Classic fiction: general and literary

The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.

Grahame's reminiscences are notable for their conception "of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult 'Olympians' who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young"--a theme later explored by J.

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell.

"The Green Meadow" is a short story by H.

Two On A Tower is a tale of star-crossed love in which Hardy sets the emotional lives of his two lovers against the background of the stellar universe.

This ebook comprises the complete short stories written by French author Guy de Maupassant.

This book contains the complete novels of Lew Wallace - The Fair God - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell

Mystification is a book written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story, Mellonta Tauta, was originally published in 1849.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.

Don't Miss a Moment with Anne Shirley in this Anne of Green Gables Bundle This bundle includes: • Anne of Green Gables • Anne of Avonlea • Anne of the Island • Anne's House of Dreams • Rainbow Valley • Rilla of Ingleside • Chronicles of Avonlea • Further Chronicles of Avonlea

Le roman raconte la course autour du monde d'un gentleman anglais, Phileas Fogg, qui a fait le pari d'y parvenir en 80 jours.

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.

In this collection you will find :Novels-The Time Machine-The War of the Worlds-The Invisible Man-The Island of Doctor Moreau-The Sleeper Awakes-A Modern Utopia-The Wheels of Chance-The First Men in the Moon -The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth-In the Days of the Comet-Ann VeronicaShort Stories-Tales of Space and Time-The Red Room-The Diamond Maker-Æpyornis Island-The Chronic Argonauts-The Flowering of the Strange Orchid-The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes-The History of Mr PollyThe World Set Free+++ H.

A Liverpool, un brick le Forward (en francais : "En avant") attire la curiosite de tous : il est visiblement concu pour les mers polaires, mais de nombreux details dans sa constructions intriguent.

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

Los pequenos poemas en prosa, tambien conocido como El spleen de Paris es una coleccion de 50 pequenos poemas escritos en prosa poetica.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

"The Hound" is a short story written by H.

A Tale of Jerusalem was written in the year 1832 by Edgar Allan Poe.

Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines she's a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school.

"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a short story written by H.

Mystification is a book written by Edgar Allan Poe.

A Liverpool, un brick le Forward (en francais : "En avant") attire la curiosite de tous : il est visiblement concu pour les mers polaires, mais de nombreux details dans sa constructions intriguent.

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

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L'Education sentimentale, histoire d'un jeune homme est un roman ecrit par Gustave Flaubert, et publie en 1869.

X-ing a Paragrab was written in the year 1849 by Edgar Allan Poe.

"A Smile of Fortune: Harbour Story" is one of the best-known novellas written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

"The Festival" is a short story by H.

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich.

The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring trumpet music, reported in the skies all over the world.

"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H.

Professor Lidenbrock ist einer der angesehensten Geologen der Welt.

VIRGIN SOIL by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) is his last and longest novel.

In The Captive, Proust's narrator describes living in his mother's Paris apartment with his lover, Albertine, and subsequently falling out of love with her.

De la Terre a la Lune, Trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne paru en 1865.

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Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare.

The Seventh Man by Max Brand, tells part of the story of the larger-than-life western character, Dan Barry, known as "Whistling Dan," and his alter-ego companions, Black Bart, the wolf-dog, and Satan, the indomitable black stallion.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, pere.

Noch hatte Syriens sengende Sonne nicht ihren hochsten Punkt am Horizont erreicht, als ein Ritter des Roten Kreuzes, der seine ferne Heimat im Norden verlassen und sich dem Kreuzfahrerheere in Palastina angeschlossen hatte, langsam uber die Sandsteppen hin ritt, die in der Nachbarschaft des Toten Meeres oder, wie es auch heit, des Asphaltsees liegen, worein sich die Gewasser des Jordans ergieen, ohne wieder Abfluss zu finden.

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.

CONTENTS:The Satires and NovelsA POLITICAL ROMANCETHE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDYA SENTIMENTAL JOURNEYThe SermonsTHE SERMONS OF LAURENCE STERNEThe LettersLETTERS FROM YORICK TO ELIZAORIGINAL LETTERS OF THE LATE REVEREND MR.

This book contains the complete novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the chronological order of their original publication.

The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide.

Home of the Gentry is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of Sovremennik.

Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866.