Classic fiction: general and literary

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The Day the Leader was Killed- The Day the Leader was Killed is a novel by Naguib Mahfouz that reshapes the era of the open-door economy and its impact on Egyptian society, that thorny period in which middle classers turned into machines that worked all day long, unable to keep up with inflation and extremism.

Adrift on the Nile- Adrift on the Nile is a brief novel by Naguib Mahfouz that portraits theabsurdity and emptiness of life in Cairo during the late 1960's, and the yearning for a seriousness.

Stories of our Neighbourhood- A unique novel in its composition, consisting of many stories that appear at first glance as self-contained narrative units, but come together so that they draw an image of the neighborhood, or of the world as Mahfouz sees it, drawn from the eyes of a child who grew up in the neighborhood and experienced its people and conditions.

Im Jahr 1799, als die französische Armee im Krieg nach neuen Rekruten verlangt, greifen die Chouans in der Bretagne erneut zu den Waffen, um gegen die Republik zu kämpfen.

Karnak Café- In the Karnak Café in downtown Cairo, a friendship takes place between the narrator and the café owner, Kronfleh, and he becomes one of the regular patrons of the café.

Morning and Evening Talk- Morning and Evening Talk is a historical epic that revolves around three Cairene families, with their branches and characters.

Mirrors- Mirrors is one of Mahfouz's more distinct novels.

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Spitzbübisch und boshaft, urwüchsig und frivol sind Oskar Maria Grafs 31 Geschichten von schamlosen Weibern und gehörnten Ehemännern, von derben Mägden und ausgefuchsten Knechten.

Esta novela se inscribe en una trayectoria larga de la autora y, como tal, conserva rasgos estilísticos y narrativos de sus obras anteriores.

Dieses eBook: "Der Kettenträger" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Sissy is a poor young girl whose father works in circus and who attends school in Coketown, run by Superintendent Mr.

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Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman.

The Pulitzer Prizewinning novel about love and the constraints of privilege, and the basis for Martin Scorseses outstanding, award-winning 1993 adaptation, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co.

"e;A Murder is Announced"e; is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie, first published in 1950.

Devil Preaches- One of Mahfouz's most famous short story collections, and the most diverse between social criticism and philosophical questioning about the confusing human mixture of spirit and body.

Palace of Desire- The second part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, in which he describes the stage that followed the 1919 revolution in the life of the family of Ahmed Abdel Gawad, and his isolation for five years as a result of what happened to his son "Fahmy".

Oscar Wilde's talented pen tells the story of one man's decline.

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Rhadopis of Nubia- The second novel in Mahfouz's historical trilogy and its events start with the ancient Egyptian legend from which the story of Cinderella was inspired.

Love Over The Pyramid Plateau- One of Mahfouz's most famous collections of stories and the most adapted to the cinema and television screens.

James Joyce's luminous short story collection of ordinary Dubliners' lives, featuring ';one of the greatest short stories ever written' (T.

Nueva edición de una obra maestra de la literatura inglesa y victoriana, con introducción de Virginia Woolf y posfacio de Ángeles Caso.

El Lazarillo de Tormes es la primera novela picaresca de la literatura española y una de las más populares de su historia.

A novel that revolves within a philosophical dialogue about the life and experience of Jaafar Al-Rawi, the seeker of freedom and the meaning of existence, whose "holy madness" motivated him to give up everything in exchange for his freedom.

Khufu's Wisdom- The first novel in Mahfouz's historical trilogy, and it is also the first novel he published in general.

Den Anstoß zu diesem Gedichtband gab der Stadtratsbeschluss, ein Drittel der Bäume des (ohnehin sehr kleinen) Stadtparks von Emmerich fällen zu lassen.

Are all aspiring stand-up comics as tragic as Baby Reindeer?

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Enter a magical world where dreams and imagination are linked.

Es geht um das Leben und die Liebe im speziellen.

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The novel revolves around a family facing a severe economic crisis following the death of the father.

The Witch of Konotop (written in 1833 and published in 1836-37) is a beloved, classic Ukrainian comic novella that is little known outside of Ukraine.

William Dorrit, imprisoned as a debtor, has been a resident of Marshalsea debtors' prison for so long that his three children - snobbish Fanny, idle Edward and Amy (known as Little Dorrit) - have all grown up there, and Amy was born there.

Khan El Khalili- After his father lost his job, Ahmed Efendi Akef had to quit his education to work and support his family.

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Miss Lucy Honeychurch is on a tour of Italy with her cousin and chaperone Miss Charlotte Bartlett when she encounters the young George Emerson, on a similar tour with his father.

My visions were of shipwreck and famine; of death or captivity among barbarian hordes; of a lifetime dragged out in sorrow and tears, upon some gray and desolate rock, in an ocean unapproachable and unknown.

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A Fiery Spirit.

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Una mente fracturada.

When Lockwood seeks relief from a lashing storm in the surly hospitality of Heathcliff, master of Wuthering Heights, a grand house on the Yorkshire moors, he cant imagine the tale that he will soon hear.

It is customary in portrait art, or drawing characters in words, to present flags and celebrities, that is, those whose history writes their names.

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