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Description The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marloweβs classic interpretation of the Dr. Faustus legend, was first performed in London by the Admiralβs Men around 1592. It is believed to be the first dramatization of this classic tale wherein Faustus, a German scholar, trades his soul to Lucifer in return for magical powers and the command over the demon Mephistopheles. Faustus at first seeks to expand his knowledge of the universe, but soon finds that a deal with the devil
Description Written in the style of a memoir, My Γntonia chronicles Jim Burdenβs friendship with the daughter of a Czech immigrant family. Recently orphaned, he moves west to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. Riding the same train is the Shimerda family, who are also on their way to settle in the area. The Shimerdas have a difficult life as pioneers: living in a sod house, working the fields, and running out of food in the winter. Jim soon becomes smitten with Γntonia, the eldest
Description While watching a film, VΓ©ronique dβHergemont spots her childhood signature mysteriously written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. Her visit to the location of the film shoot deepens the mystery, but also provides further clues that point her towards long-lost relations and a great secret from ancient history: a secret that will require the services of a particular man to unravel. The Secret of Sarek was published in the original French in 1919, and in this English
Description Charles Swinburne and his friend, the private detective Rupert Grant, are startled when Major Brown recounts the things that happened to him that morning. Along with Rupertβs brother, the ex-judge Basil Grant, they launch headlong into their investigation only to discover that the antagonist is a member of the Club of Queer Trades. Over the course of six short stories, the secrets of the Club come to light in surprising ways. The Club of Queer Trades was one of G. K. Chestertonβs
Description Arthur Pinero wrote The Second Mrs. Tanqueray in 1893 after penning several successful farces. Playing on the βwoman with a pastβ plot that was popular in melodramas, Pinero steered it in a more serious direction, centering the play around the social consequences arising when Aubrey Tanqueray remarries in an attempt to redeem a woman with a questionable past. The playβs structure is based on the principles of the βwell-made playβ popular throughout the 19th-century. But just as
Description Greenmantle is the second of John Buchanβs novels to feature Richard Hannay, a Scottish intelligence office in the British army, and as such is the sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps . The book gives the account of Hannay and his associateβs separate journeys through war-torn Europe to Constantinople to thwart an uprising that is poised to throw the Middle East, India, and North Africa into disarray, changing the course of the war. The book was popular when first published and although