Charles Neville Buck

The Tyranny of Weakness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Excerpt: "They were types in embryo, but of course they did not know it. No more would a grain of wheat and a poppy seed dropping side-by-side in a fallow place reflect upon their destinies, though one might typify a working world''s dependence for bread; the other a dreaming world''s reliance for opium. They were a boy and a girl stepping artlessly into the wide chances of a brand-new and vastly interesting adolescence. Just now her young eyes were provocative with the starry light of mischief. His were smouldering darkly under her badgering because his pride had been touched to the quick. His forefathers had been gentlemen in England before they were gentlemen in the Valley of Virginia and his heritage of knightly blood must not be made a subject of levity. But the girl reflected only that when his dark eyes blazed and his cheeks coloured with that dammed-up fury she found him a more diverting vassal than in calmer and duller moods. A zoo is more animated when the beasts are stirred into action."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 231
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783985319411
• Artikelnr.: 63585981

Autorenporträt

Charles Neville Buck was an American author who lived from April 15, 1879, to August 10, 1957. Many of his books were turned into plays and movies during the silent film era. A boy named him was born in Woodford County, Kentucky. As a child, Charles William Buck worked in Peru for President Grover Cleveland and wrote a book called Under the Sun about the Inca time. His grandpa on his mom's side was the dean of the medical school at the University of Kentucky. Buck was born near Midway, Kentucky. He grew up in Kentucky, except for the four years he spent in South America with his dad. In 1898, Buck got his degree from the University of Louisville. He writes stories about the mountain guys of Kentucky and the things they do. His first job was as a cartoonist for a year. After that, he worked as a writer in Kentucky for several years. He went to New York City when his writing career took off. He got married and bought a summer home in Orleans, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.