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L'Atl?ntida (1877) ?s un poema de Jacint Verdaguer format per 10 cants, una introducci? i una conclusi?, que narra les perip?cies d'Heracles per Ib?ria, l'enfonsament del continent dels atlants, la...

Lacplesis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lacplesis is regarded as the Latvian national epic. The poem recounts the life of...

*Amazon does not support all the Lithuanian letters - notabley "z with a hook" "e with a dot." The book itself DOES contain these letters.* Born to impoverished gentry, Zemaite became one of the...

The Doll (Polish title: Lalka) is the second of four major novels by the Polish writer Boleslaw Prus (real name Aleksander Glowacki). It was composed for periodical serialization in 1887-89 and...

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta on Suomen taiteen kultakauden kirjailijan Johannes Linnankosken tunnetuin teos. Vuonna 1905 julkaistu kirja on ensimm?isi? suomalaisia bestseller-kirjoja. Laulu...

Laxd la saga, written in the 13th century, tells of people in the Brei?afj?r?ur area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle...

Découvrez la riche histoire et la culture vibrante de l'espéranto grâce à ce lecteur bilingue entièrement annoté en espéranto moderne. Entamez un voyage captivant d'apprentissage linguistique avec ce...

Lendas e Narrativas is a collection of short stories by one of the giants of Portuguese literature, Alexandre Herculano. The subject matter shows the author's interest in the middle ages, with a...

Lettres persanes (Persian Letters) is a literary work by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who are traveling through...

Ludzie bezdomni is a novel written by Stefan Zeromski which was first published in 1900. It deals with the love story between the young doctor Judym and Joanna Podborska set against the harsh...

The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940 but unpublished in book form until 1967. It is woven around a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic...

"Mother" - was written in 1906 by Maxim Gorky while traveling in the United States. The story reflected the ideas of "god-building" literary evangelism. Gorky used biblical images and compares them...

Euripides(c. 480 - 406 BC) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but...

The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.The protagonist of the novel is called...

Rainis was the pseudonym of Janis Plieksans (1865 - 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts and Indulis un Arija, and a...

Nil desperandum is the second volume of a trilogy of works by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taken together these works describe the situation in Poland around 1794. Overall the trilogy paints a positive picture...

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerl?f. It was published in two books, which are here combined in a single volume.The background for publication...

The novel tells the story of young and na?ve European Socialist Vasily (Wilhelm) Rainer who comes to Russia to somehow apply his rootless, artificial ideas to the local reality. The action takes...

Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of Norway through this bilingual, fully-glossed reader in modern Norwegian. Take a captivating language-learning journey with this comprehensive volume,...

Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of Norway through this bilingual, fully-glossed reader in modern Nynorsk Norwegian. Take a captivating language-learning journey with this comprehensive...

Notes from the Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a...

The Guarani is a 1857 Brazilian novel written by Jose de Alencar. It was first serialized in the newspaper Diario do Rio de Janeiro, but due to its enormous success Alencar decided to compile his...

In Capek's Obycejny zivot a retired railway officer describes his "ordinary life" in memoirs Gradually, he comes to the realisation that he is actually composed of many competing personalities which...

Oku no Hosomichi is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho considered "one of the major texts of classical Japanese literature." The text is written in the form of a prose and verse...

Stefan Grabinski (1887-1936), was a Polish writer of fantastic literature and horror stories. He is sometimes referred to as the "Polish Poe" or "Polish Lovecraft," although his works are often...

Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph W. Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he...

Os Lus?adas is a Portuguese epic poem by Lu?s Vaz de Cam?es. It is written in Homeric fashion and focuses mainly on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th...

Os Maias: Epis?dios da Vida Rom?ntica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author E?a de Queir?s.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese consulate at Newcastle upon Tyne, E?a had at least...

Os Maias: Epis?dios da Vida Rom?ntica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author E?a de Queir?s.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese consulate at Newcastle upon Tyne, E?a had at least...

Ostatni Sejm Rzeczypospolitej is the first volume of a trilogy of works by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taken together these works describe the situation in Poland around 1794. Overall the trilogy paints a...