Ben Ames Williams (1889–1953)
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Evered 4 Exemplare
Touchstone 3 Exemplare
Audacity 2 Exemplare
The Rational Hind 2 Exemplare
Honeyflow 2 Exemplare
Skyrocket 1 Exemplar
The Outsider 1 Exemplar
Good Form 1 Exemplar
An end to mirth 1 Exemplar
Hostile Valley 1 Exemplar
Money musk 1 Exemplar
Immortal longings 1 Exemplar
Thrifty stock : and other stories 1 Exemplar
The great accident 1 Exemplar
A Voice From the Fog 1 Exemplar
Valley Vixen 1 Exemplar
In memoriam, Charles Bismark Ames 1 Exemplar
Brevet från Kina 1 Exemplar
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The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1921) — Mitwirkender — 21 Exemplare
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- Williams, Ben Ames
- Geburtstag
- 1889-03-07
- Todestag
- 1953-02-04
- Geschlecht
- male
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- USA
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El amor llevado al límite, la obsesión enfermiza, los celos maniáticos, la necesidad de poseer al amado... La historia de una mujer, Ellen Berent, que, loca de pasión, arrastra a todos los que la rodean a la perdición y al desastre... A un abismo del que ella tampoco logra escapar.
As another reviewer commented, Harland is a character who thinks with his penis. Ellen Harland is a master manipulator. This author certainly knows how to make you hate his character. Ellen is a well-fleshed-out character that is beautiful on the outside, and a hideous, reeking monster on the inside. The feeling I got from Richard Harland was of a wife-whipped man, but not much more. The last part, the court scenes, did drag on a bit. Overall, however, worth the read.
Bangor, 1824. Jenny Hager, gracias a su arrolladora belleza, es capaz de manipular a los hombres a su antojo y conseguir de ellos todo lo que se propone. Tras casarse con un acaudalado comerciante, Jenny no tardará en seducir al hijo de éste con el fin de inducirle al asesinato de su padre, mientras por otro lado se encapricha del prometido de su mejor amiga.
All the Brothers Were Valiant originally appeared in Everybody's Magazine (April and May 1919) with evocative illustrations by N. C. Wyeth and released as a book the same year. The setting is a whaling ship during the 1850s in the South Pacific, and is a pulpy melodrama concerning a conflict between two brothers over money, a woman and power. One brother is a rouge, the other upstanding. It wraps up neatly and quickly, though not believable, is a soothing balm from reality.
The story was subsequently made into three movies (1923, 1928, 1953). The 1923 silent starred Lon Chaney and is now lost, destroyed in an MGM fire in 1965. It was faithful to the book. It was remade in 1928 as Across to Singapore with changes to the plot but with the same character names and themes, starring Joan Crawford. It was remade again in 1953 in Technicolor starring Elizabeth Taylor's brother Robert (but not Elizabeth who declined a part). It's remarkable this was filmed three times. It's not that strong as a novel, but the 1953 film version is an improvement, smoothing over some rough spots.
A war between brothers is in both title and author. The title is derived from an epitaph by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) to his wife Margaret, the later had three valiant brothers who fought in the English Civil War: "It was a noble family, for all the Brothers were Valiant, and all the Sisters virtuous". Williams was born in Mississippi a relative of Confederate General Longstreet, though Maine became his adopted home. His most serious work is a two volume multi-generational epic on the (American) Civil War, House Divided which he worked on up to his death. He was most popular during the 1920s with magazine short stories in the Saturday Evening Post, where he pushed boundaries on what was possible with the form.… (mehr)
The story was subsequently made into three movies (1923, 1928, 1953). The 1923 silent starred Lon Chaney and is now lost, destroyed in an MGM fire in 1965. It was faithful to the book. It was remade in 1928 as Across to Singapore with changes to the plot but with the same character names and themes, starring Joan Crawford. It was remade again in 1953 in Technicolor starring Elizabeth Taylor's brother Robert (but not Elizabeth who declined a part). It's remarkable this was filmed three times. It's not that strong as a novel, but the 1953 film version is an improvement, smoothing over some rough spots.
A war between brothers is in both title and author. The title is derived from an epitaph by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) to his wife Margaret, the later had three valiant brothers who fought in the English Civil War: "It was a noble family, for all the Brothers were Valiant, and all the Sisters virtuous". Williams was born in Mississippi a relative of Confederate General Longstreet, though Maine became his adopted home. His most serious work is a two volume multi-generational epic on the (American) Civil War, House Divided which he worked on up to his death. He was most popular during the 1920s with magazine short stories in the Saturday Evening Post, where he pushed boundaries on what was possible with the form.… (mehr)
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