The Glimpse (Classic Reprint): An Adventure of the Soul - Couverture souple

Arnold Bennett

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331060680 ISBN 13 : 9781331060680

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A meditation on art, desire, and the soul’s restless voyage. A narrator moves through music, galleries, and imagined landscapes in a visionary look at beauty, meaning, and the self. The book blends keen observation with a daring inward journey, where art becomes both sanctuary and interrogator.

Set against luxurious rooms, concert halls, and serene gardens, the story follows a cultivated mind as it seeks ever finer pleasures. It examines how art reshapes perception, and how happiness can blur with longing, until the line between heaven and hell becomes personal and palpable.

• A deep dive into how music, literature, and visual art shape identity and taste.


• Rich, sensory scenes of galleries, concerts, and imagined landscapes that feel almost tangible.


• An exploration of pleasure, ego, and the search for lasting meaning beyond beauty.


• A lyrical, philosophy-infused voice that questions what art asks of a life lived for refinement.

Ideal for readers drawn to philosophical literary fiction about art, desire, and the inner life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Marie Antoinette into the curtained and velvety calm of those vast suites which a merchant designed in order to flatter the lust of eyes like mine. Plush on the wide silent floors, I ndian-red tapestry on the walls, and through each draped doorway confusing and spacious vistas. The woodwork, the bronze fittings, the crystal stalactites, the molded plaster all showed curious, elaborate craftsmanship. Hundreds of artisans in soiled smocks must have labored for months with dirty, offensive hands to produce that sedate splendor. But they were all gone, all hurried out of sight; and of the underworld only a gloved servility in immaculate hose had been retained.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Biographie de l'auteur

Enoch Arnold Bennett, the son of a solicitor, was born in Hanley, Staffordshire. At twenty-one, he moved to London, initially to work as a solicitor's clerk, but he soon turned to writing popular serial fiction and editing a women's magazine. After the publication of his first novel, A Man From the North in 1898, he became a professional writer. He moved to Paris and became a man of cosmopolitan and discerning tastes. Bennett's great reputation is built upon the success of his novels and short stories set in the Potteries, an area of north Staffordshire that he recreated as the 'Five Towns'. Anna of the Five Towns and The Old Wives' Tale show the influence of Flaubert, Maupassant and Balzac as Bennett describes provincial life in great detail. Arnold Bennett is an important link between the English novel and European realism. He wrote several plays and lighter works such as The Grand Babylon Hotel and The Card.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331060680
• ISBN 13: 9781331060680
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
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