The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains - Read it free online

Image via Neil Gaiman
Unfortunately not the glorious illustrated version, merely the text. Regardless, this should not disappoint! This is a dark tale, reminiscent of legend, old knowledge, and truth.

Read The Truth is a Cave in the Dark Mountains by Neil Gaiman on Fifty-Two Stories.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Penguin Little Black Classics: A Complete List

Image
Introducing Little Black Classics : 80 books for Penguin’s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. 1. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests. 2. As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins ‘O let them be left, wildness and wet’ As Kingfishers Catch Fire is a selection of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ incomparably brilliant poetry, ranging from the ecstasy of 'The Windhover’ and 'Pied Beauty’ to the heart-wrenching ...
Read more

Complete List of Penguin Clothbound Classics (Updated for 2017)

Image
Since 2008, Penguin have published classic literature in a beautifully packaged format: the Clothbound Classics serie s. Each edition is bound in cloth, with covers individually designed by the talented Coralie Bickford-Smith . Several new titles have been published since I first created a complete list of this collection, including all three volumes of Proust's Rememberance of Things Past  and Jule's Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea . So I decided to update the list to include these new titles, along with a free printable download with full details of each title to assist in completing your own collection. In order of publication, here is the complete list of Penguin Clothbound Classics to date (August 2017): Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Tess of the d'Urbervilles...
Read more

Penguin Moderns: A complete list of all 50 mini books

Image
Happy Book Birthday to the Penguin Modern Collection! Penguin's new series of 50 books are priced at just £1 each, including essays, poems and complete stories from an eclectic mix of authors, ranging from Daphne du Maurier to Jack Kerouac. Each little book in the Penguin Modern series offers a concentrated hit of its author’s work. From complete stories to essays and speeches to poems, these books celebrate the ground-breaking authors who define the radical spirit of Penguin Modern Classics. Previous series from Penguin Books include 2015's The Little Black Classics (plus an additional 46 in 2016); the colourful Pocket Penguins (launched in 2016), and also the beautiful Clothbound Classics . Here follows the complete list of all 50 Penguin Moderns, which you can buy now from your favourite bookstore, plus a printable PDF to help you keep track of your reading. 1. An Advertisement for Toothpaste by Ryszard Kapuscinski 'Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The grea...
Read more