Captain Cuttle. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens.
Captain Cuttle. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens.
Tag: Character sketches
Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama by Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1892. A revised American edition of the readers handbook. Edited by Marion Harland.
Thorpe’s “Northern Mythology.’ Loki and Sigyn.
Loki and Sigyn. Northern Mythology. WHEN the gods had captured Loki they bound him to the rock, and Skadi hung a venomous serpent above his head that dripped poison on… Read More
Augusta in Court from the novel Mr. Meeson’s Will.
Augusta in Court AUGUSTA Smithers, upon whose back has been tattooed Mr. Meeson ‘s will, is obliged to display it in court.
Balaustion by Robert Browning.
Balaustion Balaustion’s adventure by Robert Browning. F. H. Lungren, Artist.
Automedon charioteer of Achilles. Homer’s Iliad.
Automedon was the son of Diorus, and the charioteer of Achilles.
History of a Crime. The Death of Baudin. Victor-Marie Hugo.
The Death of Baudin. History of a Crime by Victor Hugo. BEFORE being a Republican, Baudin had been a tutor. He came from an intelligent and brave race of schoolmasters, ever… Read More
Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
Undine THE seas, the rivers and brooks contain the numberless tribes of Water-sprites. * * * * *
Romeo and Juliet in Friar Laurence’s Cell
Romeo and Juliet is a 1597 published tragedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Manfred by Lord Byron. English Romanticism.
Manfred is the title of a dramatic poem by Lord Byron. It is one of the most important work of the whole romantic era.