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Jonas Lie (pronouced «Lee» in English) is one of the greats of Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjornstjerne Bjornson and Alexander Kielland. Although considered a Realist, he also worked with Scandanavian folk-lore, penning a number of fine supernatural tales (some of which are included here). In all, this volume collects 14 of his finest works, including 11 short stories and 3 novels: <P> INTRODUCTION: MEET JONAS LIE, by Julius E. Olson<BR> INTRODUCTION TO...
| Автор | Jonas Lie |
"Flappers and Philosophers" is a collection of eight stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Originally published in 1920 it was the first short story collection by Fitzgerald and contains the following stories: The Offshore Pirate, The Ice Palace, Head and Shoulders, The Cut-Glass Bowl, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Benediction, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, and The Four Fists. The stories of «Flappers and Philosophers» are set in the era for which the author is best known, the Jazz Age, a term Fitzgerald...
| Автор | Scott Fitzgerald |
English novelist, short story writer and playwright, William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), achieved incredible success in the twentieth century with the reading public, despite a lackluster reception from literary critics. His simple and lucid style complemented his interesting and highly-developed characters, appealing to readers as much in the 1920s and 1930s as it does today. The works contained in this edition—The Pacific, Mackintosh, The Fall of Edward Barnard, Red, The Pool, Honolulu,...
| Автор | W. Somerset Maugham |
Famed Anglo-Irish author, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), was a short story writer, playwright, poet, essayist and autobiographer whose works earned him notoriety as one of the most significant contributors to the modern fantasy genre. His short stories, especially, were widely popular with audiences who enjoyed his formulated mythologies, his examination of the nature of time and human existence, and his satiric, and often anti-industrial, views on the relationship of humanity to nature. This...
| Автор | Lord Dunsany |
Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland, James often explored the cultural...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, is known for short stories with surprise endings. In this collection you will find the following beloved O. Henry stories: «The Plutonian Fire», «The Princess and the Puma», «By Courier», «The Gift of the Magi», «The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein», «Mammon and the Archer», «The Memento», «Springtime À La Carte», «The Last Leaf», «The Skylight Room», «The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock», «The Count And The Wedding Guest», «The Romance of a Busy...
| Автор | Henry Whitney Henry |
Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland, James often explored the cultural...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Montague Rhodes James is considered one of the greatest writers of ghost stories of all time. His story-telling is noted for how it updated the conception of the ghost story from its formal gothic counterpart to the more realistic contemporary settings of the early 20th century. Included in this volume is a collection of James’ most famous ghost stories which include the following: «Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book», «Lost Hearts», «The Mezzotint», «The Ash-Tree», «Number 13», «Count Magnus»,...
| Автор | Montague Rhodes James |
Adventure and mystery readers alike will love following London's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story collection, «The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.» Created in the late 1800's, Sherlock Holmes has become one of the most recognized and endearing sleuths in the mystery genre. In «Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League,» Holmes must figure out the connection between a group of red-headed men, an Encyclopedia...
| Автор | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland, James often explored the cultural...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
"Tales of the Jazz Age" is a collection of stories and dramas that exemplifies a classic period in American history. At the beginning of the roaring twenties it was a period in which Jazz, a truly American art form, would become the most popular form of music in America. It was a time in America that Fitzgerald's writing is most identified with. Contained within this volume are the following stories: The Jelly-Bean, The Camel's Back, May Day, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The...
| Автор | Scott Fitzgerald |
Among the great history of science fiction writing there exists firmly the legacy of Philip K. Dick. The themes of Dick's work explore the gamut of sociological, political and metaphysical. Dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states, Dick's works are well known as the source material for some of the greatest science fiction movies of all time including «Blade Runner,» «Total Recall,» «A Scanner Darkly,» and «Minority Report.» This collection...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
Famed Anglo-Irish author, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), was a short story writer, playwright, poet, essayist and autobiographer whose works earned him notoriety as one of the most significant contributors to the modern fantasy genre. His short stories, especially, were widely popular with audiences who enjoyed his formulated mythologies, his examination of the nature of time and human existence, and his satiric, and often anti-industrial, views on the relationship of humanity to nature. This edition...
