While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark not only on Greek history and literature, but upon western civilization itself. Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, laid the foundation upon which Ancient Greece developed not only its culture, but its societal values, religious beliefs, and practice of warfare as well. This publication features the Samuel Butler translation, and while it strays...
The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.Falsely accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the grim island fortress of Chateau d’If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabuouls treasure on the island of Monte Cristo and uses it to exact revenge on those responsible for his incarceration.The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape and triumphant revenge moves at...
This carefully crafted ebook: «The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every Fitzgerald story collection, short story, with poems and non-fiction. Table of Contents: Stories 1909–17 This Side of Paradise Flappers and Philosophers Stories 1920–25 The...
This collection contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. The Stories included are: –The Nameless City –The Festival –The Colour Out of Space –The Call of Cthulhu –The Dunwich Horror –The Whisperer in Darkness –The Dreams in the Witch House –The Haunter of the Dark –The Shadow Over Innsmouth –Discarded Draft of «The Shadow Over Innsmouth» –The Shadow Out of Time –At the Mountains of Madness –The Case of Charles Dexter...
