The Essays Of Elia, by Charles Lamb

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The Essays Of Elia, by Charles Lamb

• Published on: 2015-11-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.21" h x .88" w x 6.14" l, 1.57 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

The Essays Of Elia, by Charles Lamb

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“. . . one of the classics of English prose and a cornerstone of the personal essay tradition. All personal essayists worth their salt owe a huge debt to this generous and generative collection. . . ; all apprentice essayists who would strive to make headway in the form will need to read it. . . . Essays of Elia is not only an essential text, but a near-buried treasure, an all-but-lost masterpiece in our contemporary culture.” — Phillip Lopate

About the Author CW Lamb is the author of the science fiction novels AL: ICE and AL: ICE-9. He was raised in the Southwest, survived a tour of duty in the Pacific Northwest, and now resides in Florida with his wife and three dogs.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Beautifully produced - shame about the editing By Penguinista Lamb is one of the great secrets of the nineteenth century. He's witty, spiky, elusive and puzzling. His essays lull you into a false sense of charm and nostalgia, but within them are sharp and penetrating comments on human behaviour. They run alongside great Romantic works like Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison' or William Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' as wonderful, moving pieces of autobiography and self-examination. Plus they are beautifully written, with their descriptions of forgotten places in London, the slowly decaying 'South Sea House', for instance, or the pastoral green of the Inner Temple Gardens, hidden away in the midst of the capital. And behind them, always, is a sense that these nostalgic descriptions are all the more enjoyable because they are hard-won; they come out of the tragedy and courage of Lamb's personal life, and his lifelong struggle with his own depression and with his sister's serious mental illness. They also have a sharply political edge to them - they were published in the 'London Magazine' alongside essays by Hazlitt and De Quincey, and while they seem at first glance simply charming, they often slyly comment on contemporary prejudice.Lamb hasn't been popular through the 20th century - an attack on him by F. R. Leavis and his disciples in the 1930s was the start of the rot, and the gradual decline of the essay has meant he's been almost completely overlooked (though not by the Charles Lamb Society, who are still going in London and meet regularly for lectures - and for Lamb's birthday drinks). So a new edition of Lamb is really to be celebrated, especially one as beautifully produced as this.But alas! This is a lovely edition, but it has one huge flaw for me. There are only 27 essays here and there should be 28: the edition claims to be a reprint of 'Essays of Elia', but it leaves out one of Lamb's most important essays, 'Imperfect Sympathies'. There's not even a note to explain this omission. Why is this important? Well, 'Imperfect Sympathies' is one of the most difficult, challenging, shocking of Lamb's essays - it starts off with a funny skit on why Elia doesn't like Scotchmen: 'I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair'. Scotchmen don't get jokes. They're terribly literal:"I have a print of a graceful female after Leonardo da Vinci, which I was showing off to [a Scotchman]. After he had examined it minutely, I ventured to ask him how he liked MY BEAUTY (a foolish name it goes by among my friends) -- when he very gravely assured me, that "he had considerable respect for my character and talents" (so he was pleased to say), "but had not given himself much thought about the degree of my personal pretensions."But then, terribly, the essay takes a darker turn, as Elia voices prejudices about Jewishness and black people. I've always read this essay as a reflection on the nature of prejudice. It's not LAMB who's voicing these opinions - it's Elia, and he's doing so (I think) to make us see how an innocent sounding joke (against Scotchmen), and a bit of 'harmless' prejudice can be the slippery slope to something much worse - as such, it's very timely.But it's up to us, surely, to read this difficult essay and decide for ourselves. Simply leaving it out - without any word of acknowledgement - is bad editorial practice (though the notes to this edition, too, are pretty much non-existent). And it's also giving people a false sense of Lamb - a kind of misguided political correctness which actually amounts to admitting that these editors do think Lamb is a racist old bigot and there are some aspects of his writing which we'd just better not mention. Disrespectful to Lamb, and to his readers, I'd say...

