Despite a decreasing popularity throughout his career, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has become one of the most notable and respected English novelists of the Victorian Era. His penetrating novels on political, social and gender issues of his day have placed him among such nineteenth century literary icons as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Trollope penned 47 novels in his career, in addition to various short stories, travel books and biographies. «Doctor Thorne» (1858) is the...
Despite a decreasing popularity throughout his career, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has become one of the most notable and respected English novelists of the Victorian Era. His penetrating novels on political, social and gender issues of his day have placed him among such nineteenth century literary icons as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Trollope penned 47 novels in his career, in addition to various short stories, travel books and biographies. «Doctor Thorne» (1858) is the...
Despite a decreasing popularity throughout his career, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has become one of the most notable and respected English novelists of the Victorian Era. His penetrating novels on political, social and gender issues of his day have placed him among such nineteenth century literary icons as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Trollope penned 47 novels in his career, in addition to various short stories, travel books and biographies. «Doctor Thorne» (1858) is the...
"Fünfzehn Mann auf dem Totenschrein – Jo-ho-ho und eine Flasche Rum." Robert Louis Stevensons ›Schatzinsel‹ zählt zweifellos zu den größten Klassikern der Abenteuerliteratur. Stevenson war dreißig Jahre alt, als er die Idee zu der Geschichte hatte, die ihm Weltruhm einbringen sollte. Alles beginnt mit der Landkarte einer mysteriösen Insel, auf der ein Schatz versteckt sein soll. Nach vielen Kämpfen und Verwicklungen werden die Schatzsucher schließlich fündig – auf eine Weise allerdings, mit...
Despite a decreasing popularity throughout his career, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has become one of the most notable and respected English novelists of the Victorian Era. His penetrating novels on political, social and gender issues of his day have placed him among such nineteenth century literary icons as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Trollope penned 47 novels in his career, in addition to various short stories, travel books and biographies. «Doctor Thorne» (1858) is the...