The Quick or the Dead? A Study

The Quick or the Dead? A Study by Amelie Rives is a thought-provoking book that explores the concept of life and death. The author delves into the question of whether it is better to live a short but meaningful life or a long but unfulfilling one. Rives uses a variety of literary and philosophical sources to examine this topic, including works by Shakespeare, Nietzsche, and Emerson. She also draws on her own personal experiences to provide insights into the human condition. The book is written in a clear and engaging style, making it accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Overall, The Quick or the Dead? is a fascinating exploration of one of life's most fundamental questions, and is sure to leave readers with a new perspective on the meaning of existence.1888. Poet and writer Amelie Rives (pseudonym of Princess Amelie (Rives) Chanler Troubetzkoy) became an immediate literary sensation when she published the passionate, melodramatic novel, The Quick or the Dead? The book begins: There was a soughing rain asweep that night, with no wind to drive it, yet it ceased and fell, sighed and was hushed incessantly, as by some changing gale. Barbara was a good deal unnerved by the lanternless drive from the station. The shelving road, seamed with abrupt gullies, lay through murk fields and stony hollows, that she well remembered; in the glimpsing lightning she saw scurrying trees against the suave autumn sky, like etchings on bluish paper; the dry, white-brown grasses swirled about the horses' feet in that windless rain; and after what thunderous fashion those horses pounded stableward! They hurled through narrow gateways like stones from a catapult, rushed past ragged trees whose boles seemed leaping to meet them, spun over large stones as through they had been mere fallen leaves.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.