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The Story of My Life

de Augustus Hare ...

"Anyone requiring the perfect bedside book need look no further . . . a now-rediscovered masterpiece of character-painting, anecdote and understated wit." — Smithsonian MagazineAugustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834–1903) was a Victorian writer who had clung, so to speak, to the edges of fame. He was born into the maddest of upper-class English families and survived one of the cruelest of childhoods to ... Leer más

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"Anyone requiring the perfect bedside book need look no further . . . a now-rediscovered masterpiece of character-painting, anecdote and understated wit." — Smithsonian MagazineAugustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834–1903) was a Victorian writer who had clung, so to speak, to the edges of fame. He was born into the maddest of upper-class English families and survived one of the cruelest of childhoods to
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Augustus Hare

Victorian Gentleman

de Malcolm Barnes ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1985, in this book Malcolm Barnes, the editor of Augustus Hare’s autobiography, tries to elucidate: a man who wrote much about others, but little of consequence about himself in spite of the longest ‘story of my life’ in the English language. When Augustus Hare published the first part of his autobiography in 1896, it was received with anger and abuse. He was attacked because he ... Leer más

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First published in 1985, in this book Malcolm Barnes, the editor of Augustus Hare’s autobiography, tries to elucidate: a man who wrote much about others, but little of consequence about himself in spite of the longest ‘story of my life’ in the English language. When Augustus Hare published the first part of his autobiography in 1896, it was received with anger and abuse. He was attacked because he
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Vampire of Croglin Grange, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Augustus Hare ...

Narrado por David Shaw-Parker ...

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11 minutos

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Augustus Hare. ... Leer más

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The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Augustus Hare.
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Vampire Tales: The Big Collection (80+ stories in one volume: The Viy, The Fate of Madame Cabanel, The Parasite, Good Lady Ducayne, Count Magnus, For the Blood Is the Life, Dracula’s Guest, The Broken Fang, Blood Lust, Four Wooden Stakes...)

de Leonid Andreyev, Nikolai Gogol, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Walter De La Mare, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, Vernon Lee, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Nesbit, Vincent O’Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Victor Roman, Pu Songling, Johann Ludwig Tieck, John William Polidori, Alexei Tolstoy, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Gilbert, Jan Neruda, A. B. Mitford, Eliza Lynn Linton, Phil Robinson, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Julian Hawthorne, Mary Cholmondeley, Anne Crawford, Marsh Richard, Eric Stenbock, Mary E. Braddon, Fred M. White, H. B. Marriott-Watson, Hume Nisbet, F. G. Loring, Augustus Hare, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Frank Norris, Louise J. Strong, Luigi Capuana, Théophile Gaultier, E. G. Swain, Claude Askew, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Horacio Quiroga, Ulric Daubeny, Uel Key, Dion Fortune, Everil Worrell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hesketh V. Pritchard, Cynthia Asquith ...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the ... Leer más

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The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the
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The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

de Francis Augustus Hare ...

"The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang" by Francis Augustus Hare provides a gripping narrative of one of Australia's most infamous outlaw groups. The book delves into the lives of the Kelly Gang, exploring their motivations, the societal conditions that bred such notorious figures, and the dramatic events leading to their capture. Hare's account is rich in detail ... Leer más

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"The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang" by Francis Augustus Hare provides a gripping narrative of one of Australia's most infamous outlaw groups. The book delves into the lives of the Kelly Gang, exploring their motivations, the societal conditions that bred such notorious figures, and the dramatic events leading to their capture. Hare's account is rich in detail
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The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

Enriched edition. The Kelly Gang's Last Stand: A True Crime Tale of Outlaws and Manhunt in Colonial Australia

de Francis Augustus Hare, Quentin Sharp ...

In "The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang," Francis Augustus Hare deftly weaves a gripping narrative that chronicles the notorious exploits of the Kelly Gang for both a contemporary and historical audience. Capturing the essence of 19th-century Australia, Hare employs a vivid literary style that combines both journalistic precision and dramatic flair. His ... Leer más

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In "The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang," Francis Augustus Hare deftly weaves a gripping narrative that chronicles the notorious exploits of the Kelly Gang for both a contemporary and historical audience. Capturing the essence of 19th-century Australia, Hare employs a vivid literary style that combines both journalistic precision and dramatic flair. His
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The Last of the Bushrangers

An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

de Francis Augustus Hare ...

Narrado por Gregory Dwyer ...

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The book is written in the first person, giving a detailed, autobiographical account of Hare’s experiences as a superintendent in the Victorian Mounted Police, particularly during the pursuit and final capture of the Kelly Gang. Hare’s account offers insights into the social and criminal landscape of colonial Victoria, the operations of the police force, and the complexities of pursuing outlaws ... Leer más

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The book is written in the first person, giving a detailed, autobiographical account of Hare’s experiences as a superintendent in the Victorian Mounted Police, particularly during the pursuit and final capture of the Kelly Gang. Hare’s account offers insights into the social and criminal landscape of colonial Victoria, the operations of the police force, and the complexities of pursuing outlaws
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The Last of the Bushrangers

de Francis Augustus Hare ...

