{"product_id":"short-stories-volume-viii-von-charles-dickens","title":"Short Stories - Volume VIII","description":"\u003cp\u003eClassic from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: To Be Read at Dusk \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne, two, three, four, five. There were five of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on the summit of the Great St. Bernard in Switzerland, looking at the remote heights, stained by the setting sun as if a mighty quantity of red wine had been broached upon the mountain top, and had not yet had time to sink into the snow.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Trial for Murder \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have always noticed a prevalent want of courage, even among persons of superior intelligence and culture, as to imparting their own psychological experiences when those have been of a strange sort. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Walk in a Workhouse \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a certain Sunday, I formed one of the congregation assembled in the chapel of a large metropolitan Workhouse. With the exception of the clergyman and clerk, and a very few officials, there were none but paupers present. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Christmas Is as We Grow Older \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and every one around the Christmas fire; and made the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wreck of the Golden Mary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE WRECK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have encountered a great deal of rough weather, both literal and metaphorical. It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to the man who knows no subject.[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Message from the Sea \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I ¿ THE VILLAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!\" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff. There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640246892\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTo Be Read at Dusk, The Trial for Murder, A Walk in a Workhouse, What Christmas Is as We Grow Older, The Wreck of the Golden Mary, A Message from the Sea\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640246892","offer_id":58986013786437,"sku":"9783640246892","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_4b12ea42-b8ce-499b-906d-5a3753559df7.jpg?v=1787633418","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/short-stories-volume-viii-von-charles-dickens","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}