The Wide, Wide World
8 best books like The Wide, Wide World (Susan Bogert Warner): The Lamplighter, The Masque of the Red Death, Lady Audley's Secret, Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, So Far..., The Hidden Hand, New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337, One by One
| Author | Maria Susanna Cummins |
| ISBN | 0813513332 |
Excerpt from The Lamplighter
Haunted Hearts She became a frequent con tributor to The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. But her sudden popularity left her quite unspoiled. A singular modesty, a childlike simplicity, a deep and beauti ful religious faith, were the qualities that endeared...
The Masque of the Red Death
| Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
| ISBN | 1594567395 |
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color.
In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious...
| Author | Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
| ISBN | 0192835203 |
whatever could be Lady Audley's secret? could it be... murder? miscegenation? malfeasance? misdirected malevolence ending in tears, tragedy, and general tawdriness? an assumed identity? flatulence? that not-so-fresh feeling? bigamy? bigotry? child abuse? child abandonment? une affaire...
| Author | Arthur Bowie Chrisman |
| ISBN | 0525392440 |
The first thing to understand is that this is probably not a book that could be written today, and it's certainly not a book that could be published today. In order to deal with it at all, we have to have that understanding up front.
Although Shen of the Sea is subtitled "Chinese Stories for Children,"...
| Author | Kelsey Grammer |
| ISBN | 0451186052 |
Kelsey Grammer is one of America's best-loved performers—a Shakespearean actor who became an instant celebrity when he joined the cast of Cheers and went on to expand his legion of fans with his own top-rated, Emmy Award-winning show, Frasier. But Kelsey Grammer could never be confused with Dr....
| Author | E.D.E.N. Southworth |
| ISBN | 0813512964 |
E.D.E.N. Southworth was one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century and her Capitola Black, or Black Cap - a cross-dressing, adventure-seeking girl-woman - was so well-loved that the book was serialized three times between 1859 and 1888 and was dramatized in forty different...
New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337
| Author | James Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0281042683 |
What have I learned by going back to the primary source Christian literature?
-I was initially disappointed by how much they got wrong. Practically all the great doctrines had to be hammered out.
-But the good news is, the idea that philosphy makes no progress is poppycock. We take for granted...
| Author | David A. Bednar |
| ISBN | 1629723827 |
The Lord tells us that "the worth of souls is great" in His sight (Doctrine and Covenants 18:10). But how can we know that is true? How can we gain a greater sense of the worth of every soul—including our own?
In his latest book, Elder David A. Bednar offers a compelling look at a pattern the Lord...
