Two classic novels Gemini will love

Jane Austen · Robert Louis Stevenson · August Nemo

2020年4月 · Two classic novels for your zodiac sign 第 3 本图书 · Tacet Books

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Astrology can provide us with important insights for many moments in our lives. When it comes to choosing a good book, it wouldn't be any different! In this series we choose novels to entertain and stir the imagination of each zodiac sign. In this book you will find two classic novels specially selected for the intelligent and enthusiastic Gemini. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising sign and moon sign! This book contains: - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. - Emma.

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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Stevenson spent several years in search of a location suited to his health, before finally settling in Samoa, where he died. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson attracted a more negative critical response for much of the 20th century, though his reputation has been largely restored. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world. Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike. Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime.