Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9 by Various

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.html.images 457 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.epub3.images 239 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.epub.noimages 242 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.kf8.images 444 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.kindle.images 412 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35867.txt.utf-8 420 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35867/pg35867-h.zip 227 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Various
Title Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9
Contents Rosaura: a tale of Madrid -- Adventure in the North-West Territory -- Harry Bolton's curacy -- The Florida pirate -- The Pandour and his princess: a Hungarian sketch -- The beauty draught.
Credits Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary "Tales from 'Blackwood'," Volume 9, is a collection of short stories that showcases various narratives, likely compiled during the mid-19th century. This volume features tales such as "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" and "Adventure in the North-West Territory." The collection weaves together themes of romance, intrigue, and adventure, exploring human emotions and societal circumstances within different settings. The opening of "Rosaura: A Tale of Madrid" introduces the main character, Federico, a handsome young student known as El Rubio, living in Madrid. Despite his appeal, he is emotionally detached and rejects the romantic advances of the women around him, choosing instead to focus on his studies and aspirations of becoming a lawyer. His solitary existence shifts when he encounters Don Geronimo Regato, an eccentric old man with a tumultuous past, who becomes a mentor to Federico. As their friendship develops, Federico becomes enamored with a mysterious lady in a rose-colored robe, setting off a series of events that intertwine their fates against a backdrop of political strife and personal peril. The tale hints at themes of love, honor, and the consequences of one's choices as it unfolds in the vibrant city of Madrid. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Fiction
Subject Short stories
Category Text
EBook-No. 35867
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 7, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 37 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!