John Charrington’s Wedding
¥8.82
The story's title character is a man who somehow always seems to get what he wants. John makes up his mind to marry May Forster, the prettiest young woman in the village. After John asks her to marry him several times, May finally agrees. John says that his love for May is so great that he would come back from the dead if that was what she wanted him to do. Two days before his wedding, John leaves to visit his seriously ill godfather. May begs him not to go because she has a feeling that something bad will happen. John reassures her that nothing will prevent him from arriving at his wedding on time
El cisne de Vilamorta
¥9.00
EL CISNE DE VILAMORTA : Leocadia, la maestra de Vilamorta, ama apasionadamente al joven y apuesto Segundo ( el cisne ) al que recibe en su casa y de vez en cuando hace algún obsequio, ya que Segundo aunque estudió derecho , no trabaja. Leocadia tiene un hijo deficiente producto de una violación incestuosa de un tío con el que vivía en Ourense. Segundo aspira a conseguir una colocación en Madrid que le permita darse a conocer en el mundo literario de la capital. Llega a Vilamorta un político influyente ( don Victoriano ). Viene a curarse con las aguas del balneario. El poeta se enamora de la joven mujer del político ( Nieves ) y ella coquetea con él , pero el marido muere y la viuda marcha a Madrid sin querer saber nada de Segundo ...
Das Kapital'in ?ifresi
¥37.20
Kapitalist üretim tarz?n?n egemen oldu?u toplumlar?n zenginli?i, "muazzam bir meta birikimi" olarak kendini g?sterir, bunun birimi tek bir metad?r. Ara?t?rmalar?m?z?n, bu nedenle, meta?n tahlili ile ba?lamas? gerekir. Meta, her ?eyden ?nce, bizim d???m?zda bir nesnedir ve, ta??d??? ?zellikleriyle, ?u ya da bu türden insan gereksinmelerini gideren bir ?eydir. Bu gereksinmelerin niteli?i, ?rne?in ister mideden, ister hayalden ??km?? olsun, bir ?ey de?i?tirmez. Burada nesnenin, bu gereksinmeleri, ge?im arac? olarak do?rudan do?ruya m?, yoksa üretim arac? olarak dolayl? yoldan m?, nas?l giderdi?i de bizi ilgilendirmemektedir. Demir, ka??t vb. gibi her yararl? ?eye, iki g?rü? a??s?ndan, nitelik ve nicelik a??s?ndan bak?labilir. Her yararl? ?ey, bir?ok ?zelliklerin bir bütünüdür ve bunun i?in ?e?itli y?nlerden yararl? olabilir. ?eylerin ?e?itli kullan?mlar?n? bulup ortaya ??karmak tarihin i?idir. Yararl? nesnelerin niceli?ini ?l?mek i?in toplumca benimsenen ?l?üleri saptamak da b?yledir. Bu ?l?ülerin farkl? olu?unun nedeni, k?smen ?l?ülecek nesnelerin niteliklerinin farkl? olu?u, k?smen de al??kanl?klard?r. Bir ?eyin yararl?l???, onu, bir kullan?m-de?eri haline getirir. Ama bu yararl?l?k, belirsiz bir ?ey de?ildir. Meta?n fiziksel ?zellikleriyle s?n?rl? oldu?u i?in, o, metadan ayr? bir varl??a sahip de?ildir. Demir olsun, bu?day olsun ya da elmas olsun, bir meta, bu nedenle, maddi bir ?ey oldu?u i?in, bir kullan?m-de?eridir, yararl? bir ?eydir. Meta?n bu ?zelli?i, o meta?n yararl? niteliklerinden yararlanmak i?in gerekli olan emek miktar?na ba??ml? de?ildir. Karl Marx, “Das Kapital’i bundan yakla??k 150 y?l ?nce yazd?. Bugüne kadar üzerinde yüzlerce yorum yap?l?p binlerce kitap yay?nland?. Peki ama, Karl Marx Das Kapital’de ger?ekte neyi ve hangi sistemi anlatmaya ?al???yordu? Yahudilikle ba?lant?lar? neydi? ??ddia edildi?i gibi baz? büyük bankerlerle ve bizatihi Kapitalizmin kendisiyle bir ili?kisi var m?yd?? Karl Marx’a ait oldu?u iddia edilen ünlü yahudi banker ailesi, Rothschild ailesinden geliyor oldu?unu iddia eden bir soy a?ac? ?izimi ger?ekte var m?yd?? Halihaz?rda “Komunizm“ ve paralelindeki “Marksizm” ve buna paralel olan “Sosyalizm”; tarihte Kapitalizm’e kar?? bir kar?? devrim hareketi olarak, bir Anti-Tez olarak, yine bu büyük bankerler ve tüm dünya genelinde ana kapital’i kontrol eden bu yahudi aileleri taraf?ndan m? ortaya ??kart?lm??t? ve Marx, bunun ger?ekle?mesinde ?ncü bir rol mü oynam??t?? Bu eseri yazarken, Bundan sonraki ü? d?rt y?l boyunca, büyük yap?t? bütünlü?ü i?inde be? alt? kez üst üste okudum. Marx'?n ba?vurdu?u geni? ekonomi literatürünün de i?ine dald?m. Marx'a y?neltilen burjuva, akademik ve sosyal demokrat ele?tirileri inceledim; Kautsky, Lenin, Hilferding, Luxemburg, Buharin ve ba?kalar?n?n Das Kapital'e ili?kin geli?tirdikleri yorumlarla da tan??t?m. Ba?lang?? noktam olan ?iir ve esteti?i gerilerde b?rakarak, tüm entellektüel tutkumu, ticari dola??m, toprak rant?, tar?mda sermayenin yo?unla?mas?, k?r oran?n?n dü?mesi ve i??i s?n?f?n?n yoksulla?mas?na ili?kin mali doktrinlere ve bu bahts?z bilimin di?er y?nlerine y?nelttim. Ricardo, Sismondi, Sombart, B?hm-Bawerk ve Keynes'in ilk zamanlar?ndaki ?al??malar?ndan, tekrar ve tekrar Das Kapital'e d?ndüm ve bu sistemleri ve bilimsel uzant?lar?n? bu eserde das kapital’e gore yeniden yorumlad?m. Tüm bu yorumlamalar ve bunlara ili?kin kafan?zdaki pek ?ok soru i?aretinin cevaplar?n? bu eserde bulacaks?n?z.. ?? K?saca Karl Marx [1818-1883] ?Karl Marx, 5 may?s 1818 do?umlu filozof, siyaset bilimci ve devrimci karakter. Tam ad?yla Karl Heinrich Marx, komünizmin fikri babas? ve teorideki kurucusu kabul edilir. Fikirleri Lenin gibi bir?ok devrimciyi etkilemi?tir. 14 mart 1883 tarihinde Londra'da ?lmü?tür. Karl Marx'?n herkes?e bilinen dev eseri 'Das Kapital'dir. Ekonomi Politi?in Ele?tirisi alt ba?l?kl? bu kitap, Karl Marx'?n en ?nemli yap?tlar?ndand?r. Toplam ü? cilttir. 2. ve 3. ciltler Marx'?n ?lümünden sonra, dostu ve ?al??ma arkada?? 'Friedrich Engels' taraf?ndan notlar?n?n düzenlenmesi sayesinde yay?nlanabilmi?tir. ? ?Karl Marx'?n di?er baz? eserleri: ?- 1844 Elyazmalar? (1844) ?- Kutsal Aile (1845) ?- Feuerbach ?zerine Tezler (1845) ?- Alman ?deolojisi (1845-1846) ?- Felsefenin Sefaleti (1847) ?- Komünist Manifesto (1847-1848) ?- ?cretli Emek ve Sermaye (1848-1849) ?- Fransa'da S?n?f Sava??mlar? (1850) ?- Louis Bonaparte'in 18 Brumaire'i (1852) ?- Grundrisse (1857-1858) ?- Ekonomi Politi?in Ele?tirisine Katk? (1859) ?- Art?-De?er Teorileri (1862-1863) ?- Fransa'da ?? Sava? (1871) ?- Gotha Program?'n?n Ele?tirisi (1875)
El tesoro de Gastón
¥9.00
Una novela que sigue siendo de actualidad. Gastón,un joven adinerado que despilfarra gran parte de la fortuna que le ha heredadosu madre, descubre que puede vivir de una manera distinta, recuperar lo que ha perdido y de paso, encontrarse con el amor y honestidad que no había experimentado antes. Escrita de forma sencilla y accesible, "El tesoro de Gastón" es una de las muchas fabulosas obras escritas por la condesa Emilia Pardo Bazán.
