Literary Collections

Stefan Zweig se refiri? al gran humanista Erasmo de Rotterdam como el primer "europeo consciente de serlo". Para ?l, Erasmo era el "maestro venerado", al que se sent?a unido no solamente en lo espiritual sino sobre todo en el rechazo de toda clase de...

His novels portray many of the stereotypes associated with colonialism, yet they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which the native populations are portrayed. Africans often play heroic roles in the novels, although the protagonists are...

Estos cuentos nos permiten recrear todo un mundo de personajes desubicados, de seres en los m?rgenes de la existencia, aut?ntico anticipo de futuras creaciones de Rilke, un autor cuya extrema sensibilidad lo condujo a padecer severas crisis que se...

Alcott's early education included lessons from the naturalist Henry David Thoreau, but she received the majority of her schooling from her father, who was strict and believed in "the sweetness of self-denial".[4] She also received some instruction from...

Proverbs provide a general truth by using short & carefully crafted sentences. They represent the popular wisdom, the words of the ancestors, and are the spirit of a nation. Proverbs associate with a specific rhyme and rhythmus that provides them a...

The title might be an entry in the controversy surrounding pirating of ebooks--and a suggested motto for unknown indie writers who are concerned about it. But the content is strictly pleasure reading: shorts and samples from books by Linton Robinson...

Le conte de f?es ne peut ?tre picaresque ni errer de lieu en lieu sans donner une impression de grand d?sordre. Il va de l'essence de ce monde, si surnaturel soit-il en apparence, qu'on se limite ? son espace d'irr?alit? spatio-temporelle, plein...

Lucia Zulema Zecca de Perez Nacida en a?o 1947, hija de Jose Enrique zecca su madre Zulema Leonor zordi . Desde peque?a me cri? en le barrio " Anglo" Fray bentos, mi ?o?ez esta llena de vivencias donde ve?a el movimiento de la gran fabrica A.N.G.l.O.-...

Conte philosophique, fantastique, satirique et politique contemporaiAuthor: Milord ChaunesPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 28, 2015Number of Pages: 188 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Gald?s transform? el panorama novelesco espa?ol de la ?poca, apart?ndose de la corriente romanticista en pos del realismo y aportando a la narrativa una gran expresividad. En palabras de Max Aub, Gald?s, como Lope de Vega, asumi? el espect?culo del...

Esta novela breve con elementos autobiogr?ficos se public? en 1896. Misail Poloznev es un veintea?ero de una ciudad de provincias cuya vida laboral va dando tumbos. Enfrentado al despotismo de su padre arquitecto, deja el hogar y abraza trabajos...

Anthony Trollope recounts his unhappy childhood and his years of work in the Post Office before he became a successful novelist.Author: Anthony TrollopePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 15, 2015Number of Pages:...

Dostoyevski complet? su obra bajo condici?n del cumplimiento de un plazo que, mediante un contrato, le impuso el editor Fi?dor Stelovski para que escribiese una novela para el 1 de noviembre de 1866. En caso de incumplimiento de dicho plazo, el editor se...

The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of...

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a...

Carta de una desconocida (Brief einer Unbekannten) es una novela de Stefan Zweig. Publicada en 1922, cuenta la historia de un escritor que recibe la carta de una mujer que no conoce y que ha estado enamorada de ?l toda su vida. En 1948, fue adaptada al...

A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge...

If you enjoy the works of Henry Rider Haggard then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.Author: HollybookPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Dec 11, 2015Number of Pages: 94 pagesBinding:...

The protagonist of this picaresque novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story he walks out on his wife and two...

Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I...

La obra narra las aventuras y desventuras de un muchacho vasco, Mart?n Zalaca?n, nacido en Urb?a y criado por el viejo Miguel Tellagorri, un c?nico de la taberna del Arcale. Su hermana, la ?as?a o Ignacia es pretendida de amores por el se?orito Carlos de...

The twenty-two Tarot Trumps bear a relation to numbers and to letters; the true attributions are known, so far as is ascertainable, to but a few students, members of the Hermetic schools: the attributions given by L?vi in his Dogme and Rituel, by...

This book contains several poems that resonate strongly with me. I hope you're able to take something away from it all.Author: Poète MauditPublisher: Independently PublishedPublication Date: Jul 11, 2020Number of Pages: 42 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This is a compilation of my essays from my Year 2 to Year 4. It covers a variety of subjects that I wrote. I wish to express appreciation and thanks to all my teachers who had inspired me. Everyone of them had added a fusion of colors in my life, making...

The work is remarkable precisely because it works in a graceful, familiar space to do often stark and unfamiliar things. Like jazz that absorbs sound. This feels to me a faithful act towards listening and the intention towards possibility and inspiration...

Obra completa en un hermoso formato compacto, con la introducci?n y los 34 cap?tulos. El Loco centra el argumento en multitud de historias, an?cdotas, par?bolas y reflexiones de tipo espiritual contadas desde la perspectiva de un hombre que se considera...

H.B.I.C Head Bitch In Charge: ADULT CREEPY KAWAII COLORING BOOK WITH QUOTES. Great fun coloring for stress relief. Cute funny "Bitch" Quotes. Nice Kawaii designs for hours of coloring. Single pages for no bleed throughGreat Kawaii DesignsCute QuotesHours...

Obliger de jeunes filles au mariage pr?coce, c'est en quelque sorte, contribuer ? la destruction, la d?croissance de la soci?t?. C'est aussi encourager la d?scolarisation de celles-ci et r?duire ? n?ant leurs r?ves.- Auriane da CruzJ'ai ?t? victime d'une...

Dies sind drei von vielen ebenso inspirierenden Aphorismen versammelt in diesem Buch. "Wir sind, was wir denken. Alles, was wir sind, entsteht aus unseren Gedanken. Mit unseren Gedanken formen wir die Welt. Du wirst morgen sein, was du heute denkst...

Maupassant's second novel, Bel-Ami (1885) is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened "Bel-Ami" by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-sihcle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against...