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Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

"Chief Contemporary Dramatists" (second series) features 18 plays from England, Ireland, America, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Scandinavia, selected and edited by Thomas H. Dickinson. Facsimile reprint, 1921 edition.

A detailed index to the people, places, and things mentioned between 1910-20 in The Barstow Printer, a newspaper covering Barstow, California and the Mojave Desert region. An invaluable guide to the early history of the inland Southern California area for both the historian and genealogist. With an introduction by the compiler, Buckley Barry Barrett.

These recollections of New York theatre life from the 1830s-1850s are selected from "Reminiscences of a Man About Town," a series of articles by Col. Tom Picton published in the New York Clipper between 1868-69. The impressions of the time are made vividly real from the actual experiences of the writer, who often mingled with the performers and directors. Complete with notes, index, and contemporaneous illustrations.

This volume gives an account of the feuds of the Highlanders of Scotland. While most feuds stem from trivial causes, they have always been a source for high literature, from the Iliad to the Mahabharata. The Scottish feuds take on an epic quality of their own, as they play out their grim logic of retribution.The first part of this book was written by Rev. Alexander MacGregor, M.A., on 21st October, 1875, and delivered as a lecture to the Working Men's Club at Inverness on 19th November, 1875. The second part is from a manuscript written in the reign of King James VI. and first published in 1764.

This historical account delves into the chilling legend of the Bell Witch, a haunting that plagued the Bell family in early 19th-century Tennessee. Drawing from eyewitness reports and oral traditions, it provides a detailed exploration of supernatural events that allegedly occurred, offering readers a blend of folklore, mystery, and the paranormal. Ingram's work remains a key source on one of America's most famous ghost stories.

Brian Stableford's The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies contains ten funny short stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including the first publication of the long fantasy novella, "The Phantom of Teirbrun."

Pilgrim Award-winning critic Gary Westfahl here updates his classic study of the space station theme in science fiction, providing the most comprehensive examination of the topic ever written. From "The Brick Moon" (1869) to Star Trek's Deep Space 9, these literary and cinematic outposts have provided waystations for the imaginative exploration of new worlds and new civilizations. Westfahl's balanced and detailed study will be a necessary addition to modern critical collections on genre fiction. Complete with comprehensive bibliographies of primary and secondary sources, plus a detailed index.

The Elm-Tree on the Mall (original title: L'Orme du mail) is a novel by Anatole France, published in 1897. It is the first book in his Histoire contemporaine (Contemporary History) series, which also includes The Amethyst Ring, Monsieur Bergeret in Paris, and The Wicker Work Woman.The novel is set in a small provincial town in France and revolves around the life of Monsieur Bergeret, a scholar and intellectual. Through his observations and interactions with the townspeople, the novel explores the social and political tensions of the time, including the Dreyfus Affair, which serves as a backdrop to the story.France uses his characteristic wit and irony to critique the hypocrisy and absurdities of bourgeois society, while also reflecting on the complexities of human relationships. The Elm-Tree on the Mall is known for its keen social commentary and its exploration of the conflict between personal integrity and societal pressures.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and was one of the great literary minds of his day, in addition to being one of its most entertaining personalities. In his youth he became an ardent socialist and wrote five novels, which are still very entertaining, although Shaw truly found his creative identity on the stage and lectern. While he was a great dramatist, it is possible to argue that Shaw's prefaces are better than his plays. Certainly they are masterful expositions of his ideas, and among the finest essays in English. If there is one defining virtue in Shaw, it is his ability to ask awkward questions. He was not someone who accepted the status quo; instead he spent the whole of his very long life in search of something better, as wit, critic, curmudgeon, and revolutionary. Among his greatest plays are CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, MAN AND SUPERMAN, BACK TO METHUSELAH, SAINT JOAN, MAJORA BARBARA, PYGMALION (the basis for the musical -- and film -- MY FAIR LADY), and ANDROCLES AND THE LION. He wrote voluminously on social and political issues. His THE INTELLIGENT WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM (1928) was enormously popular at the time. He continued to publish until nearly the end of his life. Among his last works are SIXTEEN SELF-SKETCHES (1948), BOUYANT BILLIONS (1948) and FAR-FETCHED FABLES (1950).

This dramatic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel tells the story of Anna Karenina, wife of Alexei Karenin, who falls in love with Count Vronsky. But Karenin refuses his wife a divorce, and so the lovers must flee to Venice. When Vronsky is lured back to Russia by the offer of reinstatement in the military, Anna returns with him. But her tragic affair now begins to unravel--with equally tragic consequences!