23/09/2024
23/09/2024
Papéis Avulsos
Papéis avulsos é um livro de contos do escritor Machado de Assis, lançado em 1882. Foi o terceiro livro de contos publicado por Machado de Assis e um dos melhores de sua história. Inclui os contos: O Alienista, O Espelho , A Chinela Turca e A Sereníssima República, imortalizadas na literatura brasileira. – Resumo escrito por Lucas Oliveira [chương_files]
23/09/2024
Cartea de Aur
“Cartea de aur” de Alexandru Macedonski este o colecție de texte scurte plasate în a doua jumătate a secolului XIX/începutul secolului XX. Povestirile au ca personaje oameni din toate păturile sociale și abordează mai multe teme, de la efemeritatea vieții și a morții, la tema războiului sau la o pledoarie pentru vegetarianism. (Summary by Gabriela Oprea) [chương_files]
23/09/2024
Cuentos ingenuos
Cuentos cortos del extremeño Felipe Trigo. Médico, militar y escritor de enorme éxito a finales del XIX y hoy desconocido para el gran público. Relatos muy breves y directos con variedad de temas y escenarios. Sentido del humor, sabiduría y enredos de amores para disfrutar (Introducción por Epachuko) [chương_files]
23/09/2024
κακός δρόμος, κι άλλα καινούρια διηγήματα (1908-1911)
Στο διήγημα του Ξενόπουλου “Ο κακός δρόμος” βλέπουμε να θριαμβεύει η ομορφιά και όχι η λογική, η ομορφιά και όχι η δύναμη και πάλι η ομορφιά και όχι η ηθική. Ο συγγραφέας μας υποχρεώνει να δεχτούμε την αθέλητη υποταγή των ανθρώπων στο Μοιραίο, εκείνο που οι Έλληνες είχαν αρχή και τέλος κάθε τραγικής τους έμπνευσης. Το βαθυστόχαστο τέλος, εξηγητής της κοινωνικής τάξης, παραπέμπει σε ελληνικό παραμύθι ή σε τραγωδία. (Summary by Penelope) [chương_files]
22/09/2024
Italian Life and Legends
A mix of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65, this collection was edited and prepared for publication by her sister, Mary Thompson, wife of artist, Cephas Giovanni Thompson, after her death. It contains short stories, legends, historical sketches, profiles of noted Italian performers and foreign literati, and even an account of a devastating flood of the Arno that the author witnessed. – Summary by Kelly S. Taylor [chương_files]
22/09/2024
Kurze Erzählungen
Ein Lehr- und Lesebuch für die deutschen Schulen in Bayern; so lautet der Untertitel des von Christoph von Schmid verfassten Buches. Hintergrund der 100 kurzen Erzählungen sind stets Begebenheiten und Situationen in denen Gottes Schöpfung, Güte und Hilfe in den Vordergrund rückt. Den Abschluss bildet jeweils ein moralischer Sinnspruch in Reimform. (Zusammenfassung von lorda) [chương_files]
22/09/2024
Scottish Ghost Stories
A public domain collection of Scottish Ghost tales by Elliott O’Donnell. 1911 – Summary by Sherry Morrow [chương_files]
22/09/2024
Aus der Sommerfrische
Mit viel Menschenkenntnis und feinem Humor erzählt Hoffmann in diesen Kurzgeschichten von manchmal sehr natürlichen Eindrücken. Von mancher Männer Träumen, von Bergtouren in Südtirol, von Krieg und Liebe – und von Gottesfurcht. In diesem Buch wird sogar Andreas Hofer erwähnt (Tiroler Freiheitskämpfer)! (zusammengefaßt von schrm) [chương_files]
22/09/2024
Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine, 1846-47
‘The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received principles and opinions are reduced’. So begins ‘Today’, the first in a series of five pieces of social commentary written by Geraldine Jewsbury for Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine. Jewsbury would go on to be a prolific contributor to The Atheneum and Household Words. Published shortly after her first novel, ‘Zoe’, these early pieces include several strongly argued polemics on the sufferings of women and servants in industrial England and advance her lifelong philosophy of the importance of mutual care. – Summary by Phil Benson [chương_files]