Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' is a seminal work in the Sturm und Drang movement and remains a classic in the world of German literature.
Rudyard Kipling's 'Plain Tales From The Hills' is a collection of over 40 short stories that capture the essence of British colonial life in India during the late 19th century.
This volume contains the three trilogies of the amazing FORSYTE SAGA, by John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932, mostly for these series of books that we now present in one volume.
Lana soll mit den anderen Bewohnern des jüdischen Ghettos deportiert werden, doch kurz vorher wählt der junge Lagerkommandant von Alnor sie und einige weitere aus, für ihn auf seinem Anwesen zu arbeiten.
A high priest and prophet greatly learned in the lore of the gods of earth attempts to scale the mountain of Hatheg-Kla in order to look upon their faces, accompanied by his young disciple.
EL CISNE DE VILAMORTA : Leocadia, la maestra de Vilamorta, ama apasionadamente al joven y apuesto Segundo ( el cisne ) al que recibe en su casa y de vez en cuando hace algun obsequio, ya que Segundo aunque estudio derecho , no trabaja.
The father of modern western philosophy, Rene Descartes formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, promoting the development of a new science grounded in observation and experiment.
L'opera, da molti considerata il suo primo capolavoro, fu nella sua prima edizione pesantemente rimaneggiata da Edward Garnett (a cui peraltro è dedicata) che ne cancellò un'ottantina di brani, circa un decimo della lunghezza.
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year before The Cricket on the Hearth.
"Three Sundays in a Week" depicts a grumpy Uncle Rumgudgeon who refuses to grant his nephew Bobby permission to marry his daughter and, therefore, inherit a portion of Rumgudgeon's estate.
A través de un personaje ficticio (el viejo marinero "Marlow"), Conrad describe una travesía por el río Congo en busca del señor "Kurtz" que es el jefe de una explotación de marfil.
CONTENTS:Anne of Green Gables (1908)Anne of Avonlea (1909)Anne of the Island (1915)Anne's House of Dreams (1917)Rainbow Valley (1919)Rilla of Ingleside (1921)Chronicles of AvonleaFurthere Chronicles of Avonlea
"The Island of the Fay," is classified as an example of Poe's "plate articles"--brief essays that were written specifically to satisfy the taste of his diverse readers.
The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair.
Suffice to say we all want to get rich or make some wealth, become great in our own right and remain well or healthy in life to enjoy all that the years of our lives has to offer.
L'inventeur Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy, entreprend de traverser le continent africain — alors partiellement inexploré — au moyen d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène.
