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Friedrich Glauser gilt als erster deutschsprachiger Autor, der den Kriminalroman hof- und salonfähig gemacht hat. Seine Kriminalerzählungen besitzen eine stilistische und sprachliche Geschmeidigkeit, die es ihm ermöglichten, gekonnt Stimmung und Atmosphäre einzufangen und dabei auch ein Auge für soziale Details zu haben. Mit seinem Wachtmeister Studer schuf er einen Kollegen von Sherlock Holmes, der sich durch eine Schwäche für Außenseiter und viel Mitgefühl auszeichnet. Im vorliegenden Band...
| Автор | Friedrich Glauser |
"Walden" is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau's journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature. In today's fast-paced consumer-driven society the austere life style endorsed by Thoreau...
| Автор | Henry David Thoreau |
Henry David Thoreau was a master of all subjects, though he is best known for his work and belief in transcendentalism. His writings are all extremely personal and are examples of natural observations in the real world. Thoreau believed in the rights of all humans, and he believed that humans should retreat back to nature in order to return to the natural order of the world. In «Walden,» Thoreau recounts a time period living in a man-made cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts. The thinker...
| Автор | Henry David Thoreau |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to...
| Автор | Henry David Thoreau |
Peter Roseggers Klassiker erstmals in verlässlicher Textfassung. Mit Materialien zum biografischen, werkgeschichtlichen und politischen Kontext. Mit keinem anderen Werk hat Peter Rosegger eine solche Breitenwirkung erzielt wie mit diesen anekdotisch-pointierten Geschichten aus seiner bäuerlichen Herkunftswelt. Noch zu Lebzeiten wurde »Waldheimat« zu einer Bezeichnung für die obersteirische Region. Er etablierte sich als »heimlicher Erzieher« und Lesebuchklassiker, festigte damit aber auch das...
| Автор | Peter Rosegger |
First delivered as a lecture in 1851, “Walking” is the seminal work on Transcendental philosophy by American author and essayist Henry David Thoreau. Sometimes referred to as “The Wild”, it was Thoreau’s favorite speech and he gave the lecture several more times over the next decade as he refined and expanded his ideas. The final version of this influential essay was published in the “Atlantic Monthly” in 1862 after his death. In “Walking”, Thoreau explains how important nature is to the...
| Автор | Henry David Thoreau |
"Wall Street stories" by Edwin Lefevre. 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...
| Автор | Edwin Lefèvre |
"Wanderers" by Knut Hamsun (translated by W. J. Alexander Worster). 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...
| Автор | Knut Hamsun |
"Wanderers" is Knut Hamsun's 1909 novel whose title expresses one of the most central themes to Hamsun's work, that of the wanderer. Hamsun, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his monumental work «Growth of the Soil», believed that modern literature should be used to express the intricacies of the human mind. Hamsun's work also is strongly known for his vivid depictions of the natural world and its connection to man. This connection between nature and the characters of...
| Автор | Knut Hamsun |
