Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Translated by Philip Dwight Jones A Comedy-Ballet presented at Chambord, France, for the entertainment of the King, in the month of October, 1670, and to the public in Paris for the first time at the Palais-Royal Theater 23 November 1670. One of Moliere's most talked-about plays, 'The Middle Class Gentleman' (meant to be a paradox) is filled with his usual clever humour and coherent writing; yet another masterpiece from one of France's greatest. Behind the obvious humour lies an attempt to satirize the idea of social climbing, personified by the silly and ignorant Monsieur Jourdain who aspires to climb the social ladder by buying his way into French aristocracy. With myriad merry mishaps, this play is indeed a must-watch/must-read, for behind its seemingly innocent plot, lies a glimpse of seventeenth century France.--Submitted by Nora
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Sequel of Married To Mr Billionaire Not necessary to read the prequel. "So, you married me to murder me, Jes? I said as I looked at my wife. "Austin, don't move, or else, I am really going to shoot you," Jes said, pointing the gun at me. I looked at her and smiled. "I know you won't do that," I said, leaning closer to her. "Why do you think I can't shoot you, Austin? I am a gangster after all," Jes said but her hands were shaking. "I know you can't, Jes . . ." I said as I leaned closer to her and and took the gun away from her. "Because, you are falling in love with me." --------●-------●------●--------●---------●--------●---------●---------------- Austin, son of Jasmin and Eden Tennyson, now 25 years old bachelo,r who is the head of the famous radio company. Austin never dated any girl because he thinks that woman also chase him for money and frame as Austin is the son of Eden who is a famous businessman. Jes, a simple girl who was trained to murder Austin from her childhood by her step-dad. Her only goal in her life is to hurt Austin, even when she knew nothing about him. She was forced to become a gangster and she enjoyed hurting people until she met Austin. What will happen when Austin and Jes are bound to get arranged marriage? What will happened when Austin's only goal is make Jes love him when her only goal is to hurt Austin? What will happen when the wedding which is suppose to be bound with love is actually only bounding with hatred? Read this book to find out.
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The Devils A Novel in Three Parts First published in 1871. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861-1946) in 1916. "Strike me dead, the track has vanished, Well, what now? We've lost the way, Demons have bewitched our horses, Led us in the wilds astray. "What a number! Whither drift they? What's the mournful dirge they sing? Do they hail a witch's marriage, Or a goblin's burying?"--A. Pushkin.
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HER LIFE'S BIGGEST ADVENTURE BEGINS IN DEATH. Maddie Dominic is at the top of the food chain in the world of riches and glam; the crown on her head studded with the jewels of every heart she's ever broken. A girl whose sleek locks and rose tainted lips are her armor, her crude smirk a weapon, and her many achievements a source of her platinum status. She'll wedge you under her Louboutins if you so much as stand in her way. Absolutely ruthless, and filthy rich. Everything she could possibly want she's already got her hands on: including that gorgeous Spring line that hasn't actually come out yet. Albeit, after the bore of her routine, an absolute disaster and the utter loneliness becomes too much, she can't bear the formalities and six-inch heels. Left a pearl embedded pistol with a bouquet of crimson roses on her bedside table, she dares to press the trigger in the comfort of her designer room - towards her heart. So, could someone please explain to her why the hell she isn't dead yet? _______________________________________________________________________ #20 in Adventure.
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After the events of Pan, Tigerlily and Hook finally admit their feelings for each other. But as they grow closer, Hook struggles with his jealousy of Peter, and everyone is threatened when it is revealed that Blackbeard didn't die after all. Also delves into Tigerlily's history with Blackbeard. Hook x Tigerlily, one-sided Blackbeard x Tigerlily.
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(1922) This is the story of Carley Burch, a young wealthy socialite living in New York City. As the story begins soldiers are coming home from the trenches of WWI, many of them damaged physically and emotionally. Among them is Carley's fianc, Glenn Kilbourne. Glenn has already gone "out West", for reasons Carley doesn't understand, but it's clear she has deep affection for him. A letter from him from Arizona intrigues her on many levels, since he seems happy and changed in ways she doesn't understand. She decides to travel out there on a surprise visit, and though it's eminently clear she has no idea what to expect as she encounters life in the West, her intent is to bring Glenn back to New York so they can resume their former life in the gaiety of that post-war time. A series of shocks about Glenn's life as a rough farm hand come about, and in the process Carley shows her mettle soon after her arrival as a tenderfoot, no doubt emboldened by the discovery of a rival in Oak Creek Canyon, Flo Hutter. She is torn between her love for Glenn and her love of big city life, yet there is something about Arizona that captures her thoughts. In the background we also see a theme of the contrast between the brave men who sacrificed by going to war, compared to those who stayed behind living the easy life, the life Carley thinks she loved so much. How can she reconcile the love for this man and her love for this place he has gone so far away from?--Submitted by Gregory Pittman. Anybody who loves the open spaces, the great plains, complete freedom, and as Daniel Boone once said, anybody who feels fenced in when he can seen the smoke from his neighbors' chimney, has to read descriptions of the Painted Desert and the Grand Canyon-you find very few things like them anyplace else even if some do exist.--Submitted by Daniel Guy Lurie.
