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The poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio was a leading writer of the Italian Renaissance, now best remembered as the author of the famous compendium of tales ‘The Decameron’. Boccaccio helped lay the……続きを見る

“El rey se divierte: drama en cuatro actos”, obra del genial Victor Hugo, cuya trama provocó su censura al día siguiente de su estreno. El cínico bufón Triboulet, que odia el trabajo que debe desemp……続きを見る

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It ……続きを見る

With Eireann Press, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. "Life is a stor……続きを見る

Faust, a once-godly scholar, is beginning to suspect that his efforts to learn the secrets of the universe will never be successful. Desperate, frustrated, and suicidal, he makes a deal with Mephist……続きを見る

Die interaktiven Reiseführer-e-Books von VISTA POINT präsentieren Stadtführer-Infos mit zahlreichen Bildern zur Stadt. Google-Verlinkung und Weblinks bei allen Adressen helfen zur schnellen Orientie……続きを見る

82 Seiten dramatische Handlungsverläufe, große Emotionen und der Wunsch nach Liebe und familiärer Geborgenheit bestimmen die Geschichten der ERIKA-Reihe - authentisch präsentiert, unverfälscht und u……続きを見る

Plumbing the depths of human experience in her journey into madness, Sandy Jeffs shares her experience in this collection of poetry reminiscent of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. With stark dignity an……続きを見る

82 Seiten dramatische Handlungsverläufe, große Emotionen und der Wunsch nach Liebe und familiärer Geborgenheit bestimmen die Geschichten der ERIKA-Reihe - authentisch präsentiert, unverfälscht und u……続きを見る

Originally performed and published in 1675, this five-act play parodies the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London. The plot centers on the eponymous country wife, Margery, whose suspicious hus……続きを見る

O amor cantado por um grande poeta português.A Pura Inscrição do Amor reúne poemas que Nuno Júdice escreveu ao longo dos anos e que são dedicados a este tema.Nele se incluem, a abrir, os conjuntos ……続きを見る

LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635), poet/playwright of unrivaled popularity during Spains Golden Age of literature (including Miguel de Cervantes and Caldern de la Barca), rescued theater from ineffective con……続きを見る

Un recueil de poèmes sur l'amour, l'amitié et bien d'autres sujets forts. Si tu m’aimais comme je t’aime Comme je t’aimerais ! Il est des silences si denses qu’ils parlent mieux qu’un beau langage L……続きを見る

'Lucrezia Borgia' is a drama by Victor Hugo. The French writer finished it in 1833. The historical work portrays the Renaissance-era Italian aristocrat Lucrezia Borgia. The libretto of Donizetti's o……続きを見る

Le roi s'amuse, best translated as 'The King Amuses Himself', is a play in five acts. It is set in Paris in the 1520s and the plot was used for Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto. The main person of the p……続きを見る

Ruy Blas has held the stage better than any other of his dramas and has been popular in America. Here Hugo's dramatic theory of contrast of grave and gay, rapid alternation of tragic and grotesque, ……続きを見る

In 1838 Hugo began a play entitled Les Jumeaux (The Twins), but halfway through the third act he relinquished it, and the drama remained unfinished. It was finally published in 1889, as a fragment, ……続きを見る

'Angelo, Tyrant of Padua' is a drama by Victor Hugo. The French writer finished it in 1835. The historical work portrays the chief magistrate of the Italian city Padua, Angelo. 続きを見る

Existe la historia oficial de un pas, y la "otra" historia que jvenes investigadores y eruditos tales como Julio Pinto Vallejos y Carlos Ruiz Rodrguez han ido revelando en sus trabajos, creando un b……続きを見る

'Mary Tudor' is a drama by Victor Hugo. The French writer finished it in 1833. The historical work portrays the rise, fall and execution of Fabiano Fabiani, a fictional favourite of Mary I. of Engla……続きを見る

The novel is not just about the love, passion, obsession, and friendship across the boundaries. As much as anything else, the novel is also about Karachi, the transcultural metropolis and the capita……続きを見る

This novel is an opportunity to see a world full of prejudice and ignorance through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old. Many of the facts are real, but for personal reasons, the author has used fictitio……続きを見る

This book presents important psychological matters occupying Ibsen's life including his observations that were transformed into poems and plays. Attention is given to Ibsen's insight into psychologi……続きを見る

Cuando el amor se acaba, no es que haya muerto, el amor no muere, solamente cambia de domicilio, esto es difcil de manejar porque generalmente pesa ms en el nimo de uno de los dos involucrados, empe……続きを見る

PAUL VERLAINE (1844 - 1896) was a leading light of the French Parnassian poets, highly praised for his early collection of verse, Ftes galantes (1869). In 1872 he deserted Paris, wife and child, and……続きを見る

Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, including the mercenary Thomas Stukeley, the Barbary corsair John Ward, and the wandering adventurers the Sherley brothers, Laurie Elling……続きを見る

The book is based on real-life events that took place in the historically pivotal years 19671969 amid widespread students protests in Europe and America, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet……続きを見る

When Charles Lindbergh’s tiny, fuel-laden “Spirit of St. Louis” barely lifted off from a short Long Island runway on May 20, 1927, the world held its breath. Lindbergh and a host of post-war fliers ……続きを見る

Tragicomédia em 2 Atos baseada na vida de Aníbal Milhais, soldado português da Primeira Grande Guerra e herói nacional. "Tu és Milhais, mas vales Milhões!" No âmbito da comemoração do centenário da ……続きを見る

No século I da nossa era, estabelecida a paz entre os povos autóctones e os conquistadores, na velha aldeia dos brácaros começava a erguer-se uma cidade a que, para homenagear o imperador, os seus h……続きを見る