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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse written by Arthur Quiller-Couch and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author: Michael Coorlim
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-05-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781511996051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInventor James Wainwright's greatest desire is to be left alone in his workshop, where he can focus on invention and engineering unsullied by the messiness of London society and the meaningless concerns of its upper classes. His financial patron, gentleman Alton Bartleby, has higher aspirations. To continue to receive funding James will have to venture out into the outside world as a detective, turning his inventive genius to the creation of new forensic technologies. Bartleby and James is a steampunk mystery collection that tells the story of the detectives' foray into private investigation. In "And They Called Her Spider" they hunt an impossible assassin, trying to end her reign of terror before she can disrupt Queen Victoria's Platinum Jubilee. In "Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande" the detectives fight to clear James' name aboard an airship before sabotage sends them crashing into the city below. "On the Trail of the Scissorman" sends the pair after a monstrous serial killer turning London's children into orphans. Finally, "A Matter of Spirit" delves into the shadow world of séances and spiritualism as they look for a missing medium in the parlors of Knightsbridge... and beyond. Bartleby and James is the first book in the Galavanic Century series of steampunk mysteries and thrillers, taking readers to an alternate 1910s where Queen Victoria yet rules and the psuedo-scientific beliefs of the Victorians work as they believed them to.
Download or read book Bartleby and James written by Michael Coorlim and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventor James Wainwright's greatest desire is to be left alone in his workshop, where he can focus on invention and engineering unsullied by the messiness of London society and the meaningless concerns of its upper classes. His financial patron, gentleman Alton Bartleby, has higher aspirations. To continue to receive funding James will have to venture out into the outside world as a detective, turning his inventive genius to the creation of new forensic technologies. Bartleby and James is a steampunk mystery collection that tells the story of the detectives' foray into private investigation. In "And They Called Her Spider" they hunt an impossible assassin, trying to end her reign of terror before she can disrupt Queen Victoria's Platinum Jubilee. In "Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande" the detectives fight to clear James' name aboard an airship before sabotage sends them crashing into the city below. "On the Trail of the Scissorman" sends the pair after a monstrous serial killer turning London's children into orphans. Finally, "A Matter of Spirit" delves into the shadow world of séances and spiritualism as they look for a missing medium in the parlors of Knightsbridge... and beyond. Bartleby and James is the first book in the Galavanic Century series of steampunk mysteries and thrillers, taking readers to an alternate 1910s where Queen Victoria yet rules and the psuedo-scientific beliefs of the Victorians work as they believed them to.
Author: Enrique Vila-Matas
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780811216982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of a hunchback who is a failed writer that has no luck with women. He is a self-described "Bartleby", named after the Herman Melville character; someone who, when asked to reveal information about themselves, will respond that they "would prefer not to."
Download or read book Bartleby & Co written by Enrique Vila-Matas and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of a hunchback who is a failed writer that has no luck with women. He is a self-described "Bartleby", named after the Herman Melville character; someone who, when asked to reveal information about themselves, will respond that they "would prefer not to."
Author: Michael Coorlim
Publisher: Pomoconsumption Press
Published: 2014-06-11
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFour Steampunk Stories of Mystery and AdventureThe Galvanic Century series showcases a world where Queen Victoria rules an empire of steam from an iron throne well into the 20th century. It's a world where airships ply the skies and inventors cobble together monsters and wonders in their workshops. A world where were all the scientific fever dreams of the Victorian era - animal magnetism, galvanic resurrection, rare ether - are manifest. A world marching inexorably towards a great war that will rock the earth to its very foundations. The Steampunk Omnibus collects the first four Galvanic Century books into one collection. In Bartleby and James, the eponymous detectives set out on their new endeavor as private detectives and tackle their first cases. In A Gentlewoman's Chronicles gentlewoman Aldora Fiske balances obligation and justice as she seeks a life of adventure beyond London's social season. In March of the Cogsmen, Bartleby and Aldora's wedding is harried by dead men melded with hot brass. In Dreams of the Damned, Alton Bartleby must confront the father that he had committed decades ago – and convince the man to release the hostages he's taken.
