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Edwin Arnold

Popular science fiction novel, first published around 1900.

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Edwin Arnold, Tristan Quillford

This illustrated collection gathers Edwin Arnold's major engagements with Buddhism, Hinduism, poetry, and drama, presenting a Victorian writer's sustained effort to render Asian religious imagination intelligible to English readers. Its centerpiece is Arnold's mellifluous, narrative verse—most famously the Buddhist life of the Buddha—joined by works shaped by Sanskritic lore, ethical reflection, and theatrical romance. The style is ornate, musical, and didactic, belonging to the nineteenth...

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Edwin Arnold, Tristan Quillford

The Collected Works of Edwin Arnold gathers the writings through which Victorian literature encountered Asia as both spiritual landscape and poetic subject. Centered on Arnold's celebrated Buddhist and Hindu compositions—above all the richly cadenced devotional narrative associated with The Light of Asia—the volume reveals a writer working between epic paraphrase, lyrical meditation, dramatic form, and moral romance. Its style is ornate, musical, and earnest, shaped by nineteenth-century O...

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Edwin Arnold, Tristan Quillford

Death, and Afterwards (Unabridged) is a compact yet resonant meditation on mortality, the soul's continuance, and the moral imagination that gathers around the moment of death. Written in Arnold's characteristically elevated, musical prose-poetic style, it belongs to the late Victorian literature of spiritual inquiry, where Christian inheritance, comparative religion, and new doubts about materialism met in urgent dialogue. Its unabridged form preserves the cadence and argumentative comple...

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Edwin Arnold, Tristan Quillford

Collected Poetry of Edwin Arnold (With Original Illustrations) gathers the verse of a Victorian writer who sought to translate Eastern religious, philosophical, and aesthetic traditions into the cadences of English poetry. Best known for the meditative narrative sweep of The Light of Asia, Arnold's work blends ornate diction, devotional seriousness, and pictorial richness, often reflecting the nineteenth-century fascination with India, Buddhism, and comparative religion. The original illus...

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Edwin L. Arnold

In the story, Gulliver is once again depicted as a traveler who embarks on extraordinary adventures. He finds himself on Mars, which is portrayed as a dying planet inhabited by various alien races. Gulliver interacts with the Martians and learns about their culture, politics, and technology.The Martians are divided into different races with distinct characteristics, including the human-like Red Martians and the bird-like Black Martians. Gulliver witnesses their conflicts, alliances, and ad...

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Edwin Arnold, Darren Matthews

The Poetical Works of Edwin Arnold is a collection of poems that showcases Arnold's literary talent and profound spirituality. Written in a lyrical and picturesque style, the poems transport readers to exotic locations and explore themes of love, nature, and Eastern philosophy. Arnold's works are deeply influenced by his travels to the East, particularly India and Japan, and his unique perspective shines through in his evocative and sensory-rich writing. The book is a testament to Arnold's...

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Edwin L. Arnold

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” Edwin Arnold’s novel of high adventure on the Red Planet that inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series. Originally published in 1905.At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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Edwin L Arnold

Quite by accident, Lieutenant Gullivar Jones of the United States Navy is transported to Mars.Not a barren, lifeless planet, Mars is a lush and beautiful world whose elf-like people embrace him like a brother. To rescue his new bride, the Princess Heru, he quests across the globe to the frosty land of the barbarians who have taken her.For only he is capable of saving her... and is the only one willing to.____First published in 1905, this timeless classic is ...

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Edwin L. Arnold

Are you a fan of classic science fiction? Find out where it all started with this seminal masterpiece from important early SF author Edwin L. Arnold. This reissued masterpiece of the genre, originally entitled Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation, follows a swashbuckling space captain's galactic travels and travails.

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Sir Edwin Arnold

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Edwin L. Arnold

Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, U.S.N., arrives on Mars in a most unexpected fashion and promptly finds himself head-over-heels in adventure. For Mars is a planet of ruined cities, ancient peoples, copper-skinned swordsmen, and weird and awesome monsters. There is a princess to be rescued, a River of Death to be navigated, and a strange prophecy to be fulfilled.