Tag Archives: english

John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Read More »

Disillusioned and temporarily rudderless, John Woodson is about to experience a dramatic and profound metamorphosis. Read More »

Al Shaw’s life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the “Smash Palace”. His French wife, Jacqui, doesn’t appreciate the lack of attention due to Al’s obsession with cars. Read More »

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself Read More »

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. Read More »

At her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. Read More »

The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. Read More »

Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls. One is Shirley Temple grown-up, and the other is a major piece of bad news. Read More »

In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. Read More »

Saturday, April 9: A known bookie named Miller Starkie has been “cut in half” by a sawed-off, double-barrel shotgun. Read More »