True stories: general

The Command of the Sea (A.

The young Tsar had just ascended the throne.

The Red and the Black, Stendhal's masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic.

A humorous story of a conversation with a mummy written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works.

"'In Search of Lost Time' is widely recognized as the major novel of the twentieth century.

Prince Roman is a Pole who gives up his comfortable position in the aristocracy to fight as a (virtually) unknown soldier resisting Russian oppression.

"Work, Death, and Sickness" is a fascinating story by Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1903.

"The Partner" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

MINE is a strange and wonderful lot!

Almayer's Folly, Joseph Conrad's first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism.

"The Power of Words" is a philosophical dialogue written by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).

"The Idiots" is a short story by Joseph Conrad, his first to be published.

Joseph Conrad was a British author who is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers in English literature.

"e;The History of Mary Prince"e;, a life narrative written by Mary Prince, is the first account published in Great Britain of a black woman's life; at a time when anti-slavery agitation was growing, her first-person account touched many people.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Oz!

Olenin was a youth who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career.

This ebook compiles Conan Doyle's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "A Study in Scarlet", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Lost World", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Sign of Four" and "The White Company".

This ebook comprises the complete short stories written by French author Guy de Maupassant.

The Assignation is a short story with Gothic touches and a tragic ending.

"The Inn of the Two Witches" is one of the best-known short stories written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

A remarkable book, the story of Flora De Barral, daughter of the Great De Barral, a monumental swindler, and her love for the sea captain who married her.

Benjamin Franklin's writings have inspired millions throughout the years, and his advice on how to earn and save money is timeless.

Prince Stepan Kasatsky experiences a disappointment with his fiance and decides to become a monk!

"Mesmeric Revelation" is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).

Del 16 al 18 de enero de 1988 Monte Caseros vivio, tal vez, los dias mas locos de su historia.

The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story.

"The Warrior's Soul" is one of the best-known short stories written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.

La vita dell'autore fu lunga e tragica, nell'accezione piu vera del termine, ossia nel senso che essa fu dominata da una profonda, segreta tensione: una vera tragedia dell'anima.

This carefully crafted ebook: "True Crime Ultimate Collection: The Stories of Real Murders & Mysteries" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories.

This little-known novella from one of the masters of the form is so unusual for Joseph Conrad's work in several respects, although not in its exotic maritime setting or its even more exotic prose-it is unusual in that it is one of his very few works to feature a woman as a leading character, and to take the form of a romance.

What's madness?

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Messalina of the Suburbs (Based on a True Story)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

'Little Girls Wiser Than Men' is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1885.

Nel XXV secolo, lo scienziato Martial Novalic ha individuato una cometa in rotta di collisione con la Terra.

Joseph Conrad (born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish novelist, writing in English, while living in England.

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.

The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca.

It happened in the 'seventies in winter, on the day after St.

In The Expressman and the Detective Allan Pinkerton tells how his relatively small P.

Russie, 1880.

"Because of the Dollars" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

Eles não prendem, não acusam, não julgam.

Mein Name ist Gina Weiß.

Sehr geehrte Leserinnen und Leser,Vielen Dank, dass Sie dieses Buch gekauft haben.

Mein Name ist Summer Winter.