Books published in 1911
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The Double Four
[english | 1911]Edward Phillips Oppenheim
Summary: [Double Sin and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in 1961 and retailed for 3.50. The collection contains eight short stories and was not published in the UK however all of the stories were published in other UK collections.]
Genres: [fiction | mystery detective | thrillers] Downloads: 479
The Early Short Fiction Of Edith Wharton
[english | 1911]Edith Wharton
Summary: [A good introduction to Edith Whartons work. This collection contains Mrs Mainsteys View which is surely one of Whartons best short stories and as good as any of Elizabeth Bowens stories. Its a simply written but deeply moving story with an ending that is inevitable yet none the less shocking for it. There is great empathy here in the characterisation. Wonderful stuff. Worth checking out just for ...]
Genres: [short story collection | fiction and literature | ghost stories] Downloads: 289
The Easiest Way
[english | 1911]Arthur Hornblow
Excerpts: [... ession. Laura Murdock represents the type of woman of easy virtue who is sometimes seen behind the footlights and helps to give the theatre a bad name. ...... had been, indeed, the chief keystones of her success. And, most remarkable of all, perhaps, was that she had been able to retain this prettiness ...... you're, not. You're a darling boy. You know I had my heart set on getting ...]
Genres: [romance] Downloads: 260
The Easiest Way Representative Plays By American
[english | 1911]Eugene Walter
Summary: [Eugene Ferdinand Walter Jr. (November 30 1921 - March 29 1998) was an American screenwriter poet short-story author actor puppeteer gourmet chef cryptographer translator editor costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his years in Paris he was nicknamed Tum-te-tum. A friend once observed that Walter had lived a pixilated wonderland of a life.]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 458
The Egyptian Conception Of Immortality
[english | 1911]George Andrew Reisner
Excerpts: [... cult. Every dead man is laid in his grave without furniture, prepared as a simulacrum of Osiris. The wealthiest people have gilded and painted mummy ...... many things which could not be controlled by power over the earth and its elements,-the sting of the scorpion, the bite of the adder, the rise of ...... of life after death. As a part of the magical provisions of the dead, the ...]
Genres: [religion | myth | essays] Downloads: 365
The Elevator
[english | 1911]William Dean Howells
Summary: [The Elevator by William D Howells. William Howells was an American realist author and literary critic. In 1904 he was one of the first seven members chosen for the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howells wrote plays criticism and essays about contemporary literary figures such as Ibsen Zola Verga and Tolstoy. These writings helped to establish their reputations in the United States. Perhaps ...]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 422
The Eye Of Osiris
[english | 1911]R Austin Freeman
Summary: [Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris is a non- fiction book created and published in the UK by Templar Publishing and published by Candlewick Press in America in 2004. The book is supposedly a journal of Emily Sands an Egyptologist who with a team is trying to find the tomb of Osiris. The actual author was Dugald Steer while the book was designed by Nghiem Ta and features the artwork of ...]
Genres: [fiction | mystery detective] Downloads: 379
The Feast Of St Friend
[english | 1911]Arnold Bennett
Excerpts: [... this it is only necessary to compare the present with the past. In the old days of not so long ago the festival began to excite us in November. For weeks ...... Day. There is no doubt that, with the inspiriting help of the mysterious race, and by the force of tradition, and by our own gift of pretending, we ...... appropriated it. Children, being helpless, are of course fatalists ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 303
The Fourth Watch
[english | 1911]H Cody
Summary: [The Fourth Watch by H A Cody. The boy plied his hoe in a listless manner for his thoughts were elsewhere. Several hundred yards to the right stood the forest glorious in its brilliant autumn hues.]
Genres: [adventure | fiction and literature] Downloads: 371
The Girl Of The Golden West
[english | 1911]David Belasco
Excerpts: [... with the other he checked his horse then, with his eyes resting appealingly upon the driver, he inquired: It is possible, is it not, Seor.. Curiously ...... how little the boy guessed of the recent history of the man he was bending over with loving concern how little he divined of the revelation that ...... at the man, who was regarding the scene with bored interest. You bet. ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | western | romance] Downloads: 398
The Gold Bag
[english | 1911]Carolyn Wells
Summary: [Another delightful Fleming Stone mystery.]
Genres: [mysterydetective] Downloads: 223
The Golden Spears
[english | 1911]Edmund Leamy
Summary: [A collection of seven fairy tales.]
Genres: [young readers | short story collection] Downloads: 104
The Grammar School Boys In Summer Athletics
[english | 1911]H Irving Hancock
Excerpts: [... we find our schoolboy friends enjoying the sacred day quietly, yet looking forward to the opening of the contests on the diamond between the three local ...... house. Greg and Dan were at his heels, while Dave and Harry went around the other side of the cottage, Tom remaining well to the rear to watch. Some ...... stooped, very pallid and with cheeks slightly sunken. When last seen ...]
Genres: [young readers] Downloads: 156
The Grammar School Boys Snowbound
[english | 1911]H Irving Hancock
Excerpts: [... face. Yes wherever you go the fellows are sure to hear the sounds of 'hammering' and 'knocking.'. A score of boys grinned, a dozen laughed outright. ...... I should think, suggested the lawyer. Until you had it built you might have to wrap up in the snow at night for your sleep. And, then, when you ...... See him coming along behind the two women. I'm sure I saw him, earlier this ...]
Genres: [young readers] Downloads: 183
The Green God
[english | 1911]Frederic Arnold Kummer
Summary: [Alphege or the Green Monkey is a fairy tale. Andrew Lang collected it in The Yellow Fairy Book.]
Genres: [fiction | mystery detective | thrillers] Downloads: 127
The Green Helmet And Other Poems
[english | 1911]William Butler Yeats
Excerpts: [... the sweet name of Death. A WOMAN HOMER SUNG. If any man drew near When I was young, I thought, He holds her dear, And shook with hate and fear. ...... have thrown poor words away And been content to live. FRIENDS. Now must I these three praise- Three women that have wrought What joy is in my ...... being kind, let him prevail Somewhere or somehow that I have forgot, Though he'd but ...]
Genres: [poetry] Downloads: 235
The Hampdenshire Wonder
[english | 1911]J Beresford
Summary: [The Hampdenshire Wonder by J D Beresford. This classic science-fiction novel by J. D. Beresford is one of the first novels to involve a wunderkind. The story follows young Victor Stott as he progresses from infant to almost preternaturally brilliant child.]
Genres: [fiction and literature | science fiction] Downloads: 213
The Haunted Pajamas
[english | 1911]Francis Perry Elliott
Summary: [Excellent! Long time since I had a decent laugh reading a novel.]
Genres: [fiction and literature | humor] Downloads: 150
The Heart Of A Woman
[english | 1911]Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Excerpts: [... Harris and romance. . . . Why, she was not even pretty. She had neither violet eyes nor hair of ruddy gold. The latter was brown and the former were ...... positively that he was the only legitimate son of Mr. Arthur de Mountford, who-this he essed to have only heard recently-was own brother to the ...... Rad personally, to feel that he has kindred in the world. He knows, he says, ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | thriller] Downloads: 8
The High Calling
[english | 1911]Charles Sheldon
Excerpts: [... and meet some overturning events in the course of the school year. Helen Douglas, their second child, was eighteen, just entering Hope College, ...... his whole stay here he has not heard a word of disapproval or protest against this prevalent habit.. The president turned to a bookcase near ...... of the impression he was about to make, when Walter interrupted him. Walter was very ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | religion] Downloads: 26