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old major old boar manor farm calls animals farm meeting compares humans parasites teaches animals revolutionary song beasts england major dies two young pigs snowball napoleon assume command turn dream philosophy animals revolt drive drunken irresponsible mr jones farm renaming animal farm adopt seven commandments ani... |
alex teenager living nearfuture england leads gang nightly orgies opportunistic random ultraviolence alexs friends droogs novels anglorussian slang nadsat dim slowwitted bruiser gangs muscle georgie ambitious secondincommand pete mostly plays along droogs indulge taste ultraviolence characterized sociopath hardened juv... |
text plague divided five parts town oran thousands rats initially unnoticed populace begin die streets hysteria develops soon afterward causing local newspapers report incident authorities responding public pressure order collection cremation rats unaware collection catalyst spread bubonic plague main character dr bern... |
argument enquiry proceeds series incremental steps separated chapters logically succeed one another expounding epistemology hume explains apply principles specific topics first section enquiry hume provides rough introduction philosophy whole hume philosophy split two general parts natural philosophy philosophy human n... |
novel posits space around milky way divided concentric layers called zones constrained different laws physics allowing different degrees biological technological advancement innermost unthinking depths surrounds galactic core incapable supporting advanced life forms next layer slow zone roughly equivalent real world be... |
book tells story paul baumer german soldier whoaurged school teacherajoins german army shortly start world war baumer arrives western front friends schoolmates tjaden ma14ller kropp number characters meet stanislaus katczinsky older soldier nicknamed kat becomes pauls mentor fighting front baumer comrades engage freque... |
ged young boy gont one larger islands north archipelago earthsea mother dead much older siblings left home father dour taciturn bronzesmith nothing common son boy grows wild headstrong ged discovers accident extraordinary talent magic aunt village witch teaches little knows power far exceeds one day uses talent foggath... |
god orders moses wilderness sinai number able bear armsof men twenty years old upward appoint princes tribe 603550 israelites found fit military service chapter 26 generation later approximately forty years wandering desert lord orders second census 601730 men counted tribe levi exempted military service therefore incl... |
time judges famine israelite family bethlehemaelimelech wife naomi sons mahlon chilionaemigrate nearby country moab elimelech dies sons marry two moabite women mahlon marries ruth chilion marries orpah two sons naomi die naomi decides return bethlehem tells daughtersinlaw return mothers remarry orpah reluctantly leaves... |
book job tells story extremely righteous man named job prosperous seven sons three daughters constantly fearing sons may sinned cursed god hearts habitually offers burnt offerings pardon sins sons god satan literally adversary present god god asks satan opinion job satan answers job pious god put wall around blessed fa... |
story told eyes narrator james ballard named author centers sinister figure dr robert vaughan aformer tvscientist turned nightmare angel expresswaysa ballard meets vaughan involved car accident near london airport gathering around vaughan group alienated people former crashvictims follow pursuit reenact crashes celebri... |
nine years emperor paul muaddib walked desert blind ecological transformation dune reached point fremen living without stillsuits less arid climate started move sietches villages cities old ways erode pilgrims arrive experience planet muaddib imperial high council lost political initiative powerless control jihad pauls... |
candide contains thirty episodic chapters may grouped two main schemes one consists two divisions separated protagonists hiatus el dorado consists three parts defined geographical setting former scheme first half candide constitutes rising action last part resolution view supported strong theme travel quest reminiscent... |
situation desperate bene gesserit find targets honored matres whose conquest old empire almost complete matres seeking assimilate technology developed methods bene gesserit exterminate sisterhood command bene gesserit mother superior darwi odrade continues develop drastic secret plan overcome honored matres bene gesser... |
story presented le fanu part casebook dr hesselius whose departures medical orthodoxy rank first occult doctor literature story narrated laura one two main protagonists tale laura begins tale relating childhood picturesque solitary castle midst extensive forest styria lives father wealthy english widower retired austri... |
homer wells grows orphanage spends childhood use medical assistant director dr wilbur larch whose history told flashbacks traumatic misadventure prostitute young man wilbur turns back sex love choosing instead help women unwanted pregnancies give birth keeping babies orphanage makes point maintaining emotional distance... |