The exploits of the Ned Kelly gang have entered legend. Seen now as a sort of Australian Robin Hood, and immortalised on screen by none other than Mick Jagger, and in paint by the great Australian artist Sidney Nolan, the reality - as related in this contemporary book written soon after the events it describes - was less romantic and more sordid than the myth. Kelly and his band were Irish ... Leer más

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The exploits of the Ned Kelly gang have entered legend. Seen now as a sort of Australian Robin Hood, and immortalised on screen by none other than Mick Jagger, and in paint by the great Australian artist Sidney Nolan, the reality - as related in this contemporary book written soon after the events it describes - was less romantic and more sordid than the myth. Kelly and his band were Irish
... Leer más
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Essence of Evil – Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & More

Over 30 hours delving into literatures darkest depths

de Alice and Claude Askew, Anatole France, Arthur Conan Doyle, Augustus Hare, Bernard Capes, C J Cutcliffe Hyne, Catherine Crowe, Charles Baudelaire, E F Benson, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman0, Ernst Raupach1, F Marion Crawford2, Fernan Caballeron3, Fitz James O'Brien4, Frederick Cowles5, Frederick Cowles6, H G Wells7, H P Lovecraft8, Hristo Smirenski9, Hugh Walpole0, Hume Nisbet1, Ion Luca Caragiale2, Jan Neruda3, John William Polidori4, Lady Eleanor Smith5, Leo Tolstoy6, M R James7, Nathaniel Hawthorne8, Niccolo Machiavelli9, Nikolai Gogol0, Phil Robinson1, Richard Garnett2, Robert Louis Stevenson3, Rudyard Kipling4, Saki5, Sheridan Le Fanu6, Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton7, Ulric Daubeny8, Uriah Derick D'Arcy9, Washington Irving0, Wilhelm Hauff1, William Hope Hodgson2, William Makepeace Thackeray3 ...

Narrado por Garrick Hogan4, Robbie McNab5, Elliot Fitzpatrick6 ...

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11 hora 31 minutos

Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. These Evil entities, surely we can’t name them as beings, include all sorts of monsters, demons, devils, vampires and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - Essence of Evil - Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, ... Leer más

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Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. These Evil entities, surely we can’t name them as beings, include all sorts of monsters, demons, devils, vampires and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - Essence of Evil - Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils,
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 5

The Brothers Grimm to William Dean Howells

de The Brothers Grimm, Beatrice Grimshaw, Cosmo Hamilton, Augustus Hare, Beatrice Harraden, Wilhelm Hauff, Dorothy Havers, Eliza Haywood, Mary Anne Hoare, Tom Hood, Headon Hill, James Hilton, Holloway Horn ...

Narrado por Elliot Fitzpatrick, Robert Maskell, Michael Carleton ...

Completo

12 hora 16 minutos

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Leer más

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Leer más
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 3

Anatole France to C J Cutcliffe Hyne

de Anatole France, James Hain Friswell, Richard Le Gallienne, Richard Garnett, Vsevolod Garshin, Arthur Gask, Theophile Gautier, W L George, R Murray Gilchrist, Nikolai Gogol, Arthur Gray0, The Brothers Grimm1, H Rider Haggard2, Thomas Hardy3, Augustus Hare4, W F Harvey5, Wilhelm Hauff6, the Reverend R S Hawker7, Nathaniel Hawthorne8, Nathaniel Hawthorne9, Johann Hebel0, Lafcadio Hearn1, William Hope Hodgson2, E T A Hoffman3, Tom Hood4, Anthony Hope5, William Hunt6, C J Cutcliffe Hyne7 ...

Narrado por David Shaw-Parker8, Christopher Ragland9, Mark Rice-Oxley0 ...

Completo

12 hora 39 minutos

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Leer más

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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
... Leer más
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Stories From The Shadows - Volume 5

Embrace the darkness

de Theophile Gautier, W L George, R Murray Gilchrist, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Nikolai Gogol, Clotilde Graves, Arthur Gray, Maude K Griffin, The Brothers Grimm, H Rider Haggard, Radclyffe Hall, Thomas Hardy, Augustus Hare, Elizabeth Anna Hart, W F Harvey, Wilhelm Hauff, Dorothy Havers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lafcadio Hearn, Johann Hebel, Beatrice Heron-Maxwell ...

Narrado por Julie Peasgood, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Completo

10 hora 53 minutos

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Leer más

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An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
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The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

The Last of the Bushrangers

The Last of the Bushrangers

Essence of Evil – Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & More

Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 5

Dark Masters, The - Volume 3

Stories From The Shadows - Volume 5

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