Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesanelderlyLeatherstocking(NattyBumpo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor'sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabethTemple(basedontheauthor'ssister,HannahCooper),ofthefictionalTempleton,NewYork.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestoNewYork'sLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.Leatherstockingandhisclosestfriend,theMohicanIndianChingachgook,begintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofamysteriousyoungvisitor,a"younghunter"knownasOliverEdwards,whoeventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe"dyingIndian",andNattyvanishesintothesunset.
ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesanelderlyLeatherstocking(NattyBumpo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor'sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabethTemple(basedontheauthor'ssister,HannahCooper),ofthefictionalTempleton,NewYork.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestoNewYork'sLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.Leatherstockingandhisclosestfriend,theMohicanIndianChingachgook,begintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofamysteriousyoungvisitor,a"younghunter"knownasOliverEdwards,whoeventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe"dyingIndian",andNattyvanishesintothesunset.
ThePioneers:TheSourcesoftheSusquehanna;aDescriptiveTaleisoneoftheLeatherstockingTales,aseriesoffivenovelsbyAmericanwriterJamesFenimoreCooper.ThePioneerswasfirstofthesebookstobepublished(1823),buttheperiodoftimecoveredbythebook(principally1793)makesitthefourthchronologically.(TheothersareTheDeerslayer,TheLastoftheMohicans,ThePathfinder,andThePrairie.) ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesamiddle-agedLeatherstocking(NattyBumppo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor’sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabeth(theauthorSusanCooper),ofCooperstown.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandtheLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestohisfictionalLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.TheplotdevelopsastheLeatherstockingandChingachgookbegintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofayoungvisitor,OliverEffingham.EffinghameventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe“dyingIndian,”andNattyvanishesintothesunset.Forallitsstrangetwistsandturns,‘ThePioneers’maybeconsideredoneofthefirstecologicalnovelsintheUnitedStates.
TheDeerslayer,orTheFirstWarpath(1841)wasthelastofJamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingtalestobewritten.Its1740-1745timeperiodmakesitthefirstinstallmentchronologicallyandinthelifetimeoftheherooftheLeatherstockingtales,NattyBumppo.
TheDeerslayer,orTheFirstWarpath(1841)wasthelastofJamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingtalestobewritten.Its1740-1745timeperiodmakesitthefirstinstallmentchronologicallyandinthelifetimeoftheherooftheLeatherstockingtales,NattyBumppo.
TheDeerslayer,orTheFirstWarpath(1841)wasthelastofJamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingtalestobewritten.Its1740-1745timeperiodmakesitthefirstinstallmentchronologicallyandinthelifetimeoftheherooftheLeatherstockingtales,NattyBumppo.
Thisisthethirdbookofthefamous“WhatKatydid”series.
ThecontinuingstoryofKatyCarr,recountingthetimeshespentatboardingschoolwithhersisterClover.
WhatKatyDidisachildren’sbookwrittenbySusanCoolidge,thepennameofSarahChaunceyWoolsey.ItfollowstheadventuresofKatyCarrandherfamily,growingupinAmericainthe1860s.Katyisatall,untidytomboy,forevergettingintoscrapesbutwishingtobebeautifulandbeloved.Whenaterribleaccidentmakesheraninvalid,herillnessandrecoverygraduallyteachhertobeasgoodandkindasshehasalwayswanted.
NotQuiteEighteenisadelightfulcollectionofchildren’sstoriesthatrangefrommoraltowhimsical.Fromunfinishedfairytalesanddaydreamsaboutaponywhokeptshoptoalessononpresenceofmind,theseanecdoteswillentertainaswellasimprovethemind.
Candacemakesthefirstlongtripofheryounglifealone.Everythingisnew,fromtheoceanviews,tothefashionablepeoplesheencounters;fromthemuseum-likehome,totheunfamiliarcousins.Howwillsheadapttothenewexperiencesandwillsheovercomethehomesicknessshefeels?Willsheadapthercountrywaysandentersociety,orbeanembarrassmenttoherfinerelations?Etiquetteandstylecanbelearned;butkindness,commonsenseandalovingheartareinbred.
IntheHighValley”isthefifthandlastbookofthepopula“WhatKatydid”seiesbySusanCoolidge.ThestoystatsoutwithLionelYoungandhissiste,ImogenwhosetoutfothepictuesquebutemoteHighValley(Ameica),leavingtheihometownDevonshie(England)behind.LionelwantstotaketheshaeinGeoffeyTemplestowe’scattlebusiness.Imogen,owingtohepejudicesagainstAmeicaandtheAmeicanwayoflife,findsithadtoadjusttolifeovethee.CloveTemplestowe,nowhappilymaiedandlivingintheHighValley,atfistfindsitveytyingtogetonwithImogen.Alotofeventsensueinthecouseofwhichwemeetagainwithoseed,getnewsfomCousinHelenandofcousemeetKatyagain…untilitallfinallyendsinalovelydoublewedding!
RecollectionsofthelifeofAxelHeyst,one-timemanageroftheliquidatedTropicalBeltCoalCompanyinafictitiousislandinthePacific.Afterretreatingfromsocietyinresponsetohisprofessionalfailures,themisanthropeisdrawnbackbyaromanticaffair.
