Books with author Charles K. Levy

Excerpt from Dorinda's Birthday: A Cornish IdyllHere, you would say, Nature has decreed that life should go to a gay and trivial tune - the selfsame tune that the stream babbles as it curves a protecting arm about the spot. Your approach from the road is by way of a green Wicket-gate, through a small orchard Of old apple trees, and over the stream by a plank bridge. Then you have before you a row of three white-washed, brown-thatched cottages. Fuchsias bloom by the doors without; geraniums flatten their faces against the panes within. There is a Wholesome smell of wood-smoke in the air, and through the tangle of bird-songs - nowhere do throstle and robin sing so sweetly and persistently - you hear now and again that most comfortable of natural sounds, the grunting of a well-fed pig.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Charles Lever's vivid and rollicking pictures of military and hunting life were quite popular in his day, and remain a delight to read. The author is the 19th century Anglo-Irish novelist Charles Lever. Once compared favorably to Dickens and extremely popular in the 1840's and 1850's, Lever's reputation suffered increasing criticism in the late 19th century and he is not well known today, and is sometimes in fact referred to as "The Lost Victorian". A unique view of the Victorian age from the Anglo-Irish point of view. Lever was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and contributed much of his early work to the "Dublin University Magazine," where Jack Hinton first appeared in 1843.

Excerpt from Paul Carah, CornishmanAs he went, he talked and laughed incessantly to himself and, save when some feature of the landscape momentarily arrested his attention, his thoughts ran far ahead of his feet to his journey's end.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The outside is in good minus condition with a light speck of white paint to the upper edge of the front board. The title page has a very very minor crack to the lower front edge near the joint. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 422 pages.