The Brown Owl: "A Fairy Story"
¥18.56
ONCE upon a time, a long while ago—in fact long before Egypt had risen to power and before Rome or Greece had ever been heard of—and that was some time before you were born, you know—there was a king who reigned over a very large and powerful kingdom. Now this king was rather old, he had founded his kingdom himself, and he had reigned over it nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half years already. As I have said before, it was a very large kingdom, for it contained, among other things, the whole of the western half of the world. The rest of the world was divided into smaller kingdoms, and each kingdom was ruled over by separate princes, who, however, were none of them so old as Intafernes, as he was called.
Emily Dickinson Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
¥8.09
Emily Dickinson Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Emily Dickinson collection, including the most complete set of Dickinson’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. She lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life, thought of as an eccentric by the locals, known as the ‘Woman in White’ for a penchant for wearing white. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence. She was a prolific private poet, her poems are unique with short lines, using slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her unforgettable poems deal with themes of life, love, death and immortality. The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Emily Dickinson’s work, totaling more than 1000 poems. Plus a comprehensive biography so you can experience the life of the woman behind the words. Works Included: Life Of Emily Dickinson - Written specially for this collection. The Poetical Works?Including among many, many others: “Because I could not stop for Death” “A Bird came down the Walk” “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” “There is a pain — so utter —” “I taste a liquor never brewed” “I like to see it lap the Miles” “Hope”?is the thing with feathers The heart asks pleasure first The rainbow never tells me The White Heat There is another sky You cannot put a Fire out Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Dickinson collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and delving into Dickinson’s thought-provoking world like never before!
John Clare Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 300+ Works
¥8.09
John Clare Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world's best Jonh Clare collection, including the most complete set of Clare's works available plus many free bonus materials. John Clare John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm laborer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. He was known as the 'Peasant Poet' and "the greatest laboring-class poet that England has ever produced.” He is also remarkable for writing many of his poems while in a mental asylum The ‘Must-Have' Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Clare's work, All his poems, All ballads, All songs, All Prose and Non-Fiction Works, plus a full length biography. With extra Free Bonus material. Works Included:Asylum and Other Spurious Poems?Including among others: I'll Dream Upon The Days To Come The Shepherd's Daughter To Liberty Love Lives Beyond The Tomb The Vanities Of Life The Wanton Chloe—A Pastoral The Gipsy's Song The Shepherds Calendar Prose Fragments?Including among others: A Confession Of Faith Essay On Popularity Old Songs And Ballads?Including among others: Adieu To My False Love Forever O Silly Love! O Cunning Love! Nobody Cometh To Woo The Banks Of Ivory Your Free Special Bonuses Life And Remains Of John Clare - The "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet” -?a biography of Clare's intriguing and sometimes tragic life Life And Letters Of John Clare?- letters and fragments written by Clare, giving an interesting look into Clare the man. Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection Get This Collection Right Now This is the best John Clare collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before!