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful. a disappointing scan By M. A. White The product description for this book advised that the book had been recreated from the original using optical character recognition software. That notice should have been highlighted in flashing red lights. The quality of this publication is exceedingly poor. It's not a typo here and there; it's fraught with typos, strange line breaks, and the inclusion of odd characters. If only one -- just one -- person had bothered to read this book after it had been produced using OCR, the copy could easily have been cleaned up. As it is, the book is practically unreadable. The transcription problems are so numerous that they completely distract from the pleasures of the actual text. In their efforts to keep costs low, the publisher, General Books LLC, has produced a book that is un-buyable -- a complete waste of money. I had hoped to add this classic book to my personal library, but now it's only getting added to my recycling bin.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A good book in search of an appreciative reader? By Lazy Day Gardener Charles Lamb's 'Essays of Elia' are a balm to the spirit and a delight to those who love words.Surely everyone remembers Lamb and his tragic story from high school lit classes, but (perhaps as he intended) his essays transcend the reality of his life and speak to the modern reader. Lamb is erudite; he is funny; he is precise and flamboyant; in a phrase, he is a literary tour de force.There are twenty-seven well-wrought essays, among them interesting insights on Valentines Day, ears, gallantry, and, of course, his famous discourse on roast pig.Modern reader do not despair in this age of quick and easy journalism; here's a master at work.Read, smile, relax!

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Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding

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Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. The novel represents the coming together[citation needed] of the two competing aesthetics of eighteenth-century literature: the mock-heroic and neoclassical (and, by extension, aristocratic) approach of Augustans such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift; and the popular, domestic prose fiction of novelists such as Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson. The novel draws on a variety of inspirations. Written "in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote" (see title page on right), the work owes much of its humour to the techniques developed by Cervantes, and its subject-matter to the seemingly loose arrangement of events, digressions and lower-class characters to the genre of writing known as picaresque. In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose.

Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8474808 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .39" w x 6.00" l, .53 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 156 pages

Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding

Review (in full The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams) Novel by Henry Fielding, published in 1742. It was written as a reaction against Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740). Joseph Andrews begins as a burlesque of Pamela, but the parodic intention of the novel soon becomes secondary, and it develops into a masterpiece of sustained irony and social criticism. At its center is Parson Adams, one of the great comic figures of literature. Joseph and the parson have a series of adventures, in all of which they manage to expose the hypocrisy and affectation of others through their own innocence and guilelessness. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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Joseph Andrews, first published in 1742, is in part a parody of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela. But whereas Richardson’s novel is marked by the virtues of female chastity and the triumph of steadfast morality, Fielding’s Joseph Andrews is peopled with lascivious women, thieves, hypocrites, and general fools. As we follow the characters in their travels, what unfolds is a lively panoramic satire of mid-Georgian England.

About the Author Henry Fielding, a proficient English novelist and dramatist, is famous for his humorous and satirical portrayal of characters. Writing in the eighteenth century, he is best-remembered for his political satires and comic epic poems in prose.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. wonderful read.. By Jennifer Giangrande The prize of this novel is the ability of the author to actually poke fun at his own readers...Fielding encourages us to stop, take a break at each short chapter; at some points he even laments that certain passages aren't worth reading, and just skipping over them would lose nothing in the reader's understanding of the content. This of course, works for us in that it makes us more prone to envelop ourselves in every chapter, following the always clumsy journey and comic circumstance of Parson Adams and Joseph Andrews. The journey from country to city is a prevalent theme in the novel, and through these distinctions, we are able to pinpoint the nuanced comedy Fielding finds in living in his own time period. To understand this you must put yourself inside of the 18th century, and more helpful would be to read the novel that this book is a parody of, "Pamela". Fielding challenges the notions of love and chastity in his time in a hysterical way; that is, if you can follow the winding text and dated grammar....But what a great book. Really.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. An incredible book on real friendship ,chastity and honesty By A Customer This is an incredible book about real friendship,chastity and honesty written in the most humorous fashion.Fielding brings out the true values of friendship beteween Parson Adams and Joseph and true love between the latter and Funny.He points out the sad but true "false" nature of the upper class and brings out questions about real life.I like this book because it encourages chastity and esteems honesty.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Most Intelligent and Hilarious Satire of Social Hypocrisy - Ever By Douglas S. Wood Second only to Voltaire's Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics), Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews is the funniest, most intelligent, satirical commentary I've ever read. Actually, let's get rid of the qualifiers, Joseph Andrews is one of the two funniest books I've ever read. (I first read it in college and it introduced me to the idea that important old books could also be highly entertaining, interesting, and illuminating.)The book was first published in 1742 under the title "The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams" to some controversy. Fielding did not hesitate to poke merciless fun at just about everything 'respectable': religion, the law, lords and ladies, and sexual mores. Fielding attacked the moral hypocrisy of Joseph Richardson's popular Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded (Oxford World's Classics). (Fielding also wrote a short work, Shamela, that was a direct response to Pamela. Shamela is often sold together with Joseph Andrews See e.g., Joseph Andrews and Shamela (Penguin Classics).) Pamela created a huge literary controversy; Shamela and Joseph Andrews were just two of many mocking responses, although few others survive (see, e.g. Anti-Pamela and Shamela).Joseph (who is Pamela's brother!) is a genial but naïve rustic and a footman in the service of Lady Booby (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). When Joseph rejects her very direct and bawdy advances, Lady Booby sends him packing. Joseph then begins walking home from London to the country to seek out (and marry) Fanny Goodwill, his lifelong sweetheart. Along the way he meets his hometown friend the amiable and forgetful Parson Abraham Adams. Parson Adams is on his way to London to sell his sermons for publication. When Adams discovers he has forgotten to pack said sermons, he and Joseph decide to travel home together. The trip is the departure point for many adventures and mishaps that expose the society's hypocrisy and inequities. Along the way, the reader meets many colorful characters whose pretensions often land them in dire circumstances - furnishing much hilarity to us.Fielding purported to aim at nothing less the invention of a new literary form, the "comic epic-poem in prose". He says in his Preface, "it may not be improper to premise a few words concerning this kind of writing, which I do not remember to have seen hitherto attempted in our language." Fielding, however, was also known to write 'serio-comic', ironic introductions to his works, so some caution is in order. Nonetheless, the Preface accurately describes his "comic epic-poem in prose" as "differing from comedy, as the serious epic from tragedy: its action being more extended and comprehensive; containing a much larger circle of incidents, and introducing a greater variety of characters. It differs from the serious romance in its fable and action, in this: that as in the one these are grave and solemn, so in the other they are light and ridiculous; it differs in its characters, by introducing persons of inferiour rank, and consequently of inferiour manners, whereas the grave romance sets the highest before us; lastly in its sentiments and diction; by preserving the ludicrous instead of the sublime."Absolutely the highest possible recommendation.

