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Books with title The Hall of Sorrows

  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, July 21, 2012)
    Excerpt:As I spoke, the flickering lamp gave a dismal crackle and went out, leaving me in pitch darkness. With an exclamation more strong than reverent, I groped about the room for matches, or failing them, for my hat and coat,—and I was still engaged in a fruitless and annoying search, when I caught a sound of galloping horses' hoofs coming to an abrupt stop in the street below. Surrounded by black gloom, I paused and listened. There was a slight commotion in the basement,—I heard my landlady's accents attuned to nervous civility, mingling with the mellow tones of a deep masculine voice,—then steps, firm and even, ascended the stairs to my landing."The devil is in it!" I muttered vexedly—" Just like my wayward luck!—here comes the very man I intended to avoid!"
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, July 9, 2013)
    This book is an illustrated version of the original The Sorrows of Satan, a faustian novel by Marie Corelli. “Do you know what it is to be poor? Not poor with the arrogant poverty complained of by certain people who have five or six thousand a year to live upon, and who yet swear they can hardly manage to make both ends meet, but really poor,—downright, cruelly, hideously poor, with a poverty that is graceless, sordid and miserable? Poverty that compels you to dress in your one suit of clothes till it is worn threadbare…”
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, July 9, 2013)
    This book is an illustrated version of the original The Sorrows of Satan, a faustian novel by Marie Corelli. “Do you know what it is to be poor? Not poor with the arrogant poverty complained of by certain people who have five or six thousand a year to live upon, and who yet swear they can hardly manage to make both ends meet, but really poor,—downright, cruelly, hideously poor, with a poverty that is graceless, sordid and miserable? Poverty that compels you to dress in your one suit of clothes till it is worn threadbare…”
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, July 9, 2013)
    This book is an illustrated version of the original The Sorrows of Satan, a faustian novel by Marie Corelli. “Do you know what it is to be poor? Not poor with the arrogant poverty complained of by certain people who have five or six thousand a year to live upon, and who yet swear they can hardly manage to make both ends meet, but really poor,—downright, cruelly, hideously poor, with a poverty that is graceless, sordid and miserable? Poverty that compels you to dress in your one suit of clothes till it is worn threadbare…”
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli, Book Center

    language (CDED, Aug. 4, 2017)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire"
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (Bauer Books, Feb. 2, 2020)
    The "sorrows" of Satan are many in this text, as the fallen angel takes the form of Lucio Ramanez and is bound to carry out a pact with God based on an accusation that he uttered in haste. To the best of his ability, he must tempt man to surrender his soul, all the while longing to redeem himself in God's eyes.
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, March 13, 2020)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, Oct. 9, 2019)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, Feb. 9, 2017)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, April 15, 2016)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

    language (, Nov. 11, 2015)
    The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".
  • The Spring of Sorrows

    H.V. Fisher

    language (, Jan. 18, 2014)
    The second book of the Faerie King Quartet offers the same mix of action and excitement as its predecessor, but more romance as Pete and Tarquin continue to vie for Sophelia’s affections and also get involved in some diplomatic sparring.Book 2 picks up the story with Tarquin helping to lead the fight against the Invaders who are overrunning the Greene Land. With the Fairy Prince, he captures an important centre for enemy recruitment where mesmerised Greene Landers are ‘processed’ so that they will fight for the Invasion. Things do not go their way for long, though, and soon they face defeat in several set-piece battles where their vulnerability to the Bards’ enchantment leaves them seemingly without hope. The Greene Landers are desperately short of fighting men so Tarquin and the Prince embark on the near hopeless task of persuading the King of Nothgarth to join them in the War.Pete arrives in Nothgarth to learn that the only thing that will bring the Noths into the fight is money and he is faced with having to live up to his promise to steal the treasure of the Witch of Hagroth.Even with that quest completed, there would still remain the Spring of Sorrows which is slowly drowning the beautiful city of Etherealye, but to stop it Pete must get past its terrible guardian.Anyone interested in English vocabulary and correct usage will find the Faerie King books helpful.