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T?bbek által
T?bbek által
Julia L. Thomson
¥51.83
Senki nem felejthet el egy olyan nyarat, amelyet a Casa D’Orban t?lt?tt… A Casa D’Or, a titokzatos ültetvényes ház a Naplemente-tó partján, t?bb mint ?tven éve a Wyatt család tulajdonában van. Jennifer Wyatt ide tér vissza az egyetem elvégzése után reményekkel telve, várja a tóparti nyár. ?m mire elj?n az ?sz, szíve ?sszet?rik, családja szétesik, álmai semmibe vesznek. Húsz évvel kés?bb a Casa D’Or, tragikus események áldozataként, elhanyagoltan áll. Jennifer rácsapta az ajtót a múltjára. Aztán Jim, a férfi, akit megismert, és akibe beleszeretett azon a varázslatos nyáron, újra megjelenik az életében. Azt tervezi, hogy visszaszerzi a Casa D’Or egykori dics?ségét. Találkozásuk felzavarja mindkettejük régi kísérteteit, és felfedi a s?tét titkokat, amelyeket a ház még mindig rejteget. ?Elvesztett szerelem és rég eltemetett titkok… T?kéletes vasárnapi olvasmány.” (Marie Claire) ?Ezzel a csábító és titokzatos regénnyel kit?n?en elmúlathatunk egy nyári délutánt.” (Daily Express) ?Megragadó… Szurkolni fognak Jimnek és Jennifernek. Az elbeszélés nagy sebességgel száguld el?re, és briliáns a stílusa. ?n imádtam.” (Daily Mail) ?Románc izgalommal f?szerezve.” (Glamour) ?Titokzatosság, cselsz?vés és románc találkozik egyetlen varázslatos olvasmányban.” (Fabulous Magazine) ?Hangulatot teremt és lek?ti a figyelmet.” (Sunday Mirror) A szerz?r?l TASMINA PERRY a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller szerz?inek egyike. Jogi karriert hagyott el azért, hogy belépjen a n?i magazinok kiadói világába. Díjnyertes író és olyan lapok munkatársa lett, mint az Elle, a Glamour és a Marie Claire. 2004-ben elindította saját utazási és divatmagazinját Jaunt címen, és az In Style lapot szerkesztette, amikor elhagyta ezt az iparágat, hogy minden idejét a k?nyvírásnak szentelje. Regényei tizenhét országban jelentek meg. Tasmina férjével és fiával Londonban él, ahol a k?vetkez? regényén dolgozik.
Egy elvált, egy ?zvegy és egy szingli
Egy elvált, egy ?zvegy és egy szingli
Békésy Erika
¥48.72
Egy lány. Egy fiú. ?s egy hazugság, ami mindent megváltoztat. Laurának mindene megvan. Sikeres karrier, hosszú, boldog házasság egy gazdag férfival, és huszonéves fia, a kedves, jókép? és tehetséges Daniel. ?mde Daniel találkozik Cherryvel. A lány fiatal, gy?ny?r? és okos, de lehet?ségei k?zel sem érnek fel azzal, amit barátjának tud adni a családja. ?gy aztán mindennél jobban vágyik arra, hogy új családja befogadja. De Laura gyanút fog - úgy érzi, Cherry nem az, akinek látszik. ?s milyen igaza van... Michelle Frances bemutatkozó thrillere napok alatt az Amazon No1 bestsellere lett, a kritikák pedig, mint a thriller m?faj j?v?beli klasszikusáról beszélnek az írón?r?l.
