Classic fiction: general and literary

Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations.

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

400 ans après sa parution, ce livre mythique a été élu meilleur livre de l'histoire de la littérature par un jury composé de cent auteurs de renom, de 54 nationalités différentes.

What's madness?

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

Un homme est convie au diner d'un groupe d'anciens naufrages qui ont de curieuses habitudes alimentaires.

Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s.

The Head of the House of Coombe follows the relationships between a group of pre-World War One English nobles and commoners.

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries-Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.

"The Oval Portrait" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau.

Khor et Kalinitch, paru dans une revue, rendit celebre Tourgueniev.

The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, pere.

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792.

"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourangoutangs") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849.

J'ETAIS l'unique souci de maman, et nos deux existences faisaient corps, pour ainsi dire.

Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles.

Two people, who have been renamed Eiros and Charmion after death, discuss the manner in which the world ended.

Der Ich-Erzähler Charlie (vergleiche Karl May) alias Old Shatterhand arbeitet als Vermesser für die Eisenbahngesellschaft Great Western.

Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug.

"The Unnamable" is a horror short story by American author H.

Esta recopilacion compuesta de ineditos y piezas condenadas fue publicada en Bruselas, bajo el cuidado de Poulet-Malassis, amigo de Baudelaire con un pie de imprenta apocrifo: Amsterdam, a l'Enseigne du Coq, precedida por un simbolico frontispicio de Felicien Rops.

Emma es una novela comica escrita por Jane Austen, en ingles, publicada por vez primera en 1815 por el editor John Murray, sobre los peligros de malinterpretar el romance.

"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H.

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Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer

In Peru besteht zu der Zeit, zu der die Geschichte spielt, die Gesellschaft aus drei Hauptgruppen.

Presents horror legend HP Lovecraft's short prose piece Nyarlathotep.

Rouletabille est arrache aux tranchees pour se voir confier une mission d'espionnage : il dot se rendre en Allemagne et delivrer un savant francais, avant qu'il ne livre sa terrible invention a l'ennemi.

"Loss of Breath" is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).

Poetry and the Gods is a short story by horror writer and poet H.

While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark not only on Greek history and literature, but upon western civilization itself.

War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era.

"Hypnos" is a short story by H.

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Here you will find the complete novels of Thomas Hardy in the chronological order of their original publication.

Junto con "La quimera" y "Dulce sueno", "La sirena negra" forma parte de las llamadas "novelas negras".

King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595.

CONTENTS:1901 - From Poverty to Power1902 - As A Man Thinketh1903 - All These Things Added1903 - Through the Gates of Good or Christ and Conduct1904 - Byways to Blessedness1904 - Out From The Heart1907 - Poems of peace; including the lyrical dramatic poem Eolaus1908 - The Life Triumphant - Mastering the Heart And Mind1909 - Morning And Evening Thoughts1909 - The Mastery of Destiny1910 - Above Life's Turmoil1910 - From Passion to Peace1911 - Eight Pillars of Prosperity1911 - Man-King of Mind, Body and Circumstance1912 - Light on Life's Difficulties1913 - Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success1913 - James Allen's book of meditations for Every Day in the Year1914 - Men And Systems1915 - The Shining Gateway1919 - The Divine Companion

Michel Strogoff est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1875 ecrit specialement pour la visite du Tsar a Paris.

In this fourth volume, Proust's novel takes up for the first time the theme of homosexual love and examines how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it.

Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations.

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.

Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ist der einzige Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870.

Near their residence, Branksome, is The Cloomber Hall, for many years untenanted.

Seul et triste, Sanine voit approcher la vieillesse et se souvient.

War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era.

"To the Queen" (or "To The Queen by the players") is a short poem attributed to William Shakespeare.

After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.