This eBook edition of «Rimrock Trail» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "The three partners, saddle-chums for years, ever seeking mutual employ, known through Texas and Arizona as the «Three Musketeers of the Range,» sat on the porch of the ranch-house, discussing business and lighter matters. One year before they had pooled their savings and Sandy Bourke, youngest of the three and the most aggressive, coolest and...
Rinaldo Rinaldini ist eine literarische Figur aus Christian August Vulpius' Roman Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann, der 1798 in Leipzig in drei Bänden erschien und bis in die Gegenwart zahlreiche Neuauflagen erlebte. Er gilt als der erfolgreichste deutsche Räuberroman des 19. Jahrhunderts. Rinaldo lebt im 18. Jahrhundert im Königreich Neapel. Er ist der Bandit aller Banditen, wagemutig, unerschrocken und kühn, der Schrecken des Apennins, aber gleichzeitig ungewöhnlich passiv: Aktiv...
Цикл исследований, представленных в этой книге, посвящен выяснению связей между культурой мысли и культурой слова, между риторической рефлексией и реальностью литературной практики, а в конечном счете между трансформациями европейского рационализма и меняющимся объемом таких простых категорий литературы, как «жанр» и «авторство». В качестве содержательной альтернативы логико-риторическому подходу, обретшему зрелость в Греции софистов и окончательно исчерпавшему себя в новоевропейском...
“Rivers to the Sea” is a 1915 collection of poetry by American lyric poet Sara Teasdale (1884–1933). Teasdale produced numerous volumes of poetry in her career, most of which were both well received critically and economically successful, and was the first person to be awarded the Pulitzer Price for a poetry collection in 1917. Her third poetry collection, “Rivers to the Sea” was a bestseller and was reprinted numerous times since its first publication. A fantastic collection of timeless poems...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was the first English-language author in literary history to have international success during his actual lifetime. His works were celebrated in North America, Australia and Europe. Born in Edinburgh, Scott lived a rather sequestered childhood, stricken with polio and sent to live on his grandparents farm. There, his aunt Jenny not only taught him to read, but influenced his writing forever, influencing the characteristic speech patterns he would write with later on...
"Robert Elsmere" by Mrs. Humphry Ward. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
"Robin Hood" by J. Walker McSpadden. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
Escape to the idyllic charms of Sherwood Forest and join in the jolly fellowship of the greenwood with these rollicking tales featuring one of the world's best-known and most beloved outlaws. Meet Robin Hood and his loyal circle of merry men, a lovely crowd of fun-loving freebooters, whose dashing exploits and daring maneuvers have been celebrated in story and song for over 800 years.The legend begins with the transformation of young Robert Fitzooth, rightful heir to the earldom of...
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat.
I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully… It was a footprint – the footprint of a man!'
In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend – or an enemy?