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The Blind Mother and The Last Confession (1893) is a collection of
two novellas by British master of fiction Hall Caine. In the Lake
District of northwest England, a young blind woman named Mercy
lives with her son and elderly father on land passed down through
generations. After failing both as a farmer and as a
prospector-they live in country known for its rich veins of
copper-her father gives up their rights to the land to Hugh Ritson,
a local statesman's son and mining engineer. Soon enough, Ritson
strikes copper, makes a profit on the land, and becomes the father
of Mercy's child-before marrying the beautiful Greta. The Blind
Mother is a tale of tragedy and the bond between women whose lives
depend on men who fail them, time and again. In The Last
Confession, a physician from London seeks mercy from a Spanish
priest while laying on his deathbed. At times calmly, at others
filled with wild desperation, the man recounts how he was
encouraged to travel to North Africa to cure, or at least
alleviate, his neurasthenia. While in Morocco, he meets a man he
calls the American, who navigates this foreign world with ease and
soon sweeps the narrator into a world of crime. When the physician
gets a letter from England informing him of his young son's
terrible illness, he decides to break from his companion, only to
be followed every step of the way by a ruthless assassin. Caine's
novella, the second in this collection, is a story of desperation,
love, and guilt that searches the soul at its limit. These
deceptively simple novellas combine straightforward narratives with
intricate natural detail and a deep understanding of human
psychology. Hall Caine's The Blind Mother and The Last Confession
is a work about ordinary people faced with extraordinary
circumstances, and remains, over a century after it was published,
an essential piece of English literature. Although he was one of
the most famous and acclaimed authors of his time, Caine's work
remains relatively unknown today. With this edition, it is hoped
that Hall Caine once again receives not only the attention he
deserves, but the respect and admiration his work demands. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Hall Caine's The Blind Mother and The Last
Confession is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern
readers.
The Bondman (1890) is a novel written by British author Hall Caine.
Inspired by the epic scale of the ancient Icelandic sagas as well
as the Biblical tale of Jacob and Esau, Caine sought to explore the
narrative possibilities of brotherhood and fate while paying homage
to the historical link between Iceland and the Isle of Man. Born to
a Manx father, Caine also had a personal connection to the novel's
setting. The story shifts between the perspectives of Jason and
Michael, two half-brothers abandoned by their father, the Icelandic
fisherman Stephen Orry. When Michael, who is raised by the Deputy
Governor of the Isle of Man, comes of age, his estranged father
sends him to Iceland in order to rectify Stephen's mistreatment of
his Icelandic wife and son. At the same time, Jason journeys to the
Isle of Man in order to seek revenge on his father, only to be
forced to rescue Stephen from a shipwreck off of Maughold Head, a
dangerous point on the easternmost shore of the Isle of Man. While
Jason weighs the cost of forgiveness and falls in love with Greeba,
his half-brother Michael rises to power in a newly independent
Iceland. As the story unfolds, and as fate draws the story's heroes
closer together, The Bondman explores some of humanity's eternal
themes: love, faith, kinship, and sacrifice. Caine's novel is epic
in terms of its setting and political context, but it explores
matters of the heart as though they were our own. Hall Caine's The
Bondman is a work about ordinary people faced with extraordinary
circumstances, and remains, over a century after it was published,
an essential piece of English literature. Although he was one of
the most famous and acclaimed authors of his time, Caine's work
remains relatively unknown today. With this edition, it is hoped
that Hall Caine once again receives not only the attention he
deserves, but the respect and admiration his work demands. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Hall Caine's The Bondman is a classic of English
literature reimagined for modern readers.
Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon (1893) is a novella by British author Hall
Caine. Set on the Isle of Man-the proud British island where
Caine's father was born-the story begins with the separation of
Capt'n Davy from his wife Nelly after only ten days of marriage
following a heated argument over money. With humorous and emotional
dialogue enriched with an authentic Manx flavor, detailed portraits
of land and seascapes, and a critical eye for society's
shortcomings, this novella is a classic work of romantic comedy
from one of Victorian Britain's most successful writers. Born into
poverty, and orphaned at the age of fifteen, Davy Quiggin is taken
in by the Kinvig family in Ballavolley, Isle of Man. For several
years, Davy lives with Kinvig-a farmer and local Methodist
leader-his wife, and their daughter Nelly, in relative harmony. But
when Davy's love for Nelly is discovered by her parents, he is
forced to leave. Thus begins a life at sea that will take Davy
across the world to South America, where he becomes a steamboat
captain, amasses a sizable fortune, and achieves for himself a life
far surpassing his humble origins or his wildest dreams. Davy
returns home to marry Nelly, but finds himself wrapped up with a
crowd of old friends and acquaintances more than happy to indulge
his tastes for drinking and gambling. As his wealth disappears, and
as his marriage threatens to end before it even truly began, Davy
must find a way to adjust himself to life back home-a place and a
people he thought he knew so well. Meanwhile, Nelly is forced to
pick up the pieces of their relationship while navigating a
community that seems more intent on gossip than it does on mutual
aid. Hall Caine's Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon investigates the limits
of friendship, marriage, and society with a keen ear for the rhythm
of everyday speech and a sense of what makes us human. Although he
was one of the most famous and acclaimed authors of his time,
Caine's work remains relatively unknown today. With this edition,
it is hoped that Hall Caine once again receives not only the
attention he deserves, but the respect and admiration his work
demands. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Hall Caine's Capt'n Davy's
Honeymoon is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern
readers.
The Bondman (1890) is a novel written by British author Hall Caine.
Inspired by the epic scale of the ancient Icelandic sagas as well
as the Biblical tale of Jacob and Esau, Caine sought to explore the
narrative possibilities of brotherhood and fate while paying homage
to the historical link between Iceland and the Isle of Man. Born to
a Manx father, Caine also had a personal connection to the novel's
setting. The story shifts between the perspectives of Jason and
Michael, two half-brothers abandoned by their father, the Icelandic
fisherman Stephen Orry. When Michael, who is raised by the Deputy
Governor of the Isle of Man, comes of age, his estranged father
sends him to Iceland in order to rectify Stephen's mistreatment of
his Icelandic wife and son. At the same time, Jason journeys to the
Isle of Man in order to seek revenge on his father, only to be
forced to rescue Stephen from a shipwreck off of Maughold Head, a
dangerous point on the easternmost shore of the Isle of Man. While
Jason weighs the cost of forgiveness and falls in love with Greeba,
his half-brother Michael rises to power in a newly independent
Iceland. As the story unfolds, and as fate draws the story's heroes
closer together, The Bondman explores some of humanity's eternal
themes: love, faith, kinship, and sacrifice. Caine's novel is epic
in terms of its setting and political context, but it explores
matters of the heart as though they were our own. Hall Caine's The
Bondman is a work about ordinary people faced with extraordinary
circumstances, and remains, over a century after it was published,
an essential piece of English literature. Although he was one of
the most famous and acclaimed authors of his time, Caine's work
remains relatively unknown today. With this edition, it is hoped
that Hall Caine once again receives not only the attention he
deserves, but the respect and admiration his work demands. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Hall Caine's The Bondman is a classic of English
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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