The Painted Veil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Painted Veil write by William Somerset Maugham. This book was released on 1925. The Painted Veil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kitty Fane's affair with Assistant Colonial Secretary Townsend is interrupted when she is taken from Hong Kong by her vengeful bacteriologist husband to work in a cholera epidemic.
An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog write by Oliver Goldsmith. This book was released on 1969. An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of a godly man who is bitten by a mad dog and recovers, despite the predictions of his gossiping neighbours.
The Savage Instinct
The Savage Instinct - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Savage Instinct write by Marjorie DeLuca. This book was released on 2021-03-30. The Savage Instinct available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "DeLuca keeps readers guessing. Minette Walters fans will be pleased." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, this taut psychological thriller offers a delicious take on deviant and defiant Victorian women in a time when marriage itself was its own prison. England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never—ever—return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton—England’s first female serial killer—accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including her husbands and children. Clara soon finds the oppressive confinement of her marriage no less terrifying than the white-tiled walls of Hoxton. And as she grows increasingly suspicious of Henry’s intentions, her fascination with Cotton grows. Soon, Cotton is not just a notorious figure from the headlines, but an unlikely confidante, mentor—and perhaps accomplice—in Clara’s struggle to protect her money, her freedom, and her life.
Up at the Villa
Up at the Villa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Up at the Villa write by W. Somerset Maugham. This book was released on 2022-08-01. Up at the Villa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Up at the Villa" by W. Somerset Maugham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder in the Age of Enlightenment write by Ryonosuke Akutagawa. This book was released on 2024-07-02. Murder in the Age of Enlightenment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Madness, murder and obsession: a stylishly original and fantastical collection of stories from an iconic Japanese writer A collection of the 7 essential Akutagawa short stories, in a vivid and elegant translation – the perfect introduction to this master of prose “A born short-story writer. . . one never tires of reading and re-reading his best works” – Haruki Murukami From a nobleman's court, to the garden of paradise, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, these 7 shrot stories offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder and obsession. A talented yet spiteful painter is given over to depravity in pursuit of artistic brilliance. In the depth of hell, a robber spies a single spider's thread being lowered towards him. When a body is found in an isolated bamboo grove, a kaleidoscopic account of violence and desire begins to unfold. These are short stories from an unparalleled master of the form. Sublimely crafted and stylishly original, Akutagawa's writing is shot through with a fantastical sensibility. This collection, in a vivid translation by Bryan Karetnyk, brings together the most essential works from this iconic Japanese writer. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: outstanding classic storytelling from around the world, in a stylishly original series design. From newly rediscovered gems to fresh translations of the world’s greatest authors, this series includes such authors as Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Gaito Gazdanov.
