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The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony

Occasionally writ upon the many divorces lately granted by Parliament

by Sir John Dillon, Edward Ward ...

The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony offers readers a vibrant exploration of the contrasting joys and tribulations surrounding the institution of marriage, and the alternatives that lay beyond its confines. Ranging from satirical poems to reflective essays, the collection weaves a tapestry of literary styles that probe the societal expectations and individual yearnings of ... Read more

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The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony offers readers a vibrant exploration of the contrasting joys and tribulations surrounding the institution of marriage, and the alternatives that lay beyond its confines. Ranging from satirical poems to reflective essays, the collection weaves a tapestry of literary styles that probe the societal expectations and individual yearnings of
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A Journey Through Marital Tales: 52 Storybooks

Classic Tales of Courtship, Domestic Conflict, Social Convention, and Changing Gender Roles

by George Bernard Shaw, John Kendrick Bangs, George Farquhar, Susanna Centlivre, Henrik Ibsen, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Allan Monkhouse, Humphry Mrs. Ward, Charlotte Skinner, P. Jones, Mrs. Gordon Smythies, Arthur Hornblow, George Howells Broadhurst, Florence L. Barclay, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Archibald Marshall, Arthur Stringer, George Sand, Halliwell Sutcliffe, Margaret Widdemer, Mabel Barnes-Grundy, Neith Boyce, Martha Morton, W. Heimburg, Albert Delpit, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, George Moore, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Walter Besant, Alfred Ollivant, Cornelia A. P. Comer, August Strindberg, P. G. Wodehouse, Mae M. Franking, Katherine Anne Porter, HonorÃ© de Balzac, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling, Ella D'Arcy, Elinor Glyn, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hannah More, Mary Croom Brown, Fowl, Helen Rowland, Burt L. Standish, Annie F. Johnston, Carolyn Wells, James Montgomery Flagg, Sir John Dillon, Edward Ward, Frank Chapman Bliss ...

A Journey Through Marital Tales: 52 Storybooks surveys marriage as contract, comedy, ordeal, aspiration, and social institution across an unusually broad transnational archive. Its stories and dramatic selections move from satirical intrigue and drawing-room wit to domestic realism, psychological conflict, sentimental romance, and pointed social critique. Comic reversals, contested inheritances, ... Read more

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A Journey Through Marital Tales: 52 Storybooks surveys marriage as contract, comedy, ordeal, aspiration, and social institution across an unusually broad transnational archive. Its stories and dramatic selections move from satirical intrigue and drawing-room wit to domestic realism, psychological conflict, sentimental romance, and pointed social critique. Comic reversals, contested inheritances,
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The Collected Works of Goethe

Exploring the Romantic Genius of Goethe in Literary Masterpieces

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...

Translated by Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Bayard Taylor, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, James Anthony Froude, Anna Swanwick, Sir Theodore Martin, R. Dillon Boylan, John Oxenford, A. J. W. Morrison, Thomas Bailey Saunders, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Lock Eastlake, Edgar A. Bowring, George Kriehn, William Francis Henry King ...

The Collected Works of Goethe is a monumental compilation that encapsulates the vast literary genius of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, encapsulating his poetry, prose, and dramatic works. Renowned for his exploration of themes such as individuality, the interplay of nature and spirit, and the quest for meaning, Goethe employs a variety of literary styles ranging from the lyrical to the philosophical. ... Read more

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The Collected Works of Goethe is a monumental compilation that encapsulates the vast literary genius of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, encapsulating his poetry, prose, and dramatic works. Renowned for his exploration of themes such as individuality, the interplay of nature and spirit, and the quest for meaning, Goethe employs a variety of literary styles ranging from the lyrical to the philosophical.
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The Collected Works of Goethe

Enriched edition. Poetry, Drama, and Prose of Romantic Individuality, Nature, and Existential Inquiry

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...

Translated by Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Bayard Taylor, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, James Anthony Froude, Anna Swanwick, Sir Theodore Martin, R. Dillon Boylan, John Oxenford, A. J. W. Morrison, Thomas Bailey Saunders, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Lock Eastlake, Edgar A. Bowring, George Kriehn, William Francis Henry King ...

The Collected Works of Goethe encompasses the vast literary contributions of one of the most significant figures of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Spanning poetry, drama, and prose, this collection reveals Goethe's mastery of form and language, reflecting the complexities of the human condition. His works are imbued with the Romantic ideals of individuality and nature, often ... Read more

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The Collected Works of Goethe encompasses the vast literary contributions of one of the most significant figures of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Spanning poetry, drama, and prose, this collection reveals Goethe's mastery of form and language, reflecting the complexities of the human condition. His works are imbued with the Romantic ideals of individuality and nature, often
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The Collected Works: 200+ Novels, Plays, Poems, Essays & Autobiography

Enriched edition. (200+ Titles in One Edition): Wilhelm Meister's Travels, Faust Part One and Two, Italian Journey...

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erica Lancaster2 ...