Erd?mese
Erd?mese
Majsányi Katalin
¥54.20
Neked talán sikerül, mert fiatal vagy, én nem fogok visszatérni.” Marceline Loridan-Ivens édesapjának szavai ezek, amelyeket 1944 tavaszán a franciaországi Drancyban mondott az akkor 16 éves lányának, mieltt az auschwitzi, illetve a birkenaui haláltáborba deportálták volna ket. A férfinak igaza lett, lányát pedig azóta is kísértik ezek a szavak. Soha nem tudta feldolgozni, ami trtént, így most megírta, egyszeren, szikár stílusban annak az embernek, akit a világon a legjobban szeretett: haláltáborban meggyilkolt édesapjának. Loridan-Ivens gynyr vallomása az elmúlt évek egyik legnagyobb irodalmi sikere volt. Loridan-Ivens az apa-lánya kapcsolat legmélyére hatol. Precíz, visszafogott mesterm…” - Financial Times Mély, megragadó, és mégis knnyed. Mintha minden egyes mondat az emberi szenvedés és túlélés gondolatát sugározná.” - Sunday Times Hátborzongató és gynyr knyv.” - Independent Az egyik legremekebb, legknyrtelenebb knyv, amit valaha írtak.” - Guardian
Szulejmán és a kolostor rabja
Szulejmán és a kolostor rabja
R. Kelényi Angelika
¥57.55
Egy nem mindennapi gyerekkori barátság lélegzetelállító t?rténete, amely kiállja az id? próbáját. Gustav Perle egy svájci kisvárosban n? fel, ahol a II. világháború sz?rny?ségeib?l csak halk visszhang jut el. Egyedüli gyerekként nevelkedik imádott édesanyjával, Emilie-vel, aki meglehet?en mogorván bánik vele. ?sszebarátkozik egy vele egykorú tehetséges és jó esz? zsidó fiúval Anton Zweibellel, az ígéretes zongoristapalántával.A regény Gustav családjának t?rténetét k?veti nyomon, feltárja az anya antiszemitizmusának gy?kereit, amelynek kihatása lesz fia és legkedvesebb barátjának életére is. Visszatekintés a háborús évekre és egy lelkiismereti ügy kellemetlen k?vetkezményeire, és el?re nézés két életútra, két karrierre; egy szállodatulajdonoséra és egy zongoram?vészére.A Gustav-szonáta a barátságról szól: a szenvedélyes szeretetr?l, az eltávolodásról és a küzdelemr?l. Er?teljes és mélyen megindító m? az egyik legnagyobb kortárs regényíró tollából.?A szeretet és irigység mesteri elbeszélése.” – The Guardian“Egy t?kéletes regény az élet t?kéletlenségér?l” – The Observer“Tremain egy géniusz.” – The Times"Végletes és fájdalmas szépség. Briliáns regény; Tremain a legnagyobb brit írók egyike.” -Salman RushdieRose Tremain 1943-ban született Londonban. Regényei és novellái világszerte 27 országban jelentek meg, számtalan díjat nyertek, beleértve a Sunday Express ?v K?nyve Díját a Restoration-nel (a regényt Booker-díjra is jel?lték). A Sacred Country-val Franciaországban elnyerte a ?Prix Femina Etranger”-díjat, a Music and Silence-szel a Whitbread ?v K?nyve díjat, és a Road Home-mal 2008-ban a regényeknek járó Orange-díjat. 1995-ben a Restoration-b?l Változások kora címmel filmet forgattak, és 2009-ben színpadra is vitték. Legújabb regénye a sokat dicsért Gustav-szonáta, amiben Rose ?páratlan tehetsége csúcsára érkezett” (Observer).Rose Tremain korábbi regénye Színarany címmel jelent meg magyarul a Park Kiadó gondozásában.
Menekülés a F?ldr?l 2.
Menekülés a F?ldr?l 2.
Juhász István
¥51.83
– Van valami, amiért még mindig haragszol az elmúlt évekbl – néztem a szemébe, amikor megálltunk a kapunkban. – Nem. Nincs – szólt szintén, némi tprengés után. – Neked – Azt hiszem, nincs – ismertem be, és komolyan is gondoltam. – Viszont – tettem hozzá, amolyan "azért ne nyugodj meg" pillantással – nehogy azt hidd, hogy Benot nem jelentett nekem sokat. – Gondolom. De a te kitalált barátodat Jérome-nak hívták – emlékeztetett mosolyogva. – Részletkérdés – nevettem el magam, aztán a vállába fúrva az arcom, szorosan átleltem. – rülk, hogy az elmúlt négy évem minden egyes napja rólad szólt – suttogtam alig hallhatóan. Cortez kissé eltolt magától, hogy a szemembe tudjon nézni, majd hosszasan megcsókolt, engem pedig elnttt a forróság a hajnali hvsben. Azt hiszem, ezt végleg megbeszéltük.”