| Автор | Lord Dunsany |
Honore de Balzac is widely considered as one of the most influential writers in the history of French literature. His multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and short stories entitled «The Human Comedy» is his magnum opus. It is an examination of the human experience depicting French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy. Thirteen of the short stories of Balzac's masterpiece makeup this collection. They include the following tales: «El Verdugo», «Domestic...
| Автор | Оноре Бальзак |
Bret Harte (1836-1902) was born in New York but moved to California at a young age, following the death of his father and his mother's remarriage. He is best known for his short stories of the West, but he spent many years as a typesetter, school teacher, editor, and journalist, working for such well known publications as the «Overland Monthly» in San Francisco and «The Atlantic Monthly». As a child he was an avid reader, and took a strong liking to Charles Dickens. Many of Harte's...
| Автор | Bret Harte |
Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Later awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats produced a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry of Ireland's historical and legendary past. Red Hanrahan is a character that Yeats returned to frequently, his creation influenced heavily by Celtic folklore. In this collection, he appears in «Red Hanrahan», «The...
| Автор | W. B. Yeats |
Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland, James often explored the cultural...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Jack London became an instant celebrity in America from his first appearance on the literary scene. Born in San Francisco in 1876, he spent his adult life dedicated to the new genre of commercial magazine fiction, which reached audiences all over the globe. He amassed a large amount of money, but used much of it in his social activism. His most well-known work is «Call of the Wild,» followed by «White Fang.» He grew up and worked during the gold rush, which informed much of his writing's...
| Автор | Jack London |
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman, (the A in his pen name stands for Amadeus, out of admiration for Mozart), was one of the most influential German writers in his time. He is credited with instigating the Romantic movement, creating the first detective story, introducing themes of the supernatural and psychological abnormality to the literary world, and inspiring many eminent writers and composers. Tchaikovsky's ballet «The Nutcracker» is based on his «Nutcracker and Mouse King». Hoffmann had a...
| Автор | E. T. A. Hoffmann |
Early American writer Herman Melville is best known for his great American novel «Moby Dick.» However, Melville was also a prolific and honest short story writer. His stories play with irony, twisting the fates of his protagonists and making sure that the reader is left with a deep sense of wonder and enlightenment. Many of his works are set from an «outsider's» perspective of immigrants in early America, which is interesting considering that Melville was an American. Yet in the...
| Автор | Herman Melville |
"TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" And so begins «The Tell-Tale Heart», that compressed tale of Gothic composition. The characters and images that Edgar Allan Poe has gifted us are plentiful. Hugely influential to the short story genre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) remains a lion of American letters. His morose explorations of human depravity render his tales exceptionally captivating. Here, in Volume I of II, is contained...
| Автор | Эдгар По |
In this early collection of eight short stories by Virginia Woolf conventional notions of plot and character are abandoned for a stream of consciousness, almost dream-like and experimental form of prose. Readers while find the relative brevity of this volume, and the stories within it, helpful in overcoming any unfamiliarity with this style of writing. «Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories» was first published in 1921 and includes the following stories: «A Haunted House,» «A Society,» «Monday or...
| Автор | Virginia Woolf |
Jack London was born into abject poverty in the slums of San Francisco during the winter of 1876. His writing was to reflect the hard life he lived, perpetually chronicling men facing the wild as he did throughout his life. After his eighth grade year, poverty forced London to leave school. This did not stop him, as he furthered his literary knowledge and skill at the Oakland Public Library, borrowing books and educating himself. London faced great obstacles, even landing himself in a Niagara...
| Автор | Jack London |
This collection of Henry James's shorter works brings together some of his most famous works including «The Turn of the Screw», «Daisy Miller», and «The Aspern Papers». In addition to these works you will find the following tales: «Four Meetings», «In the Cage», «Owen Wingrave», «Pandora», «Sir Edmund Orme», «The Altar of the Dead», «The Beast in the Jungle», «The Death of the Lion», «The Friends of the Friends», «The Jolly Corner», «The Middle Years», «The Patagonia», and «The Private...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |