It was nine o'clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired to bed amid a chilly November rain. In the Rue des Recollets, one of the narrowest and most deserted streets of the district of Saint-Jean, a single window was still alight on the third floor of an old house, from whose damaged gutters torrents of water were falling into the street. Mme Burle was sitting up before a meager fire of vine stocks, while her little grandson Charles pored over his lessons by the pale light of a lamp.

Esta recopilación compuesta de inéditos y piezas condenadas fue publicada en Bruselas, bajo el cuidado de Poulet-Malassis, amigo de Baudelaire con un pie de imprenta apócrifo: Amsterdam, a l'Enseigne du Coq, precedida por un simbólico frontispicio de Félicien Rops.

Les Fleurs du mal es una colección de poemas de Charles Baudelaire. Considerada la obra máxima de su autor, abarca casi la totalidad de su producción poética desde 1840 hasta la fecha de su primera publicación en 1857. Las Flores del mal es considerada una de las obras más importantes de la poesía moderna, imprimiendo una estética nueva, donde la belleza y lo sublime surgen, a través del lenguaje poético, de la realidad más trivial.

Este cuento ha sido publicado en el Boletín de la Sociedad de la Gente de Letras en enero de 1847 bajo el seudónimo de Charles Dufays. Narra la historia de los amores y desamores del joven poeta Samuel Cramer.Una peque?a joya de la literatura clásica.

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. Sodom and Gomorrah is also an unforgiving analysis of both the decadent high society of Paris and the rise of a philistine bourgeoisie that will inevitably supplant it.

Old Shatterhand trifft in der Savanne den berühmten Westmann Sans-Ear. Nachdem Sans-Ear vier feindliche Komantschen besiegt hat, reiten beide zusammen weiter und verhindern einen Zugüberfall. Bei diesem ?berfall beteiligt sich ein Wei?er, der von Sans-Ear als der M?rder seiner Familie identifiziert wird, Fred Morgan. Durch einen glücklichen Umstand k?nnen sie die Spur des Verbrechers entdecken und folgen ihm durch den Llano Estacado, wo sie sich erneut gegen die Comanchen behaupten müssen, zwischenzeitlich begleitet von Winnetou und Bernard Marshall, der ebenfalls hinter Fred Morgan her ist. In der N?he der Goldfelder von San Francisco erwischen sie endlich beide Morgans. Im zweiten Teil trifft Old Shatterhand auf einer Zugfahrt Fred Walker, einen Detektiv, der hinter den Railtroublers her ist, einer Bande von Zugr?ubern. Old Shatterhand und sp?ter auch Winnetou verbünden sich mit Spürauge und verhindern einen ?berfall auf Echo Canyon, eine gro?e Bahnstation. Auf der Flucht überfallen die mit den Zugr?ubern verbündeten Sioux eine Siedlung und verschleppen alle Bewohner. Bei der Rettungsaktion am Berg Hancock wird Winnetou von einem Sioux erschossen.

