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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not...

This book contains a selection from my writings on Art extending over a period of twenty years. Some essays have never before been published in England; and I have also added a good deal of new matter and made slight corrections throughout. In the laborious work of hunting up lost and forgotten publications,...

The story tells the romantic story between a Cinderella of New England and a Western millionaire. Poor Maggie, the heroine, will be ranked with "Pollyanna" and "David" as one of the most lovable characters Mrs. Porter has ever created.

“Valentino & I" alternates between reality and fantasy, love and intrigue without time. The novel is a contemporary diary where everything changes and nothing is what it seems. Anna will get to know Rudolph Valentino, and together they live a passion rich of adventure, fun and humour, the story will leave the reader breathless to the very last page.

The course of a young sailor’s life is forever changed when, in a moment of weakness, he, along with the ship’s crew, abandons his distressed ship and its passengers. Now deserted by his fellow crewmembers, Jim is left to face the consequences of their actions alone, and loses his sailing accreditation...

A book that deeply influenced the young Freud and was the inspiration for many artists, The Temptation of Saint Anthony was Flaubert’s lifelong work, thirty years in the making. Based on the story of the third-century saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the Egyptian desert, it is a fantastical...

Metamorphosis is the title of an epic-mythological poem by the poet Publio Ovidio Nasone and includes fifteen books and over 250 myths. Through this work, Ovid has made famous and sent to the posters numerous mythological stories and tales of Greek and Roman classics.

In 1400 an immense Chinese fleet of hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of men sailed through the seas, reaching Indonesia, India, Persia, Arabia and Africa: sent by a proud emperor to bring to the world the glory and the power of the Ming, was commanded by the most famous of the Chinese admirals,...

Yago viene convinto da Federico, un suo amico fraterno, a rimettere piede fuori casa e ricominciare ad essere quello che lui aveva conosciuto. Basta lamenti, basta redenzione. La vita, in questo racconto, prende la forma di un gelato. Buona da mangiare prima che possa sciogliersi. (Questo racconto è la naturale continuazione di Monologo di un Coccodrillo)

“He was ruined in every way, but a man possessed of passion is not a bankrupt in life.” One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is an immensely exciting tale of love, revolution, and politics set in the mythical South American country of Costaguana during...

The publishing history of this translation has been sketched by Cross, in his History of Henry Fielding, and may simply be summarized here. The first edition, entitled Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased and Adapted to the Present Time (or Times) was first issued in February, 1747, and was advertised in...

"The point of view" was published in 1913. This ebook contains a detailed bibliography including all the publications of the Author. This interactive digital edition includes: Interactive Notes and Chapters, News about the Author, News about the Book, a very interesting Tag cloud...

“The Figure in the Carpet” was first published in the periodical «Cosmopolis» in 1896. In the same year the same novel appeared both in England and in Usa in a volume titled Embarrassments. This book contains a special note on Henry James by Joseph Conrad (Henry James. An appreciation, 1905)...

Bert Smallways è un ragazzo comune, scontento di sé, che vuole uscire dal piccolo ambiente in cui vive, e sogna; ma il suo orizzonte è così limitato che che anche i suoi sogni sono piccoli. Curioso ed entusiasta dei nuovi mezzi di locomozione, riesce a comprarsi una motocicletta e avvia con un...