The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
A moving and deeply personal memoir of the author's journey from childhood piano prodigy to professional concert pianist. A tribute to the transformative power of music and the enduring importance of artistic expression.
A husband hends his young wife abroad—to Venice. She wearies and flees to Palermo. Was it jealousy? Remorse? What?
One of Sackville-West’s most popular works and has been adapted for television by the BBC. The novel addresses people’s, especially women’s, control of their lives, a subject about which Sackville-West was greatly concerned although often pointing out that she did not consider herself a feminist. The title is taken from the final three words of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes.
Married to a cruel and negligent man, the young Perdita Robinson sees her life and her youth pass her by—until the day the charming Irishman, Mr. Sheridan, arrives into her parlour, and offers her an escape: to become an actress on the stage. Overnight, Perdita becomes the centre of attention, and finds a place where she feels she truly belongs. With success and temptation pulling her from side to side, Perdita is soon enthralled and tormented by her new life. The fairy tale glamour of the Royal court is a shimmering portrait from afar, but up close, it soon reveals itself to be nothing more than a pretty illusion. Her newfound friends of the stage warn her against high ambitions, but it may be too late.
In her pursuit to become the Exquisite Perdita, adored by all–even a Prince–will she rise and fall as a shooting star, or manage to escape the intrigues and deceits of the Royal court to find her happiness?
This anthology highlights cultural collisions and the possibility of reconciliation between opposing peoples. Though Treece writes about war with psychological and historical realism, his underlying message is that violence is futile and peace is the true human goal.
A collection of travel and nature essays.
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