Collected for the first time, classic short stories set during the clash of Wellington's British & Napoleon's French armies Join the experiences of common infantry men in war torn Spain. Here are tales of the siege of Badojoz, of retreating armies, g...
It was in the dusk of a July evening of the year 1813 (July 27, to be precise) that on my way back from the mail-coach office, Falmouth, to Mr. Stimcoe's Academy for the Sons of Gentlemen, No. 7, Delamere Terrace, I first met Captain Coffin as he cam...
For a dozen years Major Narcisse Vigoureux had been, for an unmarried man, an exceedingly happy one. If you ask me how an officer bearing such a name happened in command of a British garrison, I answer that he was not a Frenchman, but a Channel Islan...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘From a Cornish Window.’From a Cornish Window was published in 1906.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published hi...
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped to form the li...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘The Delectable Duchy.’The Delectable Duchy was first published in 1894.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He publishe...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch, ‘Brother Copas.’To those who are acquainted with the literary standing of "Q" the lightness and slightness of his novels always come as a surprise. They have, however, a disti...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
After twenty-five years of close toil, Professor Skeat has completed his great edition of Chaucer. It is obviously easier to be dithyrambic than critical in chronicling this event; to which indeed dithyrambs are more appropriate than criticism. For w...
Strange tales from a master of the short story
There can be little doubt that the ideal length for the ghostly yarn is the short story. The writing of shorter fiction is a specific talent and it's finest exponents, M. R. James, Rudyard Kiplin...
A Blue Pantomime is a short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of Eng...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
FOR this Anthology I have tried to range over the whole field of English Verse from the beginning, or from the Thirteenth Century to this closing year of the Nineteenth, and to choose the best. Nor have I sought in these Islands only, but wheresoever...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Shining Ferry.’Shining Ferry was first published in 1905.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man...
" ...] Umor ille quern serenis astra rorant noctibus 20 Mane virgineas papillas solvit umenti peplo. Ipsa jussit mane ut udas virgines nubant rosae; Fusa Paphies de cruore deque Amoris osculis Deque gemmis deque flammis deque solis purpuris, Cras rub...
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘The Blue Pavilions.’The Blue Pavilions was first published in 1891.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published hi...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Corporal Sam and Other Stories.’Corporal Sam and Other Stories was published in 1910.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Foe-Farrell.’Foe-Farrell is told by an English officer in a dugout this is a story of hate and its influence on the hater and his victim. Worked out in an ingenious atmosphere...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Fort Amity.Fort Amity was published in 1904. Quiller-Couch was a noted literary critic, publishing editions of some of Shakespeare's plays (in the New Shakespeare, published by ...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Hetty Wesley.’Hetty Wesley is a story of the eighteenth century in England, introducing John and Charles, brothers of the heroine.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish...
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man's Rock (a romance in the vein of Stevenson's Treasure Island) in 1887, and he followed this up with Troy Town (1888) and The Splend...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
One day, when she and her boy were out playing, the boy stopped for a moment. He stood and smiled at her with the sun at his back -- and his shadow lay upon the whitened steps. But the silhouette was not that of a little breeched boy at all, but o...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘News from the Duchy.’News from the Duchy was first published in 1913.Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published ...
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man's Rock (a romance in the vein of Stevenson's Treasure Island) in 1887, and he followed this up with Troy Town (1888) and The Splend...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Sir John Constantine.’Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man's Rock (a romance in the vein of S...
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French contains a collection of stories, adapted and translated by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen-name of Q. Originally penned by...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
In those west-country parishes where but a few years back the feast of Christmas Eve was usually prolonged with cake and cider, "crowding," and "geese dancing," till the ancient carols ushered in the day, a certain languor not seldom pervaded the ser...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch(21 November 1863 â€" 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250â€"1900 (later exte...
Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the 20th century's most famous literary critics, but he also wrote many popular works of his own, including this horror tale. ...