It is his clear-sightedness, his candour, his steely strength of will, the immediacy of his writing, his insolence and cynicism, his love of liberty, his hatred of hypocrisy, his originality, his rational enlightened toughness which attached Byron to the present age as much as to his own.
A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature-featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographerIn 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zurau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them.
George Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a protagonist in a series of fantasy and science fiction novels and stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Essays, Memoirs and Letters"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
A reexamination of Austen's unpublished writings that uncovers their continuity with her celebrated novels-and that challenges distinctions between her "e;early"e; and "e;late"e; workJane Austen's six novels, published toward the end of her short life, represent a body of work that is as brilliant as it is compact.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda, a delightful introduction to the creator of Sherlock HolmesA passionate lifelong fan of the Sherlock Holmes adventures, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a member of The Baker Street Irregulars-the most famous and romantic of all Sherlockian groups.
From award-winning literary scholar Robert Alter, a masterful exploration of how Nabokov used artifice to evoke the dilemmas, pain, and exaltation of the human conditionAdmirers and detractors of Vladimir Nabokov have viewed him as an ingenious contriver of literary games, teasing and even outsmarting his readers through his self-reflexive artifice and the many codes and puzzles he devises in his fiction.
This novel is a continuation of the book "The mystery of the leather portfolio,"however, the "Riddle of an ancient figurine" can be read as an independent work.
Fritz Mauthners Buch 'Nach berühmten Mustern: Parodische Studien' ist eine Sammlung von humorvollen und parodistischen Kurzgeschichten, die auf bekannten literarischen Werken basieren.
In 'Mademoiselle Sappho (Klassiker der Erotik)' nimmt der geheimnisvolle Autor Anonym die Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Welt der Sinnlichkeit und Leidenschaft.
Abiturthema 2026–28: Jenny Erpenbecks HeimsuchungReclam Lektüreschlüssel XL – hier findest du alle Informationen, um dich zielsicher und schnell vorzubereiten: auf Klausur, Referat, Abitur oder Matura!
In 'Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Books', readers are treated to a collection of five classic Christmas tales by the renowned author Charles Dickens.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE GUERMANTES WAY (French Classics Series)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
In 'Die berühmtesten Werke von Mark Twain' werden Leser in die faszinierende Welt des Autors eingeführt, der für seinen humorvollen Schreibstil und seine scharfsinnige Beobachtungsgabe bekannt ist.
'Moving, candid, vivid, it is all that we could hope for in a memoir of this unique and treasured writer' ROWAN WILLIAMS'An unusually intimate and affectionate portrait' PATRICK BARKHAM, GUARDIAN'As a boy I dreamed of scholars and saints wandering around markets and cornfields, and of artists and poets sitting under the trees.
Scott's Shadow is the first comprehensive account of the flowering of Scottish fiction between 1802 and 1832, when post-Enlightenment Edinburgh rivaled London as a center for literary and cultural innovation.
Fiodor Dostoyevski's 'The Idiot' is a masterpiece of psychological fiction that delves into the complexities of human nature, exploring themes of innocence, morality, and societal expectations.
Eine literarästhetische Theorie verschiedener Erscheinungsformen, Ausprägungen und Gestaltungsprinzipien des FragmentsDie Studie untersucht diverse Erscheinungsformen, Ausprägungen und Gestaltungsprinzipien des Fragments oder des Fragmentarischen in der deutschsprachigen Literatur anhand von Prosatexten aus der Frühphase der Romantik bis in die Gegenwart.
"El texto ilustra la creación de la nación costarricense, de su literatura, con el aporte de muchos pueblos, etnias y personas, originarias algunos, migrantes otros y sus descendientes", Quince Duncan
Este libro es el fruto de una admirable pasión por las letras que nacieron en las manos de nuestra escritora geselina Silvia; innumerables encuentros con ese amor incondicional por la escritura, inspirados en el natural albergue de un bosque que vio formar palabras en poemas e historias.
Tres hechos únicos de la historia argentina –la irrupción de Eva Perón en la esfera pública, el secuestro y la muerte del general Eugenio Aramburu, la obra de Jorge Luis Borges– son la materia de este libro imperdible.
La crisis que vivimos nos pide retomar la lectura de la obra de Rodolfo Kusch, una de las figuras más emblemáticas y originales del pensamiento argentino y americano.
Andrés Arteaga analiza cómo la obra del poeta y novelista colombiano Álvaro Mutis está enraizada en una conciencia de época romántica en la cual la melancolía –como condición afectiva existencial de una modernidad tardía– y el desvanecimiento del yo –como imaginario estético-narrativo– ocupan un lugar central en la configuración de su universo de ficción.