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Ex Oblivione
Ex Oblivione
H.P. Lovecraft
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"Ex Oblivione" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips. It is written in first person and tells of the dreams of a presumably dying man. In his dreams, the man is walking through a valley and encounters a vine-covered wall with a locked bronze gate therein. He longs to know what lies beyond the gate.
Dreams in the Witch-House
Dreams in the Witch-House
H.P. Lovecraft
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Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, takes a room in the Witch House, a house in Arkham thought to be accursed. The first part of the story is an account of the history of the house, which has once harboured Keziah Mason, an accused witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem gaol in 1692. Gilman discovers that for the better part of two centuries many if not most of its occupants have died prematurely.
Richard II
Richard II
William Shakespeare
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King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, and Henry V. It may not have been written as a stand-alone work.
Durchs wilde Kurdistan
Durchs wilde Kurdistan
Karl May
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Bei den allseits verachteten "Teufelsanbetern" wird Kara Ben Nemsi mit seinen Begleitern freundlich aufgenommen. Amad el Ghandur, der Sohn von Scheik Mohammed Emin, ihrem Gastfreund aus dem ersten Band, wird aus einer Festung in Amadijah befreit. Und Kara Ben Nemsi lernt Marah Durimeh kennen - und einen geheimnisvollen H?hlengeist
Winnetou 2
Winnetou 2
Karl May
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In diesem Band, der als wahre Reiseerz?hlung betrachtet werden kann, führt es den Ich-Erz?hler Old Shatterhand kreuz und quer durch die USA. Zun?chst verfolgen er und Winnetou noch den M?rder Santer, müssen sich dann aber trennen, und man erf?hrt dann, wie Old Shatterhand über St. Louis nach New Orleans gelangt, von wo er nach Europa zurück segeln will. Da er aber kurz nach Verlassen des Hafens in einen Hurrikan ger?t und dabei seinen gesamten Besitz verliert, verschl?gt es ihn zun?chst nach New York, wo er – um sich das Geld für die ?berfahrt zu verdienen – einen Job als Detektiv annimmt. Nach mehreren erfolgreich gel?sten F?llen, über die man nichts weiter erf?hrt, wird er damit beauftragt, einen dem Wahnsinn verfallenen Bankierssohn, der einem Betrüger in die H?nde gefallen ist, zu seinem Vater zurück zu bringen.
10 Reisegeschichten
10 Reisegeschichten
Karl May
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Der Schut Durch das Land der Skipetaren Durch die Wüste Durchs wilde Kurdistan In den Schluchten des Balkan Von Bagdad nach Stambul Winnetou 1 Winnetou 2 Winnetou 3 Winnetou 4
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Wollstonecraft's philosophical and gothic novel revolves around the story of a woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband. It focuses on the societal rather than the individual "wrongs of woman" and criticizes what Wollstonecraft viewed as the patriarchal institution of marriage in eighteenth-century Britain and the legal system that protected it.
Gothic Fiction Collection
Gothic Fiction Collection
Various Authors
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The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe Caleb Williams - William Godwin Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg St. John's Eve - Nikolai Gogol The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo The Queen of Spades - Alexander Pushkin Berenice - Edgar Allan Poe Young Goodman Brown - Nathaniel Hawthorne The Nose - Nikolai Gogol The Minister's Black Veil - Nathaniel Hawthorne Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Ligeia - E. A. Poe The Fall of the House of Usher - E. A. Poe The Masque of the Red Death - E. A. Poe The Oval Portrait - E. A. Poe The Pit and the Pendulum - E. A. Poe The Black Cat - E. A. Poe The Tell-Tale Heart - E. A. Poe Rappaccini's Daughter - Nathaniel Hawthorne The Double - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bront? Wuthering Heights - Emily Bront? Varney the Vampire - James Malcom Rymer Villette - Charlotte Bront? The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne Bleak House - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson The Damned (Là-bas) - Joris-Karl Huysmans The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman Trilby - George du Maurier Dracula - Bram Stoker The Beetle - Richard Marsh The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Real Thing - Henry James The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux The Lair of the White Worm - Bram Stoker The Outsider - Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Swiss Family Robinson: Or Adventures in a Desert Island
The Swiss Family Robinson: Or Adventures in a Desert Island
Johann David Wyss
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"Swiss Family Robinson" is the classic tale of a Swiss pastor, his wife and their four sons who find themselves shipwrecked on an isolated tropical island. Along with a couple of dogs, some livestock, pigeons and geese, "Swiss Family Robinson," is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a foreign land isolated from society. Everyday brings a new adventure and a new obstacle to overcome. Above all, "Swiss Family Robinson" is a classic tale of adventure that can be enjoyed by readers both young and old.
La prueba
La prueba
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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La presencia del espacio urbano de Madrid es un aspecto fundamental de esta novela; dicho espcaio acompa?a a los personajes en su pugna contra los estereotipos, el debate interior en torno a los valores éticos y morales transmitidos y el rechazo social a la mujer independiente.
Henry IV (Complete Plays)
Henry IV (Complete Plays)
William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics. Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
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Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator of the same name, his assassination and its aftermath. It is one of several Roman plays that he wrote, based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. Although the title of the play is Julius Caesar, Caesar is not the central character in its action; he appears in only three scenes, and is killed at the beginning of the third act. The protagonist of the play is Marcus Brutus, and the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honour, patriotism, and friendship.
King Lear
King Lear
William Shakespeare
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King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen, with the part of Lear being played by many of the world's most accomplished actors.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The main title is believed to be an afterthought, created after John Marston premiered a play titled What You Will during the course of the writing.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
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Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play deals with the issues of mercy, justice, truth and their relationship to pride and humility: "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall"
Venus and Adonis
Venus and Adonis
William Shakespeare
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Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a complex, kaleidoscopic work, using constantly shifting tone and perspective to present contrasting views of the nature of love.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
William Shakespeare
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Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader, Gaius Martius Coriolanus.
Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam
Newton Booth Tarkington
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Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod Schofield, and his best friend, Sam Williams. More of Penrod's adventures appear in the final book of the series Penrod Jashber (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
His Own People
His Own People
Newton Booth Tarkington
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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. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike.
The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler
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A semi-autobiographical novel that attacks Victorian era hypocrisy as it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published, it was accepted as part of the general revulsion against Victorianism.
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
H.P. Lovecraft
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At a gathering to decide the fate of Randolph Carter's estate which has been held in trust since his disappearance the mysterious Swami Chandraputra, who wears curious mittens and enveloping robes, tells Carter's acquaintances of his ultimate fate. He explains that the key took Carter to a type of higher dimension. There, Carter, on an ill-defined mission (or out of sheer curiosity), travelled strange sections of the cosmos by first meeting with 'Umr at-Tawil, a dangerous being warned of in the Necronomicon, saying those who deal with it never return