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A Free, Unsullied Land, by Maggie Kast

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Henriette Greenberg is one of the most captivating and compelling characters I’ve encountered in years. A woman who wants to “invent culture from scratch,” she dives into leftist causes, travels to Alabama to protest the conviction of the Scottsboro Boys, studies Apache culture in New Mexico, and struggles with her damaged sexuality through psychoanalysis and one-night stands that haunt her relationship with the man she truly loves. At one point in the novel, Henriette tells her lover, “You should know who I am.” Reader, you should too. —David Jauss, author of Glossolalia: New & Selected Stories, Black Maps, Crimes of Passion and On Writing Fiction

A Free, Unsullied Land, by Maggie Kast

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• Published on: 2015-11-01
• Released on: 2015-11-01
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A Free, Unsullied Land, by Maggie Kast

Review A Free, Unsullied Land is a wonderfully engaging and convincing portrait of a young woman elbowing her way past the limits of her moment in history. When she finally breathes the fresh air of political and sexual revolt, she still must learn some bracing lessons that transcend both. Maggie Kast has a terrific ear for speech and a sharp eye for the differences and similarities between depression-era and contemporary lives. Her energetic novel holds us riveted on the cusp between. --Rosellen Brown, author of Tender Mercies and Before and AfterMaggie Kast s searching, intelligent novel is a page-turner. Few novels have so powerfully evoked the longing -- and the hope -- of individuals at the juncture in which their culture s delusions are crumbling. In the most surprising and most wonderful ways, it is an epic novel. --Kevin McIlvoy, author of 58 Octaves Below Middle C, The Complete History of New Mexico: Stories, Hyssop, Little Peg, The Fifth StationThrough Kast s descriptive powers and her creation of the brilliant and thwarted Henriette, a young woman s striving to realize herself is as magical and terrifying as Alice s adventures in wonderland. --Sharon Solwitz, author of Blood and Milk and Bloody Mary

About the Author Maggie Kast is the author of The Crack between the Worlds: a dancer's memoir of loss, faith and family, a chapter of which won a Literary Award from the Illinois Arts Council and a Pushcart nomination.

