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Young Guy Chelsea courts Christobel Charteris, 10 years his senior, whom he has known since childhood as “auntie.” After she rejects him due to the age difference, he demands a “seven-day siege of Jericho” to win her over.
A travelogue by British painter and travel writer Richard Wyndham from Sudan (Bahr el Ghazal Province). A vivid, humorous and introspective account of his encounter with African tribes, nature and colonial reality in the 1930s.
The novel follows a young doctor, Robert Shannon, who, struggling with illness, professional failures, and inner doubts, finds new meaning and strength thanks to the love and understanding of a young woman.
The Laughing of Gioconda and Other Stories (1921) is a collection of short stories by Aldous Huxley. It humorously and cynically depicts marital intrigue, the boredom of bourgeois life, human vanity, and the moral decline of modern society.