Edward Gleed

During the mid 1980s, in a drive for greater efficiency, British Rail required another heavy freight locomotive. The new Class 60 locomotive was to be constructed using lessons learned from the Classe

In Close to Spider Man—which won a Danuta Gleed Literary Award—readers were introduced to the crystalline storytelling voice of Ivan Coyote. The talent evident in that first collection is confirmed wi

"In 1943 the famous Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed was shot down over Tunisia. He died a hero. Twice before he had bailed out of blazing Spitfires. Twice King George VI had congra

本書系《劍橋文學指南》叢書中的一種，收入了當代西方學者撰寫的13篇關于簡·奧斯丁的文章。論文作者都是在奧斯丁研究或英國文學研究領域內聲名卓著的專家。他們的論文為我們提供了一個當代文學批評的語境，將奧斯丁的作品置于她所處的時代背景中，給讀者提供一個全面而又新穎的導論。本書除了討論奧斯丁的小說和書信外，還收錄了有關奧斯丁的宗教觀、政治觀、金錢觀，以及她小說風格的論述。另有兩篇論文分別對她的《諾桑覺寺》

'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times 'Profound and delightful.It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy 'A re-imagining of Pinocchio, told from the viewpoint of the beast-entrapped Geppetto, it surprise and delights, and saddens and gladdens, from start to finish.' - Jane Graham I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish.I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still. 'Art objects live in the belly of this marvellous novel, images swallowed by text, sustained by a sublime and loving imagination.Like all Edward Carey's work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two madde

The saga of the happy-go-lucky Jumblies continues in this charming love storypoem, penned by Edward Lear and illustrated by Edward Gorey. While the Jumblies took a breather from their long sea voyage,