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  • Myths of the Rhine

    by X. B. Saintine ...
    In the earliest ages the South of Europe alone was inhabited, while the Northern part was covered with vast forests, as old as the world, and as yetunbroken by the footsteps of men. Dark, dismal solitudes, consisting of ancient woods or wretched morasses, where trees struggled painfully for existence and only the strongest survived when they reached the light and the sun; densely wooded deserts, ... Read more

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  • Myths of the Rhine

    by X. B. Saintine ...
    Xavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist... In 1823, he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entitled Poèmes, odes, épîtres. In 1836 appeared Picciola, a novel about the comte de Charney, a political prisoner in Piedmont, whose reason was saved by his cultivation of a tiny flower growing between the paving stones of his ... Read more

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  • Myths of the Rhine

    The Castles and Spirits of the River

    by X.-B. Saintine ...
    Translated by M. Schele de Vere ...
    The legends of the Rhine gorge - the Lorelei, the mouse tower, the drowned bells - retold by a French writer who traveled the river collecting them. Saintine wrote the enormously popular Picciola and turned to the Rhine material in his later years. This edition includes 60 bound plates after Schirmer, Blechen, Grottger and Schindler, and the translation by M. Schele de Vere. ... Read more

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  • The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe

    by X.-B. Saintine ...
    "The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe" is a novel written by Xavier Boniface Saintine, a French author known for his historical novels and plays during the 19th century.This book is a fictionalized account inspired by the true story of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish mariner who was marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean for four years and four months. ... Read more

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  • PICCIOLA THE PRISONER OF FENESTRELLA OR CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE

    by X.-B. SAINTINE ...
    In the only visit which you made her at Belleville, where was the tomb of her husband, and now, alas! her own, you more than once seemed surprised with what you saw. You were struck with an old, white-haired man, who sat next her at table, whose appearance and manners were coarse, even for his class. You saw him speak familiarly with the daughter of the countess, who, beautiful as her mother had ... Read more

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  • PICCIOLA THE PRISONER OF FENESTRELLA OR CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE

    by X.-B. SAINTINE ...
    PICCIOLA THE PRISONER OF FENESTRELLA OR CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE by X.-B. SAINTINE offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / literary. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative ... Read more

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  • Myths of the Rhine

    by X. B. Saintine, Gustave Doré, Illustrator, M. Schele de Vere, Translator ...
    This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSI.Primitive Times. — The First Settlers on the Rhine. — Masters going to School. — Sanskrit and Breton. — An Idle God. — Microscopic Deities. — Tree Worship. — Birth-Trees and Death-Trees.....II.The Druids and their Creed. — Esus. — The Holy Oak. — The Pforzheim Lime Tree. — A Rival Plant. — The Mistletoe and the Anguinufh. — ... Read more

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  • The Solitary Of Juan Fernandez

    by X.-B. Saintine ...
    The solitary of Juan Fernandez or the real Robinson Crusoe presents a reflective narrative of isolation, ambition, and inner transformation shaped by the pull of the unknown. The story balances domestic stability with the restless desire for exploration, showing how ordinary life can be disrupted by longing for adventure. Personal relationships reveal emotional tension between attachment and ... Read more

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    On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Robinson Crusoe Bundle

    by Daniel Defoe, Peter Longueville ...
    This special collection brings together Daniel Defoe’s two adventure-filled novels about the now famous character, Robinson Crusoe, and Peter Longueville’s castaway story, The English Hermit. In The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the titular character finds himself the sole survivor of a shipwreck and is marooned on an island, along with an escaped prisoner he names “Friday,” for twenty ... Read more

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  • Maoria: A Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand

    by John Campbell Johnstone ...
    Maoria: A Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand By Captain John Campbell Johnstone.The scene of action is on the west coast of the North Island, at a Maori pah or fortified village called Ngutukaka, near the mouth of the Waitebuna river, which we cannot find in the map of New Zealand. War among the native tribes, as in the story of "Ena," without the ... Read more

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  • Life with the Greenland Esquimaux, Illustrated

    by W P Snow ...
    A journey to the home of the Esquimaux in Greenland during the mid Nineteenth Century exploring the Native customs and habits. ... Read more

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