Eski Yunan’da, ?air Homeros’un yazd??? varsay?lan büyük bir destand?r. Bir ba?ka Homeros destan? olan ?deysseia ile birlikte, bat? edebiyat?n?n en eski ?rne?i ve tüm zamanlar?n en güzel ?iirlerinden say?l?r. Hem ?lyada hem de Oysseisa, Truva Sava?? ve bu sava?ta yer alan insanlarla ilgili s?ylenceleri dile getiren, ko?ukla yaz?lm?? destanlard?r. Tarih?iler Yunanistan’tandaki Akhalar ile Bat? Anadolu’da ya?am?? olan Truval?lar aras?ndaki bu sava??n yakla??k I.O. 1199’da ge?ti?i g?rü?ündedir. Akhalar’?n Truva’y? ku?atmalar?n?n ise 10 y?l sürdü?ü san?lmaktad?r. Bu konuda o kadar ?ok ?ykü ve s?ylence vard?r ki, hangisinin ger?ek hangisinin uydurma oldu?unu bilme olana?? yoktur. Yunanca’da Truva’n?n bir ad?n?n da ?lios olmas?ndan dolay? Homeros’un destan? ?lyada ad?n? ald?. Homeros, ya?ad??? d?nemde herkesin bu ?yküyü bildi?ini dü?ünerek, Truva ku?atmas?n? ba?tan sona anlatmaz; sava??n 10. y?l?nda sadece d?rt gün i?inde ge?en olaylar? anlat?r. Sava? neredeyse bitmek üzeredir. Truva efsanesinin bu b?lümü "As?l’?n ?fkesi" olarak bilinir. ?lyada’n?n ?yküsü: Kral Agamemnon, Truva Sava?? s?ras?nda Akhalar’?n ba?komutan?yd?. Kral?n en yi?it ve bas?na buyruk sava???s? olan As?l, kimseye boyun e?meden, kendi bildi?ince hareket ediyordu. As?l’?n sava?ta ka??rd??? Briseis ad?nda Truvali bir k?z yüzünden As?l ile Agamemnon aras?nda anla?mazl?k ??kt?. Tutsa?? olan bir k?z? babas?na geri vermeye raz? olan Agamemnon, onun yerine As?l’?n sevdi?i Briseis’i istiyordu. Agamemnon’a boyun e?mek zorunda kalan As?l, k?z? ona verdi. Ne var ki, h?rs?n? alamayarak sava?tan ?ekildi. Agamemnon’u cezaland?rmas? i?in, deniz tanr??as? olan annesi Theti?’i ?a??rd?. Theti?, tanr?lar?n kral? Zeus’tan yard?m istedi. B?ylece ?ok ge?meden yaln?zca As?l ve Agamemnon de?il, tanr? ve tanr??alarda kavgaya kar??t?. Tanr?lar?n ise kar??mas? Yunan askerlerini tela?land?rd?. Agamemnon, g?rdü?ü bir dü?e aldanarak, ordusuna art?k Yunanistan’a d?nülece?ini bildirdi. Askerlerin Truva’y? ele ge?irmeden d?nmek istemeyeceklerini sanarken, onlar?n gitmeye can att?klar?n? g?rmek onu dü? k?r?kl???na u?ratt?. Yunanl? komutanlar orduyu yeniden sava? düzenine sokmakta gü?lük ?ektiler. Bütün bu olaylar Yunan ordusunun sava? gücünü ve birli?ini zay?flatm??t?. ?ki ordu aras?nda sava? yeniden ba?larken, Paris’in karde?i Hektor, sava??n nedeni Paris’in Sparta Kral? Menelaos’un kar?s? Helen ‘i ka??rmas? oldu?una g?re, anla?mazl???n Paris ile Menelaos aras?nda d?vü?le ??zümlenmesini ?nerdi. Bu d?vü?te tam Paris yenilecekken, annesi olan tanr??a Afrodit onu son anda ka??rarak kurtard?. B?ylece ordular aras?nda bir kez daha sava? ba?lad?.

Myril’s world is sinking before her eyes. Foreign ships flood into the harbor and Anamat’s citizens flee across the sea while the governor helps foreign emissaries steal from the city’s guilds. The guildmaster enlists Myril to help save the Chronicles of Anamat from the pillagers and their local allies. Her old friend Darna returns to the city strangely pregnant – if that’s what it is. She’s also about to become the ruler of Tiadun. Meanwhile Iola, the ambassadress, is determined to fly to the dragons’ realm again, even if it kills her, and the Defenders have more troubles than they can manage. Will any of them survive when the waters rise again? This book concludes the Anamat/Dragonsfall series.

Anna Karenina (in russo: Aнна Каренина) è un romanzo di Lev Tolstoj che fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1877. Considerato un capolavoro del realismo, l'autore trasse ispirazione da "I racconti di Belkin" dello scrittore e poeta russo Aleksandr Sergeevi? Pu?kin. Sebbene la maggior parte della critica russa stroncasse il romanzo fin dalla prima pubblicazione, definendolo ?un romanzo frivolo dell'alta società?, secondo lo scrittore russo F?dor Michajlovi? Dostoevskij ?Anna Karenina in quanto opera d'arte è la perfezione... e niente della letteratura europea della nostra epoca può esserle paragonato?. La sua opinione fu condivisa da Vladimir Vladimirovi? Nabokov, che lo definì ?il capolavoro assoluto della letteratura del XIX secolo?.

Allan est un petit gar?on normal. Pourtant, il va sombrer dans la folie et devenir le plus grand meurtrier des ?tats-Unis. Sa vie bascule à la mort de sa mère où il fait la connaissance de son ami imaginaire qui va l'entra?ner dans la désolation. Poussé par son ami imaginaire, Allan se transforme en véritable monstre sanguinaire. Folie meurtrière ? Délire schizophrénique ou parano?de ? Possession démoniaque ? Rien de l'arrêtera sauf la mort. Histoire inspirée d'un fait réel.

Forgiving yourself is the first step, but helping others forgive may be just too hard. Each note Rachel Cullen plays on her violin comes straight from the heart. But life isn’t easy. A Scottish immigrant to America, she embraced the Celtic and Bluegrass communities. Unfortunately, divorce, rape and distrust leave her emotionally crippled. Can Noel Karshaw, an English teacher and poet with a young daughter, be the key to help her reconcile who she is, what she wants, and how to get there? It takes both music and words to make a love song. With Noel by her side, Rachel has a chance to be part of the family she’s always wanted—a chance to make love strong.

