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Der Trinker ist einer der persönlichsten Romane von Hans Fallada. Er verfasste das Werk 1944 heimlich im Gefängnis. Fallada war nach einem mutmaßlichen Totschlagversuch an seiner Frau als nicht zurechnungsfähig inhaftiert worden und saß mehrere Monate in der Landesanstalt Neustrelitz-Strelitz....

(Auszug): "Der mittellose, etwa dreißigjährige Dichter Anton Färber, der bei Freunden auf dem Lande lebte, hatte sich soeben zum Nachmittagsschlaf auf sein Bett gelegt, als das jaulende Lärmen der Hofhunde ihn mit einer Verwünschung hochfahren ließ. Kurzsichtig – das Glas lag neben ihm...

(Auszug): "Der Verfasser weiß auch nicht, was er zur Entschuldigung der närrischen Mär, die er da seinen Lesern vorlegt, sagen darf. Harmlos saß er schreibend über einem Büchlein, das mancherlei Geschichten aus seinem geliebten Landleben bringen sollte. Die Mär vom Stadtschreiber war eine...

Excerpt: "I guess I never did get tired thinking about all the interesting and exciting things which had happened to the Sugar Creek Gang when we’d gone camping far up in the North. One of the happiest memories was of the time when Poetry, who is the barrel-shaped member of our gang, and I...

Florence and Marian continue their mystery solving adventures in another story! Mr. Snell is a versatile writer who knows how to write stories that will please boys and girls. He has traveled widely, visited many out-of-the-way corners of the earth, and being a keen observer has found material for...

The pending arrival of a baby is a wonderful time! It doesn't matter what the circumstances, when a new baby comes into the world, it is a true miracle. As is expected, much of the focus in the delivery room is on the woman. After all, she is the one who is enduring the pain of childbirth. What many...

"Through the Fray, A Tale of the Luddite Riots" describes the events that occurred during the early years of industrialization in England. During that time many workers were no longer needed, and work was shifted from the home to the factories. This resulted in widespread dissatisfaction....

Strange Finns, lusty women, mariner ghosts, and sea demons haunt the coastal lands of Norway, the setting for this popular collection from 1893. It transports the reader to a strange, salty world of maelstroms and maleficent spirits, boat builders and dream-wreckers. The tales came from northern Norway, and the author was the literary toast of all of Scandinavia.

(Excerpt): "In all the wide expanse of ocean that surrounded that island, there was nothing visible save one small, solitary speck on the far-off horizon. It might have been mistaken for a seagull, but it was in reality a raft-a mass of spars and planks rudely bound together with ropes. A boat's...

Skipping Rabbit is the daughter of Bounding Bull. Then, observing another gleam of surprise and triumph on the chief's face, she added quickly, "and the Blackfoot knows that Bounding Bull and his tribe are very strong, very courageous, and very revengeful. If Moonlight and Skipping Rabbit are...

(Excerpt): "This family was not only Thorogood but thorough-going. The father was a blacksmith, with five sons and one daughter, and he used to hammer truth into his children’s heads with as much vigour as he was wont to hammer the tough iron on his anvil; but he did it kindly. He was not a...

Excerpt: "It would have been hard, however, to have looked upon the face of Mrs James Ogilvy as she went about her little household duties in the morning, or took her walks about the garden, or knitted her stocking in the placid afternoon, and to have thought of her as discontented or struggling...

This set of short stories follow a pattern: First: A mistake as regards relations with the other sex. Second: A crisis. Third: Final resolution. Now in many cases the final resolution is one of violence.(Amazon)

A delightful collection of quick reads and some very scary short stories. The author's subtle writing style sometimes leads the reader to wonder if a murder or an accidental death took place. (Amazon)