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Mark Twain's Letters -- Volume 2 (1867-1875)
by Mark TwainHere is young Sam Clemens—in the world, getting famous, making love—in 155 magnificently edited letters that trace his remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Frog, soon to be a national and international celebrity. And on the move he was—from San Francisco to New York, to St. Louis, and then to Paris, Naples, Rome, Athens, Constantinople, Yalta, and the Holy Land; back to New York and on to Washington; back to San Francisco and Virginia City; and on to lecturing in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Resplendent with wit, love of life, ambition, and literary craft, this new volume in the wonderful Bancroft Library edition of Mark Twain's Letters will delight and inform both scholars and general readers.
Mark Twain's Letters -- Volume 1 (1853-1866)
by Mark TwainNowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters-prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication-but in those letters wrought out of the press of circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind. A collection of such documents, written by one whose life has become of interest to mankind at large, has a value quite aside from literature, in that it reflects in some degree at least the soul of the writer. The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions. Review.
Letters to His Son, 1759-65 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Letters to His Son, 1756-58 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldEarl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield was an 18th century British aristocrat best known for his wit and for being a man of letters. His works offer a great insight into what life was like during the time period in England.
Robert F. Murray (Author of the Scarlet Gown): His Poems; with a Memoir
by R. F. MurraySynopsis not available.
Widger's Quotations from Project Gutenberg Edition of Memoirs of Napoleon
by VariousSynopsis not available.
Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Court Memoirs of France
by VariousSynopsis not available.
Letters of Two Brides
by Honoré De BalzacBy the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France. They are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories.
Esaú e Jacó
by Machado De Assis"Esaú e Jacó" from Machado de Assis. Escritor brasileiro, amplamente considerado como o maior nome da literatura nacional (1839-1908).
The Gandhi Story, In His Own Words
by Mahendra MeghaniM. Meghani: "For years it has been my earnest desire that these two books may be read widely all over the world, especially by the young generation. But their great length made it difficult... The lapse of copyright in Gandhi's writings (2008) made it possible for me to attempt a combined condensation of the two volumes. Both were written... in the 1920s in Gujarati and translated into English... Now the condensations too are available in both languages."<P>Born in Mumbai and educated in Bhavnagar, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Mahendra Meghani left Columbia University and settled in India to live a lifestyle congruent with his values. Inspired by Gandhi to a life of voluntary simplicity and service, this son of the legendary Gujarati poet Shri Jhaverchand Meghani -- named by Gandhi as the national poet of India -- carried forth his father's legacy to bring world literature to Gujaratis, and Gujarati literature to the world.<P>To these ends Mahendra became a translator, editor, bookseller, and publisher, and shifted the cultural narrative of his community with Lokmilap -- his innovative publishing co-operative making quality reading accessible to the poorest.<P>An octogenarian in 2009, his and his father's dream of replicating their bookstore in every district of Gujarat hasn't yet materialised, though Bookshare may have helped advance it a few paces.