Sagas Classics

El pequeño Nils Holgersson ha sido convertido en un duendecillo en castigo por su mal comportamiento. Para romper el hechizo y volver a ser un niño deberá acompañar a una bandada de gansos en su viaje a través de Suecia. Junto a ellos vivirá numerosas aventuras, unas peligrosas y otras divertidas, pero ninguna le dejará indiferente. Este va a ser para Nils el viaje de su vida, el descubrimiento de un mundo que le cambiará para siempre y le convertirá en persona, en todos los sentidos.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (published in 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.

"The Voyage Out" is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life.

Johannes Wirix-Speetjens realiseerde zich dat de kunstgeschiedenis vol queer iconen zit - van Leonard Bernstein tot Freddie Mercury. Deze ontdekkingen inspireerden hem eerst tot een serie podcasts voor de Vlaamse radiozender Klara, maar al snel groeide het idee: dit onderwerp verdient een boek. Met 'Classical Queers' brengt Johannes levens en passies samen in een kleurrijk portret van de kunstgeschiedenis die we dachten te kennen. De geschiedenis wordt vaak verteld vanuit een beperkt, mannelijk en heteroseksueel perspectief. Maar het verleden is zoveel kleurrijker dan dat!

"Uncle Silas" is a Gothic locked-room mystery novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. Maud Ruthyn is an orphan, left in the care of her mysterious and evil uncle Silas. The latter keeps thinking up new and creative ways to get rid of his niece. In a similar vein to Wilkie Collins’ novels, Le Fanu’s "Uncle Silas" depicts a heroine in danger, who moves from one hair-raising adventure to the next, making it a perfect, terrifying, horror tale of greed and vile intentions. B. J.

Tragisch, berührend und manchmal urkomisch – diese Sammlung ist eine Schatzkiste der Literatur. In den meisterhaften Erzählungen schließt ein schlauer Kater Pakte mit dem Stadthexenmeister, ungleiche Liebespaare finden sich, und eine Verwechslung bringt das Leben eines ganzen Dorfes durcheinander. Die Sammlung mit Geschichten von Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm, Gottfried Keller und Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ist nicht nur für kalte Winterabende genau das Richtige.

An untamed frontier. A family’s new start. To survive, they’ll need luck and they’ll need each other... New York City, New York, 1835. Thomas Bennett never planned on living in the shadow of his in-laws. But when a devastating fire wipes out New York City and forces him and his wife, Jane, to leave, he’s willing to do anything to gain his independence. Years later when an opportunity opens up to travel to the dangerous but promising frontier of the Pacific Northwest, Thomas and his reluctant wife prepare for the journey. Thomas and his brothers pave the way by booking passage on a ...

Nehmen sie sich doch mal eine kleine Auszeit mit diesen 6 ausgewählten Klassikern der deutschen Literatur! Begegnen sie mit diesem Hörbuch den großen deutschen Schriftstellern des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts: Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, Heinrich von Kleist, E. T. A. Hoffmann, sowie Theodor Storm und lassen sie sich mit ihren Werken wie "Der Schimmelreiter", "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" oder "Der Stechlin" in jene Zeit entführen.

Riunire la famiglia a casa per un ultimo Natale: è questo il grande sogno, la grande ossessione di Enid Lambert, dopo quasi cinquant'anni di matrimonio. Cresciuti nel rigido rispetto della tipica morale americana del Dopoguerra, i tre figli hanno da tempo preso il volo e se le aspettative erano molte, le delusioni non sono mancate. Da uno dei più importanti scrittori americani del nuovo millennio, un formidabile romanzo ricco di dolente umorismo e di umanità.

"L'Orlando furioso" (1516) è un poema cavalleresco che racconta le avventure del paladino Orlando, innamorato di Angelica, che impazzisce quando scopre che la sua amata ha una relazione con un altro uomo. L'opera ha una trama molto stratificata che si sviluppa sostanzialmente su tre narrazioni principali: quella militare, costituita dalla guerra tra i paladini, difensori della religione cristiana, e i Saraceni infedeli; quella amorosa, incentrata sulla fuga di Angelica e sulla pazzia di Orlando, e infine quella encomiastica, con cui si lodava la grandezza dei duchi d'Este.

"Youth" is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood's Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume "Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories". The volume also included "Heart of Darkness" and "The End of the Tether", which are concerned with maturity and old age, respectively. "Youth" depicts a young man's first journey to the East.

