Six soldiers of fortune There was once a man who was a Jack-of-all-trades; he had served in the war, and had been brave and bold, but at the end of it he was sent about his business, with three farthings and his discharge. "I am not going to stand this," said he; "wait til...
with three farthings and his discharge. "I am not going to stand this," said he; "wait till I find the right man to help me, and the king shall give me all the treasures of his kingdom before
and when he drew nearer, he could see that it was the stomach of a man, who had laid himself down there, but the stomach looked like a small mountain. When the fat man saw the traveller, he stood up and said, "If you are in ...
and when he drew nearer, he could see that it was the stomach of a man, who had laid himself down there, but the stomach looked like a small mountain. When the fat man saw the traveller, he stood up and said, "If you are in ...
Leigh Straw’sAfter the Waruses a family history connection to explore the mental and physical scars of World War I soldiers on their return to Australia. A newspaper report of a murder committed in 1929 by a man who shared the same name as her husband inspires her to explore the stories...
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“Madness, anyhow. And a queer madness too! You wouldn't think there was anyone living at this time of day who had such ahatred6of Napoleon the First that he would break any image of him that he could see.” Holmes sank back in his chair. ...
"Ah, dear father," answered she, "they are gone away and have left me behind," and then she told him how she had seen from her window her brothers in the guise of swans fly away through the wood, and she showed him the feathers which they had let fall in the courtyard, and which...
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This door-stopper of a book at over 600 pages has all the usual Victorian tropes: grand houses, fortune hunters, madness, swapped identities, secrets, dastardly deeds, swirling fog and graveyards. It uses a favourite Victorian technique of doubles: two sisters; two houses; two villains. But ...