When an American man discovers that he's the last descendant of the De la Poer family, he travels to England to take over their crumbling estate. Accompanied only by his cat, the man follows the incessant sound of rats to a dark place beneath the estate, unearthing horrible, dark, gruesome secrets about his ancestors and the type of activities they partook in. Taken by madness, the man falls into a dark pit of despair and commits unthinkabl ...
In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries even further. In this short story about one man's plight to prove ...
Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when she witnesses a man wearing a brown suit die at a tube station in London, she searches for clues and finds a mysterious piece of paper nearby. The message it contains leads her on a confounding chase full of secret aliases and codes as she seeks to solve the case and catch the murderer. Featuring an appearance from Secret Service agent Colonel Race, this story from renowned mystery write ...
Inspired by the big-game hunting safaris that were quite popular among the wealthy class during the 1920s, “The Most Dangerous Game” combines a dangerous plight and a battle of wills between two very experienced hunters with two very different motivations. ...
When Sanger Rainsford falls off his yacht on his way to the Amazon forest for a hunting expedition, he washes up on a strange Caribbean island only to find that more danger lies ahead. When the owner of a palatial chateau and his henchman tell Rainsford that they are no longer interested in hunting animals and that men are the true test of a hunter, Rainsford goes from being the hunter to the hunted as he struggles to survive in a game of cat an ...
No other author made a greater contribution to the literature of Christmas than Charles Dickens. Collected here are twenty-three short works, some on the theme of Christmas, from «A Christmas Dinner» (1835) to «What Christmas Is As We Grow Older» to others that simply explore the function of kindness and goodwill in society, as in one of his last works, «No Thoroughfare» (1867). Read and reread these heartwarming classics every holiday season. ...
In ‚AuKing Lear‚Au, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, the titular king descends into madness after his flattering daughters inherit his kingdom and then betray him. The play, with its complex web of intrigue and deception is a masterpiece of suspenseful drama and boasts many iconic roles, including Lear, Goneril, and Regan, which are coveted by accomplished stage actors. First performed in 1606, it has been adapted many times, most recen ...
Charles Dickens‚Ao 1835 short work, ‚AuA Christmas Dinner‚Au, lovingly describes many of the traditions, foods, games and festivities we still associate with Christmas. This meditation, included in his debut collection ‚AuSketches By Boz‚Au (1836) includes the beginnings of his ideas for ‚AuA Christmas Carol‚Au, including a ‚Aumisanthrope‚Au who doesn‚Aot join in the Christmas spirit, and an empty chair at the family dinner table (Tiny Tim). A h ...
In Charles Dickens' short story Going into Society, a dwarf from the circus wins the lottery, and with it, a large sum of money. Taking two other members of the circus with him, he attempts to set up a business in ‚AuSociety‚Au, only to discover that society is not all it‚Aos cracked up to be. ...
