![]() ![]() Sometimes there could be artworks which are carefully researched for their true associations with the work, or even photographs where they are available. They’ll often display artist-commissioned illustrations. It feels decadent and luxurious, a book to care for and to display for it’s beauty.įolio editions are beautifully crafted, generally feature bindings which are especially designed just for that particular book. ![]() ![]() There are nine colour illustrations throughout, a rare treat in a classic. This is a slip cased book with a stunningly artistic cover for the 512 pages inside. This Folio Society edition of Jane Eyre is a beautiful book which feels in keeping with the elegance of the time of Jane Eyre and the society through which she moves. By the cover this is an eye catching and collectable classic. ![]() On the page this novel is a masterpiece that captures the imagination and touches the reader in ways that few other novels can. A classic like this gives many opportunities for reprints, few as lovely as this Folio Society Edition however. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a classic Gothic romance novel with a smattering of social commentary that has truly stood the test of time. ![]()
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Isabel Allende writes, “Agosín’s poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.”Īgosín, who writes primarily in Spanish, frequently invokes themes of displacement and immigration in her poetry. She received a BA from the University of Georgia and an MA and PhD from Indiana University.Īgosín is the author of numerous poetry collections, including At the Threshold of Memory: New & Selected Poems (White Pine Press, 2003) Toward the Splendid City (Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 1994), winner of the 1995 Latino Literature Prize and Sargasso (White Pine Press, 1993). She began writing poetry as a child, and after her family moved to Athens, Georgia, in 1969, she continued to write poems in Spanish. Marjorie Agosín was born in Chile in 1955. ![]() ![]() ![]() Virginia 'Ginny' Otis, the daughter, discovers a mysterious prophecy in a book about the house's history, and a secret passage in the library that leads to a cell where Sir Simon resides during the day with his raven familiar Gabriel. Umney, numerous people have stayed at Canterville Hall in the last few years and have all been scared away by Sir Simon - the locals start betting on how long the Otis family will stay. As is revealed by Lord Canterville (Sir Simon's descendant) and the servants Mr. His goal is to send the family packing so he begins a ghostly reign of terror. ![]() The Castle is haunted by the ghost of a deceased ancestor, Sir Simon de Canterville, doomed to remain on the estate after the death of his wife. Hiram Otis comes to England with his wife, daughter and two sons on a research grant he and his family will live in a castle called Canterville Hall. ![]() This story has been adapted to film and made-for-TV movies several times since the original film of the same name.įilming was done at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. The mystery, romance, and adventure stars Patrick Stewart and Neve Campbell it is based on an 1887 Oscar Wilde short story of the same title which was serialized in the magazine The Court and Society Review. The Canterville Ghost is a 1996 family film directed by Sydney Macartney. Knebworth House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A less preachy, entertaining Grisham novel is always preferable to the alternative. ![]() It may sound like faint praise, but the latest in the continuing saga of Jake Brigance is more standard-issue Grisham legal thriller than one with loftier ambitions, and this is fine. It was something different from an author who’d become almost predictable by that point, and one of his very best efforts.Ī Time for Mercy, the third in Grisham’s Jake Brigance series, never quite rises to the level of its predecessor in scope or execution, the dueling cases facing Jake this time around never quite feel as vital or satisfying as they should. ![]() Grisham not only brought with him decades of experience crafting some of the most timely – and cinematic – lawyerly novels of his generation, but a better sense of pacing and the confidence of a storyteller at the top of his game. 2013’s Sycamore Row, John Grisham’s first sequel to A Time to Kill (and first-ever sequel at the time) was a superior effort to the lawyer-turned-author’s 1989 celebrated debut. ![]() |