Wilfred Owen Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 50+ Works
¥8.09
Wilfred Owen Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Wilfred Owen collection, including the most complete set of Owen’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen Mc was an English poet and soldier, and one of the leading poets of the World War One, with his shocking, thought provoking, realistic war poetry The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Wilfred Owen’s work, including All his poems, both complete and incomplete, plus a Bonus biography that included extracts from Owen’s letters to his mother and friends. Works Included: Life Of Wilfred Owen -? Written specially for this collection. Poems Of Wilfred Owen?Including among others: Apologia pro Poemate Meo Parable of the Old Men and the Young Anthem for Doomed Youth Dulce et Decorum est The Sentry Smile, Smile, Smile The End A Terre (being the philosophy of many soldiers) Cramped in that Funnelled Hole (To a Friend) With an Identity Disc Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Wilfred Owen collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before.
Oscar Wilde Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 140+ Works All Plays
¥8.09
Oscar Wilde Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Oscar Wilde collection, including the most complete set of Wilde’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day, known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill. Themes in his writings include decadence, duplicity, beauty and biting satire. Wilde is also known for his famous arrest and imprisonment, for the crime (at that time) of homosexuality.During his last year in prison, he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in 1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Wilde’s life and work remain some of the most popular subjects in English literature and the themes of his work echo as strongly today as they did in his own time The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Wilde’s work, with more than 140 works - All plays, All poetry, All books, All fiction, All short work, and his own autobiography. With two full length biographies, one written by Wilde’s lover. Plus extra Free Bonus material. Works Included: Plays, Including: Vera (The Nihilists) Ideal Husband Importance Of Being Earnest Salome? Books Picture Of Dorian Gray De Profundis Children’s Fiction Wilde’s fairy tales and children’s fiction are surprising, heart wrenching, full of humor, for the young, old and all literature lovers. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime And Other Stories Happy Prince And Other Tales House Of Pomegranates Poetry More than 100 beautiful poems that demand reading and rereading. Included is ‘the Ballad of Reading Gaol’ about Wilde’s time in prison and the award winning ‘Ravenna’ Shorter Works Wilde was a keen observer, and his short work includes his views on life and society that are still relevant to today’s world. The shorter works include: Some Remarks Upon The Importance Of Doing Nothing Truth Of Masks Soul Of Man Books About Wilde Both biographies cover Wilde’s entire life, imprisonment and career. Oscar Wilde, His Life And Confessions - Written by close friend and editor, Frank Harris. Oscar Wilde And Myself - The famous book by Wilde’s lover, Alfred Douglas, giving a more personal view. Your Free Special Bonuses Art And Morality - A Defence Of Dorian Gray?- Controversial, Dorian Gray was much discussed in the press. Here is the ‘story’ of the controversy told through press articles and Wilde’s letters in response. Critic In Pall Mall and Reviews?- Wilde’s sharp reviews Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Victorian Era and Victorian Literature, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Oscar Wilde collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by the words inside like never before!
Meet William Shakespeare: A superbly entertaining one-person play starring The B
¥24.44
Much has been explored about Shakespeare and his life, but little is known about how this small-town boy with a grammar-school education came to pen masterworks like Hamlet and King Lear. In Meet William Shakespeare, playwright J. Ajlouny creates authentic and plausible explanations that answer centuries-old questions about the man and his work. The result is an educational and fun portrait of Shakespeare, as told by The Bard himself.
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale
¥32.62
Warlords, assassins, samurai... and a girl who likes to climb Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan — or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems. Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is. Seasons of the Sword #1: Can one girl win a war? Kano Murasaki, called Risuko (Squirrel) is a young, fatherless girl, more comfortable climbing trees than down on the ground. Yet she finds herself enmeshed in a game where the board is the whole nation of Japan, where the pieces are armies, moved by scheming lords, and a single girl couldn’t possible have the power to change the outcome. Or could she? YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL ADVENTURE
Kill Zone
¥54.10
From New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, CJ Lyons: ? Lucy’s back! In a story ripped from the headlines, the violence is the worst she’s ever seen, the stakes are higher than ever, and then…things get personal. ? It’s a vicious, horrific crime: the brutal killing of a teenaged girl. When Pittsburgh detectives call FBI Supervisory Special Agent Lucy Guardino to the scene, their focus is on who and why? ? Was it the girl’s Afghan father striving to regain his honor after she became too Westernized? Her Jewish boyfriend? Someone from Afghanistan settling an old grudge? Or one of the many drug cartels the father helped the DEA bring down seeking revenge? ? The answers seem clear when Pittsburgh becomes engulfed in flames as a violent narcoterrorist turns the city into a kill zone…But in the dark of night, surrounded by men intent on destroying the truth, Lucy learns that secrets hide in shadows.
