Anthologies 95

In Adalbert Stifters Werk 'ABDIAS' taucht der Leser in eine faszinierende darwinistische Welt ein, in der die Natur eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Mit einem poetischen und beschreibenden Stil schildert……続きを見る

Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Cranford' is a novel that provides a glimpse into the lives of the inhabitants of a small English town during the early 19th century. Through her satirical and witty writing sty……続きを見る

Spanning seven volumes, 'History of the United States' by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard serves as an expansive canvas illustrating the nuanced and multifaceted history of America. This collecti……続きを見る

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Oscar Wilde, ‘Essays and Lectures’. It is a collection of essays, lectures, reviews, letters, and aphorisms by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie ……続きを見る

This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary histor……続きを見る

This ebook comprises the complete writings of English writer George Eliot. The collection is sorted chronologically by book (or magazine) publication. There are the usual inline tables of contents a……続きを見る

Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko: The Royal Slave' is a poignant literary work that explores themes of race, slavery, honor, and love in the context of 17th century colonialism. Behn's distinctive writing sty……続きを見る

Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains a stirring call for each individual to avoid conformity and false consi……続きを見る

19th-Century British MP and abolitionist William Wilberforce wrote A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, also called Real Christianity, in 1797. In the book, W……続きを見る

Thoreau's Civil Disobedience - his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty - has inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. First published……続きを見る

Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true heroism is self-confidence and persistency in the face of corrosive pressures to conform to society. 続きを見る

Based on Melville's real-life experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, his first novel was extremely popular, provoking public skepticism until the events within were corrobora……続きを見る

In the summer of 1869, Scottish immigrant John Muir worked as a shepherd in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The diary he kept during this time was later adapted into My First Summer in the Sie……続きを見る

This collection of humorous anecdotes and inspirational quotes brings to life the Great Emancipator and 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Containing brief biographical sketches o……続きを見る

The essay on Prudence was given as a lecture in a course on Human Culture, in the winter of 1837-8. It was published in the first series of Essays, which appeared in 1841. In it, Emerson describes P……続きを見る

This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that realit……続きを見る

Emerson's discourse on the laws of compensation, takes on the notion that one who has money must be wicked and those who do not must be good, among other topics. It appeared in his book Essays, firs……続きを見る

In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Many of those lectures formed the source material for his essays. Nature (1836), his first publi……続きを見る

Emerson's treatise on the nature of friendship. The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. 続きを見る

In Gifts Ralph Waldo Emerson muses on the function of and expectations surrounding the giving of gifs. He touches on what gifts communicate about the nature of the giver and receiver, and how the be……続きを見る

Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects on the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature, and what is suggested by these circles in philoso……続きを見る

In 1845, noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days chronicling his near-isolation in the small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond on land owned ……続きを見る

In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civil society. He argues that the purpose of manners is more to facilitate the creation and proper working of soc……続きを見る

In The Poet, an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. ……続きを見る

The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. Emerson argues that American culture, still heavily influenced by Europe, co……続きを見る

A cornerstone of African-American literary history, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work by W. E. B. Du Bois. Originally published in 1903, it contains many essays on race and equality, but is ……続きを見る

"Think of what late greats James Herbert and Richard Laymon may have given birth to had they ever collaborated" Richard Chizmar Welcome to the long awaited collection from the writer of horror novel……続きを見る

" Chaque page crépite sous l'intensité, la fureur, le désir et la volupté. " Nathan Hill, auteur des Fantômes du vieux pays Wyoming, 1987. Dans une chambre de motel, une jeune femme aux longues tres……続きを見る

C'est un régal pour les lecteurs ayant grandi avec Bridget Jones de retrouver le personnage de Kate Reddy, quinze ans après l'énorme succès de Je ne sais pas comment elle fait. Kate Reddy compte les……続きを見る

Une famille. Un secret. Un été tragique. Quatre vies bouleversées à jamais. " Une lecture obligatoire pour les fans de Kate Morton et Daphné du Maurier. " BookPage Cornouailles, 1968. Pencraw, un gr……続きを見る