As part of Back Bay's ongoing effort to make the works ofJohn Fowles available in uniform trade paperback editions, twomajor works in the Fowles canon are reissued to coincide with thepublication of Wormholes, the author's long-awaited new collectionof essays and occasional writings. Perhaps the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestsellingworks, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductivestorytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel."Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically eroticpossibilities" (New York Times), the novel inspired the hugelysuccessful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and istoday universally regarded as a modern classic. In A Maggot, originally published in 1985, Fowles reaches backto the eighteenth century to offer readers a glimpse into thefuture. Time magazine called the result "hypnotic....A remarkableachievement. Part detective story, part crackling courtroomdrama....An immensely rich and readable novel".
A group of friends that hasnt seen one another in years isreunited through tragedy. Working through their grief together,they find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they couldhave never foreseen, in this story of friendship, family, and lifecoming full circle.
Selden Edwards, apparently, took 35 years to write this dismal piece of drivel. He started writing at age 25, but I suspect that he conceived the idea at the age of 15. How else to explain the wholly un-ironic adoption of the puerile schoolboy nickname for the main character's guru - the Venerable Haze, a.k.a. the Haze - throughout the book? On page 6, Mr Edwards employs the word 'momentarily' to mean 'in a moment' - when in fact it means 'for a moment'. I would say that if it is English teaching that he has recently retired from, then it is just as well that he has retired. Time travel, I can (only just) live with, but the plot is contrived, and the story wholly devoid of humour, takes itself far too seriously, and employs tortured coincidences to allow the hero to make his way through life in 19th Century 'fin de siecle' (he loves that term!) Vienna. I managed 36 pages of this rubbish, and then gave up in disgust. I trust that Mr Edwards, if he ever does write another novel, will again take 35 years t
YA?The events in this book are horribly off-putting, which, paradoxically, is why they must be remembered. Chang tells of the Sino-Japanese War atrocities perpetrated by the invading Japanese army in Nanking in December 1937, in which roughly 350,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered in an eight-week period, many of them having been raped and/or tortured first. Not only are readers given many of the gory details?with pictures?but they are also told of the heroism of some members of a small foreign contingent, particularly of a Nazi businessman who resided in China for 30 years. The story of his bravery lends the ironic touch of someone with evil credentials doing good. Once the author finishes with the atrocities, she proceeds with the equally absorbing and much easier-to-take story of what happened to the Nazi businessman when he returned to Germany and the war ended. This by itself is material for a movie. The author tells why the Japanese government not only allowed the atrocities to occur but also r
A romance that stretches across centuries and past livesconstitutes the core of Brashares's varied second adult novel, thefirst in a planned trilogy. The story is primarily that of Daniel,as, in the present, he pursues Lucy (whom he knows as Sophia in aprevious life) and attempts to persuade her of their history anddestiny, but his passion initially and understandably scares heroff. He disappears, presumed dead, but Lucy, unable to forget him,investigates his claims of their history until she discovers thetruth. Meanwhile, Daniel takes readers on a tour of romanticnear-misses, from sixth-century Africa through eighth-centuryTurkey to WWI. The story moves slowly and predictably, though whena plot finally materializes, Brashares ( Sisterhood of theTraveling Pants ) manages some satisfying momentum, even if thestory begins to feel like it's borrowed from a James Pattersonnovel. Brashares's insights into human nature, meanwhile, shouldappeal to readers who enjoyed The Time-Traveler's Wife , butcan appreci
A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to the
Thomas Hardy's richly evocative novel opens with the arrival of Bathsheba in the village of Weatherbury to work the large, dilapidated farm that is her inheritance. The plot turns on her sentimental education, her infatuation for Sergeant Troy, a dazzling young cavalry officer, and her relationship with the shepherd-farmer, Gabriel Oak. Gabriel's strong presence permeates a drama of temptation,treachery and passion in which Bathsheba achieves a painful but necessary self-knowledge.
It is among such communities as these that happiness will find her last refuge on earth..". Against this backdrop Hardy tells a vivid story of life in rural Wessex which centres on the independent and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene. She decides to manage the farm she has inherited and finds herself in a powerful position for a woman of the 1840s. But power brings tragic complications when she has to decide between three rival suitors.