FAREWELL TO DREAMS: A Novel of Fatal Insomnia
¥54.10
Join New York Times bestseller and real life ER physician CJ Lyons as she returns to her medical thriller roots with a heart wrenching tale of good and evil, despair and hope, and the unexpected gift of grace that comes with embracing our mortality. Fatal. Insomnia. “FAREWELL TO DREAMS has it all: a heroine you'll never forget and a story that whips by at bullet speed." ~Tess Gerritsen, NYT bestselling author of DIE AGAIN “CJ Lyons scores a major triumph with FAREWELL TO DREAMS. Totally absorbing and impossible to put down.” ~Douglas Preston, #1 NYT bestselling author In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. But even Dr. Angela Rossi will admit that five months is far too long, especially when accompanied by other worrisome symptoms: night sweats, tremors, muscle spasms, fevers. Then a dead nun speaks to her while Angela is holding the nun’s heart in her hand. “Find the girl,” the nun commands—although no one else in the trauma room can hear, the words drilling directly into Angela’s brain. “Save the girl.” Falling into catatonic states where she freezes in the middle of a resuscitation and hears dead nuns talking to her? Not good. Maybe she should check herself into her own hospital…except a lost girl’s life depends on Angela. Because the girl IS real. The threat to her is deadly. Aided by a police detective fallen from grace, Angela searches the midnight catacombs beneath the city, facing down a ruthless gangleader and stumbling onto a serial killer’s lair. Her desperate quest to save the girl leads her to the one thing she least expected to find: a last chance for love. As her symptoms escalate in bizarre and disturbing ways, Angie realizes exactly how serious her illness is. She might be dying, but she’s finally choosing how to live…
Hard Fall
¥54.10
From New York Times bestselling author CJ Lyons: International Thriller Writers 2015 Thriller Award Winner! 59 days ago FBI Special Agent Lucy Guardino had a perfect life…and almost lost it all. ? From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons. WARNING: the Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers are NOT for the faint of heart! They depict adult situations, realistic violence with consequences, and delve deep into the darkness of the human heart and mind. ? There comes a time in every hero’s life when they fall harder and farther than ever before and they face a choice that changes everything: to give up or claw their way back again. Lucy thought she’d made her choice two months ago when she sacrificed everything to save her family, but now she has to decide whether or not she can save herself… ? When honor, duty, and family collide…who would you save?
Raw Edges
¥46.36
From New York Times bestselling author CJ Lyons: Can a girl raised to kill give it up for a chance at a new life?? The only thing worse than being the girl raised by a serial killer is being the girl he blames for getting caught…and now Morgan Ames’ father has escaped prison. Morgan knows she’ll be at the top of her father’s hit list. After all, she dared to defy him, abandoning him to rot in jail while she escaped to live a normal life. Every instinct screams at Morgan to run and hide, but she’s as much a predator as her father and she refuses to allow him to turn her into prey. Because to Clinton Caine the entire world is populated by “fish,” victims to torture for his own twisted pleasure. Morgan is no fish. Past time her father learned that. But before she can take him on she has to stay alive long enough to find him…hopefully without getting anyone else killed along the way.
