Norman Douglas: 19 books

“The proposition tempted me; it is not every day that one is invited in such gentlemanly fashion to wallow on all fours with young Arabs.” “The traveller Temple was struck, at Nefta, with the beauty of its ‘desart nymphs, whose eyes are all fire and brilliancy,’ and he might have said the...

Als bisschop Heard van Bampopo in Afrika op weg terug naar Engeland het mediterrane eiland Nepenthe aandoet om zijn nicht te bezoeken, vermoedt hij niet dat de kleine twee weken die hij er doorbrengt zijn kijk op het leven volledig zullen veranderen. Naast de lokale bevolking wonen er op het eiland...

Norman Douglas’s novels are characterized by his sardonic wit and trenchant satire and, like his travel books, are distinguished by his evocative descriptions of the local. In They Went, published in 1921 and set in a mythic city in Brittany during the late Roman era, Douglas presents an allegory of goodness pitted against beauty.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. South Wind depicts a group of eccentric and even scandalous characters wiling away their time in a sunny Mediterranean resort. The novel takes place on Nepenthe, Douglas's thinly veiled version of Capri, an island retreat...

Collection of limericks by author Douglas, famed for his “South Wind” in an earlier era.

It was the Emperor Tiberius who startled his grammarians with the question, what songs the Sirens sang? I suspect he knew more about the matter than they did, for he was a Siren-worshipper all his life, though fate did not allow him to indulge his genius till those last...

What ages ago it seems, that Great War!

Witty, elegant novel of ideas has delighted readers since 1917. Colorful cast of characters debate life and love on the langorous Mediterranean island of Nepenthe, amid volcanic eruptions, art forgery, murder, and other nefarious doings. Elegant prose, glittering epigrams, mordant satire, memorable characterization. Acknowledged a masterpiece since its first publication.

THIS book is not intended to be representative of Chinese literature as a whole. I have chosen and arranged chronologically various pieces which interested me and which it seemed possible to translate adequately. An account of the history and technique of Chinese poetry will be found in the introduction...

"Full of zest and high spirits." — The Christian Science Monitor This witty, elegant novel of ideas unfolds on the imaginary Mediterranean island of Nepenthe, where Thomas Heard, Bishop of Bampopo in the equatorial regions of Africa, stops off on his way back to England. His arrival...

Many Christians want to witness for their faith, but they are afraid they will not be able to answer questions that others may ask of them. First Peter 3:15 reminds believers to always be prepared to "make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you." Norman Geisler and...