novel told epistolary format series letters diary entries ships log entries forth main writers items also novels protagonists story occasionally supplemented newspaper clippings relate events directly witnessed storys characters tale begins jonathan harker newly qualified english solicitor journeying train carriage eng... |
first sally alonso quijano protagonist novel retired country gentleman nearing fifty years age living unnamed section la mancha niece housekeeper mostly rational man sound reason reading books chivalry excess profound effect leading distortion perception wavering mental faculties essence believes every word books chiva... |
following literary outline deuteronomy john van seters contrasted alexander rofas covenantal analysis deuteronomy issues interpretation chapters 1a4 journey wilderness horeb sinai kadesh moab recalled chapters 4a11 second introduction 444a49 events mount horeb mt sinai recalled giving ten commandments heads families ur... |
twelve years events described dune 1965 paul muaddib atreides rules emperor accepting role messiah fremen paul unleashed jihad conquered known universe paul powerful emperor ever known powerless stop lethal excesses religious juggernaut created although sixtyone billion people perished pauls prescient visions indicate ... |
starting middle part darwins dangerous idea gets name quote willard van orman quine analyze theorybuilding must start middle conceptual firsts middlesized middledistance objects introduction everything comes midway cultural evolution race first chapter tell named song charles darwin god seen ultimate cause design ultim... |
egypts pharaoh fearful israelites numbers orders newborn boys thrown nile levite woman saves baby setting adrift river ark bulrushes pharaohs daughter finds child names moses brings moses aware origins one day grown kills egyptian overseer beating hebrew slave flee midian marries daughter jethro priest midian encounter... |
thirtieth birthday chief financial officer bank josef k unexpectedly arrested two unidentified agents unspecified agency unspecified crime agents boss later arrives holds mini tribunal room ks neighbor fraulein ba14rstner k taken away however left free await instructions committee affairs goes work night apologizes fra... |
one day gregor samsa traveling salesman wakes find transformed ungeheuren ungeziefer literally monstrous vermin often interpreted giant bug insect believes dream reflects dreary life traveling salesmen looks wall clock realizes overslept missed train work ponders consequences delay annoyed boss never accepts excuses ex... |
rainy night returning job guy montag followed cheery 17yearold girl named clarisse mcclellan clarisse initially bothers montag incessant questions clarisse bit bothered montags uncalledfor reactions laughing hasnt said anything funny montag chooses tolerate tells loves nature walking around observing crazy world become... |
farmer giles agidius ahenobarbus julius agricola de hammo giles bronzebeard julius farmer ham hero fat redbearded enjoys slow comfortable life rather deaf shortsighted giant blunders land giles manages ward away blunderbuss shot general direction people village cheer farmer giles become hero reputation spreads across k... |
harriet vane returns reluctantly oxford attend gaudy dinner expecting hostility notoriety surprised welcomed warmly dons rediscovers old love academic life time later warden shrewsbury writes ask help outbreak anonymous letters vandalism threats apparently someone within college scandal feared harriet victim poisonpen ... |
seemingly immortal god emperor leto ii ruled empire 3500 years lifespan lengthened due decision children dune merge human body sandtrout haploid phase giant sandworms arrakis continued evolution slowly transformed altering human form calls preworm body come resemble small version ancient sandworms arrakis ribbed elonga... |
god creates world six days consecrates seventh giving mankind first commandment fruitful multiply god pronounces world good becomes corrupted sin man god sends deluge great flood destroy saving righteous noah family whose seed world repopulated man sins god promised destroy world second time water god instructs abram f... |
gone wind takes place southern united states state georgia american civil war 1861a1865 reconstruction era 1865a1877 followed war novel unfolds backdrop rebellion wherein seven southern states georgia among declared secession united states union formed confederate states america confederacy abraham lincoln elected pres... |
heart darkness opens first person narrative narrator establishes setting aboard sailboat nellie cruising yawl anchored thames river near gravesend england somewhat hazy late day aboard four others director companies captain lawyer best old fellows accountant toying architecturally dominoes marlow charlie marlow share b... |
