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Iโm happy to present the eighth title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: โAn Alpine Divorceโ, an exciting crime story written by the Scottish-Canadian writer Robert Barr (1849โ1912). Itโs about a husband and wife who grew to hate each other with passion. While on holidays in the Swiss Alps, their marriage comes to its tragic and final end.
The following short sonnet, written by the famous Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874โ1942), is about the transitory nature of autumn. Standing between summer and winter, the month of September is still warm and delightful, but there are telling signs of change in the air...
First published in 2019, Starve Acre is eerie and suspenseful, but in a very elegant, subdued way. Its rural setting and folkloric elements place it firmly in the tradition of English folk horror genre, where there is a special - troubled - connection between the protagonists, the land and its numinous, uncanny presences.
In this post I am going to share with you a wonderfully simple poem by Joyce Kilmer. Entitled โTreesโ, the poet uses it to express the majestic nature of these living beings, superior even to artistic creation and intelligence of man.
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