5/24/2023 0 Comments The adventures huck finn![]() Huckleberry Finn takes on one aspect of Twain’s pre-Civil War childhood that Tom Sawyer did not: slavery. When the novel was finally finished, it was a very different book than the Tom Sawyer sequel that Twain had begun. Twain did indeed pigeon-hole his manuscript for several years, and he did not complete it until 1883. I like it only tolerably well, as far as I have got, & may possibly or burn the MS when it is done. I have written 400 pages on it-therefore it is very nearly half done. …another boys’ book-more to be at work than anything else. In August 1876 Twain wrote to William Dean Howells that he had already started writing First edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (American Publishing Company, 1876) Twain’s first novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, was published in the spring of 1876 to great popular success. Twain nearly abandoned his project midway through its writing, and its publication was temporarily derailed by a practical joke. On nearly any list of list of best American Novels you will find Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Frontispiece illustration from the first edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Her stories have a timeless feel, whether screwball romantic comedies about ghosts, or tales of confounded faerie royalty. “Renowned fabulist and children’s author Joan Aiken had a long and prolific career, and it’s easy to see why her career endured across decades. Faint fragrances evoke memories and emotions long forgotten.” OverReader: Amazon review ![]() There are dark corners and sunbeams shining through the dust motes. “To read the stories in this most recent collection is like coming home to my quirky ancestral mansion and spending time exploring the trunks in the attic. If you haven’t discovered Joan Aiken yet, this is the perfect place to begin… Now out in paperback, this ‘haunting and wondrous book’ has stories drawn from Joan Aiken’s entire career from the fantastic to the funny, these stories show her gift for mixing the everyday and the magical, the spooky and the surreal. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments King's book misery![]() We mainly sit with Paul in his bleak little bedroom in this middle-of-nowhere farmhouse and watch him stare at walls and escape into the authoring of a book he hates. ![]() Misery is one of King’s more subtle books. ![]() In a rare Stephen King twist, the supernatural takes a back seat to a far more insidious horror – that of a mentally deranged person, half psychopath, half psychotic and what we do to stay alive, how we cut out our humanity bit by bit to serve a broken body and a lagging sense of hope. She may just bring out the syringe, or the hammer, or the rats. And if he doesn’t – well, you don’t want Annie mad. When Paul wakes up in an isolated farm house, trapped by weather and his psychotic fan, he must resurrect Misery, his most hated romantic character, or face the wrath of his new care taker. A celebratory drink (or five), a curvy mountain road in a sporty car, and a pending snowstorm are about to rewrite both his celebration and his priorities.Īnnie Wilkes, Paul’s little known number one fan, has her own set of issues, but when she find s a blasted car skidded off the side of the road and realizes the bloody hump of meat inside is her favorite author, her scheming goes into overdrive. ![]() ![]() All that is about to change with the penning of his gritty new novel, Fast Cars. Paul Sheldon is a popular hack novelist with a long string of trashy romances under his belt and a disproportionate disappointment in his own profitable sell-out. An Intense Blend of Isolation and Insanity ![]() ![]() ![]() Humboldt comes from an aristocratic family, enjoyed a classical education, and distinguishes himself in his compulsion for traveling the world. The reader learns that the two protagonists are complete opposites. ![]() Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most famous scientists in German history Image: picture-alliance/akg-images ![]() This pattern continues until the two scientists get to meet at the Berlin convention. However, after the first chapter, the book jumps back in time in order to tell both characters' biographies chronologically, with the chapters alternating between Humboldt and Gauss. ![]() The meeting of these two titans is the starting point of Daniel Kehlmann's bestselling novel, Measuring the World. The story starts off with Gauss reluctantly making his way to the convention in Berlin, having been invited by Humboldt himself. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Mad ship trilogy![]() ![]() Tintaglia and She Who Remembers guide the sea serpents to cocooning place, but the newborn dragons are weak and can't manage on their own. She lets Jek and Althea learn that this is the face of her one true love.Īmber does partly achieve in her mission: the dragon Tintaglia is awakened. ![]() She gives him the visage, torso and body of Fitz, down to his broken nose and his scar, feeding Paragon his own wizardwood as she carves it away. ![]() Paragon eventually convinces Amber to restore his damaged face, as well as his body, after he sails. This was Wintrow Vestrit, Althea's nephew. Amber was looking for a nine-fingered slaveboy who looked like Althea, but couldn't find him. Surprisingly, this guise chosen by The Fool is female, thus raising doubts over The Fool's gender.Īmber buys a shop in Bingtown, on Rain Wild Street, selling intriguing wood jewellery she carved herself.