Publisher: Booklassic
How the two Ivans quarrelled was written in the year 1835 by Nikolai Gogol. This book is one of the most popular novels of Nikolai Gogol, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
What if your house pet could talk? It has probably seen and heard quite a few things that you would not want spread around at a dinner party of your friends and acquaintances. Well that is exactly what happens in this short story. Listen in to see how quick the conversation can take a bad turn and how a houseful of guests handle the stress of a cat named Tobermory that can speak it's mind.Show book
Everett’s brother rocked the world with his incredible musical talent. And Everett is… fine. But he’s okay with that. He’s a member of “a certain lovable class of men who never accomplish anything in particular”. But when traveling in the West, Everett meets a remarkable woman who is dying, and discovers that she has a history her brother, he gives her the greatest gift of all during her final days – the gift of understanding.Show book
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. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. This mid-century decade reveals a journey traversing continents and genres as authors explore and revel in the tumultuous times of social upheaval as nations are divided by Civil War or expand with the brute force of Imperial Dreams. Our writers also explore other genres including the absurd and ghostly with consummate ease. 01 - Top Ten - The 1860's - An Introduction 02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 03 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 04 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 05 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James 06 - Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope 07 - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte 08 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 09 - The Father by Bjornstjerne Bjornson 10 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras Country by Mark Twain 11 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 12 - The Dream Woman by Wilkie CollinsShow book
A collection of seventeen classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.E.Nesbit - “Man-Size in Marble” and “The Letter in Brown Ink”Edgar Allan Poe - “The Sphinx” and “The Angel of the Odd”Arthur Conan Doyle - “The Case of Lady Sannox” and “Playing with Fire”Henry Seton Merriman - “The Tale of a Scorpion”M.R. James - “The Ash Tree”Robert Louis Stevenson - “The Body-Snatcher” and “Markheim”Mary Elizabeth Braddon - “The Cold Embrace”Wilkie Collins - “The Dead Hand”Saki - “Sredni Vashtar” and “The Music on the Hill”Hugh Walpole - “The Snow” Washington Irving - “The Pride of the Village”E.F. Benson - “The Cat”Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy MacreadyShow book
Twelve stories contemplating destiny and detailing the life of Manhattan’s upper class over the course of one hundred years, from the author of Honorable Men. It’s only twelve miles long and two miles wide, but it has more money for its area, more history packed into its relatively brief settlement, and more emotional and intellectual energy coursing through its streets than any other place on earth. Manhattan is the setting for all of Louis Auchincloss’s fiction, and it is the stage on which those New Yorkers whose roots go down to its bedrock play out the drama of their lives. From the turn of the century to our present urban follies, these stories follow the fortunes of the socially secure and powerful as they try to cope with the changes shaped by the momentous events and growing anxieties of recent decades. Taken together, the tales weave a larger pattern of human strengths and foibles that bemuses the mind and touches the heart. The elegant prose, crystalline dialogue, immense insight into the mores, preoccupations, and afflictions of the rich, and the connoisseur’s sense of both art and life that are characteristic of Auchincloss—all are here, but with a depth of passion and irony exceeding anything he has accomplished in the past. Praise for Skinny Island “Many of Auchincloss’ wealthy and Waspy protagonists, caught in such fine conflict, find it difficult to defend their dwindling kind or, conversely, to rebel against their confining values . . . . With this, his 40th book, Auchincloss has yet to exhaust his art, or his loyal readers.” —Kirkuks ReviewsShow book
The works of Plato, who is considered to be the father of Western Philosophy, are in the form of dialogues conducted by Socrates, his mentor. The late Professor of Philosophy, Walter Kaufmann, of Princeton University noted that many intelligent people read Plato for pleasure. However, we could not find all of Plato’s Dialogues in a concise form in a single English language volume. Our presentation is the first and only such endeavor to make a brief introduction to Plato’s work available to all. In this book we have presented the highlights of each of Plato’s Dialogues, preceded by a brief overview. This book is directed to those wanting an introduction to the roots of Ancient Western Philosophy, but not at the level for a Plato scholar or someone studying for a doctorate in philosophy. Written in modern colloquial English, this book will also be of interest to a young person who has reached an age of understanding. It will not replace the conventional English language 1500 page book of Plato’s Dialogues, but rather will provide a readily available starting point to it. We hope that this book will challenge the inquisitive mind to delve further into these ancient thoughts and discover how they apply in today’s world. Following overwhelming requests from our readers, a comprehensive index has been added to the 2nd revised editionShow book
