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.
In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen used the romantic endeavours of her well-plotted characters as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely expressed in her day.
Women and Economics - A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898.
Obras Contenidas:Un viaje de noviosLa tribunaEl cisne de VilamortaLos pazos de UlloaLa madre naturalezaInsolaciónLa pruebaUna cristianaLa piedra angularDoña MilagrosMemorias de un solterón: Adán y EvaEl tesoro de GastónEl saludo de las brujasEl Niño de GuzmánMisterioLa sirena negraDulce sueñoLa última fadaCuentos de amor
