Jeffrey Byron: 14 books

Cover of Portrait of Jennie
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Artist EBEN ADAMS has never been able to impress influential art dealer HENRY MATTHEWS with his work until he sketches a schoolgirl in Central Park named JENNIE. Eben is intrigued by her mystical quality and the way she chats about things that happened long before her time. When he sketches Jennie,...
Cover of Journey of Tapiola
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

TAPIOLA, a small, pampered and insecure Yorkshire terrier, lives in a posh New York City apartment with his owners THE POPPELS. Having never seen anything beyond the four walls of his home, Tapiola decides that he needs some adventure in his life. He musters up his courage and steps carefully onto...
Cover of The Train in the Meadow
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

A train bound for a mysterious destination stops in the middle of a meadow. As the hours pass and the cause of the delay remain unknown, we meet the various passengers. A PRIEST, a FORMER PRESIDENT, a LONELY WAITRESS, an ELDERLY COUPLE, and a YOUNG ORPHAN BOY all ponder the significance of the journey...
Cover of The Collected Works of Robert Nathan: Volume II

The Collected Works of Robert Nathan: Volume II

Portrait of Jennie, Stonecliff, & The River Journey

by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

A variety of work by esteemed American novelist, Robert Nathan. It includes his classic, PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, where Nathan paints his common theme of fantasy and a timeless world. The supernatural thriller, STONECLIFF, reminiscent of a Hitchcock mystery, and THE RIVER JOURNEY, a moving love story where...
Cover of One More Spring
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

With nothing in common except their mutual destitution, JARED OTKAR, a failed antiques dealer, and NORRIS ROSENBERG, a neurotic, eccentric yet aspiring musician, together move into a shed in Central Park. It is the time of the Great Depression and the two eke out a meager living. Rosenberg begins...
Cover of The Bishop's Wife
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Bishop HENRY BROUGHAM doesn't know how he will find a capable archdeacon to help raise money to build a "great" cathedral for his overcrowded parish. Though his beautiful wife JULIA fulfills her marital duties, their relationship has no passion. To fill the void, she heaps affectionate praise on their...
Cover of Stonecliff
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

A young journalist and aspiring author MICHAEL ROBB has landed a dream assignment: to interview the renowned but reclusive author EDWARD GRANVILLE. The famous writer and his devoted wife VIRGINIA have lived for many years in isolation at their hilltop retreat on the Pacific Coast known as Stonecliff....
Cover of The Collected Works of Robert Nathan: Volume I

The Collected Works of Robert Nathan: Volume I

The Bishop's Wife, One More Spring, & Sir Henry

by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

Three classics from novelist Robert Nathan that will give the reader a taste of this literary icons genius. The three novels are diverse in content and yet common themes thread them together. THE BISHOP'S WIFE is classic Nathan. A spritual fantasy. ONE MORE SPRING is Nathan's ode to the Great Depression,...
Cover of The River Journey
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

A middle-aged woman MINERVA PARKINSON lives with her longtime husband HENRY along the Missouri River. Minerva receives some startling news after a routine check-up: she is dying. Since her marriage to Henry has been listless for many years, she decides not to share her grave diagnosis with him. Instead,...
Cover of The Enchanted Voyage
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

A working class carpenter HECTOR PECKET lives in the Bronx with his wife SARAH. Hector’s only escape from his humdrum life and his overbearing wife is the refuge of his cherished sailboat, the SARAH PECKET (named after his wife), which sits on wheels in his backyard. Hector fills his idle time working...
Cover of Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

College history professor ROBERT WHITTLE believes the world is coming to an end, even though his devoted wife AMANDA and young daughter LUCINDA don't take much stock in his prediction. Consumed by his depressing prophecy, Mr. Whittle is suddenly distracted by the alarmingly beautiful PENELOPE ANDREWS,...
Cover of Sir Henry
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

SIR HENRY’S career as a knight has been thoroughly unremarkable. Well past his prime, this bumbling, naive warrior’s fortunes change when he stumbles into defeating another knight. He also rescues the fair damsel ALISANE, who dreams of settling down and marrying her hero Sir Henry. But their happy...
Cover of The Sea-Gull Cry
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

It’s post World War II, and nineteen-year-old LOUISA and her younger brother JERI have fled from Eastern Europe after their parents were killed. They now live in an old boat, beached on Cape Cod, thanks to the generosity of a local couple, the BAGHOTS. A frustrated local college professor RICHARD...
Cover of Long After Summer
by Robert Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

Our NARRATOR is a middle-aged bachelor who leads a simple but contented life. He enjoys his long summers spent on Cape Cod. Having long since abandoned the “deeper feelings” of youth, his solitary life is altered when JOHANNA, a lonely teenage girl, is sent to care for him during a sudden illness....
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