The Works of John MasefieldJim DavisJohn M. Synge A Few PersonalKing ColeMartin HydeOn the Spanish MainRight RoyalThe Old Front LineWilliam Shakespeare

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

The Best Works of John MasefieldJim DavisJohn M. Synge A Few PersonalKing ColeMartin HydeOn the Spanish MainRight RoyalThe Old Front LineWilliam Shakespeare

'Sea-Fever' remains one of the most popular poems of the last century, and John Masefield one of the most popular poets, a superb spinner of yarns and ballads of tall ships, exotic seas, of the deep-rooted life of rural England, and of the great narratives of Troy and Arthurian legend. This book includes his most popular poems and a few previously uncollected rarities. All share Masefield's love of particular lives: he draws the reader into his stories with an incomparable music of languag...

CONTENTS H. W. COLLINGWOOD 1. Indian Pete's Christmas Gift HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 2. The Fir-Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 3. The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 4. The Little Match Girl HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 5. Betty's Bright Idea HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 6. Christmas In Poganuc HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 7. Christmas; or, The Good Fairy HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 8. The First Christmas of New England HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 9. Christmas Bells HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 10. T...

Stratford-on-Avon is cleaner, better paved, and perhaps more populous than it was in Shakespeare's time. Several streets of mean red-brick houses have been built during the last half century. Hotels, tea rooms, refreshment rooms, and the shops where the tripper may buy things to remind him that he has been where greatness lived, give the place an air at once prosperous and parasitic. The town contains a few comely old buildings. The Shakespeare house, a detached double dwelling, once the h...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

"Gallipoli" by John Masefield is a poignant exploration of the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I, capturing the harrowing experiences of soldiers and the profound impact of war on humanity. Masefield's vivid imagery and lyrical prose bring to life the landscapes of Gallipoli, as well as the bravery and suffering of those who fought there. The narrative delves into themes of sacrifice, camaraderie, and the tragic consequences of conflict, making it a significant literary work that refle...

I have been asked to write why I wrote this poem of "Reynard the Fox." As a man grows older, life becomes more interesting but less easy to know; for, late in life, even the strongest yields to the habit of his compartment. When he cannot range through all society, from the court to the gutter, a man must go where all society meets, as at the Pilgrimage, the Festival or the Game. Here in England the Game is both a festival and an occasion of pilgrimage. A man wanting to set down a picture ...

In "Sard Harker," the plot likely revolves around the eponymous protagonist, Sard Harker, and his adventures and experiences. The novel may explore themes such as ambition, redemption, and the complexities of human nature.As with much of Masefield's work, "Sard Harker" may feature vivid descriptions, rich characterizations, and a strong sense of atmosphere. The novel may also draw on Masefield's own experiences, as he often incorporated elements of his maritime background into his writing....

“I’m Satan, newly come from hell…”On the first page of John Masefield’s The Everlasting Mercy, the poet rhymed ‘whored’ with ‘Lord’.The work caused a literary sensation.This was a strange beginning for a future poet laureate of Great Britain.Masefield’s escape from the shadow of his poetic mentors came in 1911.The Everlasting Mercy, his colloquial first-person narrative of a rural hell-raiser, Saul Kane, and his religious conversion, hit a n...

Few accounts of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign are as famous as that of John Masefield, and justly so, for so few have captured the danger, death and heroism on the Peninsula. He saw service as a Red Cross orderly in France and sought to alleviate the plight of the soldier and volunteered his services to motor boat ambulance seeing the battles first-hand. Masefield was a poet of great power, later becoming Poet-Laureate, and set to use all of his skills in describing the feats and achie...