Download or read book Steampunk Omnibus written by Michael Coorlim and published by Pomoconsumption Press. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Steampunk Stories of Mystery and AdventureThe Galvanic Century series showcases a world where Queen Victoria rules an empire of steam from an iron throne well into the 20th century. It's a world where airships ply the skies and inventors cobble together monsters and wonders in their workshops. A world where were all the scientific fever dreams of the Victorian era - animal magnetism, galvanic resurrection, rare ether - are manifest. A world marching inexorably towards a great war that will rock the earth to its very foundations. The Steampunk Omnibus collects the first four Galvanic Century books into one collection. In Bartleby and James, the eponymous detectives set out on their new endeavor as private detectives and tackle their first cases. In A Gentlewoman's Chronicles gentlewoman Aldora Fiske balances obligation and justice as she seeks a life of adventure beyond London's social season. In March of the Cogsmen, Bartleby and Aldora's wedding is harried by dead men melded with hot brass. In Dreams of the Damned, Alton Bartleby must confront the father that he had committed decades ago – and convince the man to release the hostages he's taken.
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-06-02
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780451530813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA master of the american short story Included in this rich collection are: The Piazza, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower, and The Town-Ho's Story.
Download or read book Billy Budd and Other Tales written by Herman Melville and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master of the american short story Included in this rich collection are: The Piazza, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower, and The Town-Ho's Story.
Author: Dan McCall
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780801495939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Silence of Bartleby, Dan McCall proposes a new reading of Herman Melville's classic short tale "Bartleby, The Scrivener." McCall discuss in detail how "Bartleby has been read in the last half-century by practitioners of widely used critical methodologies--including source-study, psychoanalytic interpretation, and Marxist analysis. He argues that in these elaborate readings of the tale, the text itself may be lost, for critics frequently seem to be more interested in their own concerns than in Melville's. Efforts to enrich "Bartleby" may actually impoverish it, preventing us from experiencing the sense of wonder and pain that the story provides. McCall combines close readings of Melville's tale with a lively analysis of over four decades of commentary, and he includes the complete text of story itself as an appendix, encouraging us to read the story on its own terms.
Download or read book The Silence of Bartleby written by Dan McCall and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Silence of Bartleby, Dan McCall proposes a new reading of Herman Melville's classic short tale "Bartleby, The Scrivener." McCall discuss in detail how "Bartleby has been read in the last half-century by practitioners of widely used critical methodologies--including source-study, psychoanalytic interpretation, and Marxist analysis. He argues that in these elaborate readings of the tale, the text itself may be lost, for critics frequently seem to be more interested in their own concerns than in Melville's. Efforts to enrich "Bartleby" may actually impoverish it, preventing us from experiencing the sense of wonder and pain that the story provides. McCall combines close readings of Melville's tale with a lively analysis of over four decades of commentary, and he includes the complete text of story itself as an appendix, encouraging us to read the story on its own terms.
Author: Forman Brown
Publisher: Alyson Books
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince Chad and Kim's dads don't seem to have enough time to spend with them, Jeff decides to be generous and lend out his two dads.
Download or read book The Generous Jefferson Bartleby Jones written by Forman Brown and published by Alyson Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Chad and Kim's dads don't seem to have enough time to spend with them, Jeff decides to be generous and lend out his two dads.
Author: Michael Coorlim
Publisher: Pomoconsumption Press
Published: 2015-01-29
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLondon society holds many expectations for gentlewoman Aldora Fiske. Despite her great proficiency at the great game of the social season, Ms. Fiske chafes at the restrictions her social position holds for her. It's only far from the prying eyes and wagging tongues of London parlors that she can truly live the life that she craves. She’ll find adventure with pirates high above the London streets, in the far off jungles of Mexico, and in the heart of the aging Ottoman Empire. It's a delicate tightrope she walks, between dilettante and adventuress, with one wrong step leading to utter ruin in the eyes of her elite peers. Still, when the alternative is an existence more stifling than any corset, the adventurous young woman will risk it all for one more thrill. Obligation and injustice collide in this second of the Galvanic Century steampunk series of Edwardian fiction novels.
