The Age of Innocence centers on one society couple's impending marriage and the introduction of a scandalous woman whose presence threatens their happiness.
Weisse NächteEin empfindsamer Roman(Aus den Erinnerungen eines Träumers)Autor: Fjodor Michailowitsch DostojewskiOriginaltitel: Belye nociGeschrieben: 1849Deutsche Übersetzung: Alexander EliasbergÜbersetzungsjahr: 1881
Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.
"The Island of the Fay," is classified as an example of Poe's "plate articles"--brief essays that were written specifically to satisfy the taste of his diverse readers.
Die belgische Kleinstadt Quiquendone, besteht seit 800 Jahren, hat 2393 Einwohner und liegt 15,25 km sudostlich von Brugge in Flandern an der Vaar, einem Nebenfluss der Schelde.
" Plus profondement je rentre en moi-meme, plus attentivement j'examine toute ma vie passee, et plus je me convaincs de la rigoureuse verite de cette expression.
'In Homespun' is a collection that was originally published in 1896, and the stories are set in the villages of South Kent and East Sussex that Nesbit knew well.
A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: 'Treasure Island'", "The genesis of 'the master of Ballantrae'" & "Preface to 'the master of Ballantrae'".
Published to popular acclaim in 1809, this satire, considered the first important contribution to American comic literature, was Washington Irving's first book.
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, an apocalyptic science fiction story first published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in 1839.
In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage.
ChildhoodBoyhoodYouthThe CossacksWar and PeaceFather SergiusAnna KareninaIvan the FoolEvil allures, but good enduresWhere Love is, There God is AlsoThe Death of Ivan IlychThe Imp and the CrustAn Old AcquaintanceThe Young TsarMaster and ManEsarhaddon, King of AssyriaWork, Death, and SicknessThere are No Guilty PeopleLittle Girls Wiser Than Men
The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant.
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.