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Mark Twain
¥8.09
Classic long short story. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was a humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer from the United States of America. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain 'the father of American literature.'"
Mr. Justice Raffles
Mr. Justice Raffles
E. W. Hornung
¥8.09
Classic mystery/detective novel. According to Wikipedia: "Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921)... was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough, England. He was educated at Uppingham School during some of the later years of its great headmaster, Edward Thring. He spent most of his life in England and France, but in 1884 left for Australia and stayed for two years where he working as a tutor at Mossgiel station. Although his Australian experience had been so short, it coloured most of his literary work from A Bride from the Bush published in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which appeared after his death. He returned from Australia in 1886, and married Constance ("Connie") Doyle (1868-1924), the sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1893. Hornung published the poems Bond and Free and Wooden Crosses in The Times. The character of A. J. Raffles, a "gentleman thief", first appeared in Cassell's Magazine in 1898 and the stories were later collected as The Amateur Cracksman (1899). Other titles in the series include The Black Mask (1901), A Thief in the Night (1905), and the full-length novel Mr. Justice Raffles (1909). He also co-wrote the play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman with Eugene Presbrey in 1903."
A Thief in the Nght, A Book of Raffles' Adventures
A Thief in the Nght, A Book of Raffles' Adventures
E. W. Hornung
¥8.09
Classic mystery/detective novel. According to Wikipedia: "Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921)... was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough, England. He was educated at Uppingham School during some of the later years of its great headmaster, Edward Thring. He spent most of his life in England and France, but in 1884 left for Australia and stayed for two years where he working as a tutor at Mossgiel station. Although his Australian experience had been so short, it coloured most of his literary work from A Bride from the Bush published in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which appeared after his death. He returned from Australia in 1886, and married Constance ("Connie") Doyle (1868-1924), the sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1893. Hornung published the poems Bond and Free and Wooden Crosses in The Times. The character of A. J. Raffles, a "gentleman thief", first appeared in Cassell's Magazine in 1898 and the stories were later collected as The Amateur Cracksman (1899). Other titles in the series include The Black Mask (1901), A Thief in the Night (1905), and the full-length novel Mr. Justice Raffles (1909). He also co-wrote the play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman with Eugene Presbrey in 1903."
Nana
Nana
Emile Zola
¥8.09
Classic naturalist novel about a prostitute in Paris, in English translation. First published in 1880. According to Wikipedia: "Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author ?mile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, the object of which was to tell "The Natural and Social History of a Family under the Second Empire", the subtitle of the series....Nana tells the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte during the last three years of the French Second Empire. Nana first appears in the end of L'Assommoir (1877), another of Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, in which she is portrayed as the daughter of an abusive drunk; in the end, she is living in the streets and just beginning a life of prostitution.... Emile Zola (2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France..."
Jo's Boys
Jo's Boys
Louisa May Alcott
¥8.09
Classic novel by the author of "Little Women". According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters."
Little Men
Little Men
Louisa May Alcott
¥8.09
Classic novel by the author of "Little Women". According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters."
