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Dubliners
Dubliners
James Joyce
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Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They center on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character has a special moment of self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by children as protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
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The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.
Ticket No. "9672"
Ticket No. "9672"
Jules Verne
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Here is one of those "forgotten" works. Ticket No. "9672" is a fascinating tale of two women who live in a Norway Inn. Dame Hansen is a foolish creature whose mistakes must be dealt with by her daughter Hulda. Coming to their aid is their brother Joel and the remarkable Sylvius Hogg, who helps them all after the young Hansens rescue him from the edge of the Rjukanfos Waterfall.
Michael Strogoff
Michael Strogoff
Jules Verne
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Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar (French: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. Critics, including Leonard S. Davidow, consider it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than this, in fact it is deservedly ranked as one of the most thrilling tales ever written." Unlike some of Verne's other novels, it is not science fiction, but a scientific phenomenon (Leidenfrost effect) is a plot device. The book was later adapted to a play, by Verne himself and Adolphe d'Ennery. Incidental music to the play was written by Alexandre Artus in 1880. The book has been adapted several times for films, television and cartoon series.
De la Terre à la Lune
De la Terre à la Lune
Jules Verne
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De la Terre à la Lune, Trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne paru en 1865. Il forme la première partie d'un diptyque, qui se cl?t avec Autour de la Lune.
Dulce sue?o
Dulce sue?o
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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Esta colección de cuentos siete ha dado a conocer en textos impecables, basados en las primeras ediciones o en manuscritos de Emilia Pardo Bazán obras significativas en la escritura d ela autora espa?ola. I. Escuchad II. Lina III. Los procos IV. El de Farnesio V. Intermedio lírico VI. El de Carranza VII. Dulce due?o
Mister Flow
Mister Flow
Gaston Leroux
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Un jeune avocat, na?f et fauché, est chargé de défendre un aventurier redoutable. Entra?né, bien malgré lui, dans d'invraisemblables aventures, de Paris à Deauville, il va tomber amoureux de la ma?tresse de son client.
Wood'stown
Wood'stown
Alphonse Daudet
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"L'emplacement était superbe pour b?tir une ville. Il n'y avait qu'à déblayer les bords du fleuve, en abattant une partie de la forêt, de l'immense forêt vierge enracinée là depuis la naissance du monde. Alors abritée tout autour par des collines boisées, la ville descendrait jusqu'aux quais d'un port magnifique, établi dans l'embouchure de la Rivière-Rouge, à quatre milles seulement de la mer."
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
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Book description * The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
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The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension, and that a suitable apparatus can move back and forth in this fourth dimension, he builds a full-scale model capable of carrying himself. He sets off on a journey into the future.
Don Quijote de la Mancha 2
Don Quijote de la Mancha 2
Miguel Cervantes
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Don Quijote de la Mancha, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, editado en 1605, es una de las obras más destacadas de la literatura espa?ola y la literatura universal, y una de las más traducidas La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615.
Novelas Ejemplares
Novelas Ejemplares
Miguel Cervantes
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Las Novelas ejemplares son una serie de novelas cortas que Miguel de Cervantes escribió entre 1590 y 1612, y que después acabaría publicando en 1613 en una colección editada en Madrid por Juan de la Cuesta, dada la gran acogida que obtuvo con la primera parte del Quijote. En un principio recibieron el nombre de Novelas ejemplares de honestísimo entretenimiento. Se trata de doce novelas cortas que siguen el modelo establecido en Italia. Su denominación de ejemplares obedece a que son el primer ejemplo en castellano de este tipo de novelas y al carácter didáctico y moral que incluyen en alguna medida los relatos.
The Night Horseman
The Night Horseman
Max Brand
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At the age of six Randall Byrne could name and bound every state in the Union and give the date of its admission; at nine he was conversant with Homeric Greek and Caesar; at twelve he read Aristophanes with perfect understanding of the allusions of the day and divided his leisure between Ovid and Horace; at fifteen, wearied by the simplicity of Old English and Thirteenth Century Italian, he dipped into the history of Philosophy and passed from that, naturally, into calculus and the higher mathematics; at eighteen he took an A. B. from Harvard and while idling away a pleasant summer with Hebrew and Sanscrit he delved lightly into biology and its kindred sciences, having reached the conclusion that Truth is greater than Goodness or Beauty, because it comprises both, and the whole is greater than any of its parts; at twenty-one he pocketed his Ph. D. and was touched with the fever of his first practical enthusiasm - surgery.
