Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...
Excerpt from Miscellanies, Vol. 2 of 3: Stories and Essays
I pass over the dinner, which was doubtless very interesting to them, but very uninteresting to me, especially as I knew I was only stationed at the table to satisfy a scruple of society, and a dozen scruples of my precise relative.
After the cloth was removed and the tea was brought up, they settled down to a regular evening at back-gammon, while I was left to amuse myself in a dist...
Excerpt from My Lifetime, Vol. 2
A real variety theatre - The hanlon-lses - A journey to Paris - A sad and unexpected telegram - M r. Lionel Lawson's sudden death - Passages of arms with The Board of Works - Mr.
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Excerpt from Bardell Versus Pickwick: Dramatised by Permission of the Late Charles Dickens From His Private Reading Copy
Sm Wama. - Groom'e livery. Buckskin breechcs. Top boots. Gold band round hat. Clean shaved. Hair short.
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Excerpt from Miscellanies, Vol. 3 of 3: Stories and Essays
Mr Asse, Dr Bub, Mr Belly, Mr and Miss Boots, and Alderman Cripple, were amongst the first arrivals.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
bTitle:/b The Story of Leicester Square ... With ... illustrations ... Art Editor.-Mons. Charles Alias.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more...
bTitle:/b Miscellanies. Stories and Essays.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along wit...
John Hollingshead (1827-1904) was an English journalist, writer and theatrical producer. Based on letters from the Morning Post, he published 'Ragged London in 1861' in the same year, capturing the essence of London's bleak environment. in the novel, a correspondent travels through the underbelly of the metropolis, meeting and living with the very poorest and most desperate members of society. This is a must-read for fans of classic English fi...
Gaiety Chronicles is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898.
Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these bo...
Excerpt from Under Bow Bells: A City Book for All Readers
In narrating the different stories and sketches I am always speaking through the mouth of imaginary persons, except in the paper called All Night on the Monument.
Of course I am personally responsible for all Opinions contained in the book but the paper in ques tion is a descriptive record of my actual experience.
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Excerpt from Gaiety ChroniclesThe subject, as far as the writer is concerned, has one great drawback. He knows it only too thor oughly. There is little or no scope for fancy or imagination. A study of twenty or thirty years has accumulated a store of facts, while it has destroyed far too many illusions, and vestiges of romance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgott...
Excerpt from According to My Lights
The interest taken in Dickens and Thackeray is much greater in America than it is in England, and the interest in Dickens far exceeds the interest in Thackeray. Dickens is worshipped, Thackeray is admired. My known connection with both these distinguished men invited much examination-in-chief, and even cross-examination, when about ten years ago I visited the United States. I had to describe the two men, th...
