A bibliophile seems the papers of a famous dead poet he believes are held by an old woman who was once his lover.
A great novellas by American author Henry James.
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I had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; for it was she who invented the short cut: "Simply ask them to take you in as a lodger," she said. I was beating about the bush, trying to be clever, when she made this suggestion.
As deafness, illness, and demonic forces close in around him, Ludwig van Beethoven must summon his faith and genius to complete the Missa Solemnis—a sacred masterpiece he believes could bring divine light into a darkening world.
May I offer you a Round the World Cruise of a lifetime for the price of a novel?
Not only do the seas roll on but two romances,a death at sea, uncovered past lives, history uncovered in Brazil, caves in Australia, poetry in Senegal, the Lux Mundi
