Publisher: Greenbooks Editore
Primo volume della raccolta Novelle per un anno, pubblicato nel 1922, la raccolta Scialle nero contiene le seguenti novelle: Scialle nero; Prima notte; Il "fumo"; Il tabernacolo; Difesa del Mèola; I fortunati; Visto che non piove; Formalità; Il ventaglino; E due!; Amicissimi; Se...; Rimedio: la geografia; Risposta; Il pipistrello.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on the 30th November 1835 and is far better known by his pen name of Mark Twain. An American writer and humorist of the first order he is perhaps best known for his novels ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and its sequel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ which are often described with that mythic line The Great American Novel. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri which would later provide the backdrop to these great novels. Apprenticed to a printer he also became a typesetter and then a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi. Later, heading west with his brother Orion to make his fortune, he failed at gold mining and instead turned to journalism and thence his true calling as a writer of humorous stories where his wit and humor sparkled from every paragraph, his craft evident with every page and punctured target. A staunch supporter of copyright protections this helped him keep much of the wealth his writing created, though much money was also lost on investments that he pursued in his love for science and technology as well as investing in his own inventions. Twain was born during a visit by Halley’s comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it as well. He died the day after its subsequent return on 21st April 1910, at his house, Stormfield, located in Redding, Connecticut. In this story Twain proposed that coming into possession of a million pound note should solve all of life’s problems, both big and small. And he’s right. For a time it does. But…. Yes, with Twain, there is always a but.Show book
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter include 21 children's books featuring animals.Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 - 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Though Potter was typical of women of her generation in having limited opportunities for higher education, her study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.Included in this collection:1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)2. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)3. The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)4. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)5. The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904)6. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905)7. The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905)8. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)9. The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906)10. The Story of Miss Moppet (1906)11. The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907)12. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)13. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding (1908)14. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)15. The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (1909)16. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910)17. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911)18. The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)19. The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)20. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)21. Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922)Show book
Published in 1901, The Children's Life of the Bee, by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature; is a wonderfully informative and poetic in-depth look at what exactly goes on in a hive, with insightful observations on its fascinating characters such as the drones, the workers and, of course, the queen...Show book
Do you want to listen to The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading…A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the "The Importance Of Being Earnest," the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde's art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brim-full of quaint conceits and diverting paradoxesWhat are you waiting for The Importance of Being Earnest is one click away, select the “Download” button in the top right corner NOW!Show book
Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.THE SHORT-TIMERS: Within so many yards of this Covent-garden lodging of mine, as within so many yards of Westminster Abbey, Saint Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament, the Prisons, the Courts of Justice, all the Institutions that govern the land, I can find must find...Show book
Peter Willems is the outcast of the islands, in this, Joseph Conrad’s second novel published in 1896, inspired by his experience as ship’s mate on the trading vessel Vidar. Willems is confidential clerk to Hudig, a powerful merchant trading out of Macassar, in the Dutch East Indies, on the island of Sulawesi. But very soon Willems is on the run from a scandal and finds himself up-river at Almayer’s remote trading post. An all-consuming liaison ensues between Willems and Aissa, the local chief’s daughter. The denouement in the jungle amidst the deluge of a tropical storm is beautifully wrought and brimful of suspense. This is Conrad at his very best. It is read for Raconteurs by Greg Wagland.Show book