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. "A Free, Unsullied Land" isn't a romance. By Starr Review The world of Maggie Kast's 2015 novel, A Free, Unsullied Land is not a place where many of us pick up a novel to go. Everything about this book surprises by it's unvarnished and fresh realism.The novel opens in 1927 in the wide world and in the Greenberg household simultaneously. The protagonist, Henriette Greenberg, is the daughter of Jewish parents who have adopted Unitarianism, the better to live the dream of leafy suburban Oak Park, Illinois. By 1930, Henriette, weary of playing second fiddle to twin brothers explicitly preferred by their parents; tired of her controlling, conventional mother; and sickened by her father's secret, prurient interest in her body, will be more than ready for freedom when she enrolls at the University of Chicago, hoping to escape from her stultifying family.At the opening, Kast presents the Sacco and Vanzetti trial as a way to show the deep emotional effect it has on Henriette as a girl. We find that her consciousness is much broader and more sophisticated than we expect a teen-aged heroine's to be. "As she entered adolescence she felt energized to protest. Her favorite poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, wrote to the governor of Massachusetts…Henriette read the papers and learned about the IWW, International Workers of the World, a leader of the movement to free the two men. She rolled the organization's nickname around in her mouth, 'Wobbly, wobbly,' and read about anarchists and Bolsheviks."Hyde Park, home of the University, is the dream opposite of Henriette's life in staid Oak Park. She studies poetry and is fascinated by anthropology—and by her T.A., Dilly Brannigan, who becomes her lover. Her brother Carl, a medical student, helps introduce her to the the fast life of jazz, leftist ideas, and interracial milieux. He also introduces her to a friend who rapes her, deepening the sexual trauma her father has already inflicted.To give a precis of the novel's direction, though, doesn't give a glimmer of the author's ambition in telling the story of Henriette's passage from an intellectually advanced girl stumbling toward some undefined wish for more in life, to a young women satisfied that she has found her emotional direction, avocation in art, and—with the help of analysis—some resolution to her sexual dysfunction. Kast manages to portray Henriette from beginning to end as the work in process that youth has to be, sparing the reader neither the of the heights nor the sloughs nor the carnal necessities that our protagonist must experience in the development of judgment, purpose, and identity.Kast allows her characters' mistakes to appear without comment and for the characters to live with the consequences--often unresolved--of their actions. As a result of this unsentimental authorial approach, readers' reactions to Henriette are sure to wax and wane. While in a committed relationship with Dilly, she sleeps with another man and suffers the guilt she brings on herself. Her romantic commitment to leftist/Communist ideals lead her to undertake ill-conceived risks. She travels unannounced, alone, and unplanned to Scottsboro, Alabama during the protests over the trials of the so-called Black rapist. She ends up in jail and returns to Chicago in disillusionment, frightened to tell anyone what she's done: "No way could she stand up against spit, hands that wrote death threats, or marauding mobs. On the ground, mouth filled with grit, she'd cared only about saving her own skin." No way she could take responsibility for her own actions when she returns, and it leaves a sour taste in our mouths. We want her to be a heroine, but she just wants to suppress the episode. Though she helps a friend while she's in Scottsboro, the trip is a jejune excursion, not a courageous civil rights action. We are the ones who have to look at it realistically: She's no heroine, but a girl who put herself in danger.This gives a clue about why we are able to live with the slow growth of Henriette's judgment even when, as an anthropology researcher on an Apache reservation toward the satisfactory conclusion, she shockingly betrays an ancient taboo.Because Kast provides such rich detail about a period of great social ferment, she reinforces the challenges Henriette faces in getting her moral bearings. Kast shows us a world in which nearly every aspect of life is in upheaval. It's not by accident that she set her novel when she did: The economic depression; questioning of the limitations on women; the loosening sexual mores—and the confusion all of these brought—had to make it difficult to feel certain in one's judgment about many things. And of course it's not hard to relate to from 2016.Kast gracefully includes details that could go so badly or seem so intrusive, but which give this book a presence unlike any other. The lives of the characters are made real by what is usually left off the page. Characters ask each other if they have their birth control apparatus. Henriette's devotion to her psychoanalysis is followed throughout the book and is made to appear neither silly nor like the ultimate solution to her troubles nor only reason for her growth.Most surprising of all, the setting for the two major characters is an elite academic department of anthropology, in which they are both specializing in Native American archaeology and ethnography. Each does field work. Kast presents this as comfortably, fluently, and unflinchingly as another novelist would present a weekend at the lake cottage. It's a rarefied world that most readers know little of, but Kast's authority is natural and we read it without a hitch or question.During the first half of the 1930's, Kast's characters are encountering homosexuality, and unabashed racial mingling of both sexes which are clearly not far from being completely taboo. I appreciate, again, the straightforward way the author deals with these themes and details. She does not introduce anachronistic attitudes, but leaves characters testing their own feelings about them, wishing to be generous, and sometimes not sure how far they can let themselves go in abetting different lifestyles.A Free, Unsullied Land isn't a novel that I read in one sitting. I wouldn't recommend that anyone try: It's much too interesting. Because all the elements are unusual—the characters; their settings; their ambitions; their values and how those lead them to solve the problems of their lives; the historical moment and how its many social, intellectual, and political issues resonate in the story—there is much to consider and digest. For me this was a slow read with plenty of pauses that has yielded rich rewards. The characters and themes really stick. I know, however, that I'm going back in. A book this substantial and unusual clearly has much more for me to discover.--Ann Starr, Starr Review (http://starr-review.blogspot.com), Jan 12, 2016