Īmber was instrumental in the raising of the Liveship Paragon, as well as helping Althea Vestrit out when she first ran away from her home. Amber is the guise under which The Fool operated in Bingtown during the events of the Liveship Traders trilogy. ![]() ![]() She is able to be a hero, even outside of the battlefield. She must feed them, house them, and keep them safe from harm far too close to the Scanran border. Kel soon comes to realize that these refugees, torn from their homes, robbed of their wealth and self-respect, are her responsibility. However, it is revealed that she was chosen for her post because she is the only knight Wyldon knows who wouldn't discriminate against those not of noble blood. Her district commander, Lord Wyldon, has chosen not to place her in control of a border post or a portion of the army like the other knights, so she's certain that he wishes to keep her-who, as a woman, he views as inferior in combat to males-out of fighting. ![]() War with the neighboring country of Scanra is declared at last, and Kel finds herself in charge of a refugee camp. This book is Kel's first appearance as a Knight of the Realm. Lady Knight is the fourth book in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce. ![]() ![]() ![]() I stumbled upon Atkinson’s first book, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, quite some time ago. But there are a few exceptions to that cynical personal rule, and Kate Atkinson is one of them. ![]() ![]() As most of you know I’m not one to get all worked up about bestselling authors, choosing instead to let the hype die down for at least a decade or two (okay, maybe a generation or two might be more accurate) and then see if the prose holds up once the buzz dies down. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Color and light by james gurney![]() ![]() To describe the special alchemy at play in the color selection of a master as elusive is an understatement. Looking at my skin, I can’t detect any green, but in the context of this painting, It just works. Why is it the masters can so effectively depict a moonlit scene or the warm, translucent glow of an ear caught in the sun? Why do their colors look so right while mine look so wrong? Individually, the colors they’ve chosen don’t even make sense. In regards to color, it can be hard to figure out what separates your work from that of a professional. The problem persists when you’re older and decide to take the subject of painting seriously. But then again, neither did our stick figures. ![]() Granted, its color was a bit of an oversimplification and didn’t do the complexities of real human skin justice. It was that one warm, fleshy orangish pink that was the only crayon even remotely close to human flesh. In elementary school, when it was time to draw, I remember everyone would dig through the big box of crayons in search of that one skin-colored crayon. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Adrift by Lisa Dee![]() ![]() "Oh, no, no, no, no, no" escaped with his breath as his pace quickened. Panic, absolute, sheer panic filled his chest as his feet started moving toward her. His vision still was not as clear as it should be, so it took a moment before he realized that the crumpled heap on the ground located about 150 feet to his left was, in fact, his partner. ![]() ![]() Tentatively, for he wasn't entirely sure it was safe, he took a few steps away from the protection of his tree, and scanned the area again. When she again did not answer, he scanned the area, trying to find her. ![]() He used a nearby tree as leverage to stand. When that action failed to bring about a new volley, he sat up entirely, breathing with relief when it became clear that the danger had passed. "LIEUTENANT!?!?!" he shouted, fervently hoping that she would respond.Īfter what seemed like an interminable amount of time, the sound of projectiles whizzing by overhead ceased, and Crane ventured to lift his head. He reached up to try and wipe the obstruction away, only to realize that it was his own blood running into his eye from a wound somewhere above it. The vision in his right eye was fuzzy, something making it unfocussed and slightly. He couldn't see from his position on the ground, his face buried in the forest floor, but that wasn't all. Awareness returned in a mad rush, and Ichabod scrabbled to his knees quickly, only to fall back prone to the ground when he realized the projectiles-were they rocks?-were still flying at a furious pace. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The inner circle meltzer![]() ![]() ![]() but according to a recent report from Dave Meltzer during an episode of. A secret that some believe is worth killing for. They have had run-ins with Eddie Kingston, former Inner Circle members Santana. ![]() Presidency is about to be revealed.īeecher's race to learn the truth behind this mysterious treasure will lead to a code that conceals a disturbing secret from the nation's founding. 9780340840160 The Inner Circle 36.5000 NZD InStock /shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers /shop/books /shop/books/fiction The darkest secret of the U.S. A secret that some believe is worth killing for. Suddenly Beecher and Clementine are entangled in a web of conspiracy and murder.īeecher's race to learn the truth behind this mysterious treasure will lead to a code that conceals a disturbing secret from the nation's founding. While Beecher is showing Clementine Kaye, his first childhood crush, around the National Archives, they accidentally uncover a priceless artefact - a two-hundred-year-old dictionary once belonging to George Washington. Meltzer tells Steve Inskeep that the idea for his novel came from a real-life experience. ![]() While Beecher is showing Clementine Kaye, his first childhood crush, around the National Archives, they accidentally uncover a priceless artefact - a two-hundred-year-old dictionary once belonging to George Washington. The Inner Circle imagines that the spy ring is passed on from one president to the next. Presidency is about to be revealed.īeecher White, a young archivist for the US government, has always been the keeper of other people's stories, never a part of the story himself. ![]() |