Books with author Charles Eliot Norton

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the first part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Inferno" or "Hell," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton.

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the first part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Inferno" or "Hell," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton.

“Captains Courageous” is a novel by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). First published in 1897, it derives its title from a ballad which starts “When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt”.The novel follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, the son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a fishing boat and he is offered a job as part of the crew...The ebook also contains a profile of Kipling written by Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) in 1891.

Kim is a picaresque novel by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It was first published in 1901.The novel tells the story of Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white mother. Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late XIX, Kim has to learn how to survive in the streets of Lahore…The ebook also contains a brief profile of Kipling written by Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) in 1891.

The troop of meerkats in the zoo live a happy life until oneday the eagle owl next door tells them the van has come totake some away. Who is going to go and where? Would theybe split up? There was only one thing to do – make a breakfor freedom and see what happens. Which is exactly whatMolly’s family and friends do.Off they go into the big wide world with all its dangers andexcitements – cars, bright lights, humans and monsters –and where, best of all, they discover a taste for pizza andchocolate!Follow the naughty meerkats’ adventures as they leave atrail of mayhem wherever they go …

“The Story of Muhammad Din” is a short story by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). First published in 1886, it tells the story of the tragic friendship between an Anglo-Indian man and a small hindu child.“Who is the happy man? He that sees in his own house at home little children crowned with dust, leaping and falling and crying.”—Munichandra.This edition also contains a biographical profile of Kipling written by Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) in 1891.

"The Man Who Would Be King" is a novella by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It was first published in 1888.The story is about two British adventurers who became kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo, and by the travels of Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title of Prince of Ghor for himself and his descendants.In 1975, the novella was adapted into a movie, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine.The ebook also contains a profile of Kipling written by Carl David af Wirsén (1842–1912).

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