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This novel set in 1930s Chicago will inspire further research By Amazon Customer Henriette Greenberg is a college student in 1930s Chicago. The novel focuses on her relationship with her parents and with anthropology Master's student Dilly Brannigan, her struggles to understand herself, and her radical political involvement. At one point she takes a train to Alabama to protest the unfair trial of the Scottsboro Boys and ends up in jail. Later she does anthropology field work on an Apache reservation.There are several unique and interesting aspects of the novel, such as Henriette's family background (her parents are Jews who converted to Unitarianism), differences between her upbringing and that of her boyfriend (e.g. he comes from a small town, where his family farms and hunts; Henriette's parents hate guns in all forms), and Henriette's regular psychotherapy appointments.As you can imagine from her interest in psychoanalysis, Henriette has many issues that she tries to work through. Her emotions and reactions seemed true to life. On the other hand, I was often annoyed by her saucy repartee.A Free, Unsullied Land is divided into three parts and covers the years 1927-1934. I found myself enjoying Parts II and III more than Part I, mainly because the first part of the novel jumped back and forth in time in a confusing manner. I also found that, although the tension in Henriette's family was introduced at the beginning, it was vague and I had trouble sympathizing with her.The main thing I disliked about this novel is that sexuality is a recurring theme. If sex is not something you enjoy focusing on in fiction, you won't want to pick up this book.Finally, I would like to make a few comments about the novel's ending. I really liked that Henriette turned from anthropology to writing, since poetry was her first love. I'm glad that marriage was presented positively, but since Henriette wasn't completely honest about her sexual past it was hard to feel entirely hopeful about her marriage. I also wish Henriette's relationship with her parents were more resolved. Obviously I prefer more closure than the author!Turning now to the historical references in A Free, Unsullied Land, you'll discover them on nearly every page. If you find that historical fiction brings past decades to life before your eyes, you'll probably be intrigued by many aspects of this novel. You could take any one of these topics as a starting point for your own research: Anarchism, College life in the 1930s, Communist Party USA, Execution of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Freud and psychoanalysis, The Great Depression, The International Labor Defense, The International Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), Jazz, NAACP, Native reservations, The New Masses magazine, Prohibition, The Scottsboro Boys, The study and practice of anthropology.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This sweeping tale set during the Great Depression will take you on a journey to different ... By Rebecca J. Russell 4.5 stars.This sweeping tale set during the Great Depression will take you on a journey to different areas of the country, through different political persuasions, while exploring nuances of academia, culture, bias and outright prejudice.As the main character, Henriette Greenberg, struggles to learn who she is and wrestles with all the aspects of her psyche, we see her questions echoed in the society of the day. Ms. Kast brilliantly captures the internal emotional battles of one young woman, as well as the clash of opposing forces as our country fought culture wars over so much that still causes turmoil today. Henriette's search for inner peace, healing, personal justice and freedom are mirrored in the lifestyles of African Americans in the South and various Native tribes of the West.Ms. Kast is able to express thought and emotion in both concise and poetic ways, bringing the internal to the surface and piercing right to the core of what makes us human. She writes both dialog and action with a fluidity that pulls the reader along. Though at the beginning I feared getting bogged down by too many references to intellectuals and revolutionaries of the day and their writings, this turned out not to be the case. I was deeply affected by this book and highly recommend it.

