A riveting tale of love, art, sex, jealousy, and compromise based on one of the most famously liberated marriages of the early twentieth centuryA leading literary figure of the Progressive Era, Neith Boyce wrote "The Girl Bachelor," a popular and pioneering column in Vogue about life as a single woman in New York City. When Boyce—whose circle of famous friends included Carl Van Vechten, Eugene O'Neill, Mina Loy, Mable Dodge Luhan, Margaret Sanger, and Djuna...

The Folly of Others by Neith Boyce is a perceptive and engaging work of literary fiction that explores the complexities of human behavior, social expectations, and personal judgment. With sharp psychological insight and a keen understanding of interpersonal dynamics, Boyce crafts a narrative that examines how assumptions, misunderstandings, and societal pressures influence the choices people make. The novel follows characters whose lives become intertwined through relationships, ambitions,...

A Journey Through Marital Tales: 52 Storybooks surveys marriage as contract, comedy, ordeal, aspiration, and social institution across an unusually broad transnational archive. Its stories and dramatic selections move from satirical intrigue and drawing-room wit to domestic realism, psychological conflict, sentimental romance, and pointed social critique. Comic reversals, contested inheritances, illicit desires, estranged spouses, and the pressures of respectability recur throughout, while...

The story revolves around the life of the protagonist, Eleanor Solange, a young woman who navigates her way through the social and cultural norms of the early 20th century. Eleanor is depicted as a confident and assertive character who challenges conventional expectations placed upon women. She explores her own identity and desires in a world that often seeks to limit women's roles to traditional domestic spheres.The novel explores themes of feminism, individualism, and the quest for self-...

Across the ringing of the church bells came the whistle of the train. Mary Lavinia, standing in the doorway, watched her mother go down the walk to the gate. Mrs. Lowell's broad back, clad in black silk, her black bonnet stiffly trimmed with purple pansies, bristled with anger. She opened the gate and slammed it behind her. The wooden sidewalk echoed her heavy tread. She went down the street out of sight, without looking back. The slow melancholy bells were still sounding, but now they sto...

Neith Boyce was a Progressive-Era writer who worked in poetry, theater, short stories, novels, and various forms of creative nonfiction. She helped Gertrude Stein to publish Three Lives, cofounded the Provincetown Players theater company, and wrote "The Girl Bachelor," a popular and pioneering column in Vogue about life as a single woman in New York City. Her best-known novel, The Bond (1908), is based on her famously open marriage to the radical journalist Hutchins Hapgood. This book cont...

In 'Proud Lady,' Neith Boyce crafts a poignant exploration of the complexities of female identity and societal expectations in the early 20th century. This novel weaves together rich character studies with a narrative style that blends realism and psychological insight, illuminating the struggles of its protagonist against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world. Boyce's keen observations on gender and class dynamics are reflective of her own experiences, offering readers a nuanced perspe...

In "Stories from the Chap-Book," readers encounter an eclectic tapestry of narratives that traverse the vast landscape of late 19th to early 20th-century literary expression. This anthology encompasses a myriad of themes ranging from the intricacies of human nature to explorations of societal norms and the nuances of everyday life. The collection is characterized by its diverse literary styles, from poignant realism to subtle romanticism, echoing the emerging voices of that era. Standout p...

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: W. C. Morrow: - His Unconquerable Enemy. - A Game Of Honor. - The Resurrection Of Little Wang Tai. - Two Singular Men. - The Faithful Amulet. - Over An Absinth...

The first three novels in the beloved fantasy series about a slacker's adventures in another world, from a #1 New York Times –bestselling author.A college slacker's world is turned upside down when he's transported to a new land where music can create magic . There, he teams up with other magical brethren and creates bonds of friendship he will honor for life.Spellsinger: Jonatha...

A dystopian future Earth is thrown into turmoil by the imminent arrival of extraterrestrials in this alien-contact novel by the author of The Forever War .Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning AuthorWith The Coming, science fiction Grand Master Joe Haldeman ingeniously combines a troubling dark vision of a dystopian near-future with an alien first-encounter tale as thrilling and thought-provoking...

Humans are caught up in an alien war in this epic trilogy from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye .For millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great "Purpose." The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare fo...