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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.