Classic fiction: general and literary

"The Oblong Box" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, about a sea voyage and a mysterious box.

The narrator, presented as the author himself, is dismayed by literary critics saying that he has never written a moral tale.

"The Story of Doctor Dolittle" introduces us to this respected English physician and naturalist, whose love of animals and growing household menagerie leads to him learning the secret of speaking to animals from his parrot Polynesia, and then taking up veterinary practice.

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Tired of the cruel mistreatment they endure from their wicked stepmother, who is also a witch, a brother and sister run away from home one day.

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments.

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H.

Der reiche englische Gentleman Phileas Fogg, geradezu Exzentriker in Sachen Punktlichkeit und taglichen Gewohnheiten und zudem ein leidenschaftlicher Whist-Spieler, wettet mit anderen Mitgliedern des Reform Club in London, dass es ihm gelingen werde, in 80 Tagen um die Welt zu reisen.

"The Colour Out of Space" is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed surveyor from Boston.

Le quarantieme siege de lAcademie va-t-il donc rester vide ?

Olenin was a youth who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career.

En 1799, el capitan Amasa Delano anclo en la bahia de una isla desierta del litoral chileno.

Die Erzahlung handelt von Ebenezer Scrooge, einem alten, grantigen Geizhals, der in einer einzigen Nacht zunachst Besuch von seinem verstorbenen Teilhaber Jacob Marley und dann von drei weiteren Geistern erhalt, die ihm schlielich dazu verhelfen, sein Leben zu andern.

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon.

With gusts of wind fanning it roughly, the flame rose fast.

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903.

Joam Garral grants his daughter's wish to travel to Belem where she wants to marry Manuel Valdez in the presence of Manuel's invalid mother.

Die Welt der fliegenden Handler ist ein hartes Pflaster fur jedermann, der damit seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen will.

First published in 1890, The Sign of Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.

When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forward to a pleasant, pastoral life of domestic bliss.

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poe's greatest writings, including novels, short stories and poems such as "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado".

This collection contains the following classic Russian novels:- Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol- Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov- Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy- Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Mother by Maxim Gorky

Un etudiant russe trouve un soir chez lui, cache, l'assassin d'un ministre de la repression tsariste survenue des heures plus tot.

Die Handlung des Romans spielt wahrend der Griechischen Revolution in den 1820er Jahren.

Sense and Sensibility (Gevoel en verstand) is de eerste, in 1811 anoniem uitgegeven roman van de Engelse schrijfster Jane Austen.

On a mountain which was a chosen haunt for the Greek God Pan is an olive grove, and a fearful, human-like olive tree within it

This is one of Poe's stories about nature and a quaint cottage that the narrator happens upon.

"The Inn of the Two Witches" is one of the best-known short stories written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

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The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by American fantasy author H.

This book contains the Classics Collection of Bram Stoker in the chronological order of their original publication.

At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects.

Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591.

The raucous beginning of Brand's Western is traditional: A gunfighter is shot dead in the street.

Hardy's masterpiece traces a poor stonemason's ill-fated romance with his free-spirited cousin.

It's startling enough to have a Phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it reveals you have a magic carpet on the floor.

"The Spectacles" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844.

La ville flottante, c'est le Great Eastern, un enorme navire faisant la traversee Liverpool-New York, a bord duquel se trouvent plusieurs milliers de personnes, avec leurs caracteres differents.

A humorous story of a conversation with a mummy written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Das Werk, das aus einer Vorrede und drei "Abhandlungen" besteht, gehört zu den einflussreichsten Schriften Nietzsches.

In this collection you will find : 19 classics Novels -From the Earth to the Moon -Five Weeks in a Balloon -20,000 Leagues Under the Sea -Around the World in Eighty Days -Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar -The Mysterious Island -The Survivors of the Chancellor -A Journey into the Center of the Earth -The Underground City -Dick Sands the Boy Captain -Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon -Godfrey Morgan -Robur the Conqueror -Ticket No.

Le professeur Lidenbrock trouve un document dans lequel il apprend l'existence d'un volcan eteint dont la cheminee pourrait le conduire jusqu'au centre de la Terre.

Diese Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Jens Peter Jacobsen, zu dessen Kennenlernen ich gerne die kleine einfuhlsame Biographie von Hans Bethge empfehle, enthalt das vollstandige erzahlerische Werk des Dichters sowie die lyrischen Werke (einschlielich der spater von Arnold Schonberg vertonten "Gurre-Lieder") und Entwurfe.

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication.

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the reign of King John of England (ruled 1199-1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England.

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe.

The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen's shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia.

Commandant le Nan-shan, le capitaine Mac Whirr est un homme taciturne.

En 1799, el capitán Amasa Delano ancló en la bahía de una isla desierta del litoral chileno.