In his lifetime, Charles Dickens thrilled and entertained audiences by reading aloud extracts from his novels and tales of the supernatural. These two chilling short stories show Dickens to be a masterful writer of the mid nineteenth century ghost story.
Pip has lost both his parents. On a visit to their grave, he meets a run away convict who is to change Pip's life. Pip has one wish in life, to become a gentleman. His wish becomes an obsession after he falls in love with Estella. His poor uneducated background is changed when a mysterious person gives Pip enough money to make his dream come true.
When spirited socialite Emma Woodhouse appoints herself matchmaker to her gentle friend HArriet, she can't possibly imagine the chaos she will create. Yet might this social disorder bring a match for Emma herself? One she would never have guessed.......
For Now Forever..... Tycoon Daniel Macgregor is wealthy, charming and incredibly arrogant! He's also exactly the type of man that fiercely independent Anna Whitfield wants to avoid. Convincing Anna to marry him will be the biggest challenge of Daniel's life!rnIn from the Cold ...... As widowed Allanna Flynn nurses soldier Ian MAcGregor back to health, their growing attraction turns into an all …
A call frm an old friend brings back memories and more than a little guilt for DI John Rebus of the Lothian And Borders olice. Suddenly it seems Edinburgh's streets are crowded with the lost and forgotten. Happy reading
To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful—a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the …
Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut Glass Bowl: a wedding present brings sorrow and bad luck.rnBernice Bobs Her Hair: Marjorie tells Bernice that if she cuts off her long hair, she will be admired by all the young men.rnGrechen's Forty Winks: Roger Halsey tricks his wife and finishes an important job.rnMagnetism: A rich and handsome film star has power over people.…
Hi, I'm Jamie, I make videos ont he internet. Enough people watched them that they let me write a book. I know , what is life?rnrnInside is my story ...... so far. Read about my cowboy hat years, the time I dug a big hole and lived in it, and the moment I pulled down my pants at a badminton game.rnrnI'll tell you my top travel tips (drink water), how to have fun at a school ball (don't go), and…
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Novel The Sign of Four atau Misteri Empat Tanda diterbitkan pada 1890 adalah novel kedua yang menampilkan peualangan Sherlock Holmes. Kisah dalam novel ini bersetting tahun 1880 dan memiliki plot yang kompleks. Miss Mary Morstan mendatangai Sherlock untuk meminta bantuannya memecahkan sebuah misteri. Sepuluh tahun sebelumnya, ayah Mary, Kapten Arthur Morstan, kembali ke London dengan mengambil …