The story of a man named Erik, an eccentric, physically deformed genius who terrorizes the Opera Garnier in Paris. He builds his home beneath it and takes the love of his life, a beautiful soprano, ……続きを見る
American novelist Booth Tarkington's life spanned the period 1869-1946, giving him a unique insight into the United States as its culture underwent a number of rapid changes. In the humorous novel H……続きを見る
"Shadow" is a short parable by Edgar Allan Poe. It starts like a monologue from someone who has died recently: "YE who read are still among the living; but I who write shall have long since gone my ……続きを見る
Michel Strogoff est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1875 écrit spécialement pour la visite du Tsar à Paris. Ce livre fut d'ailleurs approuvé par les autorités russes avant sa parution. Ce roman décr……続きを見る
The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited……続きを見る
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 t……続きを見る
"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16–19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales. The Shunned Hou……続きを見る
Rouletabille est en Bulgarie pour couvrir la guerre des Balkans, en compagnie de son collègue La Candeur et de son interprète Vladimir. Il y retrouve la belle Ivana, qu'il a connue à Paris, et qui s……続きを見る
Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, W……続きを見る
Das schwache Herz ist eine Novelle Fjodor Dostojewskis, welche 1849 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde. Sie handelt von den beiden Freunden Arkádij Iwánowitsch Nefédjewitsch und Wássja Schúmkoff; letztge……続きを見る
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy was a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists. In this story……続きを見る
"The Warrior's Soul" is one of the best-known short stories written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1917, it is a war tale of loyalty, murder and exile, set during Napoleon's retrea……続きを見る
The story describes of a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a larg……続きを見る
Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, published in 1920. Several were published in an earlier collection, The Troll Garden. This collection contains the follo……続きを見る
An enthralling novel of Gaspar's inspirational rise from obscurity to light. Remarkable for its irony, it marvellously presents man's capacity for self-deception. Attention-grabbing!
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Es war ein Glücksfall. Gustav Freytag, mit Julian Schmidt zusammen der literaturkritische Tribun des Realismus, an dem kein Autor dieser Jahre vorbeikam, fand öffentlich Gefallen an Louise von Franç……続きを見る
The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese ……続きを見る
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger is an 1875 novel written by Jules Verne about the final voyage of a British sailing ship, the Chancellor, told from the perspectiv……続きを見る
The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on th……続きを見る
A fairy tale of a girl who loved birds and was loved by them. She saves her country-the name of which is Country under the sunset(most probably the same country from another short story with the sam……続きを見る
The Tale by Joseph Conrad brings together in one collection four stories by Joseph Conrad. Set onboard a ship during an unnamed war, the title story is a harrowing account of guilt and responsibilit……続きを見る
Poetry and the Gods is a short story by horror writer and poet H.P. Lovecraft in collaboration with writer Anna Helen Crofts. The story is very different from the vast majority of Lovecraft's other ……続きを見る
Women and Economics – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898. It is considered by ……続きを見る
"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 publi……続きを見る
Diese Ausgabe von "Ein einfältig Herz" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem als ……続きを見る
Découvrez ou redécouvrez l'histoire de Charles Bovary qui, après avoir suivi ses études dans un lycée de province, s'établit comme officier de santé et se marie à une riche veuve. À la mort de celle……続きを見る
Dans le Paris débridé des année folles, alors que le gouvernement est aux abois, on ne parle que d'un mystérieux malfaiteur, tout-puissant, "le Grand X". Un riche banquier et homme politique, Milion……続きを見る
