Literature Tragedy

In The Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes retells the Oedipus and Antigone myths to reveal a new side of an ancient story.... My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents.... Jocasta is just 15 when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be unless she outlives her strange, absent husband.

Quella della "Spedizione Donner" è una storia vera che ancora oggi risveglia paure ataviche e curiosità morbose. Rimanda al 1846, quando una carovana di pionieri diretti in California rimase bloccata per mesi dalla neve nella Sierra Nevada. Alcuni di loro morirono di stenti dopo poco tempo. Altri, stipati nello spazio soffocante dei carri, portati alla follia dai morsi del freddo e della fame, si abbandonarono al cannibalismo. Quasi nessuno si salvò.

Lucy has many reasons to be excited about Valentines’ that’s just round the corner. One of them includes visiting a new restaurant in town that claims to serve the best steak. When she visits this restaurant with her friends, they’re impressed by the interior decor and blown away by the yummy food. It seems not everyone is excited about this new establishment, as the chef from a rival restaurant causes a scene as he claims the new restaurant has stolen his recipe. Lucy’s boyfriend, a local detective, is on hand to calm frayed nerves and usher this unruly chef out of the restaurant.

When Miss Julia received a phone call from her attorney, she could have never in her wildest dreams imagined what he was about to tell her. She was in a will and she had been granted guardianship of two small children—her brother's grandchildren, two young girls. But her brother had been dead for thirty years.

Full-cast performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the novel. Hardy's world is brought to life in this vivid drama that sets the scene, tells the tale, and puts the characters on trial using theatre-in-education techniques to examine "the leaden gloom of one who has lost all".

In a world of glitz and excess, sizzling-hot Casi Roberts is the reigning queen. Swimsuit model by day and club girl by night, she floats through Los Angeles on the arm of her celebrity artist boyfriend, Alix Grey, documenting her fabulous life on social media. The illusion of perfection is shattered after an accident leaves her with physical scars, while emotional scars surface from her troubled past. Casi's tenuous relationship with her drug-addled mother, Sonya, continues to undermine her confidence as she struggles to find balance in a chaotic business....

When another body drops at Charity Basham’s feet, or more accurately, in her craft store Sassy Supplies, she sets out to find the killer, hoping it wasn’t one of her customers as Detective Sota believes. Who would want to kill YouTube DIY Decorating sensation Serena Jackson? Charity's questions lead to an array of aggravated acquaintances, and one terrifying car crash turned attempted murder. Will she be able to uncover the killer, or will the killer cover her up instead? Listen to solve this mystery!

Long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost. Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana's choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates. Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of the malichora - a race that survives on human blood - must travel to the Island of the Dead.

Ten long years have passed since war first broke out, and one couple still does not know the whereabouts of their children, or what their country is even fighting for. They follow orders and their lives go by simply, routinely, until one day, mute boy walks onto their property. When the authorities announce that the area needs to be evacuated and that everyone must relocate to the transparent city, the three leave together.

Tragedy, Yet, Triumphant is a collection of poems and short stories by twin sisters Loretha Wallace and Loretta Wallace Ellis. Their poetry reflects their deep faith in God, keen appreciation for humanity, love for family, and enduring spirit to dream big and stand tall.

Uden for velhaverreservatet DEN FRIE VERDEN lever de fattige, de desperate, den billige menneskelige arbejdskraft.

Loa er vokset op midt inde i smørhullet med store mansions, frugtsmoothies fra egen avl, sexpositivitet og yogatrænede forældre med protestantisk arbejdsmoral og god pH-balance. Og som bonus: en kolerisk mormor, der i ny og næ vågner fra sin periodiske dvale og fremfører en vred politisk monolog, inden hun igen forsvinder ind i søvnen.

This collection includes theatrical audio versions major plays that are not typically considered part of the Shakespeare cannon, but are plays in which Shakespeare may made material contributions. These are the plays Sir Thomas More, The Spanish Tragedy, and Thomas of Woodstock. Additional expert commentary from Hazel Jeffs provides insight into the potential authorship and major themes of each of these three classic plays of the Elizabethan period.

When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970, and it seems that nothing can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter had appeared in their lives just a few years before - and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in secrets, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked back.

Set in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in Sweet Home lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday lives. A lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing neighbours; a middle-aged teacher becomes obsessed with a young Gaelic football player; and an employer covers for his two employees caught having sex in a public toilet.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.

Bob Rowe and his wife Mary worked hard to build their American dream. A suburban home, barbecues in the summer, and a fast track corporate job made their life look ideal to outsiders. Yet they faced one of the most difficult challenges for a couple: their son Christopher was born severely handicapped and disabled. As a family, they managed to navigate through the tough times by being hands-on parents. Their efforts were emboldened by a group of extraordinary women - all of whom also had disabled children.

When an empty passenger plane crashes in the Lake District, Carly Atherton's hopes of getting back together with the man she loves vanish - Luke Emery was one of the two pilots on board. Investigating the story behind the doomed flight might just be the chance disgraced journalist Carly needs to rescue her career, as well as giving her the answers about Luke's death that she desperately wants. But when she contacts the family of the other pilot, Daniel Taylor, she finds the two women he was closest to - his devoted sister and his loving wife - have very different memories to share.

"Un souffle, une ombre, un rien, tout lui donnait la fièvre." Il faisait particulièrement doux ce soir-là. Nous étions en été, un samedi soir, la fête annuelle de la base nautique des Crozes avait battu son plein toute la journée. Justine avait demandé à ses parents, également présents, de pouvoir passer la nuit avec sa cousine et deux copains de classe sur l'îlot des Bois-Obscurs, au centre du lac. Un camping entre pré-adultes. Une récompense pour le bon travail fourni toute l'année. Promis, ils seraient de retour le lendemain, à 10 heures au plus tard.

A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time.

The harrowing sequel to A Case of Identity as Sherlock Holmes uncovers a tale as dark as anything seen on the Ancient Greek stage.