Time Regained Marcel Proust - "e;Time Regained"e; is the seventh and final volume of Marcel Prousts monumental novel "e;In Search of Lost Time"e;, and follows the narrator as he reaches the threshold of old age and sees how the people around him, as well as society itself, have changed with the passage of time.
An Enemy of the People - Henrik Ibsen - First performed in 1882, Henrik Ibsens An Enemy of the People is the story of the animosity that can befall someone whose actions, while in the best interest of the public good, threaten the economic well being of a community.
A Fighting Man of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Fighting Man of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh of his Barsoom series.
The Wisdom of Life Arthur Schopenhauer - A profound advocate for willpower and rational deliberation, Arthur Schopenhauer believed that complete happiness and satisfaction are unobtainable.
The Bustan Sadi - If among the twenty-two works with which Sadi enriched the literature of his country the Gulistan rank first in popularity, the Bustan (lit.
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad - Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900.
In Praise of Folly Desiderius Erasmus - Because some of English extant translations of In Praise of Folly are from the 18th, 19, and 20th centuries, Ive endeavored to present a version with the American reader in mind.
Ghosts Henrik Ibsen - "e;Ghosts"e; is a drama in three acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1881 in Norwegian asGengangereand performed the following year.
New Grub Street George Gissing - New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London.
Der Talisman Sir Walter Scott - Noch hatte Syriens sengende Sonne nicht ihren höchsten Punkt am Horizont erreicht, als ein Ritter des Roten Kreuzes, der seine ferne Heimat im Norden verlassen und sich dem Kreuzfahrerheere in Palästina angeschlossen hatte, langsam über die Sandsteppen hin ritt, die in der Nachbarschaft des Toten Meeres oder, wie es auch heißt, des Asphaltsees liegen, worein sich die Gewässer des Jordans ergießen, ohne wieder Abfluss zu finden.
Das Buch der Bilder Rainer Maria Rilke - O was muß es die Engel gekostet haben,nicht aufzusingen plötzlich, wie man aufweint,da sie doch wußten: in dieser Nacht wird dem Knabendie Mutter geboren, dem Einen, der bald erscheint.
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain - A memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St.
"e;A revolutionary novel of profound scope and depth, about a day in the life of a woman who runs a few errands, sees an old suitor and gives a dull party.
Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore - Moving, heart-felt prose poems by the beloved and much admired Bengali poet and mystic who first achieved international fame (and a Nobel Prize) in 1913 with his translation of these moving poems.
Die Abenteuer der Manon Lescaut Antoine François Prévost - Der junge Chevalier Des Grieux hat seine Studien beendet und steht kurz vor der Abreise aus Amiens, als er der liebenswürdigen Manon Lescaut begegnet.
Our Mutual Friend illustrated Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend, written in the years 186465, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis.
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones - Timothy Dexter - Unto you all mankind Com to my hous to mock and sneare whi ye Dont you Lafe be fore god or I meane your betters think the heir power Dont know thorts and Axsions Now I will tell you good and bad it is Not pelite to Com to see what the bare walls keep of my ground if you are gentel men you would stay Away when all is Dun in marble I expect to goue out myself to Help if thous grat men will send on there Likeness all over the younited States I wish all the printers to give Notis if pleases to in form by printen in the Nouspapers for the good of the holl of man kind.
Eine triviale Komödie für ernste MenschenThe Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People ist ein Stück von Oscar Wilde; hier in neuer deutscher Übersetzung.
Walther und Hildegund Unbekannt - Als Etzel, der König der Hunnen, mit seinen Heerscharen die Völker unter seine Macht zwang, stellten viele Könige ihm Geiseln, damit er ihr Land verschone.
Rheinmärchen Clemens Brentano - In den Jahren 1810 – 1812 schrieb Clemens Brenatno vier längere Erzählungen unter dem Titel "Märchen vom Rhein", die jedoch erst 1846 veröffentlicht wurden.
Wanderlieder Joseph von Eichendorff - Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 November 26, 1857) was a German poet and novelist of the later German romantic school.
Agave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - 1830 als Freiin von Dubsky auf Schloß Zdislavic bei Kremsier in Mähren geboren, genießt Marie eine klassische geistige Bildung, bereits mit siebzehn unternimmt sie erste literarische Versuche.
