The unique American short stories ranging from satire, social injustice, horror, adventure and psychological turmoi, are most appreciated american literary works around the world. We present to you the collection of the greatest works of short fiction by the masters of their craft: Content: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Mark Twain) To Build a Fire (Jack London) A Piece of Steak (Jack London) An Odyssey of the North (Jack...
Musaicum Books presents to you a collection of the greatest horror, supernatural and gothic tales of all time: Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle H. P. Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward At The Mountains of Madness The Colour out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye… John William...
"Cuentos Clásicos del Norte" de Edgar Allan Poe (traducido por Carmen Torres Calderón de Pinillos) de la Editorial Good Press. Good Press publica una gran variedad de títulos que abarca todos los géneros. Van desde los títulos clásicos famosos, novelas, textos documentales y crónicas de la vida real, hasta temas ignorados o por ser descubiertos de la literatura universal. Editorial Good Press divulga libros que son una lectura imprescindible. Cada publicación de Good Press ha sido corregida...
e-artnow presents this meticulously edited and formatted collections of the greatest sea adventure novels to be enjoyed next to the sound of crushing waves in front of you… or at least with the background sound of calming waves in your home: Content: Captain Charles Johnson: The History of Pirates R. L. Stevenson: Treasure Island Jack London: The Sea Wolf The Mutiny of the Elsinore A Son of the Sun Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Captain Singleton Tobias Smollett: The Adventures of...
У зборнік Эдгара По «Маска Чырвонае Смерці» ўключаныя не толькі шырока вядомыя дэтэктывы – адны з першых узораў гэтага жанру ў сусветнай літаратуры – і жахлівыя апавяданні («арабескі»), але і значна менш вядомыя гратэскі пісьменніка – творы, што паказваюць «бацьку дэтэктыву» зусім з іншага, іранічнага, боку, а таксама вершы і два самыя вядомыя эсэ Эдгара По – «Паэтычны прынцып» і «Філасофія кампазіцыі». У другое выданне ўвайшлі чатыры новыя пераклады апавяданняў Э. По: «Метцэнгерштэйн», «Востраў...
В книге представлены рассказы и стихотворения американского писателя Эдгара Аллана По. Все произведения даны на языке оригинала. Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит словарный запас, знания об истории языка, фразеологии.
From Mark Twain to O. Henry, from Saki to Washington Irving—The Classic Humor Megapack reels in no less than 45 classic short stories and poems sure to amuse. Read and laugh! <P> Included are: <P> THE STRIKE OF ONE, by Elliott Flower<BR> THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, by Mark Twain<BR> A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER, by O. Henry<BR> LAURA, by Saki<BR> TEETH IS TEETH, by Ellis Parker Butler<BR> ARAMINTA AND THE AUTOMOBILE, by Charles...
The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading pleasure.<P>THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES, by...
