Shelley: 1827 books

Book cover of Adonais
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010

"Adonais" represents the height of artistic achievement for nineteenth-century Romantic poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley's book-length elegy in the pastoral style mourns the loss of fellow poet John Keats in 495 remarkably accomplished lines. Shelley himself regarded "Adonais" as the best of his work, and...
Book cover of Valperga - The Life And Adventures Of Castruccio, Prince Of Lucca
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015

Valperga, published in 1823, the year after Percy Bysshe Shelley's death is a romance of the 14th century in Italy, during the height of the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, when each state and almost each town was at war with the other ; a condition of things which lends itself to...
Book cover of Falkner
by Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017

Falkner is an exceptional book, and a fitting last chapter to Mary Shelley's career. Sometimes it is said that the great writers examine the world around them, and then write about what they see in it. Surely this is true of Mary Shelley -- was true of her even at age nineteen. She made order out of chaos, and found parents where there were none.
Book cover of Lodore
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015

Mary in her novel of Lodore, published in 1835, gave a version of the differences between Harriet and Shelley. Though Lord Lodore is more an impersonation of Mary's idea of Lord Byron than of Shelley, Cornelia Santerre, the heroine, may be partly drawn from Harriet, while Lady Santerre, her match-making...
Book cover of Mayan Crochet Blanket Pattern US Terms
by Shelley Husband
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017

The Mayan Crochet Blanket pattern is an exploration of the Yucatan peninsula through crochet. In each 20" square motif, the radiating lines of the central hexagon reflect the pyramids at Chichen Itza, while the surrounding shapes are reminiscent of the Mayan calendar. Enclosing it all are the...
Book cover of Real

Real

Stories by Shelley Malcolm Photographs by Terilee Dawn Ouimette

by Shelley Malcolm
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010

Words and photos to inspire, encourage, and affirm . . . Shelley Malcolm uses the image of hands to reveal much of what we have in common, as well as, like fingerprints, that which makes each of us completely unique. The pages of REAL tell the stories of actual people who are comfortable with sharing...
Book cover of Marie Curie and Her Daughters

Marie Curie and Her Daughters

The Private Lives of Science's First Family

by Shelley Emling
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012

A new portrait of the two-time Nobel winner and her two daughters Focusing on the first family in science, this biography of Marie Curie plumbs the recesses of her relationships with her two daughters, extraordinary in their own right, and presents the legendary scientist to us in a fresh way. Although...
Book cover of The Fossil Hunter

The Fossil Hunter

Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World

by Shelley Emling
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

At a time when women were excluded from science, a young girl made a discovery that marked the birth of paleontology and continues to feed the debate about evolution to this day. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while...
Book cover of Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and...
Book cover of Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo
by Mary Shelley, Francisco Torres Oliver
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 21, 2015

En el verano de 1816, Lord Byron invita al poeta Percy Bysshe Shelley y a su joven esposa, Mary, a su casa de Suiza. Los días son lluviosos y el anfitrión propone que cada uno escriba un relato de fantasmas. Así surgirá Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo, publicada en 1818 y considerada la primera...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...
Book cover of Seduce My Heart
by Shelley Munro, Tracy Ellen, Aria Glazki
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018

Looking for a fresh approach to love? Your new favorite author is waiting for you… Close friends to steamy lovers. Small town romance and seduction. A second chance to win a forever sweetheart. Do you have a soft spot for a brooding bad boy or fancy an arrogant billionaire?...
Book cover of 100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2
by Mark Twain, Mary Shelley, William Somerset Maugham
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2019

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de:...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Ultimate Collection: 200+ Mysteries, Horror Classics & Supernatural Tales

HALLOWEEN Ultimate Collection: 200+ Mysteries, Horror Classics & Supernatural Tales

Sweeney Todd, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Haunted Hotel, The Mummy's Foot, The Dunwich Horror, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Frankenstein, The Vampire, Dracula, The Turn of the Screw, The Horla…

by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018

e-artnow presents to you this unique Halloween collection with horror thrillers, supernatural mysteries, monster tales and gothic novels carefully picked out to strike the fear and chills into your bones as …the winter is coming: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House From Beyond...
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