Books with author Marie Corelli

Excerpt from The Mighty AtomThe burning bars of saffron widened in the western heavens, - shafts of turquoise-blue, pale rose, and chrysoprase flashed down towards the sea like reflections from the glory of some un barred gate of Paradise, - and the sun, flaming with August fires, suddenly burst forth in all his splendour. Full on Combmartin, with its grey old church, stone cottages, and thatched roofs overgrown with flowers, the cheerful radiance fell, bathing it from end to end in a shower of gold, - the waves running into the quiet harbour caught the lustrous glamour and shone with deep translucent glitterings of amber melting into green, - and through the shadows of the room where the solitary little student sat at work, a bright ray came dancing, and glistened on his bent head like the touch of some passing angel's benediction. Just then the door opened, and a young man entered, clad in white boating flannels.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 historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...you make lest they be too fully granted! A rose from the cottage of Mavis Clare?--a rose from the garden of Eden!--they are one and the same to me! Not for my gathering or yours! Love and joy? For the unfaithful there is no love,--for the impure there is no joy. Add no more to the measure of my hatred and vengeance!--Go while there is yet time,--go and front the destiny you have made for yourself--for nothing can alter it! And as for me, whom you love,--before whom you have knelt in idolatrous worship--" and a low fierce laugh escaped him--"why,----restrain your feverish desires, fair fiend!--have patience!--we shall meet ere long!" I could not bear the scene another moment, and springing from my hiding-place, I dragged my wife away from him and flung myself between them. "Let me defend you, Lucio, from the pertinacities of this wanton!" I cried with a wild burst of laughter----"An hour ago I thought she was my wife,--I find her nothing but a purchased chattel, who seeks a change of masters!" Foa one instant we all three stood facing each other,--I breathless and mad with fury,--Lucio calm and disdainful,--my wife staggering back from me, halfswooning with fear. In an access of black rage, I rushed upon her and seized her in my arms. "I have heard you!" I said--"I have seen you! I have watched you kneel before my true friend, my loyal comrade there, and try your best to make him as vile as yourself! I am that poor fool, your husband,--that blind egoist whose confidence you sought to win--and to betray! I am the unhappy wretch whose surplus of world's cash has bought for him in marriage a shameless courtezan! You dare to talk of love? You profane its very name! Good...

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