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Knickerbocker's History of New York
Knickerbocker's History of New York
Washington Irving
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Published to popular acclaim in 1809, this satire, considered the first important contribution to American comic literature, was Washington Irving's first book. It begins by relating the creation and population of the world, including the discovery of what would become New York. It ends by recording the eventual fall of the Dutch dynasty.
Henry V
Henry V
William Shakespeare
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Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined lad known as "Prince Hal." In Henry V, the young prince has become a mature man and embarks on an attempted conquest of France.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
William Shakespeare
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. It has the smallest cast of any of Shakespeare's plays, and is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. It deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon" has been attributed.
Un viaje de novios
Un viaje de novios
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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Escrita en la ?década prodigiosa? de la narrativa espa?ola del XIX esta novela supuso una primera aproximación a los dominios del realismo-naturalismo. A caballo entre la novela y el cuaderno de viaje, la obra narra las ingratas consecuencias del desatinado matrimonio entre un funcionario oportunista y cuarentón y una joven provinciana e inexperta, Lucía, quien, tras la unión, no tarda en verse sometida al creciente divorcio entre deseo y realidad.
Do?a Milagros
Do?a Milagros
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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Su modelo de “mujer del futuro” viene encarnada en el personaje de Feíta, hija de don Benicio Neira, un hidalgo venido a menos, situado en la clase media, cuya hija alberga unos inmensos deseos de instrucción, de autonomía personal, de trabajo para independizarse… que la alejan de las “se?oritas” de su clase y del resto de sus hermanas.
Persische Briefe
Persische Briefe
Charles Montesquieu
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Die "Lettres persanes" (erste Ausgabe 1721) des franz?sischen Staatsphilosophen der Aufkl?rung Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède de Montesquieu (so sein vollst?ndiger Name) ist eines der wirkm?chtigsten Bücher der Weltliteratur, zugleich eines der erfolgreichsten zu seiner Zeit. Es ist nach der franz?sischen Revolution allerdings zunehmend in den Schatten von Montesquieus Hauptwerk, "De l’esprit des loix" (1748, Vom Geist der Gesetze), getreten, obwohl es im Vergleich zu den politischen Positionen in den Persischen Briefen durchaus als Rückschritt betrachtet werden kann. Im Gegensatz zu dem Hauptwerk gehen die Persischen Briefe unterhaltsam und satirisch an die zentralen Fragestellungen der Zeit heran; wenn man bedenkt, dass es dem Verfasser vor allem darum zu tun gewesen sein soll, mit diesem Text seine Aufnahme in die Academie fran?aise, die er in den Briefen noch dazu geh?rig verspottet, zu erreichen - was ihm auch gelang -, dann dr?ngt sich der Gedanke auf, dass das Selbstinteresse einmal mehr einen Zweck durchgesetzt hat, den es gar nicht vordringlich verfolgte.
Antología: poemas y sonetos
Antología: poemas y sonetos
Miguel De Unamuno
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Antología de poemas, sonetos y Rimas de Miguel de Unamuno. Una breve selección de María del Pilar MARTINEZ. -El Cristo de Velázquez (1920) -Blas, el bobo (Blas, el bobo de la aldea) -Castilla (Tú me levantas, tierra de Castilla,) -El armador aquel (El armador aquel de casas rústicas) -El cuerpo canta -El mar de encinas (En este mar de encinas castellano) -En un cementerio de lugar castellano (Corral de muertos, entre pobres tapias,) -Habla, que lo quiere el ni?o -Incidente doméstico (Traza la ni?a toscos garrapatos) -La luna y la rosa (En el silencio estrellado) -Madre, llévame a la cama -Me destierro (Me destierro a la memoria) -Ofelia de Dinamarca (Rosa de nube de carne) -Oh, Se?or, tú que sufres del mundo (Salmo III) -Qué es tu vida (?Qué es tu vida, alma mía?, ?cuál tu pago?,) -Sombra de humo (?Sombra de humo cruza el prado!) -Vendrá de noche (Vendrá de noche cuando todo duerma,) -Y ?qué es eso? (Y ?qué es eso del Infierno?) -De vuelta a casa (Desde mi cielo a despedirme llegas) -Es una antorcha (Es una antorcha al aire esta palmera,) -Horas serenas (Horas serenas del ocaso breve,) -La estrella polar (Luciérnaga celeste, humilde estrella) -La mar ci?e (La mar ci?e a la noche en su regazo) -La sangre de mi espíritu (La sangre de mi espíritu es mi lengua) -Muerte (Eres sue?o de un dios; cuando despierte) -Noche de luna llena (Noche blanca en que el agua cristalina) -Cuando duerme una madre junto al ni?o -Por qué esos lirios que los hielos matan
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare
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Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's problem plays) is not a conventional tragedy, since its protagonist (Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters.
