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Cover of A Sailor of King George (Illustrated)
by Frederick Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018

In a memorial presented in 1835 to the Lords of the Admiralty, the author of the journals which form this volume details his various services. He joined the Navy in October, 1793, his first ship being H.M.S. Blonde. He was present at the siege of Martinique in 1794, and returned to England the same...
Cover of Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery (Illustrated Edition)
by Jules Verne
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery (French: L'École des Robinsons, literally The School for Robinsons), also published as School for Crusoes, is an 1882 adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. It tells of a young adventurer, Godfrey Morgan, and his deportment instructor, Professor T. Artelett,...
Cover of Die Blockadebrecher (Illustriert)
by Jules Verne
Language: German
Release Date: December 28, 2017

Die Geschichte beschreibt die Entstehung des damals modernen Dampfschiffs Delphin. Dieses wurde auf Rechnung der Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika (Südstaaten) im schottischen Glasgow gebaut. Auftraggeber ist der Reeder Vincent Playfair. Im Sezessionskrieg kam es zu einer Seeblockade vor der Küste...
Cover of Jane Eyre (Illustrated)
by Charlotte Bronte
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017

Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its internalization of the action — the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual...
Cover of Tom Sawyer, Detective (Illustrated)
by Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018

Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and a prequel to Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels...
Cover of I misteri delle soffitte
by Carolina Invernizio
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 10, 2019

Era la notte del giovedì grasso. Nessuno si ricordava di un inverno mite come quello, e il carnevale aveva uno sfogo inusitato. I ricchi se la spassavano nei palazzi; il popolo nelle osterie, sotto i portici, alla fiera, ai balli pubblici. I veglioni erano affollati e, come il solito, più di tutti...
Cover of Le Anime Morte
by Nikolaj Gogol
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 18, 2017

È un'opera davvero tormentata, incompiuta a causa della prematura morte dell'autore. L'opera risulta essere un realistico e preciso dipinto della Russia contadina e zarista, tutta imbrigliata in un complicatissimo apparato burocratico ereditato dalle riforme di Pietro il Grande.
Cover of The Awakening (Illustrated Edition)
by Lev Tolstoj, Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017

Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.
Cover of Emma (Illustrated)

Emma (Illustrated)

By Jane Austen

by Jane Austen
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy...
Cover of Le confessioni d'un italiano
by Ippolito Nievo
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 3, 2019

Nel romanzo viene narrata, sotto forma di un'autobiografia fittizia, la vicenda di Carlo Altoviti, personaggio che narra in prima persona la propria vita trascorsa come patriota, ma soprattutto come uomo che ha vissuto la trasformazione della propria identità da veneziano a italiano.
Cover of Il sorbetto della regina
by Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Ambientato a Napoli ai tempi del Regno delle Due Sicilie, narra la storia di Bruto, un giovane lucano originario di Moliterno, che si trasferisce nella capitale borbonica per studiare medicina e, una volta laureato, inizia la carriera professionale e a frequentare l'alta società partenopea...
Cover of La promessa sposa di Lammermoor
by Sir Walter Scott
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 13, 2019

La sposa di Lammermoor racconta del tragico amore tra Edgar, padrone di Ravenswood, e Lucy Ashton, figlia di Sir William Ashton, nemico di Ravenswood. La moglie di Sir William è la malvagia della storia, che ordisce l'intero intrigo. Lady Ashton è altera e manipolatrice nel suo scopo di annullare...
Cover of Ettore Fieramosca o la disfida di Barletta
by Massimo d'Azeglio
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Al cadere d’una bella giornata d’aprile dell’anno 1503 la campana di San Domenico in Barletta sonava gli ultimi tocchi dell’avemaria. Sulla piazza vicina in riva al mare, luogo di ritrovo degli abitanti tranquilli che, nelle terricciuole dei climi meridionali specialmente, sogliono sulla sera...
Cover of Il piacere
by Gabriele D'Annunzio
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 29, 2018

Andrea Sperelli è un nobile romano (nato però in Abruzzo) che risiede a Palazzo Zuccari a Roma. Il suo amore per Elena Muti, anch'essa nobile, conosciuta ad una festa mondana, è ormai finito, così Andrea, dopo la definitiva separazione da lei, si lascia andare ad incontri amorosi. Ferito durante...
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