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Rose Macleod - Alice Brown - e-kniha

eBook: \'Rose Macleod\' follows the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter Madam Fulton and Electra. Madam Fulton, a writer, receives acclaim for her writing but won\…

The Day of His Youth - Alice Brown - e-kniha

eBook: \'The Day of His Youth\' is the story of Francis Hume who battles between his own personal guilt and his desire to seize the day, after his mother died during childbirth.…

The Prisoner - Alice Brown - e-kniha

eBook: Homecoming hero Jeffrey Blake returns after a stint in prison and tries to embed himself back into his former life. Blake hopes to reconcile with his wife and find his…

The Wizard's Touch - Alice Brown - e-kniha

eBook: ‘The Wizard\'s Touch’ (1906) is a short story by American playwright and novelist, Alice Brown. Jerome Wilmer is an artist who returned from his travels to find Mary, the…

Tiverton Tales - Alice Brown - e-kniha

eBook: The fictional town of Tiverton is the centre of these short stories by Alice Brown. Tiverton is based in New England, like many of Brown\'s other works, and is home to…

Artemis to Actaeon - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: While she might be best known as the author of \'The Age of Innocence\' (adapted for film, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daniel Day-Lewis), Edith Wharton wrote an…

Autres Temps - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: After self-imposed exiled in Italy, Mrs Lidcote is returning to New York, full of trepidation about her divorced daughter\'s remarriage. Mrs Lidcote is a divorcee herself…

Coming Home - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: Having lived in France during the First World War, it\'s no surprise that Wharton documented the impact on her spiritual homeland, both in fiction and non-fiction. \'Coming…

Crucial Instances - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: \'Crucial Instances\' was the second collection of Wharton\'s short stories to be published. Of the seven, \' A Dialogue\' is presented as a short play. This collection…

False Dawn - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: Now that he\'s turned 21, Lewis Raycie has been sent to travel Europe to form his tastes and fortify his judgments. Lewis\' father packs him off with $5,000 and the…

Fighting France - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: \'Fighting France\' is a collection of essays, written by Wharton, on the outbreak of the First World War. Having returned to her beloved France to work with the Red Cross,…

French Ways and their Meaning - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: Edith Wharton was devoted to the French people and their culture. During the First World War, while living in France and devoting herself to numerous war and relief efforts…

In Morocco - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: While she might be better known for taking aim at American high society, Wharton was also a prolific travel writer. \'In Morocco\' chronicles her visit to North Africa, at…

Kerfol - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: \'Kerfol\' is one of Wharton\'s more unusual ghost stories, in that the ghosts of the piece aren\'t human. Chilling and tragic, this tale tells of Anne de Cornault, who is…

Madame De Treymes - Edith Whartonová - e-kniha

eBook: A short story with a punch, \'Madame de Treymes\' follows lovelorn John Durham as he travels to France to court his old love, Fanny Frisbee. While Fanny is separated from…