Les Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon
Les Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon
Alphonse Daudet
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Qui ne connait pas l'illustrissime Tartarin, immortalisé au cinéma par Raimu? Mais... au cas où, voici le résumé du début de cette aventure épique, et, pour tout dire, tarasconnaise... Tartarin possède un jardin exotique où il entretient un baobab dans un pot de réséda, de nombreuses armes et quantité de livres d'aventures. ? Tarascon, les chasseurs sans gibier tirent sur leur casquette, après l'avoir lancée en l'air. Chacun dans le voisinage reconna?t que Tartarin est un vrai caractère, prêt à repousser toutes les attaques (qui ne viennent pas...). Il n'a jamais quitté Tarascon, mais l'arrivée d'une ménagerie et d'un lion en cage l'incite à partir pour l'Atlas...
La giara
La giara
Luigi Pirandello
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Vengono qui presentate alcune novelle estratte dalla raccolta "Novelle per un anno". I paesaggi delle novelle sono vari; per quelle dette siciliane si ha spesso il tipico paesaggio rurale, anche se in alcune troviamo il tema sociale del contrasto tra le generazioni dovuto all'unità d'Italia. Altro ambiente delle novelle pirandelliane è la Roma umbertina o giolittiana. I protagonisti sono sempre alla presa con il male di vivere, con il caso e con la morte e potrebbero essere i vicini della porta accanto: sarte, balie, professori, piccoli proprietari di negozi che hanno una vita sconvolta dalla sorte e da drammi familiari. I personaggi ci vengono presentati così come appaiono, è difficile trovare un'approfondita analisi psicologica. Le fisionomie sono spesso eccentriche, per il sentimento del contrario, hanno un carattere opposto a come si presentano, parlano e ragionano nel presentarsi per come essi sentono di essere, ma alla fine saranno sempre preda del caso, che li farà apparire diversi e cambiati.
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Luigi Pirandello
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Il romanzo più celebre di Pirandello, incentrato sul tema a lui caro dell'identità.
To The Last Man
To The Last Man
Zane Grey
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An ancient feud between two frontier families is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. In the grip of their relentless code of loyalty, they fight a war in Tonto Basin, desperately, doggedly, neither side seeing the futility of the conflict. Surrounded by this volatile environment, young Jean finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl from whom he is separated by an impassable barrier.
The Mysterious Rider
The Mysterious Rider
Zane Grey
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He came to the Belilounds ranch, no one knew from where; a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so terrible a gunfighter that they called him "Hell Bent" Wade. He played the part of fate in all their lives, and only when the inevitable tragedy came and the Mysterious Rider made the great sacrifice did they know - and out of that tragedy came the light of love.
The Nightingale and the Rose: (Original 1888 Edition): Annotated
The Nightingale and the Rose: (Original 1888 Edition): Annotated
Oscar Wilde
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A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the white roses tell her that there's a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night, and sacrifice her life to do so. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries out the ritual, and impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real jewels, and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter, returns to his study of metaphysics, and decides not to believe in true love anymore.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".
Fatalitas !: Nouvelles Aventures de Chéri-Bibi - Tome II
Fatalitas !: Nouvelles Aventures de Chéri-Bibi - Tome II
Gaston Leroux
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Extrait : Et il avait fallu mentir honteusement, odieusement, partir pour la Suisse, accoucher mystérieusement... et, une nuit, une porte s’était entrouverte et un enfant avait été déposé entre les bras de Raoul... car les choses se passent dans la vie, hélas ! comme dans les romans... ce sont les mêmes gestes qui paraissent préparés, ? convenus ?, et qui ne sont que fatals, des rencontres d’événements jugés exceptionnels et qui ne cessent cependant de se répéter suivant une logique implacable qui réunit dans un même lieu, à une heure utile, des gens qui ont toutes les raisons possibles pour ne pas se rencontrer...