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Written by Edith Van Dyne (pseudonym of L. Frank Baum) (1915) Distinctly girls' books and yet stories that will appeal to brother as well梐nd to older folk. Real and vital梤ousing stories of the experiences and exploits of three real girls who do things. Without being sensational, Mrs. Van Dyne has succeeded in writing a series of stories that have the tug and stir of fresh young blood in them. Each story is complete in itself.
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Illustrated by M. B. Kork (1910) The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is a charming book about a girl named Mary Lennox. She is a spoiled and sickly child who lives in India. When her parents die because of a cholera epidemic, she moves to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her rich uncle in England. Things are a definite change for her. Slowly she becomes stronger and starts to take an interest in the outdoors. She meets all sorts of people like Martha, Dickon, and Colin. Martha is a maid on the grounds who has taken a fancy to Mary, and Dickon is her brother. Dickon is quite an unusual fellow. He possesses the ability to talk to animals and is able to grow anything with a little bit of soil. Colin, who you will meet later in the story, is a child who has basically given up the will to live, believing he is doomed to be a hunchback like his father. Strong-willed Mary reprimands him and takes matters into her own hands. Mary has all kinds of adventures with strange sounds at night, funny accents, and a locked garden. The Secret Garden is a wonderful book about friendship, determination, and perseverance. -- In the secret garden is where magical things take place! While it is where Mrs. Craven died and the cause of her husband's sadness, it returned the life to their son who believed he will die young and that he is invalid. How did this garden change Mary as well as Collin? It is a story about a secret garden which holds many secrets inside it!--Submitted by Ghadeer Faris -- When orphaned Mary Lennox,lonely and sad,comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can charm and talk to animals. Then, one day, with the help of a friendly robin, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all - a secret garden, dulled and locked which has been completely forgotten for years and years. Is everything in the garden dead, or can Mary help bring it back to life?--Submitted by Blainee Davis.
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(1759) Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, this novel is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash. Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegund, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?" ~
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A novella that explores the lives of three people struggling in a spiritual walk, each in their own way, until a fateful man appears in their life.
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Join private detective Michael J. Conners and he fights to solve both the crimes of Chicago city and his own past, all the while joking with and learning more about his friend, homicide detective Jessica Lawrence
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This story deals with a curious interaction between "Earthling's" and Aliens spanning the years 1886 until 1890. If you're looking for the typical "Earth vs flying saucers, or "monsters walk among us," don't look here. The fact that these aliens are normal, is unusual enough, along with the fact that the story takes place in the late 1880's.
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This is one of Lucy Maud Montgomery's first collections of short stories. It is a lovely arrangement of stories from 1896 - 1901. Lucy Maud Montgomery was very little she started to read. She wanted to be a writer and by the time she was a bit older she was a newspaper woman! This collection of 21 stories will capture your heart!--Submitted by Anonymous
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(1868) Translated by Eva Martin in 1915 First published in The Russian Messenger between the years 1868 and 1869, this novel is often considered one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the "Golden Age" of Russian literature. It has been adapted for the stage and screen numerous times. It has gone on through the years to inspire numerous authors, poets, and musicians. Christian Bale's character in the film "The Machinist" is seen reading The Idiot at various points. Musician Iggy Pop's 1977 album is called "The Idiot" in reference to the book. 26 year old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of St. Petersburg for his trusting nature and naivet , he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman and a virtuous and pretty young girl, both of whom win his affection. Unfortunately, Myshkin's very goodness precipitates disaster, leaving the impression that, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a sanatorium may be the only place for a saint. The novel begins with three strangers in a train en route to Petersburg. A young man named Prince Myshkin is returning from a Swiss sanatorium where he has been treated for the past few years for some malady similar to epilepsy. He meets a roguish young man named Rogozhin, who has an unhealthy obsession with a beautiful young woman named Nastasya Filippovna, and a nosy government official named Lebedyev, who figures prominently throughout the novel. Upon arriving in Petersburg, Myshkin acquaints himself with many of the citizens and eventually meets, and is infatuated by, Nastasya. She is pushy, fickle, and impetuous, and bounces from fiance to fiance like a fortune hunter. Her irresistible and psychological stronghold on the men in her life leads to her downfall. The basis of the novel is that Myshkin is not bright, has not had much education, and traverses society with a mentality of simplistic innocence. When speaking his opinion, he struggles to articulate himself with Charlie Brown-like stammering and wishy-washiness. For this reason, people consider him an idiot, but he is a good, honest, sympathetic, and gracious person. When he comes into a large inheritance, he is blackmailed by a man who claims to be the illegitimate son of Myshkin's benefactor; but when the man's story is debunked, Myshkin befriends rather than chastises the culprit and his accomplices. Myshkin also falls in love with and becomes betrothed to a giddy girl named Aglaia, who uses his ingenuousness as a foil for her jokes and sarcasm, despite his undying devotion to her. The novel seems to say that a saintly man, making his way in a society that is concerned with materialism and cutthroat avarice, will be considered a childish idiot for valuing honesty, kindness, and the simple things in life. Like I said, the ending is a shocker and sends a plaintive message, that in a crazy world, a sanatorium is the only place for a saint. Can a pure heart function in society? Apparently Dostoevsky thinks not except within the boundaries of a mental institution or monastery! This book introduces one of the great figures in fiction and surprisingly one you might like knowing. "Prince Myshkin" is so well intentioned as to be clownish. The author's greatest strength was his humanity and his protagonist is a lasting legacy for all of us to enjoy.--Submitted by Anonymous
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