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The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored

The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson

About the Author Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a prolific Scottish poet and novelist in the 19th century. He was admired by many other authors, and his work includes The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He died in 1894.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful. One of Stevenson's Best By R. Albin Stevenson is best known today as a writer of juvenile fiction. This doesn't do justice to his skills as a writer of historical fiction or his ability to explore psychological and moral issues. Master of Ballantrae is one of his best works. Set in 18th century Scotland, it is an exploration of the nature and relationship between good and evil. In many ways, this is a parallel book to Jekyll and Hyde. In Master, the different aspects of human moral behavior are explored in conflict and relationship of 2 brothers, one charismatic and amoral, the other, stolid and virtuous. This is primarily a psychological novel of family tragedy brought about by the characters of the 2 bothers in a conflict ignited by the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Stevenson does an excellent job of handling the characters and plot. As with his other work, there is a nice depiction of 18th century Scotland. This is not a great work, but it is very good.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Excellent characters and story By A Customer I am a big fan of Robert Louis Stevenson, and I think that "The Master of Ballantrae" is his best novel. It has interesting character studies and its exciting story is set in a great variety of locations. It has good adventure plus a very haunting quality to it, and is one of those books that I enjoy re-reading.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book! By Stuart Graydon I read The Master of Ballantrae quite recently and I think it is an awesome book. James Durie (the Master) is such a wicked man, but seems to charm (most) everybody. He is such a round character. He torments his poor brother Henry Durie and Henry suffers in silence. Only Mr. Mackellar knows of Henry's sufferings. The Master makes the book so colorful. It's full of adventure, romance, sorrow, and revenge. I highly recommend this book, because it was so interesting and kept you wondering what would happen next. I am sure it will capture your attention as it did mine.

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A mysterious dark wand that keeps getting darker, an ancient song of hope, and a winged visitor from beyond the moon...they all lead Kabe, Troy, and Meg to magical, daring adventures far away from their troubled home. The MacCaw family has struggled since losing their mother and wife when things went wrong at the hospital years ago, and now their grandfather is in the hospital too. But just before visiting his ill grandfather, young Kabe MacCaw, blind since birth, discovers a mysterious dark wand while trying to teach his dog to fetch. After struggling to discover the secrets of the wand, the MacCaw children find themselves in the middle of a dangerous conflict in a beautiful but threatened other world. The wand grows darker by the hour, and the fate of a world and a family hangs in the balance.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #168408 in Audible
• Published on: 2015-11-03
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Running time: 885 minutes

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Captivating book... By Lynda McClendon Amazing adventure of three children somewhat reminiscent of C.S. Lewis' "Lion, Witch and Wardrobe" but very much it's own story.Wonderful imagination and written with words of clear imagery.This book is written so well I could hardly put it down. Please finish the others, I want to continue the adventure!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A new classic born!? By Robert Collier The first installment of this trilogy makes me hungry for the next two offerings. This is a real page Turner with light and dark symbolism that calls from the heart of the reader a longing for victory. The similarity of life's dark trials and it's unrelenting hope in the midst of the darkness is palpable. Let's have more soon.

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Poetic Scribbles is a collection of poems written over five years and broken down into seven groupings. Many of the poems are my observations as a woman of faith, a lover of nature and of human nature, The Poem "Faith Says" has been published in five different countries.

Poetic Scribbles, by Mrs. Marian M. Fay

• Published on: 2015-11-20
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .25" w x 6.00" l,
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 pages

Poetic Scribbles, by Mrs. Marian M. Fay

About the Author Marian M. Fay holds an AA degree from Miami Dade Community College, a BA in applied Voice, Music, and a BS in Special Education, Retardation. from FIU, a Montessori Pre-School teaching certificate from the Blake Institute in Florida, a NJ Elementary and Teacher of the Handicapped teaching certificate. She is at present a Substitute Teacher for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School district, a member of a local writer's group "Just Write", and a member of "The Society For Poets Of Southern New Jersey".

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A team of creative professionals traveled to Guatemala to document accounts of personal and community transformation among the Mayan people. They crisscrossed the country interviewing and photographing ordinary people who have had an extraordinary impact on Guatemala. Among them: • A pastor elected mayor who led his remote mountain village in building its first road to the outside world • An abuse survivor who pioneered her community’s first support groups for battered women • A secretary who adopted a city slum and became mother and teacher to thousands Libre Soy celebrates their courageous faith and transforming service. Riveting photography and artful design come together to create a beautiful collection of inspiring stories. Large hardcover format. Full color. 80 pages.

Libre Soy (I am Free): Portraits of a New Guatemala, by Allison Voigts

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1997609 in eBooks
• Published on: 2015-09-15
• Released on: 2015-09-15
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