloud. From Angeline or the Haunted House by Emile Zola to The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, these are classic writers working in an ever-popular genre of apparitions, mystery, and murder.

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527691285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Excerpt from Oldtown Folks, Vol. 1 of 2: And Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories When their attention was directed towards me, I could feel and respond to all their thoughts and feelings, and was conscious that they could in the same manner feel and respond to mine. Sometimes they would take no notice of me, but carry on a brisk conversation among themselves, principally by looks and gestures, with now and then an audible word. In fact, there were but few with whom I was very familiar. These few were much more constant and uniform in their visits than the great multitude, who were frequently changing, and too much absorbed in their own concerns to think much of me. I scarcely know how I can give an idea of their form and general appearance, for there are no objects in the material world with which I can compare them, and no language adapted to an accu rate description of their peculiarities. They exhibited all possible combinations of size, shape, proportion, and color, but their most usual appearance was with the human form and proportion, but under a shadowy outline that seemed just ready to melt into the invisible air, and sometimes liable to the most sudden and grotesque changes, and with a uniform darkly bluish color spotted with brown, or brownish-white. This was the general appearance of the multitude; but there were many exceptions to this descrip tion, particularly among my more welcome and familiar visitors, as will be seen in the sequel. 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.

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe is an interesting compilation of small-town stories to entertain and thrill readers. Excerpt: "Still we shivered, and clung to his knee, at the mysterious parts, and felt gentle, cold chills run down our spines at appropriate places. We were always in the most receptive and sympathetic condition. Tonight, in particular, was one of those thundering stormy ones, when the winds appeared to be holding a perfect mad carnival over my grandfather's house."