Author: Compton MackenziePublisher: New York ; London : Harper
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Sir Compton MackenziePublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465533818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Compton MacKenziePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
'The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett', often shortened to 'Sylvia Scarlett', is a novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. The story follows Sylvia Scarlett and her father on a thrilling adventure as they flee France and embark on a journey full of twists and turns. Compton Mackenzie's novel takes readers on a wild ride with the Scarletts, as they team up with a charming "gentleman adventurer" named Jimmy Monkley to pull off daring cons. Will they stay one step ahead of the police, or will their luck run out?
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett--Another Issue
Author: Sir Compton MackenziePublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230299853
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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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. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... thing, I'm not going to marry you merely to remove the world's censure of your conduct, and as long as you feel about marrying me as you might feel about letting me carry a heavy bag, I'll never marry you." "I don't feel a bit like that about it," he protested. "If I could leave you, I'd leave you now. But the very thought of losing you makes my heart stop beating. It's like suddenly coming to the edge of a precipice. I know perfectly well that you despise me at heart. You think I'm a wretched actor with no feelings off the stage. You think I don't know my own mind, if you even admit that I've got a mind at all. But I'm thirty-one. I'm not a boy. I've had a good many women in love with me. Now don't begin to laugh. I'm determined to say what I ought to have said long ago, and should have said if I hadn't been afraid the whole time of losing you. If I lose you now it can't be helped. I'd sooner lose you than go on being treated like a child. What I want to say is that, though I know you think it wasn't worth while being loved by the women who've loved me, I do think it was. I'm not in the least ashamed of them. Most of them, at any rate, were beautiful, though I admit that all of them put together wouldn't have made up for missing you. You're a thousand times cleverer than I. You've got much more personality. You've every right to consider you've thrown yourself away on me. But the fact remains that you've done it. We've been together now a year. That proves that there is something in me. I'm prouder of this year with you than of all the rest of my life. You've developed me in the most extraordinary way." "I have?" Sylvia burst in. "Of course you have. But I'm not going to be treated like a mantis." "Like a what?" "A mantis. You can read...
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Sir Compton MacKenziePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781407687704
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Lost Girl
Author: D. H. LawrencePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521294232
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This edition of The Lost Girl offers a text corresponding to Lawrence's expectations.
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Compton MackenzieThe Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Sir Compton MackenziePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Mark of the Beast
Author: Alfredo BonadeoPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813116808
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes -- death and degradation -- that mark the literature about the war. From their accounts most men entered the war lightheartedly, filled with ideals of patriotism and glory, but these generous feelings were soon quelled as the war settled into a stalemate, its operations reduced to simply grinding away the opposing forces. In these operations, Alfredo Bonadeo shows, men became mere aggregations thrown against one another, wasted with no appreciable effects or gains, save carnage itself. This cheapening and disregard for human life and being Bonadeo finds rooted not only in the conditions of war but, significantly, in a contempt for the common man prevailing in European political and intellectual circles. This attitude is revealed most plainly in his analysis of the Italian literature, which hitherto has received little note. Italian leaders saw the war as an opportunity to expiate a sense of national guilt, and here the inconclusive campaigns made their futility all the greater. Out of the torn fields of the First World War grew the seeds of a second, greater conflict, but, Professor Bonadeo concludes, the flowering of the seeds was aided by the degradation of man's spirit on those fields. The grim focus of this book, the dead voices it evokes, leads to a new appreciation of the meaning of the Great War.
Sylvia & Michael: The later adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
Author: Compton MacKenziePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sylvia & Michael: The later adventures of Sylvia Scarlett" by Compton MacKenzie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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