Eisa McCarthy lives in Caliphate City under the control of the radical Islamic group, the Ghuraba. Seven years ago General Mohammad bin-Rasulullah defeated the United States in a ruthless betrayal and set up their worldwide Caliphate in the ruins of Washington, D.C. The Ghuraba's supreme holy leader, the Abu al-Ghuraba, claims Eisa's father gave him control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, a claim bolstered by the smoldering ashes of many cities and her Syrian-born mother's testimony. But after her mother is accused of apostasy, she learns her father may not be the 'martyr' the Ghuraba claim. Do the Ghuraba really possess the launch codes for the ICBM missiles? Or did her father 'lock them out' as Colonel Everhart, the rebel commander, wants her to tell the world? If she fights, the Ghuraba will kill her little sister, but if she doesn't, eventually the Ghuraba will hack in and nuke them all. All Eisa has are a string of Muslim prayer beads and a pre-Islamic myth her father told her the night he disappeared. The fate of the world, and her little sister's life, hang in the balance as Eisa sorts through ancient myth, her Muslim faith, and what really happened the night the Ghuraba seized control."The parallels the author draws between the current landscape in Syria and Iraq and a future United States are unsettling, as they portray present-day atrocities with unflinching accuracy…" —Dale Amidei, Jon's Trilogy

Il racconto è pieno di allusioni a personaggi, poemetti, proverbi e avvenimenti propri dell'epoca in cui Dodgson opera e il "Paese delle Meraviglie" descritto nel racconto gioca con regole logiche, linguistiche, fisiche e matematiche che gli hanno fatto ben guadagnare la fama che ha.

Die fiktionale Welt, in der Alice im Wunderland angesiedelt ist, spielt in solch einer Weise mit Logik, dass sich die Erz?hlung unter Mathematikern und Kindern gleicherma?en gro?er Beliebtheit erfreut. Sie enth?lt zahlreiche satirische Anspielungen – nicht nur auf pers?nliche Freunde Carrolls, sondern auch auf die Schullektionen, die Kinder im England jener Zeit auswendig lernen mussten.

Wenner van die “eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards - Best Novella of 2014”. Die Spoke van Ou Ellendes is nooit ver agter nie... Op Ou Kersaand mik Cassie Barug haar motor op ‘n ou beuk boom af, met die hoop dat haar pyn be?indig sal word nadat haar kêrel haar afgesê het. Maar toe 'n pragtige swart vlerk engel verskyn en vir haar sê: "Hierdie is geen vervlakste paranormale romanse nie skattebol," besef sy die dood het nie haar probleme opgelos nie. Kan Jeremi?l haar help om die spoke van haar verlede te besweer en afsluiting te vind? Hierdie moderne paranormale uitkyk op die mite van beskermingsengele kombineer “A Christmas Carol” met “It’s A Wonderful Life” om mense hoop te gee dat die verlede verwerk en oorwin kan word. "Baie min boeke dryf my tot trane, maar hierdie een het dit gedoen in ‘n skitterende manier. Die boodskap word vertel met humor en grasie. Wonderlik! "- Leser Resensie "Sy het my laat omgee. En sy het my laat huil. En ek is opreg dankbaar vir die einde. "- Leser Resensie "‘n Boek wat my aangeraak het soos geen ander boek van te vore!" - Leser Resensie "Weereens toor Anna woorde in goud in. Die Gotiese draai om hierdie moderne Kerslied is merkwaardig ..." - Leser Resensie "As ek kon, sou ek hierdie storie 'n oneindige hoeveelheid sterre gee! Hierdie boek / storie het my koue rillings gegee." - Leser Resensie Afrikaanse taal - Afrikaans language

"Crooken Sands" is a short story by Bram Stoker. A London merchant takes his family on a Scottish vacation and ends up experiencing a most mysterious horrifying adventure...

— Sp?r hvordan du kan vinne én time i tid — Marie Karlsen har mye st?rre problemer enn det faktum at klokken stoppet 15:57. Da hun tar med seg klokken til en vennlig reparat?r, l?rer hun at hun har vunnet en s?regen premie, en sjanse til ? gjenoppleve én time av livet sitt. Men skjebnen har strenge regler om hvordan man kan g? tilbake i tid, blant annet en advarsel om at hun ikke kan gj?re noe som ville skapt et tids-paradoks. Kan Marie f? fred med den feilen hun angrer mest p? i denne verden?

Far, far away, there is a beautiful Country which no human eye has ever seen in waking hours. Under the Sunset it lies, where the distant horizon bounds the day, and where the clouds, splendid with light and color, give a promise of the glory and beauty that encompass it. Sometimes it is given to us to see it in dreams. This Country is the Land Under the Sunset. This is the story of that Country, and what happened when evil came to abide there. It is a story all of us must hear.

A fairy tale of a girl who loved birds and was loved by them. She saves her country-the name of which is Country under the sunset(most probably the same country from another short story with the same name)- from the Giant(which is most probably the plague judging from the dark death) through her "devotion and innocence". Nobody believes her when she says of the presence of the Giant because it remains invisible to others. But she,with the aid of a good man, helps them when they fall sick to it. It leaves them after taking the life of this good man, Knoal, and leaves because of her heartbreaking wailing and her offer to sacrifice herself for his life.

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress

Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork