Author: Angela MarsonsPublisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 178681692X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Author: Fatal Promises
Author: Jeanette HendersonPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412020573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Fatal Promises is a ficticious story with real-life overtones that allude to the ills of society in the historical South. An 18-year-old colored boy becomes despondent with the lack of opportunities in a small South Georgia town, so he migrates to New York, hoping for a better life. A six-year-old colored boy is emotionally wounded when his father abandons his mother with no means of support. He vows always to care for his family, if he ever has one. A young, rich southern belle becomes intimate with her employee, whom she vows to love forever, but fate intervenes. A wealthy elderly lady, the sole survivor of her family, hires two young mulattos, promising to defray the cost of their education if they will work in her home for a year. She is very fond of them, but her reward is much greater than her promise. Fatal Promises is about love, hate, wealth, poverty, good, evil, commitment and success. It is a story that will capture your attention and your heart.
Author: Orville Dewey
Author: Orville Dewey
Author: Orville Dewey (D.D., Unitarian Minister of the Church of the Messiah, New York.)
Author: 
Author: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Author: When Women Interfere
Author: Minke W. HazewindusPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004409076
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Hazewindus, M.W. When Women Interfere. Studies in the Role of Women in Herodotus' Histories. 2004 In his Histories, Herodotus presents several short stories that seem at odds with the main story and that are therefore sometimes dismissed as mere anecdotes. In this book, Dr. Hazewindus analyzes five of such short stories in order to establish their function in the work as a whole. In these short stories women play important roles. The author shows that these roles exhibit a pattern: women unexpectedly change from passive, silent characters into active, leading people who at times take a bloody revenge when they feel wronged. Women here turn the wheel of history. When the main story is resumed, they disappear again into the background. Nevertheless, the women stories give a unique colour to the Histories, and a proper understanding of them enriches our interpretation of Herodotus' work.