La Tentation de Saint Antoine
La Tentation de Saint Antoine
Gustave Flaubert
¥8.09
Roman classique d'abord publié en 1848, dans le fran?ais original. Selon Wikipédia: "La Tentation de Saint Antoine" est un livre que l'auteur fran?ais Gustave Flaubert a pratiquement travaillé toute sa vie, en trois versions qu'il a achevées en 1849, 1856 (extraits publiés au même temps) et 1872 avant de publier la version finale en 1874. Il prend comme sujet la fameuse tentation de Saint Antoine le Grand dans le désert égyptien, un thème souvent repris dans l'art médiéval et moderne. Il raconte une nuit dans la vie d'Anthony le Grand, où Anthony est confronté à de grandes tentations, et il a été inspiré par la peinture qu'il a vue au palais Balbi à Gênes. Madame Bovary, que Flaubert considérait son chef-d'?uvre.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
¥8.09
Classic novel for children, one of Burnett's best known books. Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor. According to Wikipedia: "Frances Hodgson Burnett, ( 1849 - 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Born Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, her father died in 1854, and the family had to endure poverty and squalor in the Victorian slums of Manchester. Following the death of her mother in 1867, an 18-year-old Frances was now the head of a family of four younger siblings. She turned to writing to support them all, with a first story published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Soon after she was being published regularly in Godey's, Scribner's Monthly, Peterson's Ladies' Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. Her main writing talent was combining realistic detail of working-class life with a romantic plot. Her first novel was published in 1877; That Lass o' Lowrie's was a story of Lancashire life. After moving with her husband to Washington, D.C., Burnett wrote the novels Haworth's (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881), written with William Gillette...Her later works include Sara Crewe (1888) - later rewritten as A Little Princess (1905); The Lady of Quality (1896) - considered one of the best of her plays; and The Secret Garden (1909), the children's novel for which she is probably best known today. The Lost Prince was published in 1915..."
Rewards and Fairies
Rewards and Fairies
Rudyard Kipling
¥8.09
Classic Kipling children's stories and verse, including A Charm, Cold Iron, Gloriana, The Two Cousins, The Looking-Glass, The Wrong Thing, A Truthful Song, King Henry VII and the Shipwrights, Marklake Witches, The Way through the Woods, Brookland Road, The Knife and the Naked Chalk, The Run of the Downs, Song of the Men's Side, Brother Square-Toes, Philadelphia, If - 'A Priest in Spite of Himself', A St Helena Lullaby, 'Poor Honest Men', The Conversion of St Wilfrid, Eddi's Service, Song of the Red War-Boat, A Doctor of Medicine, An Astrologer's Song, 'Our Fathers of Old', Simple Simon, The Thousandth Man, Frankie's Trade, The Tree of Justice, The Ballad of Minepit Shaw, and A Carol. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894) and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1902), his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), If— (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2] The author Henry James said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: ""The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a novella by Rudyard Kipling. It is about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants. It incorporates a number of other factual elements such as locating the story in eastern Afghanistan's Kafiristan and the European-like appearance of many of Kafiristan's Nuristani people, and an ending modelled on the return of the head of the explorer Adolf Schlagintweit to colonial administrators.. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894) and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1902), his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), If— (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author Henry James said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined."
Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamne
Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamne
Victor Hugo
¥8.09
Roman classique, d'abord publié en 1832, dans le fran?ais original. Selon Wikipedia: "Victor-Marie Hugo (26 février 1802 - 22 mai 1885) était un poète, dramaturge, romancier, essayiste, artiste visuel, homme d'?tat, militant des droits de l'homme et représentant du mouvement romantique en France. La renommée littéraire vient d'abord de sa poésie, mais repose aussi sur ses romans et ses réalisations dramatiques Parmi les nombreux volumes de poésie, Les Contemplations et La Légende des siècles sont particulièrement estimés et Hugo est parfois identifié comme le plus grand poète fran?ais. La France, ses ?uvres les plus connues sont les romans Les Misérables et Notre-Dame de Paris (connu aussi en anglais sous le titre de Le Bossu de Notre-Dame), bien que conservateur conservateur dans sa jeunesse, Hugo devint plus libéral au fil des décennies. il est devenu un partisan passionné du républicanisme et son travail touche à la plupart des questions politiques et sociales et aux tendances artistiques de son temps: il est enterré au Panthéon.
