Kavanagh
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ISBN10: 1419128442
ISBN13: 9781419128448
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.24 Width: 7.56 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781419128448
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.24 Width: 7.56 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
Kavanagh is a novel by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1849. The story follows the life of a young man named Owen Kavanagh, who is a poet and a schoolteacher in a small New England town. Kavanagh is a deeply introspective character who struggles with his own emotions and the expectations of those around him. Throughout the novel, he grapples with issues such as love, friendship, religion, and the meaning of life. The narrative is told through a series of letters between Kavanagh and his friends and family, as well as through his own personal reflections. Longfellow's writing style is highly descriptive and poetic, with vivid imagery and metaphors that bring the characters and settings to life. Kavanagh is a timeless tale of self-discovery and the search for meaning, and remains a classic work of American literature.Ungrateful people! Could you not watch with me one hour? exclaimed he, in that excited and bitter moment; as if he had thought that on that solemn night the whole parish would have watched, while he was writing his farewell discourse. He pressed his hot brow against the window-pane to allay its fever; and across the tremulous wavelets of the river the tranquil moon sent towards him a silvery shaft of light, like an angelic salutation. And the consoling thought came to him, that not only this river, but all rivers and lakes, and the great sea itself, were flashing with this heavenly light.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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