Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Louisa May Alcottwhich are Little Womenand Jack and Jill. Louisa May Alcottwrote under various pseudonyms and only started using her own name when she was ready to commit to writing. Her novelLittle Womengave Alcott financial independence and a lifetime writing career. Novels selected for this book: - Little Women - Jack and Jill This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charles Dickens which are Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Novels selected for this book: - Oliver Twist - Great Expectations This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofJohn Kendrick Bangswich are Mr. Munchausen and The Idiot. John Kendrick Bangs wrote comic, occasionally savage, spoof fantasy. His name is immortalised in the term"Bangsian Fantasy"- fantasy set in the afterlife. Novels selected for this book: - Mr. Munchausen - The IdiotThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the West. In particular, Orientalist painting, depicting more specifically "the Middle East". Check out the stories with this theme selected by the critic August Nemo: - The Rajah's Treasure by H. G. Wells - The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling - Tajima by Miss Mitford - A Chinese Girl Graduate by R. K. Douglas - The Revenge Of Her Race by Mary Beaumont - King Billy Of Ballarat by Morley Roberts - Thy Heart's Desire by Netta Syrett For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
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In society, the nature of death and humanity's awareness of its own mortality has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical inquiry. Literature has also been a tool for speaking and reflecting on the great mystery of life. Join us in these seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo: - The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin - A Dead Woman's Secret by Guy De Maupassant - The Sisters by James Joyce - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence - Laura by Saki For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Wilhelm Meinholdwhich areThe Amber Witch and Sidonia. Wilhelm Meinholdwas a Pomeranian priest and author. An interesting fact about The Amber Witch is that he was originally published as a literary hoax which purported to be an actual 17th-century chronicle. Meinhold later admitted to the hoax but had some difficulty in proving that he was its author. Novels selected for this book: - The Amber Witch - Sidonia This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of S. Baring-Gould wich are In the Roar of the Sea and Arminell. S. Baring-Gould was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. Novels selected for this book: - In the Roar of the Sea. - Arminell.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Émile Zola which are Germinal and Therese Raquin. Émile Zolawas a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. Novels selected for this book: - Germinal -Therese Raquin This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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