ISBN: 1150869925

[EAN: 9781150869921], Neubuch, [PU: General Books LLC], LEMUEL ARTHUR PITTENGER,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 74 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This his… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781150869921], Neubuch, [PU: General Books LLC], LEMUEL ARTHUR PITTENGER,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 74 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: . . . THE GOLD-BUG1 By Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) What ho! what ho! this fellow is dancing mad! He hath been bitten by the Tarantula. --All in the Wrong. 0 Many years ago I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot0 5 family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New Orleans, the city of his forefathers, and took up his residence at Sullivans Island, near Charleston, South Carolina. 10 This island is a very singular one. It consists of little else than the sea sand, and is about three miles long. Its breadth at no point exceeds a quarter of a mile. It is separated from the mainland by a scarcely perceptible creek, oozing its way through a wilderness of reeds and 15 slime, a favorite resort of the marsh-hen. The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish. No trees of any magnitude are to be seen. Near the western extremity, where Fort Moultrie0 stands, and where are some miserable frame buildings, tenanted, during sum 1 The Gold-Bug was firsfc published in The Doltar Magazine in 1843. The story won a prize of one hundred dollars. mer, by the fugitives from Charleston dust and fever, may be found, indeed, the bristly palmetto; but the whole island, with the exception of this western point, and a line of hard, white beach on the seacoast, is covered with a dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle, so much 5 prized by the horticulturists of England. The shrub here often attains the height of fifteen or twenty feet, and forms an almost impenetrable coppice, burthening the air with its fragrance. In the utmost recesses of this coppice, not far from 10 the eastern or more remote end of the island, Legrand. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 170 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert The book has no illustrati… Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 170 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Macmillan Co.; Publication date: 1914; Subjects: Readers; Short stories; Fiction / Anthologies; Fiction / Short Stories; History / General; Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories; Language Arts<