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Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the "bourgeois paradise" truly was.

Masterpieces of American Literature is a curated collection of twelve iconic novels and stories that highlight the rich diversity and depth of American writing. Featuring illustrated editions of classics like Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jack London's The Call of the Wild, Ayn Rand's Anthem, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, this anthology spans genres from romanticism and realism to modernism and early science fiction, showcasing the breadth of American literary tradition.

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition.

War and Peace is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary achievement and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families.

One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times). Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed.

Viewed from an historical perspective, Jane Austen's novels should not exist. She was born during a period where female writers (if they dared to write at all) were dismissed, ignored, and dissuaded from writing altogether. The fact that Ms. Austen went ahead and created the novels contained in this collection—which have gone on to become some of the most treasured books in literary history—is nothing short of a miracle.

"Só há uma ocasião, só há uma fase da existência, em que o homem se exalta, se eleva, se engrandece, se iguala ao Criador. É quando ama." É dentro desse dramático cenário romântico que se desenrola o enredo da paixão impossível de Rosa e Estevam. Com o usual recurso narrativo de quem ouve a história "contada pelo tio Joaquim", Rodrigo Paganino dá ao leitor um testemunho do comportamento machista do século XIX em Portugal.

Emma Woodhouse is a twenty-year-old, wealthy lady living with her father near the provincial town of Highbury. Despite believing that she herself will never marry, she perceives a talent for matchmaking. After the wedding of her governess and a local widower, Mr. Weston, which she treats as her personal success, she decides to find a worthy husband for her new friend, Harriet Smith. Although Harriet's parents are unknown, Emma is convinced that the girl deserves a relationship with a gentleman and makes her not follow her own heart, but submit to her patronage.

The Tommy and Tuppence Classic Collection by Agatha Christie brings together some of her best work featuring the beloved sleuthing couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. This collection includes the novel The Secret Adversary, where the dynamic duo first launches into the world of espionage and private detection. Here, they stumble upon a case involving political intrigue and a missing young woman named Jane Finn, setting the stage for their future exploits. Christie crafts a thrilling introduction to the world of Tommy and Tuppence, showcasing their blend of wit, courage, and teamwork.

Step into a world of intrigue, danger, and adventure with Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit. This thrilling audiobook introduces listeners to Anne Beddingfeld, a young woman with a thirst for excitement who finds herself entangled in a mystery far beyond her imagination. When Anne witnesses a tragic accident in a London Tube station, her curiosity leads her to uncover a cryptic clue left behind by a mysterious man in a brown suit.

Gerda and Kai are inseparable friends until Kai is struck by splinters from a cursed mirror that lodge in his heart and eye, causing his heart to freeze and his perception to distort. The once excitable and loving boy becomes cynical and spiteful. As the Snow Queen takes him away to her icy palace, Gerda sets out to rescue him armed only with her love for little Kai.

Purgatorio (Italian: [purɡaˈtɔːrjo]; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide.

"A história narra a vida e as aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, um jovem inglês impulsivo e aventureiro que decide viajar pelo mundo. Após várias viagens bem-sucedidas, ele embarca em uma expedição que acaba em tragédia: seu navio naufraga em uma violenta tempestade, e Crusoe se vê o único sobrevivente em uma ilha deserta. Desesperado, ele precisa aprender a sobreviver sozinho, enfrentando desafios como a construção de abrigo, a procura por comida e a proteção contra perigos naturais e selvagens. Com o passar dos anos, ele desenvolve habilidades de sobrevivência e cria um lar rudimentar na ilha.

Worn down by postwar London life, forty-something Lucy Cottrell finds herself accepting a surprise invitation to spend the summer at a Swiss chalet, accompanied by the very practical and undemonstrative Freda Blandish, whom she barely knows. The two are charged with inventorying the contents of the chalet, but distractions soon abound, first from Freda's slightly woebegone daughter Astra and her hoity-toity friend Kay, then from Lucy's godson Bertram and his friend Peter.

Exiled by his uncle to England, and a job with Lord Tilbury's Mammoth Publishing Company, spirited young American Sam Shotter resolves to pursue the girl of his dreams—who, unfortunately, he knows only from a single photograph, torn from a magazine and pinned by some unknown hand to the wall of a remote Canadian fishing cabin. A night of misadventures in London brings Sam to the very house—in the quiet suburb of Valley Fields—where the girl lives, and Sam instantly moves into the vacant house next door. But unfortunately his stay there is not to be a peaceful one...

الأعمال الكاملة للكاتب الألماني فرانز كافكا في ثلاثة أجزاء، ترجم جزءين عن اللغة التشيكية د.خالد البلتاجي، وتضم ١٢ عملاً بين القصة والرواية، منها "المسخ"، "في مستعمرة العقاب"، و"سور الصين العظيم"، و"أبحاث كلب"، و"فنان الجوع" و "وطن الفئران"، و"التحول" فضلا عن أجزاء من أعمال لم تكتمل مثل (صراع)، و (في مستعمرة العقاب) وغيرها، والجزء الثالث يضم أعمالاً لم تترجم من قبل للعربية وهي قصصه القصيرة جداً، ومسرحية تعبيرية وقصص وجدت في يومياته بعد وفاته، ترجمها عن الألمانية يسري خميس.

Rodzina Jondrette, złożona z ojca, matki, dwóch nastoletnich córek Eponiny i Anzelmy oraz dwunastoletniego Gavroche’a żyje w paryskiej ruderze. Ich sąsiadem jest Mariusz Pontmercy. Narrator cofa się w czasie, by opisać dzieciństwo Mariusza: wychowywał go dziadek, zajadły rojalista, nienawidzący rewolucji i Napoleona. Uniemożliwiał on chłopcu kontakt z ojcem, pułkownikiem napoleońskim. Mariusz dowiaduje się, że jego ojciec, nie mogąc się z nim spotykać, wielokrotnie obserwował syna podczas nabożeństw w kościele, ukrywając się za filarem.

В одном из восточных портов судоходная компания срочно ищет судовладельца, который доставит дешевый груз в Сингапур. В порту ждет изящный трехмачтовый барк, уже загруженный и укомплектованный малайским экипажем. По авторитетной рекомендации владелец передает своего матроса молодому, только что назначенному капитану в качестве первого командира. Расстояние от порта до порта: 800 морских миль – расстояние, которое суда, подобные только что упомянутому, преодолевают за десять дней. Однако молодому английскому капитану, требуется вдвое больше времени.

في العام 1871 نشر دوستويفسكي الجزء الأول من روايته هذه، وتلك المرحلة كانت مرحلة الانقسامات والأفكار المتصارعة، حيث تنمو أفكار الاشتراكية، والأفكار التي تدعو إلى التحرّر من سلطة الكنيسة، وحيث سلطة الدولة تبدو أضعف، وروسيا ترى نفسها أقل من ألمانيا وبقية أوروبا.

In tribunale è il secondo volume della storica saga ambientata nel cinico mondo altoborghese dell’età vittoriana, che valse all'autore il Premio Nobel per la Letteratura. Tra patriarchi inamovibili ma capaci di inattese tenerezze, vecchie zie, salotti bui, feste e faide, incendi, stanchi rituali domestici e consolazioni georgiche, si dipana una trama familiare che offre al lettore un affresco lucido e spietato della società inglese del Primo Dopoguerra.