Robert Burns (1759-1796), also known as the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. This book contains his complete poems, songs, and correspondence, with a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham. Table of Contents: The Life of Robert Burns Poems: Winter. A Dirge The ...
The Works of William Cowper is new and complete edition of the Life, Correspondence, and Poems of William Cowper. William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. ...
The Heir of Redclyffe tells the story of the Byronic Guy Morville, heir to the Redclyffe baronetcy, and his cousin Philip Morville, a conceited hypocrite who enjoys an unwarrantedly high reputation. When Guy raises money to secretly pay off the debts of his blackguard uncle, Philip spreads the rumour that Guy is a reckless gambler. As a result Guy's proposed marriage to his guardian's daughter Amy is called off and he is disowned by hi ...
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contains poems, verses, ballads, songs and other poetry written by this famous American poet and educator. Table of Contents: Voices of the Night: Prelude Hymn to the Night A Psalm of Life The Reaper and the Flowers The Light of Stars Footsteps of Angels Flowers The Beleaguered City Midnight Mass for the Dying Year Earlier Poems: An April Day Autumn Woods in Winter Hymn of ...
The storyline of Our Friend the Charlatan is set in the countryside of England and its main character is a man in his late 20's, Dyce Lashmar. Dyce is described in this book as «the coming man» and throughout the book he tries to find a perfect woman for himself – a «new woman». Even though he is Oxford educated and portrayed as an intellectual, is his search of a perfect woman, no one is more sexist than him. This book depicts his story – ...
With Fire and Sword is a historical novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. Despite some deviations, this book's historical framework is genuine and the fictional story is woven into real events. Many characters are historical figures. The author, Hen ...
The Melting-Pot depicts the life of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, the Quixanos. David Quixano has survived a pogrom, which killed his mother and sister, and he wishes to forget this horrible event. He composes an «American Symphony» and wants to look forward to a society free of ethnic divisions and hatred, rather than backward at his traumatic past. ...
The storyline of The Setons is set during WWI. The main character of this novel is Elizabeth Seton, the level-headed, hard-working daughter of a Scottish priest. Reading about her worries about the loved ones, as the Great War breaks out, makes this book a delightful read. ...
The story of the book Men in War, written by Andreas Latzko, is set during the First World War. Andreas Latzko uses not only his powerful writing but also his own experiences to depict various points of view on the war. Describing the storylines of the characters in this book Andreas Latzko writes about the horrors of war, the lasting effects, and the crisis of morality and ethics. ...
