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Jean-Christophe (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915.
The first four volumes are sometimes grouped as Jean-Christophe, the next three as Jean-Christophe à Paris, and the last three as La fin du voyage ("Journey's End").
From the very beginning, David Noble was a man possessed—by a burning ambition to be a doctor, hungry for money, and burning with the desire to love and be loved by Jacqueline Huntington, the beautiful half-French granddaughter of the fabulously wealthy man David worked for. Through tender first kisses, impassioned secret meeting late at night, heartrending self-imposed separations, a whirlwind, sophisticated courtship in the great capitals of Europe, David’s desire for possession pursued him, until he was able to conquer it and, ultimately, himself.
Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte eines jungen Dichters, der in die großen Städte Berlin und Paris zieht, dort eintaucht in das Leben der Boheme und zugleich versucht, den Hoffnungen und Zielen seiner Generation künstlerischen Ausdruck zu verleihen. Selten zuvor war in der deutschen Literatur so offen von gleichgeschlechtlicher Liebe erzählt worden, wie es Klaus Mann in seinem ersten Roman tat, der 1925 erschien. Das Buch war ein bekenntnis zu der Form des Eros, die der Autor als seine eigene erkannt und akzeptiert hatte: zur Homosexualität.—Goodreads
Sergeant Mayfair of the Mounted returns with one of the most gripping stories in his casebook—the story of a man who confessed too soon. On a long patrol north of the Arctic Circle the sergeant encounters Tex Conway, who eagerly admitted that he was guilty of a murder in Saskatchewan; Mayfair, however, was sceptical, even when Tex described the circumstances of the crime and the evidence that could be used against him.—Introduction.
After overhearing a secret conversation, J Little is offered seven seats on an "ark" to save his family from a doomed Earth. The problem is that there are ten members of his immediate family. How to choose which seven to save? But, is there really an "ark," and why is he being followed?
Far in the north woods of Ontario the Indians in their lonely wigwams are haunted by superstitious fears of evil spirits which the Indians believe can take possession of a person and turn him into a cannibal. When Ann Jackman came back to Fox Island from boarding school for the Christmas holidays, the Indians were in the grip of such a panic. Wen-dah-ban, a young hunter and friend of the Jackmans, believing that he had been conjured into a windigo, had disappeared into the forest. Ann, with others, undertook to find him. They soon discovered that they also had to deal with a white trader, whose unscrupulous schemes added to the dangers of the journey. Mrs. Pinkerton's expert story is filled with the crispness of cold days on the trail and the loneliness of night camps in the forest. Through it runs the warm family life of the Jackmans and their sympathetic understanding of the Indians, who are their friends.—adapted from the dustcover.
A sheltered young gentleman, Peregrine Vereker, flees his over-protected life to seek hardship and manhood on the open road. Bow Street Runner, Jasper Shrig, unravels the hidden dangers stalking Peregrine and steers him safely towards truth and destiny.
This article was published in two installments in The Canadian Magazine, April and June 1907 issues. The author provides brief biographies and discussions of the writings of the poets presented, along with examples of their work.
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