Publisher: Krill Press
Ann Sophia Stephens was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre.
The Top 10 – The European 19th Century – an Introduction A century of change. Some catastrophic, some fantastical. Europe reaches out its national tentacles in a global grab for Empire. At home, revolutions erupt and decay. Literature gains a widespread audience through advancing technology. Here, in this volume, authors absorb and then reveal their wondrous stories. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 1 - Top 10 - The European 19th Century 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov 4 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 5 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 6 - The Story of B24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 8 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 9 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 11 - The Bundle of Letters by Moritz Jokai 1 - Top 10 - The European 19th Century 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov 4 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 5 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 6 - The Story of B24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 8 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 9 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 11 - The Bundle of Letters by Moritz JokaiShow book
John Galsworthy (1867 – 1933) was an English playwright and novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. "Spindleberries" is a haunting short story, describing the increasingly eccentric Alicia, a nature-loving artist, via four memories which are conjured up in her cousin's brain as he contemplates four spindleberries which she has dropped on the path.Show book
Oliver Twist is an orphan, born into the world of workhouses and poverty. Apprenticed at a young age, he runs away and finds himself with a curious collection of thieves, rogues and murderers. Tragedy and death are constantly at his heels. Oliver struggles with the burden of being a child and of being poor in industrial England. In this tale, Dickens shows that poverty breeds crime and that the road from the workhouse to Fagin's vicious gang is short and straight.Show book
Natalya was once a happy and radiant young woman. Now an older woman, she reflects about her youth. In particular, she thinks about the heavy emphasis she put on her wealth and the relationships and experiences that it cost her. One man, Pyotr, loved her, but they both let their different statuses in society prevent their love from having a chance. After years of unhappiness and regret, Pyotr comes to visit Natalya.Show book
This classic is a French Romantic/Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The story centers on the famous cathedral. Esmeralda captures the hearts of men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but also Quasimodo and his adoptive father, Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but the hunchback is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. The following day, Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged and turned on the pillory for one hour, followed by another hour's public exposure. He calls for water. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, approaches the public stocks and offers him a drink of water….Show book
David Copperfield is a novel by Charles Dickens and was published in 1850. The story is told in the first person by David Copperfield. Now he is a grown man and tells us the story of his youth and his journey of self-discovery. He had an unhappy childhood, and his father died before he was born. We read his story until his middle-age when he becomes a successful novelist. His journey is full of adventures and numerous friends and enemies. Charles Dickens' prose is Full of tragedy and comedy in equal measure. David Copperfield is considered to be an autobiography. Dickens related early personal experiences that had meant much to him – like his work in a factory as a child, his schooling and his journey towards a successful writer.This version of the book is translated by Mohsen Soleimani to Persian (Farsi) and narrated by Nor-Al-Din Djavadian. The Persian version of David Copperfield's audiobook is published by Maktub worldwide.Show book
