Essays & Letters 97

No sé si este libro es una novela, un diario de no ficción o qué. Trata sobre el deseo de morir y de vivir. Sobre el amor y las preguntas que este despierta. Y sobre el dolor, sobre todo sobre el do……続きを見る

Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Although Pepys had no maritime ……続きを見る

Useiden kirjoittajien luoma teos 'Historiallisia rakkauskirjeitä' tarjoaa lukijoilleen kiehtovan katsauksen erilaisten historiallisten rakkauskirjeiden maailmaan. Kirja koostuu kokoelmasta kirjeitä ……続きを見る

In ihrem Andachtsbuch nimmt die Autorin Silke Töpke den Leser in 52 Andachten mit auf eine Reise durch die Jahreszeiten und die Welt der Natur. Wussten Sie z.B., dass Glühwürmchen wie ein Orchester ……続きを見る

A chance meeting in the University of North Carolina campus library in 1944 began a decades-long friendship and sixty-year correspondence. Donald Justice (1925–2004) and Richard Stern (1928–2013) wo……続きを見る

Les 'Cahiers de doléances de la sénéchaussée d'Angoulême et du siège royal de Cognac' par le Département de la Charente offrent un regard fascinant sur les préoccupations et revendications des habit……続きを見る

Dans son Suvre intitulée 'Lettres à une autre inconnue', Prosper Mérimée nous plonge dans le monde de la correspondance passionnée et mystérieuse entre deux inconnus. À travers des lettres échangées……続きを見る

L'Suvre Lettres de mistriss Fanni Butlerd, à milord de Caitombridge, comte de Plisinte, duc de Raflingth par Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni est un roman épistolaire qui met en scène une correspondance entre……続きを見る

Ferdinand Servian's book, 'Papety: d'apres sa correspondence, ses oeuvres, et les moeurs de son temps,' is a detailed exploration of the life and works of the French artist and writer Jules Papety. ……続きを見る

Comprehensive collection, first published in 1910. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was a humorist, sa……続きを見る

The author's notebooks. According to Wikipedia: ""Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer." 続きを見る

This book includes: Life of Franklin Pierce, Chiefly about War Matters, Alice Doane's Appeal, and The Ancestral Footstep. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American no……続きを見る

Thoughts and observations from Hawthorne's sojourn in England. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short story writer... Much of Hawthorne's writin……続きを見る

According to the foreword: "Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters--prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication--but in those let……続きを見る

Short collection of short essays, including "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget". According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, ……続きを見る

Short collection of short humorous essays, including: PAGE MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE, JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE, NICODEMUS DODGE--PRINTER, MR. BLOKE'S ITEM, HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER, and THE……続きを見る

The author's journals. Both volumes in a single file. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short story writer... Much of Hawthorne's writing centers……続きを見る

Journal of his stays in France and Italy, two volumes in one file. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short story writer... Much of Hawthorne's wr……続きを見る

From the Preface: "Plutarch, who was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia, probably about A.D. 50, and was a contemporary of Tacitus and Pliny, has written two works still extant, the well-known _Lives_, an……続きを見る

A series of letters written from Samoa in the 1890s. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading represe……続きを見る

Memoirs by the author of Treasure Island. He explains at the beginning: "This volume of papers, unconnected as they are, it will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at……続きを見る

Short essay. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English li……続きを見る

Volume 3 of the Complete Works of Plutarch. According to Wikipedia: "Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. AD 46 - 120 ー commonly known in English as Plutarch ー was a Roman historian (of Greek ethnicity)……続きを見る

Classic travelogue/memoir. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism……続きを見る

Travelogue/memoir of a stay in a ghost town in northern California on Mount Saint Helena in the 1870s. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish noveli……続きを見る

This collection of essays includes: VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES, SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS, WALT WHITMAN, HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS, YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO, FRANCOIS VILLON, STUDENT, P……続きを見る

This collection includes: THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT: FROM THE CLYDE TO SANDY HOOK. COCKERMOUTH AND KESWICK, AN AUTUMN EFFECT, A WINTER'S WALK IN CARRICK AND GALLOWAY, FOREST NOTES, A MOUNTAIN TOWN IN FRA……続きを見る

Classic travelogue/memoir. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism……続きを見る

A collection of essays, beginning with ruminations on ethics. The book starts: "The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives any semblance of an inner l……続きを見る

Travelogue and essays. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in ……続きを見る