Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•4 hr 16 min
Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•3 hr 59 min
Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•3 hr 59 min
Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•4 hr 29 min
Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•3 hr 55 min
Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughters , widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in the nineteenth century rural England. The novel looks at the English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, her new stepsister. The ...
May 18, 2022•4 hr 38 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 57 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 29 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 37 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 15 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 4 min
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later , which is the last of the three d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After . Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Dumas constructs the plot around the notion t...
May 17, 2022•3 hr 43 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 53 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 43 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 51 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 53 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 47 min
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, and was written in 1870–71 as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad . The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–67. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory an...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 51 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 30 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 3 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 33 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 20 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 5 min
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time. The books cover the period of the Roman Empi...
May 10, 2022•3 hr 20 min
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed. The book a...
May 09, 2022•2 hr 57 min
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed. The book a...
May 09, 2022•2 hr 34 min
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed. The book a...
May 09, 2022•2 hr 39 min
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed. The book a...
May 09, 2022•3 hr 8 min
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not ...
May 09, 2022•2 hr 3 min
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not ...
May 09, 2022•2 hr 29 min
