Till the Clock Stops - Couverture souple

Bell, John Joy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1421804611 ISBN 13 : 9781421804613

Editeur : 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005

Synopsis

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - On a certain brilliant Spring morning in London's City the seed of the Story was lightly sown. Within the directors' room of the Aasvogel Syndicate, Manchester House, New Broad Street, was done and hidden away a deed, simple and commonplace, which in due season was fated to yield a weighty crop of consequences complex and extraordinary. At the table, pen in hand, sat a young man, slight of build, but of fresh complexion, and attractive, eager countenance, neither definitely fair nor definitely dark. He was silently reading over a document engrossed on bluish hand-made folio; not a lengthy document - nineteen lines, to be precise. And he was reading very slowly and carefully, chiefly to oblige the man standing behind his chair.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On a certain brilliant Spring morning in London s City the seed of the Story was lightly sown. Within the directors room of the Aasvogel Syndicate, Manchester House, New Broad Street, was done and hidden away a deed, simple and commonplace, which in due season was fated to yield a weighty crop of consequences complex and extraordinary. At the table, pen in hand, sat a young man, slight of build, but of fresh complexion, and attractive, eager countenance, neither definitely fair nor definitely dark. He was silently reading over a document engrossed on bluish hand-made folio; not a lengthy document nine teen lines, to be precise. And he was reading very slowly and carefully, chiefly to oblige the man standing behind his chair. This man, whose age might have been anything between forty and fifty, and whose colouring waa dark and a trifle florid, would probably have evoked the epithet of handsome on the operatic stage, and in any city but London that of distinguished.
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Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Hillhead, Glasgow he was the eldest son of James T Bell, a Tobacco Manufacturer. Bell was schooled at Kelvinside Academy and Morrison's Academy. He attended the University of Glasgow, where he studied chemistry. After becoming a journalist, Bell worked for the Glasgow Evening Times, and as sub-editor of the Scots Pictorial. His articles described the life of working-class Glaswegians, and were often written in the vernacular. He created the character of 'MacGreegor' for his Evening Times articles, and the stories were so popular that they were published in book form, and later made into a film. Bell has often been criticised for being overly sentimental, but it is also said that his vernacular was accurately representative, which is partly what made them popular. During recent years though, Bell's books are increasingly neglected.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1421804611
• ISBN 13: 9781421804613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Éditeur: 1stworld Library
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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