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John Davys Beresford (1873-1947) was an English journalist and author noted for his science-fiction and horror stories, particularly his ghost stories. His most notable novels are The Hampdenshire Wonder, What Dreams May Come... and The Riddle of the Tower.
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Matthew Brenher is originally from London, England, and now resides in Los Angeles. As a classical actor, he has performed in over 20 Shakespearian productions; he has also held varied roles in modern theater, as well as television and film. He is also an accomplished voice-over artist, recently recording three 19th century romantic novels as well as stories for the Doctor Who series, children’s books, radio commercials and documentaries.
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The centre and object of the curious crowd which moved slowly down the drive was a landau and pair. The horses were decorated as if for a May-day fete, grotesquely, foolishly decorated with roses, syringa and buttercups made into shapeless bunches and tied to the harness. Three or four women walked at the horses’ heads, leading them with absurdly beflowered ropes.
Round the landau a dozen girls and young women were dancing, chattering, singing, laughing; constantly turning to the occupant of the carriage, for whose benefit the whole performance was being conducted. Some of them had their necks and breasts bare, and all appeared to be frankly shameless. They twisted and danced with clumsy eagerness, threw themselves about, screamed and shrieked, unaware of any observer but the one whose notice they were seeking to attract. They were graceless, civilized savages; Bacchantes who had never known the beauty of unconscious abandonment.
"Men would not marry now that they are so few,” explained Mrs. Isaacson. "I haf heard of this handsome young fellow. He iss a butcher, and he goes every day to kill the sheep and cows, because the women do not like that work. And he iss very strong, and clever also. He teach a few of the women how to cut up the sheep and the cows. And he iss much admired, it iss of course, by all the young women; but he does not marry because he is one man among so many women, and it would not be right that he should love only one, for so there would be so few children and the world would die."
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- PublisherHardpress Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1290856834
- ISBN 13 9781290856836
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages358
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