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Der Roman spielt im Sommer 1926. Hauptfigur ist Christine Hoflehner, eine junge Postassistentin in einem österreichischen Dorf. Eines Tages wird sie von Verwandten per Telegramm in ein feudales Hotel in Pontresina eingeladen, wo sie vorgibt, die reiche Nichte Christiane van Boolen zu sein, und das...

Die Pianistin Erika Ewald verliebt sich während der Proben für ein gemeinsames Konzert in einen Geigenvirtuosen. Während ihre Liebe zunächst eher platonischer Natur ist – sie erfreut sich an gemeinsamen Gesprächen und Spaziergängen –, wächst in ihm das Begehren für die junge Frau. Er gesteht...

"Legenden" sind Erzählungen die beispielhaft vom Streben nach Idealen handeln. In diesem E-book sind vier Erzählungen enthalten: Rahel rechtet mit Gott, Die Augen des ewigen Bruders, Der begrabene Leuchter und Die Legende der dritten Taube.

Der junge Leutnant Anton Hofmiller wird in das Schloss des ungarischen Magnaten Lajos von Kékesfalva eingeladen. Er lernt dessen gelähmte Tochter Edith kennen und entwickelt Zuneigung, vor allem aber tiefes subtiles Mitleid für sie. Er macht der unheilbar Kranken, die sich in ihn verliebt, Hoffnungen...

Laut Stefan Zweig sind Romanschriftsteller "enzyklopädische Genies", die mit ihren Figuren/Hauptfiguren eine "neue Form der Welt" schaffen. In seinen drei Essays zu Balzac, Dickens und Dostojewski versucht er einen Typus des Romanciers herauszuarbeiten, wobei die Unterschiede der Autoren im Vergleich ebenso deutlich hervortreten.

The Silver Key is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft in 1926, considered part of his Dreamlands series. Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." As he ages, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific...

Young descendant of the pirate Henry Morgan, who left him a rich heritage, wants to find the treasure of his ancestor. On the way, he meets his distant cousin, also Henry Morgan. Together, they will find dangerous adventures, unknown lands, and love. (Wikipedia)

Lawrence's first novel is a compelling exploration of the interpersonal influences that cause unhappiness in relationships and is based on the lives of three individuals, the lively Lettie and George and Leslie. (Goodreads)

Women in Love examines the ill effects of industrialisation on the human psyche, resolving that individual and collective rebirth is possible only through human intensity and passion.

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works, among other things, represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity...

The first narrative in the collection is "The Prussian Officer", which tells of a Captain and his orderly. Having wasted his youth gambling, the captain has been left with only his military career, and though he has taken on mistresses throughout his life, he remains single. His young orderly...

Excerpt: "One day about the middle of November, in the year 18—, Dominick M’Evoy and his son Jemmy were digging potatoes on the side of a hard, barren hill, called Esker Dhu. The day was bitter and wintry, the men were thinly clad, and as the keen blast swept across the hill with considerable...

“A Book of Ghost Stories” is an enjoyable read. If you want thrills and chills, it is probably not for you. If you approach it as Victorian literature from an interesting author, there is no reason you will not get something from it. (Goodreads)

Greenhorn Scotch nobleman Lord Glenvarloch comes south to try and reclaim the money his father had loaned to the skinflint King James I when he was merely James VI of Scotland. He falls in with a motley crew of fellow emigres, all of whom make various plans for Nigel. (Goodreads)