protagonist hamlet prince hamlet denmark son deceased king hamlet wife queen gertrude story opens chilly night elsinore danish royal castle francisco one sentinels relieved watch bernardo another sentinel exits bernardo remains third sentinel marcellus enters horatio hamlets best friend sentinels inform horatio seen gh... |
much changed millennium half since death god emperor sandworms reappeared arrakis called rakis renewed flow allimportant spice melange galaxy letos death hugely complex economic system built spice collapsed resulting trillions leaving known space great scattering new civilization risen three dominant powers ixians whos... |
story begins fictional st petersburg missouri shore mississippi river sometime 1835 first steamboat sailed mississippi 1845 two young boys thomas tom sawyer huckleberry finn come considerable sum money result earlier adventures adventures tom sawyer huck placed guardianship widow douglas together sister miss watson att... |
wilfred ivanhoe disinherited father cedric rotherwood supporting norman king richard falling love lady rowena cedrics ward descendant saxon kings england cedric planned marry powerful lord aethelstane pretender crown england descent last saxon king harold godwinson thus cementing saxon political alliance two rivals cla... |
joe bonham young soldier serving world war awakens hospital bed caught blast exploding artillery shell gradually realizes lost arms legs face including eyes ears teeth tongue mind functions perfectly leaving prisoner body joe attempts suicide suffocation finds given tracheotomy neither remove control first joe wishes d... |
icehenge part mystery part psychological drama set three distinct time periods story shifts failed martian political revolution 2248 expedition explore mysterious monument north pole pluto three centuries later ultimately space station orbiting saturn home reclusive wealthy woman may hold key solving mystery spanning c... |
chapters 1a5 describe various sacrifices sacrificers point view although priests essential handling blood chapters 6a7 go much ground point view priest one actually carrying sacrifice dividing portions needs know done sacrifices divided god priest one offerer although cases entire sacrifice single portion consigned god... |
play opens amidst thunder lightning three witches decide next meeting shall macbeth following scene wounded sergeant reports king duncan scotland generalsmacbeth thane glamis banquohave defeated allied forces norway ireland led traitorous macdonwald thane cawdor macbeth kings kinsman praised bravery fighting prowess fo... |
plot novel two distinct movements events microsoft redmond washington movement silicon valley oop project novel begins redmond characters working different projects microsofts main campus life campus feels like feudalistic society bill gates lord employees serfs majority main charactersadaniel narrator susan todd bug m... |
mobydick begins line call ishmael according american book reviews rating 2011 one recognizable opening lines western literature narrator observant young man setting manhattan experience merchant marine recently decided next voyage whaling ship cold gloomy night december arrives spouterinn new bedford massachusetts agre... |
1757 moonfleet small village near sea south england gets name formerly prominent local family mohunes whose coat arms included symbol shaped like capital john trenchard orphan lives aunt miss arnold notable residents sexton mr ratsey friendly john parson glennie local clergyman also teaches village school elzevir block... |
henry dorsett case lowlevel hustler dystopian underworld chiba city japan talented computer hacker case caught stealing employer punishment theft cases central nervous system damaged mycotoxin leaving unable use keyboard skills access global computer network cyberspace virtual reality dataspace called matrix unemployab... |
action takes place two periods second world war late 1990s internet boom 1942 lawrence pritchard waterhouse young us navy code breaker mathematical genius assigned newly formed joint british american detachment 2702 ultrasecret units role hide fact allied intelligence cracked german enigma code detachment stages events... |
book comprises four sections space choice jobs logo first three deal negative effects brandoriented corporate activity fourth discusses various methods people taken order fight back book begins tracing history brands klein argues shift usage branding actual clothing brand nologo existed since late 1980s seen wwwnologoc... |
odyssey begins ten years end tenyear trojan war subject iliad odysseus still returned home war odysseus son telemachus 20 years old sharing absent fatheras house island ithaca mother penelope crowd 108 boisterous young men suitors whose aim persuade penelope marry one enjoying hospitality odysseus household eating weal... |
play opens roderigo rich dissolute gentleman complaining iago highranking soldier iago told secret marriage desdemona daughter senator named brabantio othello moorish general venetian army upset development loves desdemona previously asked father hand marriage iago hates othello promoting younger man named michael cass... |
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