La loca farsa de Oscar Wilde sobre identidades erróneas, compromisos secretos y enredos entre amantes todavía deleita a los lectores más de un siglo después de su publicación de 1895 y su estreno.
Vom Wind verweht ist ein Klassiker der amerikanischen Literatur, eine abenteuerliche Liebesgeschichte, vor allem aber das große Epos des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs, ein Pendant zu Krieg und Frieden, das Andreas Nohl und Liat Himmelheber zum ersten Mal vollständig ins Deutsche übertragen haben.
This collaborative short story brings together the creative talents of four of the Victorian era's most popular fiction writers -- Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter each contributed a section to the work.
Después de dieciocho años como prisionero político en la Bastilla, el viejo Doctor Manette finalmente es liberado y se reúne con su hija en Inglaterra.
Esta edición crítica revisada de Norton contiene la colección más completa y autorizada del trabajo de Whitman disponible en una edición de bolsillo para estudiantes.
One of the most influential schools of classical philosophy, stoicism emerged in the third century BCE and later grew in popularity through the work of proponents such as Seneca and Epictetus.
Kirk Munroe was a well-traveled writer and journalist who was born in Wisconsin, educated in Massachusetts, began his career in New York City, and finally settled in Florida.
Regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the most accomplished and witty social commentators of the twentieth century, all of Kurt Vonnegut's unique strengths as a writer shine in the short fiction piece 2BR02B.
Der Passagier, der 1869 von den USA nach Europa reisen will, schifft sich auf dem Dreimaster Chancellor ein, der unter Kapitan Huntly über den Atlantik von Charleston (South Carolina) nach Liverpool fahren soll.
Raskolnikov, un ex alumno indigente y desesperado, deambula por los barrios bajos de San Petersburgo y comete un asesinato al azar sin remordimiento ni arrepentimiento.
"e;IN the midway of this our mortal life,I found me in a gloomy wood, astrayGone from the path direct: and e'en to tellIt were no easy task, how savage wildThat forest, how robust and rough its growth,Which to remember only, my dismay.
Dracula, Gothic novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897, that was the most popular literary work derived from vampire legends and became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film.
Written when the author was in her early twenties, and now regarded as Yonge's first serious work of fiction, Abbeychurch grapples with both serious theological issues pertaining to the schism between Broad, High and Low factions in the Church of England, as well as with the struggles of ego and impulse that are common in adolescence and early adulthood.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde es el título original de una novela escrita por el famoso autor escocés Robert Louis Stevenson que se publicó por primera vez en 1886.
En 1865, el autor inglés CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898), también conocido como Lewis Carroll, escribió una fantástica historia de aventuras para las jóvenes hijas de un amigo.
Swindlers, confidence men, hustlers, scam artists they've been around as long as human civilization has existed, and who could possibly be more adept at carrying off a scam than a troupe of actors?
Sternstunden der Menschheit ist eine Sammlung von zuletzt 14 historischen Miniaturen, verfasst von Stefan Zweig, die von historischen Begebenheiten erzählen, deren Auswirkungen die Geschichte der Menschheit verändert haben.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, una historia de aventuras para niños, es un libro lleno de diversión que muestra la vida a lo largo del río Mississippi en la década de 1840.
This uplifting novel penned by prominent Kentucky novelist James Lane Allen reminds readers that the most beautiful things in art and in life are often found in the most unexpected places.
En lo que podría ser la mejor novela, humilde y huérfana de Dickens, Pip es aprendiz del trabajo sucio de la fragua, pero se atreve a soñar con convertirse en un caballero, y un día, en circunstancias repentinas y enigmáticas, se encuentra en posesión de "grandes expectativas".
In this emotionally engaging and richly detailed multi-generational epic, author Gertrude Atherton uses her own family history as a lens through which to trace the evolution of the fictional Randolph family, from their roots in England to their eventual ascendance to power and prestige in the rough-and-tumble pioneer era of California.
This fascinating travelogue details the visit of author Ellen Clacy to the massive gold mines that were erected in Australia in the nineteenth century.