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare
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The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the legendary Athenian misanthrope Timon (and probably influenced by the eponymous philosopher, as well), generally regarded as one of his most obscure and difficult works. Originally grouped with the tragedies, it is generally considered such, but some scholars group it with the problem comedies.
Richard III
Richard III
William Shakespeare
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Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. The play is an unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England. While generally classified as a history, as grouped in the First Folio, the play is sometimes called a tragedy (as in the first quarto). It picks up the story from Henry VI, Part 3 and concludes the historical series that stretches back to Richard II.
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
Supernatural Horror in Literature
Supernatural Horror in Literature
H.P. Lovecraft
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Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett.
Insolación
Insolación
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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La autora se aleja de las premisas Naturalismo centrándose en el estudio psicológico de los personajes, empleando para ello una inusitada y compleja técnica narrativa. El feminismo, la crítica de los valores morales y la doble vara de medir de la sociedad de la época son puestas en escena en historia donde una sensual viuda tiene una aventura con un hombre mucho más joven que ella.
The Evil Clergyman
The Evil Clergyman
H.P. Lovecraft
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"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The story was later adapted into the unreleased 1987 anthology film Pulse Pounders. The story begins in the attic of an ancient house. The narrator’s companion refers to the former owner of the house and the presumably violent end that befell him. He advises the narrator not to stay after dark or touch anything, especially the small object on a table, which the companion seems to fear considerably.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
H.P. Lovecraft
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Randolph Carter dreams three times of a majestic sunset city, but each time he is abruptly snatched away before he can see it up close. When he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the whereabouts of the phantasmal city, they do not answer, and his dreams of the city stop altogether. Undaunted, Carter resolves to go to Kadath, where the gods live, to beseech them in person. However, no one has ever been to Kadath and none even knows how to get there. In dream, Randolph Carter descends "the seventy steps to the cavern of flame" and speaks of his plan to the priests Nasht and Kaman-Thah, whose temple borders the Dreamlands. The priests warn Carter of the great danger of his quest and suggest that the gods withdrew his vision of the city on purpose.
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
H.P. Lovecraft
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"The Doom that Came to Sarnath" (1920) is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It is written in a mythic/fantasy style and is associated with his Dream Cycle. It was first published in The Scot, a Scottish amateur fiction magazine, in June 1920. According to the tale, more than 10,000 years ago, a race of shepherd people colonized the banks of the river Ai, in a land called Mnar, forming the cities of Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron (not to be confused with Kadath), which rose to great intellectual and mercantile prowess. Craving more land, a group of these hardy people migrated to the shores of a lonely and vast lake at the heart of Mnar, founding the city of Sarnath.
The Allowable Rhyme
The Allowable Rhyme
H.P. Lovecraft
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A short essay about poetry, verses and metrics by the master of horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft first published in 1915.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
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At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and originally serialized in the February, March and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections since Lovecraft's death. Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi describes the novella as representing the decisive "demythology" of the Cthulhu Mythos by reinterpreting Lovecraft's earlier supernatural stories in a science fiction paradigm.
The Outsider
The Outsider
H.P. Lovecraft
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"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales. "The Outsider" combines Horror, Fantasy, and Gothic Fiction to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of loneliness, the abhuman, and the afterlife. Source: Wikipedia
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
Marcel Proust
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In the sixth volume of the series fitting seems that Proust's past actions conclude with a fair resolution. The captive is now the fugitive. Like in previous volumes, envy and distrusts eventually reveals unsuspected and unwanted revelations that leads Proust to reconcile himself with his melancholy. But unfortunately happiness still running away for him, and the marriage of his once good friends face him against his own misery which he tries to cover with indifference.
The Captive
The Captive
Marcel Proust
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In The Captive, Proust’s narrator describes living in his mother’s Paris apartment with his lover, Albertine, and subsequently falling out of love with her.