Stefan Salvatore has come to terms with being a vampire. Theevents of the past few months have sobered him, and the fog of hisown blood lust has begun to lift. He travels to New York City tostart a new life, one that does not require him to kill humans tosurvive. Instead he feeds off of animals in Central Park. But thequiet life he envisioned is jolted when he runs into his brotherDamon, who has convinced New York high society that he is Italianroyalty. While Stefan is regaining his humanity, Damon hascompletely lost his. Stefan will do whatever it takes to protectDamon from himself, but there is another villain present. A vampirethat seeks revenge for a death the Salvatores are responsible for.Stefan and Damon will have to work together to fight the greatestevil yet.
Deux jumeaux, Jean et Paul, forment un couple fraternel si uniqu'on l'appelle Jean-Paul. Mais Jean veut briser cette cha?ne etessaie de se marier. Paul fait échouer ce projet. Désespéré, Jeanpart seul en voyage de noces à Venise. Paul se lance à sa poursuiteet accomplit un long voyage initiatique autour du monde. A traversdes aventures multiples et de nombreux personnages, comme lescandaleux oncle Alexandre, surnommé le dandy des gadoues, ce romanillustre le grand thème du couple humain.
With these words, Washington Irving expresses the dilemma ofevery American artist in the nineteenth century. The Sketch-Book(1820-1) looks simultaneously towards audiences on both sides ofthe Atlantic, as Irving explores the uneasy relationship of anAmerican writer to English literary traditions. He sketches aseries of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parentnation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplantedfrom Europe creates the first classic American short stories, 'RipVan Winkle' and 'The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'. The result wasnot only a hugely successful travel book; it exerted a strongformative influence on American writers from Nathaniel Hawthorneand Edgar Allan Poe to Henry James, and is well worth rediscoveryin its own right today. Based on Irving's final revision of hismost popular work, this new edition includes comprehensiveexplanatory notes of The Sketch-Book's sources for the modernreader. In her introduction, Susan Manning suggests that the authorforged a new idiom
The three best friends make a pact over raspberry mojitos one night this year everything is going to change. Emmy is going to find a man on every continent for some no-strings fun. Adriana vows she'll secure a five-carat Harry Winston diamond on her fourth finger. And Leigh can't think of what she needs to change - until literary bad boy Jesse Chapman starts to get under her skin.
Stefan and Damon Salvatore have been sired by thestunning but deadly vampire, Katherine.While one brother embraceshis new powers, the other is almost destroyed by them. Katherinetaught them to break necks and hearts.Little did she know, they'dstart with each others...
The science fiction stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stand alongside those of Jules Verne and H。G。Wells。The protagonist， the cave-man in a lounge suit， is the maddening， irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger。 The stories range from The Lost World，a sort of Jurassic Park，high above the Amazon rain-forest，to the ecologically significant When the World Screamed。Other fine examples of Doyle's imagination at its best are The Land of Mist and The Disintegration Machine。 This collection is a must for all readers who love science fiction and for those who are interested in the early development of the genre。
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous--and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In a nonde* office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, “the Campus” is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies--and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI ag
Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is Warhols personal view of thePop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s and a look back at therelationships that made up the scene at the Factory, including hisrelationship with Edie Sedgewick, focus of the upcoming filmFactory Girl. In the detached, back-fence gossip style he wasfamous for, Warhol tells allthe ultimate inside story of a decadeof cultural revolution.
The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. It has been collated with the Mellstock Edition of 1920, for which Hardy submitted final corrections. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides new and invaluable source material on Victorian Dorset and, in particular, Dorchester, Hardy’s native home and the town upon which Casterbridge is based. Included are six of Hardy’s nonfiction writings, notably excerpts from his essay "The Dorsetshire Laboure" (1883), in which he frankly comments on the social changes he has witnessed in the county. Hardy’s Wessex is further examined in an essay by Michael Millgate, by maps of Casterbridge and Wessex, and by a key to local place names. Christine Winfield discusses the novel’s manu* and its complicated history. "Criticism" collects seventeen wide-ranging assessments of the novel-six new to the Second Edition-from both contemporary and modern critics, including Virginia Woolf, Albert J. Guerard,
