Before a Peak in Darien
Background to Before a Peak in Darien
Amazon Publications is an independent publishing co-operative that aims to publish one book per year by or about Arthur Ransome. For copyright reasons its books are only sold to members of The Arthur Ransome Society.
Synopsis
Before a Peak in Darien reprints sample essays, stories and passages from some of Ransome’s earlier books, including: The Souls of the Streets; The Stone Lady; The Book of Friendship; The Imp and the Elf and the Ogre; A History of Story-telling; Edgar Allan Poe; The Hoofmarks of the Fawn; Portraits and Speculations and The Elixir of Life. The editor, Paul Crisp provides an introduction examining Ransome’s early development as a writer.
First publication
Published by Amazon Publications in 2008.
Availability
- In Print
- Amazon Publications
Also in Literary Criticism
- A History of Story-Telling
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Oscar Wilde
- Portraits and Speculations
- Before a Peak in Darien
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Also in Essay Collections
- The Souls of the Streets
- The Stone Lady
- The Hoofmarks of the Fawn
- Portraits and Speculations
- Before a Peak in Darien