Angels Weep
¥46.36
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons: ? Is she a predator? Or is she the prey? ? Morgan Ames never expected to survive when she threw herself and her serial killer father off a cliff. She was fine with that—as long as it stopped his killing spree. ? But she did live. After being in a coma, she’s awakened to a nightmare worthy of her sadistic father’s tortures: she’s trapped in the Pediatric unit at Angels of Hope Rehab Center.? ? Not only do the authorities now know that she’s only fifteen, but she’s been made a ward of the hospital until the legal system figures out what to do with her. Helpless, dependent on others…a fate worse than death. ? Her body weak, her mind broken, but her will as strong as ever, Morgan fights for her new life and freedom. Unfortunately, it seems her father wasn’t the only sadistic serial killer on the loose…someone is preying upon the innocent children of Angels and their families. ? Only Morgan sees the pattern, only Morgan glimpses the truth behind the horror. ? And only Morgan has what it takes to put a stop to it…even if it means sacrificing her own second chance at life.
Kay?p Halkan?n S?rr?
¥18.56
Yazar, bandan geen gizemli olaylar okuyucusuyla paylamaktadr.Yazar yal bir kadn tesadüfen kaldrmda baygn vaziyette bulur hastaneye kaldrr fakat daha sonra hastane odasnda brakr ve mutsuz ekilde Bodrum’a geri dner. ünkü yaynevlerinden bekledii ilgiyi grmez.Doktor hemire ve hastalar kadn ok sever ve sahip karlar.Yal kadna daha sonra devlet sahip kar ve onu bir huzur evine yatrr. Yal kadn orada da ok sevilir. Fakat huzur evi müdürü kadndan üphelenir. Yazar ise bir türlü istedii eseri yazamamaktadr. stelik ok sevdii ruh eine kavuamamaktadr. Bütün skntlarn zecek gü yal kadndr fakat yazar bunu bilmez. Fakat yazarn kader dngüsü deimek üzeredir ve yal kadn onu kendisine doru arr.Yazar balarda bununla mücadele etmeye alr fakat daha sonra pes eder. stanbul’a doru yolculuk yapmaya karar verir. Yolculuk esnasnda rüyasnda gerilim ve gizemli olaylar grür bilmedii ey aslnda bu olaylarn gerekte yaanddr. Yal kadn düündüü kii deildir.Yazarn gizemli bir ekilde tant yal kadnn srlar vardr. Yazar gerek grevi iin armaktadr.Aslnda yazar kayp halkadan birisidir.
The Descendant
¥9.00
"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927.[1] It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
Dagon
¥9.00
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who relates an incident that occurred during his service as an officer during World War I. In the unnamed narrator's account, his cargo ship is captured by an Imperial German sea-raider in "one of the most open and least frequented parts of the broad Pacific"
The Crawling Chaos
¥9.00
"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). The story begins with the narrator describing the effects of opium and the fantastical vistas it can inspire. The narrator then tells of his sole experience with opium in which he was accidentally administered an overdose by a doctor during the "year of the plague".
Nero
¥27.88
IN ancient times, when the city of Rome was at the height of its power and splendor, it was the custom, as it is in fact now with the inhabitants of wealthy capitals, for the principal families to possess, in addition to their city residences, rural villas for summer retreats, which they built in picturesque situations, at a little distance from the city, sometimes in the interior of the country, and sometimes upon the seashore. There were many attractive places of resort of this nature in the neighborhood of Rome. Among them was Antium.??The beauty and the salubrity of Antium made it a very attractive place of summer resort for the people of Rome; and in process of time, when the city attained to an advanced stage of opulence and luxury, the Roman noblemen built villas there, choosing situations, in some instances, upon the natural terraces and esplanades of the promontory, which looked off over the sea, and in others cool and secluded retreats in the valleys, on the land. It was in one of these villas that NERO was born.??NERO's father belonged to a family which had enjoyed for several generations a considerable degree of distinction among the Roman nobility, though known by a somewhat whimsical name. The family name was Brazenbeard, or, to speak more exactly, it was Aheno-barbus, which is the Latin equivalent for that word. ?

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