RecollectionsofthelifeofAxelHeyst,one-timemanageroftheliquidatedTropicalBeltCoalCompanyinafictitiousislandinthePacific.Afterretreatingfromsocietyinresponsetohisprofessionalfailures,themisanthropeisdrawnbackbyaromanticaffair.
AyounguntestedshipcaptainfindsamannamedLeggattclingingtothesideofhisship.TheCaptainmakestheunusualdecisiontohideLeggattinhisquarters.Whatishethinking?Conradwilltellus.-TheSecretSharerwasfirstpublishedintheAugustandSeptember1910issuesofHarper’sMagazine
TalesofUnest(1898)isthefistcollectionofshotstoiesbyJosephConadpublishedinhislifetime.JosephConad(1857–1924),aPolish-bonEnglishnovelist,wasamasteinthefomatsoflongshotstoyandnovella,afomofstoylongethanconventionalshotstoybutshotethananovel.SomeofConad'smostacclaimedwokshavebeenwitteninthesefomats,mostnotablyHeatofDakness(1899).TalesofUnestcontainsfivestoies;Kaain:AMemoy(witten1897;eadbyJhiu),TheIdiots(1896;eadbyAnnBoulais),AnOutpostofPogess(1896;eadbyKistineBekee),Theetun(1897;eadbyaeity)andTheLagoon(1896;eadbyDavidLazaus).Autho'snoteeadbySibellaDenton.
TheSecretAgentisConrad’sdark,anddarklycomicstoryofabandofspies,anarchists,agents-provocateursplottingandcounter-plottinginthebackstreetsofLondonintheearly20thCentury.ThenovelcentersonVerloc,ashop-owner,phony-anarchistanddouble-agent,whobecomesembroiledinanambitiousterroristplantobombtheGreenwichObservatory.
SetduringtheNapoleonicWars,“ThePointofHonor”(Englishtitle:“TheDuel”)featurestwoFrenchHussarofficers,D’HubertandFeraud.Theirquarreloveraninitiallyminorincidentturnsintoabitter,long-drawnoutstruggleoverthefollowingfifteenyears,interwovenwiththelargerconflictthatprovidesitsbackdrop.Atthebeginning,Feraudistheonewhojealouslyguardshishonorandrepeatedlydemandssatisfactionanewwhenaduellingencounterendsinconclusively;heaggressivelypursueseveryopportunitytolocateandduelhisfoe.Asthestoryprogresses,D’Hubertalsofindshimselfcaughtupinthecontest,unabletobackdownorwalkaway.
AnOutcastoftheIslandsisthesecondnovelbyJosephConrad,publishedin1896,inspiredbyConrad'sexperienceasmateofasteamer,theVigar.ThenoveldetailstheundoingofPeterWillems,adisreputable,immoralmanwho,ontherunfromascandalinMakassar,findsrefugeinahiddennativevillage,onlytobetrayhisbenefactorsoverlustforthetribalchief'sdaughter.ThestoryfeaturesConrad'srecurringcharacterTomLingard,whoalsoappearsinAlmayer'sFolly(1895)andTheRescue(1920),inadditiontosharingothercharacterswiththosenovels.Thisnovelwasadaptedforthescreenin1952bydirectorCarolReed,featuringTrevorHowardasWillems,RalphRichardsonasLingard,RobertMorley,andWendyHiller.
Aone-actplay.Eccentric(crazy?)CaptainHagberdhasbeenwaitingforyearsforhissontocomehomefromthesea.Hehasscrimpedandsaved,outfittingahouseforHarrytoinherituponhisreturn,whichwillbeinonly"onedaymore."HehasalsoplannedthatHarrywillmarryBessie,therepressedmaidennextdoor.Note:Therecordingwasdoneoutside,sotherewillbesomeambientnoise(airplanes,lawnmowers,birds,children...etc).
ThisisthestoryofavoyageofamerchantsailingshipfromBombaytoEngland,setintheverylate19thcentury.“ItwasabadwinterofftheCapethatyear.”FromWikepedia:“Thenovelisseenasanallegoryaboutisolationandsolidarity,theship’scompanyservingasamicrocosmofasocialgroup.”Astothetitle,onecanonlyask,“WhatWEREyouthinking?”
ApparentlyatwopartstoryaboutaDamselandaKnight,perhapsadamselwhodependsuponthekindnessofstrangers.Itwasoriginallyentitled"Dynamite"andfirstpublishedbyinstallmentsintheNewYorkHerald.ThebookitselfwasthebiggestcommercialsuccessforConradupuntilthattime,1913.ItallowedConradforthefirsttimetosettlehisfinancialaffairs.Theauthor'sdisdainforpeoplewholiveonthelandisapparent.Anewunderstandingoftheword"enthusiastic"ispromulgated.Anditisalovestory.Letusseehowthetalegoes.
ClassicshortishstorybyConradthatrelateshisself-thoughtalienationfromBritishsociety,asayoungforeignmansurvivesashipwreckoffthecoastofKent,Englandonlytobeshunnedbymostofthetownsfolk.Theoneexceptionistheloving,ifdull-witted,MissFoster.
Thereisanoldanecdote,probablyapocryphal,whichdescribeshowafeminineadmirerwrotetoBrowningaskinghimforthemeaningofoneofhisdarkerpoems,andreceivedthefollowingreply:“Whenthatpoemwaswritten,twopeopleknewwhatitmeant–GodandRobertBrowning.AndnowGodonlyknowswhatitmeans.