"The Story of Peter Pan", by James M. Barrie, is one of the most famous tales about youth and dream-like adventures; this classic adaptation of Barrie's play will let you fly on the wings of your imagination. "The History of Tom Thumb" was the first fairy tale ever printed in English. "The Three Sillies" is a very old folktale, and has been handed down over the centuries for its entertainment value. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic folktale of which numerous versions are known; they all delight and educate children about the importance of boundaries and personal property. Last but not least, "Jack the Giant Killer" is a fascinating folk tale coming from the Middle Ages, set during King Arthur's reign; it shows how a young man uses clever tricks to outwit terrible giants and rid England of their terrible threats.

Sehr bildhaft und mit psychologischem Feingefühl erzählt Theodor Storm in seinen Novellen von Begegnungen mit den Herausforderungen des Lebens. In dieser Box finden sich dazu 4 ganz unterschiedliche Werke des bedeutenden deutschen Schriftstellers und Lyrikers. Dabei handelt es sich um Geschichten über eine unerfüllte Liebe ("Immensee"), ein lang gehütetes Geheimnis ("Ein Bekenntnis"), den Mut einer jungen Ehefrau ("Viola Tricolor") und das Schicksal eines Deichgrafens ("Der Schimmelreiter").

"Alors elle tira de l'écrin un collier de diamants si gros, si purs, si lumineux et si habilement assortis, qu'il lui sembla voir courir sur ses belles mains un fleuve de phosphore et de flammes. Le collier ondulait comme les anneaux d'un serpent dont chaque écaille aurait été un éclair." "Le Collier de la reine" (1849) s'inspire de faits réels concernant l'affaire du collier de la reine Marie-Antoinette qui défraya la chronique dans les années 1780.

Es la historia de un mágico sueño. Mientras permanece sentada con su hermana en el bosque, Alicia se levanta y persigue a un conejo que se le ha aparecido. De pronto cae, en la madriguera, en medio de un montón de hojas secas. Comienza a caminar por una sala subterránea y encuentra alimentos bebidas, que consume. Comenzando a cambiar de dimensión extraordinariamente, empequeñeciéndose y agrandándose sucesivamente. Más tarde conoce al gato de Cheshire, ve aparecer y desaparecer cualquier parte de su cuerpo, dejando a veces en el aire, solamente una sonrisa.

Gene Stratton-Porter was a naturalist and fierce conservationist as well as an author, and one of the areas she held dearest was the Limberlost swamp. Indeed, she spent her income and life endeavouring to protect it.

Ein Romanfragment über die Entwicklung eines jungen Mannes zum Dichter: Heinrich erscheint in einem Traum im Kelch einer blauen Blume, die ein wichtiges Symbol der Romantik wurde, das Gesicht einer jungen Frau, die er nach einigen Begebenheiten schließlich kennenlernt. Mit vielen Märchen, Träumen, Allegorien und Liedern durchsetzt, ist dieses Romanfragment ein Meisterwerk der Romantik.

"The Fables" of Jean de La Fontaine are classics of French literature. They supply delights to three different ages: the child rejoices in the freshness and vividness of the story, the eager student of literature in the consummate art with which it is told, the experienced man of the world in the subtle reflections on character and life which it conveys. "The Fables" were regarded as providing an excellent education in morals for children, and the first edition was dedicated to the six-year old Dauphin, the Eldest Son of the King.

Puede considerarse como una de las mejores comedias del teatro español del siglo XVII. El personaje central que es la condesa Diana de Belflor, mueve todos los hilos de la acción que tiene lugar entre continuos enredos, engaños y conflictos amorosos que reflejan unas inquietudes sexuales de los protagonistas, que van en contra de las convenciones sociales, la posición y el decoro.

Notre-Dame de París cuenta la historia de la gitana Esmeralda, quien en compañía de su cabra Djali toca la pandereta y baila en las calles de París para subsistir, hasta que se la acusa de haber asesinado al capitán Phoebus, su amado, y se la condena a la horca. Sin embargo, el jorobado Quasimodo, campanero de Notre-Dame, quien tras su deformidad esconde un corazón sensible y sediento de amor, luchará para salvar a la gitana. Recreación del mito de la bella y la bestia y uno de los monumentos de la literatura francesa, Notre-Dame de París es una historia verdaderamente inmortal.