Booklassic: 1874 books

Relato en el que una misteriosa peste ataca la ciudad de Próspero, príncipe de una ficticia nación, al cual le complacía darse todo tipo de placeres, de los que un rey puede disfrutar, como el buen gusto, las artes, los bailes orquestados y fiestas rodeadas de diversión y sarcasmo. Al darse cuenta...

An elderly man called Deane is murdered in an English town. Inspector Mellapont thinks it's a simple robbery, but others disagree, and Deane's business partner, an attractive young girl named Miss Pretty, offers a reward for information. No fewer than three rogues decide to improve their own prospects...

Dostoievski a 40 ans lorsqu'il écrit Humiliés et Offensés, peu apres son retour d'exil en Sibérie, pour soutenir une revue appartenant a son frere. C'est encore une oeuvre de «jeunesse». Vania, le narrateur, est écrivain de son état. Il recueille Nelly une jeune orpheline dont la mere est...

La Gerusalemme liberata e considerata il capolavoro del Tasso. Il poema tratta di un avvenimento realmente accaduto, ossia la prima crociata. Tasso inizio a scrivere l'opera con il titolo di Gierusalemme nel 1559 durante il soggiorno a Venezia e la concluse nel 1575. L'opera fu pubblicata integralmente...

This is a tale of a Sea-rover, or Viking as they're called. In the author's own words, "The present tale is founded chiefly on the information conveyed in that most interesting work by Snorro Sturleson "The Heimskringla, or Chronicles of the Kings of Norway." It is translated from the...

Excellente et peu connue nouvelle de fantastique quotidien.

The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt...

Madame Ranievskaia revient d'un long voyage passé a Paris ou elle a dilapidé son argent. De retour a la Cerisaie, elle devrait vendre la propriété, mais les souvenirs de bonheurs passés, l'empeche de s'y résoudre... «La Cerisaie» est la derniere piece de théâtre écrite par Tchekhov.

La thématique de ce recueil de nouvelles de tons variés, allant du comique à l’émotion, souvent porteuses de vraies réflexions, est la condition féminine.

Tchékhov écrit a N. Leikine le 4 novembre 1884 : «Cette semaine je ne vous envoie pas quelques récits parce que j'ai été tout le temps malade et occupé: j'écris une petite betise pour la scene, quelque chose de tout a fait raté...» Cette sévérité est inspirée par la prudence autant que...

Diary of a Madman (1835; Russian: ??????? ????????????, Zapiski sumasshedshevo) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during...

Uno dei libri-diari di viaggio scritti da De Amicis, all'estero come inviato militare.

In the tale, the unnamed narrator relates a tale where he literally loses his room in a surreal situation that sounds more like a rather unpleasant version of Alice in Wonderland.

Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him....