Download or read book A Gentlewoman's Chronicles written by Michael Coorlim and published by Pomoconsumption Press. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London society holds many expectations for gentlewoman Aldora Fiske. Despite her great proficiency at the great game of the social season, Ms. Fiske chafes at the restrictions her social position holds for her. It's only far from the prying eyes and wagging tongues of London parlors that she can truly live the life that she craves. She’ll find adventure with pirates high above the London streets, in the far off jungles of Mexico, and in the heart of the aging Ottoman Empire. It's a delicate tightrope she walks, between dilettante and adventuress, with one wrong step leading to utter ruin in the eyes of her elite peers. Still, when the alternative is an existence more stifling than any corset, the adventurous young woman will risk it all for one more thrill. Obligation and injustice collide in this second of the Galvanic Century steampunk series of Edwardian fiction novels.
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Published: 2024-06-22
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook 1: Enter the enigmatic world of Wall Street with “ Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville .” Herman Melville crafts a compelling narrative that explores the peculiar life of Bartleby, a scrivener who responds to work requests with the perplexing phrase "I would prefer not to." Melville's tale delves into themes of isolation, societal expectations, and the human condition within the confines of corporate culture. Book 2: Experience the journey of compassion and sacrifice in “ The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke .” Henry Van Dyke unfolds the heartwarming tale of Artaban, the fourth wise man, who embarks on a quest to find the newborn King of Kings. This poignant story of selflessness and devotion explores the transformative power of kindness and the pursuit of a higher purpose. Book 3: Step into the heroic world of warriors and monsters with “ The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose by Ernest J. B. Kirtlan .” Ernest J. B. Kirtlan brings the epic poem of Beowulf to life in accessible modern English prose. Join Beowulf in his legendary battles against Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon, as this timeless tale explores themes of heroism, honor, and the inevitable clash between good and evil.
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Author: Andrew Lyndon Knighton
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2012-10-22
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0814749445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity, with the exploits of various idlers, loafers, and “gentlemen of refinement” capturing the imagination o fa country that was deeply ambivalent about its work ethic. Idle Threats documents this American obsession with unproductivity and its potentials, while offering an explanation of the profound significance of idle practices for literary and cultural production. While this fascination with unproductivity memorably defined literary characters from Rip Van Winkle to Bartleby to George Hurstwood, it also reverberated deeply through the entire culture, both as a seductive ideal and as a potentially corrosive threat to upright, industrious American men. Drawing on an impressive array of archival material and multifaceted literary and cultural sources, Idle Threats connects the question of unproductivity to other discourses concerning manhood, the value of art, the allure of the frontier, the usefulness of knowledge,the meaning of individuality, and the experience of time, space, and history. Andrew Lyndon Knighton offers a new way of thinking about the largely unacknowledged “productivity of the unproductive,” revealing the incalculable and sometimes surprising ways in which American modernity transformed the relationship between subjects and that which is most intimate to them: their own activity.
Download or read book Idle Threats written by Andrew Lyndon Knighton and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity, with the exploits of various idlers, loafers, and “gentlemen of refinement” capturing the imagination o fa country that was deeply ambivalent about its work ethic. Idle Threats documents this American obsession with unproductivity and its potentials, while offering an explanation of the profound significance of idle practices for literary and cultural production. While this fascination with unproductivity memorably defined literary characters from Rip Van Winkle to Bartleby to George Hurstwood, it also reverberated deeply through the entire culture, both as a seductive ideal and as a potentially corrosive threat to upright, industrious American men. Drawing on an impressive array of archival material and multifaceted literary and cultural sources, Idle Threats connects the question of unproductivity to other discourses concerning manhood, the value of art, the allure of the frontier, the usefulness of knowledge,the meaning of individuality, and the experience of time, space, and history. Andrew Lyndon Knighton offers a new way of thinking about the largely unacknowledged “productivity of the unproductive,” revealing the incalculable and sometimes surprising ways in which American modernity transformed the relationship between subjects and that which is most intimate to them: their own activity.
