Books with title The high window

Window takes place in a small town with a frog called Mr. Teddy who wanted to become king, never considered responsibilities of what took to becoming a king. Mr. Teddy believed that his way was right and all others were to follow behind.Friends Mr. Teddy assumed he had but after conflicts came he found out he only had two true friends who were there for him, Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Hound. Mr. Teddy wanted kingship to work for him but in return became a nightmare.Mr. Teddy wanted to become great, causing other friends to look up to him; he wanted to accomplish a goal for himself and to say that I did the impossible. However, it did not turn out the way he planned, Mr. Turtle, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Buddy walked away, but Mr. Hound and Mr. Rabbit were true friends. Mr. Bobcat came into the picture and there was a great conflict but his only two true friends were there to see him through. Hound and Rabbit stood by Teddy regardless of the situations he faced, I guess you could say he found out what true friendship was all about ; never turn your back on those you think don’t care.

There is nothing to be found in the pages of A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-seller to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on . . . In The Wide Window we encounter a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leaches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain and a doll named Pretty Penny. With 5 million copies sold in the UK alone, one might consider Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events to make him one of the most successful children's authors of the past decade. We, however, consider these miserable so-called adventure stories and the Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey that accompanied the books for children as nothing more than a dreadful mistake.

The Red WindowFergus Hume, prolific English novelist (1859-1932)This ebook presents «The Red Window», from Fergus Hume. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- Comrades- Sir Simon Gore- The Will- A Strange Adventure- Lost In The Darkness- A Maiden Gentlewoman- Bernard's Friends- Bernard's Enemies- At Cove Castle- A Statement Of The Case- Mrs Gilroy's Past- The New Page- A Consultation- Love In Exile- The Past Of Alice- The Unexpected- The Diary- Tolomeo's Story- Plots And Counterplots- A Confession- Young Judas- The Truth- A Year Later

Excerpt:I“I LOVE this window,” said Antonia, walking down the drawing-room; “and this one. They both look over the moors, you see. This view is even lovelier.” She stopped at the end of the long room, and the young man with the pale face and the limping step followed and looked out of the third window with her. “But—I don’t know why—I hate it. I wish it weren’t here.”Captain Saltonhall looked out and said nothing.“I wonder if you see what I mean,” said Antonia.“No; I don’t. I like it.” The young man spoke gently and with something of a drawl, unimpressed, apparently, by her antipathy and putting up the back of a placid forefinger to stroke along the edge of his moustache.“One gets the hills, peaceful and silvery; one gets the walled garden and the cedar,” she enumerated.“The little pond with its fountain is as serene as a happy dream. It’s all like a happy dream. Yet—I wish there weren’t this window here.”“You could wall it up if you don’t like it,” Captain Saltonhall suggested, his eyes, as he stood behind her, turning from the walled garden beneath to fix themselves with a rather sad attentiveness upon the head of the young woman. Her dark hair was near him and the curve of her cheek; he thought that he felt against his the warmth of her shoulder in its thin black dress.She looked out, motionless, for a little while; then, turning suddenly, as if with impatience of her thoughts, found him so near, and his eyes on hers. She, too, was pale and tall; but all in her was soft, splendid, and almost opulent, while he was sharp-edged and wasted. He looked much the older, though they were of the same age; both, indeed, were very young.He did not move away as she faced him nor did his look alter. Sad and attentive, it merely remained attached upon her, and if he felt any nervousness it showed itself only in the slight gesture of his forefinger passing meditatively along the edge of his moustache. It was she who spoke. “Well, Bevis?” she said gravely. Her look asked: “Have you anything to tell me?”“Well, Tony,” he returned. He had, apparently, nothing to say.She studied him for a moment longer, and then, with an added impatience—if anything so soft could so be called—walking away to an easy-chair before the fire, she said, “You think me very silly, I suppose.”“Silly? Why?”“Because of the window. My hating it.”

Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all.If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book will probably fill you with despair.I will continue to record these tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket ( Amazon review)