Translated by Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Bayard Taylor, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, James Anthony Froude, Anna Swanwick, Sir Theodore Martin0, R. Dillon Boylan1, John Oxenford2, A. J. W. Morrison3, Thomas Bailey Saunders4, Sir Walter Scott5, Charles Lock Eastlake6, Edgar A. Bowring7, George Kriehn8, William Francis Henry King9 ...

In "The Collected Works: 200+ Novels, Plays, Poems, Essays & Autobiography," Johann Wolfgang von Goethe presents an unparalleled tapestry of German literature that showcases his multifaceted genius. His oeuvre embodies the convergence of Enlightenment ideals with Romantic sensibilities, characterized by a profound exploration of individualism and nature. The collection includes seminal works such ... Read more

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In "The Collected Works: 200+ Novels, Plays, Poems, Essays & Autobiography," Johann Wolfgang von Goethe presents an unparalleled tapestry of German literature that showcases his multifaceted genius. His oeuvre embodies the convergence of Enlightenment ideals with Romantic sensibilities, characterized by a profound exploration of individualism and nature. The collection includes seminal works such
... Read more
The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Enriched edition. 200+ Titles in One Edition : Novels, Tales, Plays, Essays, Autobiography & Letters

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erica Lancaster3 ...

Translated by Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Bayard Taylor, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, James Anthony Froude, Anna Swanwick0, Sir Theodore Martin1, R. Dillon Boylan2, John Oxenford3, L. Dora Schmitz4, A. J. W. Morrison5, Louis H. Gray6, Thomas Bailey Saunders7, Sir Walter Scott8, Charles Lock Eastlake9, Edgar A. Bowring0, Julia Franklin1 ...

The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is an expansive anthology that encapsulates the full breadth of Goethe's literary genius. This compendium offers readers a diverse spectrum of his writings, including poetry, plays, and philosophical treatises, characterized by a versatile literary style that traverses Romanticism, Enlightenment ideals, and early modern existentialism. Featuring ... Read more

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The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is an expansive anthology that encapsulates the full breadth of Goethe's literary genius. This compendium offers readers a diverse spectrum of his writings, including poetry, plays, and philosophical treatises, characterized by a versatile literary style that traverses Romanticism, Enlightenment ideals, and early modern existentialism. Featuring
... Read more

The Ghost Story Megapack

25 Classic Tales by Masters

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Jerome K. Jerome ...

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Here is the lineup:AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE ... Read more

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Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Here is the lineup:AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE
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Shakespeare's Love Sonnets

by William Shakespeare ...

The perfect gift for someone you love, an illustrated collection of love poems from the poet considered to be the greatest writer in the English language.Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love requited or otherwise in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This treasure of a book collects twenty-nine of the bard's most romantic ... Read more

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The perfect gift for someone you love, an illustrated collection of love poems from the poet considered to be the greatest writer in the English language.Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love requited or otherwise in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This treasure of a book collects twenty-nine of the bard's most romantic
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CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume

Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories, Holiday Crimes, and Snowbound Detective Tales

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Hardy, Saki, Robert Louis Stevenson, O. Henry, G.K. Chesterton, M.R. James, Catherine Crowe, William Douglas O'Connor, Charles Dickens, John Kendrick Bangs, Louisa M. Alcott, Emmuska Orczy, Grant Allen, Leonard Kip ...

CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES gathers twenty classic thrillers in which the season of hospitality, ritual, and domestic reunion becomes a charged setting for crime, secrecy, supernatural disturbance, and detection. Moving among Gothic hauntings, locked-room puzzles, sensation fiction, social satire, adventure, and the emerging detective tale, the volume reveals how Christmas's promise of comfort can ... Read more

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CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES gathers twenty classic thrillers in which the season of hospitality, ritual, and domestic reunion becomes a charged setting for crime, secrecy, supernatural disturbance, and detection. Moving among Gothic hauntings, locked-room puzzles, sensation fiction, social satire, adventure, and the emerging detective tale, the volume reveals how Christmas's promise of comfort can
... Read more
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)

by William Blake ...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Songs of Innocence was the first of Blake's illuminated books published in 1789.It is a cheerful and optimistic volume which ... Read more

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Songs of Innocence was the first of Blake's illuminated books published in 1789.It is a cheerful and optimistic volume which
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Collected Works of M. E. Braddon (Delphi Classics)

by M. E. Braddon, Delphi Classics ...

Series Book 18 - Delphi Series Four
Since the first publication of her groundbreaking sensation novel 'Lady Audley's Secret' in 1862, M. E. Braddon's works have gripped the imagination of readers across the world for over one hundred and fifty years. This comprehensive eBook presents the many diverse works of M. E. Braddon, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative ... Read more

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Since the first publication of her groundbreaking sensation novel 'Lady Audley's Secret' in 1862, M. E. Braddon's works have gripped the imagination of readers across the world for over one hundred and fifty years. This comprehensive eBook presents the many diverse works of M. E. Braddon, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative
... Read more
The Wife of Bath

by Geoffrey Chaucer ...

The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her prologue twice as long as her tale. ... Read more

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The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her prologue twice as long as her tale.
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