D.O - Fiction & Literature 76

Kelilah - Eine Kurzgeschichte aus der Welt von Mirabil: Die junge Waldläuferin Kelilah ist auf der Flucht. Heimatlos streift die Vertriebene durch die Wälder des Mittelreichs von Mirabi……続きを見る

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the second volume of her collected short stories. Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the complexities of relationships, and……続きを見る

'I went & sat with W & walked backwards & forwards in the Orchard till dinner time - he read me his poem. I broiled Beefsteaks.' Dorothy Wordsworth's journals are a unique record of her life with he……続きを見る

Hasenherziger Signore trifft selbstbewusste Signorina – charmante Parodie auf Geschlechterrollen Maria Pedani ist jung, selbstbewusst und hat eine Mission: Mit Gymnastik will sie Italien retten – un……続きを見る

Terri is devastated after being dumped for another woman, two weeks before her wedding so, instead of enjoying her honeymoon in an exotic destination, she is forced to return to work, preparing repo……続きを見る

In Children of God, Mary Doria Russell further establishes herself as one of the most innovative, entertaining and philosophically provocative novelists writing today. The only member of the origina……続きを見る

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A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after u……続きを見る

Before they had Too Much Money, the inhabitants of Dominick Dunne’s glitzy, gossipy New York Times bestselling novels were People Like Us. The way journalist Gus Bailey tells it, old money is always……続きを見る

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded a……続きを見る

Emperor Nero's grip on power is weakening. In every shadow he sees an enemy and like a cornered animal he lashes out at every perceived threat. His paranoia settles on the figure of Gnaeus Domitius ……続きを見る

In this, the second Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is called upon by a young lady who needs the great detectives help with a mystery. However, when this mystery……続きを見る

"The Red One" is a short story by Jack London. It was first published in the October 1918 issue of Cosmopolitan, two years after London's death. The story was reprinted in the same year by……続きを見る

“Filomena Borges” traz para o leitor uma história narrada em terceira pessoa em que João Touro, o Borges, um homem de 40 anos, contrai núpcias com Filomena. O mestre-de-obras, que possuí também vári……続きを見る

When journalist Benjamin Schulberg discovers a link between liberal lawyer Jim Grant and a notorious Vietnam-era fugitive, the world that Jim has carefully built for himself and his daughter collaps……続きを見る

There are times when I don’t know my own strength. Or, at least, the strength of my advice. And the case of Jason Howley was certainly an instance of one of those times. When he came to my office wi……続きを見る

2 works of Edward Dowden Irish critic and poet (1843-1913) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Edward Dowden. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work select……続きを見る

Short Story Reccomended Ages: 17+ It seemed like just another simple tail job. Follow erring husband, get evidence of him erring in the act, report back, and collect not enough money. Easy enough wo……続きを見る

In this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the L……続きを見る

Halévy principió por escribir libretos de operetas; fue el libretista de Offenbach. Después de haber dado a los Bufos Parisienses, con el seudónimo de Julio Servières, las operetas en un acto: Adela……続きを見る

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, hu……続きを見る

Seis amigos (Solfieri, Johann, Gennaro, Bertran, Hermann e Arnold) encontram-se à noite numa taverna para beber. À medida que se embriagam vão contando, à vez, histórias macabras de amor e morte por……続きを見る

Chekhov noted that if, early in a story, mention was made of a rifle hanging on the wall, it would eventually have to go off. Hanging on the window frame of the schoolhouse in Machado de Assis's &q……続きを見る

En que cuenta quién es el Buscón. Yo, señora, soy de Segovia. Mi padre se llamó Clemente Pablo, natural del mismo pueblo; Dios le tenga en el cielo. Fue, tal como todos dicen, de oficio barbero, aun……続きを見る

Hester Prynne comete o pior dos pecados - o adultério. Por este crime, e por se recusar a revelar o nome do homem que a "perdeu", é condenada a usar ao peito, para o resto da sua vida, o sinal da su……続きを見る

L’éducation en France depuis le XVIe siècle Ludovic Carrau, philosophe spiritualiste (1842-1889) Ce livre numérique présente «L’éducation en France depuis le XVIe siècle», de Ludovic Carrau, édité e……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

MR. O. Recurrence is in eternity. It is not the same life. This life ends and time ends. There is a theoryーand this system admits this theoryーthat time can be prolonged. I have no evidence. If you……続きを見る

The novel Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who left the city life behind and searched Cent……続きを見る

Into a compellingly real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Myshkin. The tensions subsequently unleashed by the hero's innocence……続きを見る