Elsie Venner [Christmas Summary Classics]

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference
Cover of the book Elsie Venner [Christmas Summary Classics] by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Zhingoora Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes ISBN: 1230000036847
Publisher: Zhingoora Books Publication: December 5, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
ISBN: 1230000036847
Publisher: Zhingoora Books
Publication: December 5, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

Christmas Summary Classics
This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially in very less time can go for it.

 

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Elsie Venner
Oliver Wendell Holmes, essayist, poet, scientist, and one of the most lovable men who have adorned the literature of the English tongue, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 29, 1809, of a New England family with a record in which he took great pride. After studying medicine at Harvard, he went to Europe on a prolonged tour, and, returning, took his M.D., and became a popular professor of anatomy. He had some repute as a graceful poet in his student days. "Elsie Venner," at first called "The Professor's Story," was published in 1861, and was the first sustained work of fiction that came from the pen of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illumined by admirable pictures of life and character in a typical New England town, the book itself is a remarkable study of heredity--a study only relieved by the author's kindly humour. The unfortunate child, doomed before her birth to suffer from the fatal bite of a rattlesnake--an incident unduly extravagant in some critics' opinions--and only throwing off the evil influence on her death-bed, is one of the most pathetic figures in all American literature. It was not until seven years later that "Elsie Venner" was followed by another novel, "The Guardian Angel," a story which is worked out on the same lines of thought as the former. Holmes died on October 7, 1894

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Christmas Summary Classics
This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially in very less time can go for it.

 

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Elsie Venner
Oliver Wendell Holmes, essayist, poet, scientist, and one of the most lovable men who have adorned the literature of the English tongue, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 29, 1809, of a New England family with a record in which he took great pride. After studying medicine at Harvard, he went to Europe on a prolonged tour, and, returning, took his M.D., and became a popular professor of anatomy. He had some repute as a graceful poet in his student days. "Elsie Venner," at first called "The Professor's Story," was published in 1861, and was the first sustained work of fiction that came from the pen of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illumined by admirable pictures of life and character in a typical New England town, the book itself is a remarkable study of heredity--a study only relieved by the author's kindly humour. The unfortunate child, doomed before her birth to suffer from the fatal bite of a rattlesnake--an incident unduly extravagant in some critics' opinions--and only throwing off the evil influence on her death-bed, is one of the most pathetic figures in all American literature. It was not until seven years later that "Elsie Venner" was followed by another novel, "The Guardian Angel," a story which is worked out on the same lines of thought as the former. Holmes died on October 7, 1894

More books from Zhingoora Books

Cover of the book Xingu by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book Kautilya's Arthashastra by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Oni On His Travels by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 6 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Virginia Housewife: Or Methodical Cook by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book Notes Of A Son And Brother by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The World's Greatest Books Volume 19 (Travel and Adventure) by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Pet by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Spoils of Poynton by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Young Adventurer by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book Our Old Home [Christmas Summary Classics] by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Story Of Sindbad The Sailor by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book The Snow Queen by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book CHRISTMAS by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cover of the book Pan Islam by Oliver Wendell Holmes
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy