Übersetzer Susan Coolidge
Verlag: Good Press
Theophile Gautier in this book "My household of pets" talks about the characteristics and behaviors of various pets. He discussed the nature of cats, dogs, chameleons, lizards, and other interesting animals. An interesting book for those interested in animals and their behaviors.
Do you want to listen to Frankenstein? If so then keep reading…Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was written by the English author Mary Shelley. It recounts the tale of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a grotesque, living creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. The first edition was published anonymously in 1818 when Shelley was only 20 years old. Her name finally appeared in the second edition, published in France in 1823. She was supposedly influenced by knowledge of alchemist experiments carried out by Johann Dippel in the Frankenstein Castle in Germany.What are you waiting for, Frankenstein is one click away, start listening NOW!Zum Buch
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born on 1st April 1809 to a father, descended from Ukrainian Cossacks and a mother with a military background in the Ukrainian town of Sorochyntsi, then part of the Russian Empire and rich in Cossack traditions and folklore. His father wrote poetry and plays which the young Gogol helped stage at his uncle’s home theatre. This helped ignite in him a love of literature and blossomed when he attended, what is now, the Nizhyn Gogol State University at the age of 12. Here he participated in school theatre productions and refined his mastery of his native Ukrainian and also the Russian of his Imperial masters. In 1828 he went to St Petersburg and unsuccessfully tried to begin a career as an actor after finding that with no money and no connections the civil service was barred to him. Embezzling money from his mother he embarked on a trip to Germany. When the money ran out, he returned to St Petersburg but the experiences were used in a series of stories he contributed to periodicals. These tales were steeped in his childhood memories of the Ukrainian landscape and peasantry enlivened with the supernatural of its folklore woven with realistic events of the day. He wrote in Russian in a whimsical, colloquial style with a smattering of Ukrainian words and phrases that provided an authenticity. Eight stories were published as ‘Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka’. Seemingly all at once fame and fortune arrived. Gogol was hailed by his contemporaries, including Pushkin, as a pre-eminent writer of Russian literature. His success continued with his brilliant plays ‘The Inspector General’ and the comedy ‘The Marriage for the Theatre’, both being highly acclaimed. In 1834 he became Professor of Medieval History at the University of St. Petersburg but with little academic or teacher training, failed to adequately fulfil many of his duties and soon resigned this post. With no obligations and using his earnings from his writing, which now included the impressionistic and immortal ‘Dead Souls’, Gogol travelled around Europe, spending the most time in Rome where he studied art, read Italian literature and developed a passion for opera. In the 1840s Gogol became preoccupied with a need to purify his soul and embarked on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. In tandem he fell under the influence of a strict and austere spiritual ascetic who persuaded him to observe strict fasts that, allied with his depression and deteriorating health, contributed to his death on 21st April 1852 at the age of only 43. 1 - Nikolai Gogol - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 2 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol 3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 4 - Old Fashioned Landowners by Nikolai Gogol 5 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol 6 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai GogolZum Buch
Morley Roberts (1857-1942) was an adventurer who worked on railways, cattle, and sheep ranches all over Africa and the Americas and still found time to write a large number of very varied novels and stories with a zest that only real-life experience can give.The Mad Hatter is a fast-paced and gripping adventure story about a magazine editor who is pursued across London by a murderous psychopath who is determined to kill him in revenge for rejecting a short story of his about his escape from the asylum.Zum Buch
Howard Lovecraft is an American writer, who became famous for his works of horror fiction. Nowadays he is considered as one of the best 20th-century authors in his genre. "The Cats of Ultar" is a story of one city, where it was forbidden to kill cats. It was first published in the journal Tryout in 1920. This tale was Lovecraft’s favorite as he was a cat lover. It is one of the most popular stories by the writer. There was an old couple in the city Ultar who liked to trap and kill their neighbors’ cats. Nobody knew exactly, why they did this, but it was a pleasure for them. Once a caravan of dark strangers came through the city. With the caravan came a boy orphan Menes. The only friend he had was a little black kitten. One morning Menes didn’t find his precious kitten and villagers told him about the man and his wife and strange sounds heard the night before. The boy started to pray and the clouds in the sky started to take weird shapes. What happened then? You will recognize when you read the story. But for sure the old couple got what they deserved.A SmartTouch Media production.Zum Buch
This volume brings together an eclectic mix of beloved fairy tales and stories from renowned authors. Delve into the classic tales of Charles Perrault, including the timeless allure of "Little Red Riding-Hood" and the enduring beauty of "The Sleeping Beauty." These stories, woven with whimsy and magic, captivate readers of all ages, reminding us of the power of imagination and the allure of fantasy. Additionally, this collection features works by Anton Chekhov and O. Henry, two master storytellers renowned for their ability to capture the human experience with depth and nuance. In "The Looking Glass, Her Husband," Chekhov explores the complexities of human relationships, delving into the intricacies of love, desire, and the longing for connection. O. Henry's "The Gift of The Magi" is a heart-warming tale of selflessness and sacrifice, reminding us of the true meaning of love and the power of giving. Read in English, unabridged.Zum Buch
Written over a century and a half ago, Madame Bovary is still an extraordinarily fresh, exciting and shockingly frank novel, at once an acute psychological study of a woman drawn into adultery through circumstances we can partly understand, and a sharply-observed comedy that offers a fascinating glimpse of the social and cultural divisions running through French provincial society in the mid nineteenth century. This translation is by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, a prominent social activist and literary translator. She was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx.Gustave Flaubert was a highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality".He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. On the occasion of Flaubert's 198th birthday (12 December 2019), a group of researchers at CNRS published a neural language model under his name.Zum Buch