Le Village Aerien
Le Village Aerien
Jules Verne
¥8.09
Roman classique, en fran?ais original. Selon Wikipédia: ?Jules Gabriel Verne (8 février 1828 - 24 mars 1905) est un auteur fran?ais qui a été le pionnier du genre de la science-fiction, notamment des romans comme Voyage au centre de la terre (1864), Vingt mille lieues sous la mer (1870) et autour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (1873) Verne a écrit sur l'espace, l'air et les voyages sous-marins avant que les voyages aériens et les sous-marins pratiques soient inventés. Selon Index Translationum, il est le troisième auteur le plus traduit au monde, certains de ses livres ont été transformés en films ... Verne, avec HG Wells, est souvent surnommé le ?père de la science-fiction?
Born in Exile
Born in Exile
George Gissiing
¥8.09
Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Robert Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. ... In 1880 when his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, proved to be an abject failure, he became a private tutor to keep poverty from the door. In 1883, he separated from his wife, now an alcoholic, but gave her a weekly income on what little money he had until her death in 1888. In 1884 his second novel, The Unclassed, which saw a marked improvement in style and characterisation, met with moderate critical acclaim. After this Gissing published novels almost on a yearly basis, but so little money did they bring him, that for several more years he had to continue working as a tutor. Although notoriously exploited by his publishers, he was able to visit Italy in 1889 from the sale of the copyright of The Nether World, his most pessimistic book. Between 1891 and 1897 (his so-called middle period) Gissing produced his best works, which include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. In advance of their time, they variously deal with the growing commercialism of the literary market, religious charlatanism, the situation of emancipated women in a male-dominated society, the poverty of the working classes, and marriage in a decadent world. During this period, having belatedly become aware of the financial rewards of writing short stories for the press, he produced almost seventy stories. As a result he was able to give up teaching. ... The middle years of the decade saw Gissing's reputation reach new heights: by some critics he is counted alongside George Meredith and Thomas Hardy as one of the best three novelists of his day. He also enjoyed new friendships with fellow writers such as Henry James, and H.G. Wells, and came into contact with many other up and coming writers such as Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane. ... In 1903 Gissing published The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, which brought him much acclaim. This is his most autobiographical work. It is the memoir of the last happy years of a writer who had struggled much like Gissing, but thanks to a late legacy had been able to give up writing to retire to the countryside."
Erewhon or Over the Range
Erewhon or Over the Range
Samuel Butler
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 - 18 June 1902) was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works, but also extending to examinations of Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of literary history and criticism . Butler also made prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day."
Clarissa Harlowe or the History of a Young Lady
Clarissa Harlowe or the History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady epistolary novel, published in 1748, tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. It is commonly cited as the longest novel in the English language." Richardson "was a major English 18th century writer best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and Sir Charles Grandison (1753). Richardson had been an established printer and publisher for most of his life when, at the age of 51, he wrote his first novel and immediately became one of the most popular and admired writers of his time."
Mr. Kris Kringle: A Christmas Tale (Illustrated)
Mr. Kris Kringle: A Christmas Tale (Illustrated)
S. Weir Mitchell
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: "Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829–January 4, 1914) was an American physician and writer... In 1863 he wrote a clever short story, combining physiological and psychological problems, entitled "The Case of George Dedlow", in the Atlantic Monthly. Thenceforward, Mitchell, as a writer, divided his attention between professional and literary pursuits. In the former field, he produced monographs on rattlesnake poison, on intellectual hygiene, on injuries to the nerves, on neurasthenia, on nervous diseases of women, on the effects of gunshot wounds upon the nervous system, and on the relations between nurse, physician, and patient; while in the latter, he wrote juvenile stories, several volumes of respectable verse, and prose fiction of varying merit, which, however, gave him a leading place among the American authors of the close of the 19th century. His historical novels, Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker (1897), The Adventures of Fran?ois (1898) and The Red City (1909), take high rank in this branch of fiction. He was also Charlotte Perkins Gilman's doctor and his use of a rest cure on her provided the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper", a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by her rest cure."