Monthly Archives: June 2018

Elsie’s Widowhood

Elsie's Widowhood by Martha Finley

Elsie's Widowhood by Martha Finley

The fourth book in the Elsie Dinsmore series, Elsie grows into a young woman. She marries her father’s old friend, Edward Travilla, and together start a family. The latter half of the book occurs during the Civil War.

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova by Giacomo Casanova

This is the first two of five volumes. – Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex.

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The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and was inspired by classical Roman comedy and the Italian commedia dell’arte. Baptista Minola, a rich gentleman of Padua, has two daughters: Katherina, renowned for her sharp tongue, and Bianca, who is sought after by multiple suitors. Baptista decides that Bianca cannot marry until her elder sister finds a husband. Enter Petruchio, who has come to “wive it wealthily in Padua,” and who is convinced by Bianca’s suitors to woo Katherina. The play ultimately poses the question of who is the bigger shrew: Kate or Petruchio. The subplot involves the subterfuge employed by Lucentio to woo the lovely Bianca.

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The Intrusion of Jimmy

The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. Wodehouse

The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. Wodehouse

The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain’s house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousian romantic farce, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with imposters, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers and conniving aunts.

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Complete Poetical Works

Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe is widely famed as one of the greatest writers of all time. He is best known for his works of horror, such as “The Tell Tale Heart.” However, and this is less known, Poe also wrote many love poems. In this collection of forty-eight poems by Edgar Allan Poe we will go through a wide variety of themes, from horror and raw creepiness in “The Raven” to pure love in “A Valentine” to depression in “Alone.” Throughout all of his poems Poe kept a very strong meter and rhyme scheme. This is most obvious in “The Bells.”

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Fenton’s Quest

Fenton's Quest by M. E. Braddon

Fenton's Quest by M. E. Braddon

This story revolves around Gilbert Fenton, a very talented middle class businessman from London, who falls in love with a beautiful country woman far below his station. He decides to marry her anyway. But is she all that she seems?

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