Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Short Stories of the British Isles : Volume 6 - Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt: Some of the best stories written in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Klassikere

These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred amongst themselves until they began a global push to forge a World Empire of territory, of trade and of language.

Here our ambitions are only of the literary kind. These shores have mustered many masters of literature. So this anthology’s boundaries includes only those authors who were born in the British Isles - which as a geographical definition is the UK mainland and the island of Ireland - and wrote in a familiar form of English.

Whilst Daniel Defoe is the normal starting point we begin a little earlier with Aphra Behn, an equally colourful character as well as an astonishing playwright and poet. And this is how we begin to differentiate our offering; both in scope, in breadth and in depth. These islands have raised and nurtured female authors of the highest order and rank and more often than not they have been sidelined or ignored in favour of that other gender which usually gets the plaudits and the royalties.

Now authors began to offer a wider, more diverse choice from social activism and justice – and injustice to cutting stories of manners and principles. From many forms of comedy to mental meltdowns, from science fiction to unrequited heartache. If you can imagine it an author probably wrote it.

At the end of the 19th Century bestseller lists and then prizes, such as the Nobel and Pulitzer, helped focus an audience’s attention to a books literary merit and sales worth. Previously coffeehouses, Imperial trade, unscrupulous overseas printers ignoring copyright restrictions, publishers with their book lists as an appendix and the gossip and interchange of polite society had been the main avenues to secure sales and profits.

Track Listing of Volume 6: The Informer by Joseph Conrad; An Edited Story by Morley Roberts; An Irish Problem by Somerville & Ross (the writing pseudonym for Edith Somerville & Violet Florence Martin);

From the Dead by Edith Nesbit; A Rich Woman by Katharine Tynan; A Saga of the Seas by Kenneth Grahame; Mutabile Semper by Kenneth Grahame; Freckles by William Pett Ridge; The Lesson by Jerome K Jerome; The Cabman's Story. The Mysteries of a London Growler by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Striped Chest by Arthur Conan Doyle; Her Murderer by Mary Cholmondeley; The Dust of Death by Fred Merrick White; Lucy Wren by Ada Radford; A Lost Masterpiece by Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (writing as George Egerton); The Inconsiderate Waiter by J M Barrie; The Christ of Toro by Gabriela Cunninghame Graham; Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy; The Mezzotint by M R James; Rats by M R James; The Coach by Violet Hunt

© 2020 Miniature Masterpiece (E-bog): 9781839676840

Release date

E-bog: 11. november 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. A Faint Heart Fyodor Dostoevsky
  2. The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky
  3. An Unpleasant Predicament Fyodor Dostoevsky
  4. The Short Story Hour - Volume 5 Mark Twain
  5. A Daughter of the Land Gene Stratton-Porter
  6. The Piazza Tales Herman Melville
  7. The Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad: Including Author's Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays Joseph Conrad
  8. Is He Popenjoy? Anthony Trollope
  9. Felix Holt, the Radical George Eliot
  10. Classic Picaresque Novels (Golden Deer Classics): Candide, Kim, Moll Flanders, Dead Souls... Rudyard Kipling
  11. Fables: Timeless Fables of Wisdom and Wit Robert Louis Stevenson
  12. The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Edgar Allan Poe
  13. The Secret Witness (Vol. 1-3) Charles Brockden Brown
  14. The Dance of Death by Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Ambrose Bierce
  15. Returning Home: A Journey Through Victorian England's Intricate Relationships Anthony Trollope
  16. Tom Sawyer: The Complete Collection (The Best Fictional Characters of All Time) Mark Twain
  17. Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope
  18. Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man: Chesterton's Works on Christianity & Spirituality (Including Author's Autobiography) G. K. Chesterton
  19. Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad
  20. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Ambrose Bierce
  21. Common Sense (Golden Deer Classics) Thomas Paine
  22. Four Meetings: Exploring societal norms, love, and betrayal through intricate tales of human relationships Henry James
  23. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad
  24. A Short History of England: An Engaging Exploration of England's Past Gilbert Keith Chesterton
  25. The Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain
  26. The Crimes of England: Exploring England's Historical Legacy and Moral Dilemmas Gilbert Keith Chesterton
  27. Godfrey Morgan Jules Verne
  28. The Complete Essays & Satires of Mark Twain: What Is Man?; How To Tell A Story; The Wounded Soldier; To My Missionary Critics; The Bee; Is Shakespeare Dead?... Mark Twain
  29. Essential Novelists - Otis Adelbert Kline: the highlight of the pulp era Otis Adelbert Kline
  30. The Oak Shade, or, Records of a Village Literary Association: Tales from a Literary Village Community Various Authors
  31. Deep Horizons Ernest Haycox
  32. Historical vignettes, 1st series: Exploring the Past Through Captivating Stories Bernard Capes
  33. Prairie Yuletide Ernest Haycox
  34. The Poems and Verses Charles Dickens
  35. George Eliot, The Poetry George Eliot
  36. Scout Detail Ernest Haycox
  37. A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume
  38. A History of Freedom of Thought J. B. Bury
  39. A Little Tour of France: Exploring the Charm and Beauty of France through Literature Henry James
  40. City of God: Treatise on the State of God Against the Pagans Saint Augustine
  41. Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century Various authors
  42. On Generation and Corruption: With linked Table of Contents Aristotle
  43. Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?: The Role of Works in Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels Alan P. Stanley

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet