7 Best Short Stories By Bret Harte

Author : Bret Harte,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783967994421

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7 best short stories by Bret Harte by Bret Harte,August Nemo Pdf

Bret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation. He was instrumental in introducing frontier literature to eastern audiences. His stories established many of the basic characteristics of the western genre: rough, sarcastic humor, rustic dialect, and character types such as good-natured gamblers, greedy bankers, and prostitutes with hearts of gold.We selected seven short stories from this author so that you can know and appreciate his work:The Luck of Roaring CampThe Outcasts of Poker Flat Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff A Convert of the MissionA Widow of the Santa Ana Valley A Yellow DogMelons

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577770861

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7 Best Short Stories by Bret Harte by Bret Harte Pdf

Bret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation. He was instrumental in introducing frontier literature to eastern audiences. His stories established many of the basic characteristics of the western genre: rough, sarcastic humor, rustic dialect, and character types such as good-natured gamblers, greedy bankers, and prostitutes with hearts of gold. We selected seven short stories from this author so that you can know and appreciate his work: The Luck of Roaring Camp The Outcasts of Poker Flat Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff A Convert of the Mission A Widow of the Santa Ana Valley A Yellow Dog Melons

Author : Jack London,Willa Cather,Stephen Crane,O. Henry,Zane Grey,Max Brand,Bret Harte,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783967993738

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7 best short stories - Western by Jack London,Willa Cather,Stephen Crane,O. Henry,Zane Grey,Max Brand,Bret Harte,August Nemo Pdf

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West, most commonly between the years of 1860 and 1900. Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West. Critics August Nemo brings seven short stories specially selected with the best of Western's courage and adventure: - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte - All Gold Canyon by Jack London - On the Divide by Willa Cather - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane - The Caballero's Way by O. Henry - The Great Slave by Zane Grey - Wine in the Desert by Max Brand For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Author : Francis Bret Harte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:868290457

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Short Stories by Bret Harte by Francis Bret Harte Pdf

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664099358

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Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte Pdf

Harte was a master storyteller best known for his short stories featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. Harte moved from New York to California after working for a while in a lawyer's office and then in a merchant's counting house.

Author : Mark Twain,Bret Harte,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,D. H. Lawrence,Arthur Conan Doyle,Rudyard Kipling,Saki (H.H. Munro),August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783967241297

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7 best short stories - Horse Stories by Mark Twain,Bret Harte,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,D. H. Lawrence,Arthur Conan Doyle,Rudyard Kipling,Saki (H.H. Munro),August Nemo Pdf

Friendship between man and horse is one of the pillars of civilization. Retired from most of his functions of transport and heavy work, today the horse is an animal companion - and is even used as a therapeutic tool in health treatments - and a classic partner of sports. In this book, the critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories that talk about the intimate relationship between man and horse. This book contains: - Chu Chu by Bret Harte. - The Doctor's Horse by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. - The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence. - Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle. - The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling. - A Genuine Mexican Plug by Mark Twain. - The Brogue by Saki.

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Digireads.com Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1420944916

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The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Stories (The Best Short Stories of Bret Harte) by Bret Harte Pdf

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1796471372

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Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte Pdf

Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Lake Publishing Company (CA)
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : 1561030058

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Bret Harte by Bret Harte Pdf

Collection of stories by Bret Harte retold by Janice Greene.

Author : Emily Pauline Johnson,Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock,Robert Barr,Frank Lucius Packard,Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker,Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Sir John George Bourinot
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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7 best short stories - Canada by Emily Pauline Johnson,Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock,Robert Barr,Frank Lucius Packard,Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker,Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Sir John George Bourinot Pdf

Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Canadian literature. Influences on Canadian writers are broad, both geographically and historically, representing Canada's diversity in culture and region. This book contains the following texts: A Red Girl's Reasoning by E. Pauline Johnson; My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock; An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr; The Blood of Kings by Frank L. Packard; The Little Bell of Honour by Gilbert Parker; The Way of the Winning of Anne by L. M. Montgomery; Captain Joe and Jamie by Charles G. D. Roberts. Bonus content: The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by John George Bourinot. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Author : Mary Noailles Murfree,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783969698662

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7 best short stories by Mary Noailles Murfree by Mary Noailles Murfree,August Nemo Pdf

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to Mary Noailles Murfree, an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.Works selected for this book:The raid of the guerilla; Who crosses storm mountain?; The crucial moment; Una of the hill country; The lost guidon; Wolfs Head; His unquiet ghost. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517183391

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Selected Stories by Bret Harte Pdf

Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Author : Mary Hunter Austin,Mary Austin
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577776993

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7 best short stories by Mary Hunter Austin by Mary Hunter Austin,Mary Austin Pdf

Mary Austin was a novelist and essayist who wrote about Native American culture and social problems. This book contains: - The Land Of Little Rain. - Water Trails Of The Ceriso. - The Scavengers. - The Pocket Hunter. - Shoshone Land. - Jimville. - My Neighbor's Field.

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1506169074

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Bret Harte--Selected Stories by Bret Harte Pdf

Bret Harte--Selected Stories By Bret Harte

Author : Harte, Bret
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517239869

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Stories in Light and Shadow by Harte, Bret Pdf

Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.