04/07/2024
Za chlebem
Historia dwojga ludzi, ojca i córki, i ich podróży przez Atlantyk w poszukiwaniu lepszego życia w Stanach Zjednoczonych – Summary by Piotr Nater [chương_files]
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04/07/2024
Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard; or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed
Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the child of unique parents: a mother that rode trick horses and a magician for his father. However, in Horatio Alger fashion, by age five, he was without either parent. So he grew up in a circus and Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard relates a time in his life as he dabbles in magic! – Summary by Gerald A Moe [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Señor de Bembibre
Don Álvaro, señor de Bembibre, se ve correspondido en su amor por doña Beatriz, hija de don Alonso señor de Arganza. Pero éste ha decidido dar en matrimonio a su hija única y heredera al conde de Lemus. Doña Beatriz promete a don Álvaro que, antes que casarse con el conde de Lemus, hará todo lo posible por ingresar en el convento. Don Álvaro acude a su tío, su tutor y maestre de los templarios, en un momento en que se aproxima la completa ruina de la orden del Temple y a la que se añaden los rumores que circulan sobre ellos: el Papa los ha excomulgado en Francia y los templarios están presos a la espera del castigo. El tío de don Álvaro le aconseja hablar con el abad de Carracedo, confesor de los señores de Arganza. El abad se muestra disponible a ayudar a don Álvaro a condición que se aparte de la alianza de los templarios. El abad le lleva a una ventana desde la que se divisan las ruinas de la ciudad romana de Berdigum y le aconseja que vaya allí, en medio del silencio de la noche, y pregunte a las ruinas por la grandeza de sus señores, que no dejarán de darle respuesta los silbidos del viento y el aullido del lobo… (Resumen por Tux) Enrique Gil y Carrasco (Villafranca del Bierzo (León), 15 de julio de 1816 – Berlín (Alemania), 22 de febrero de 1845) fue un escritor romántico español. Es recordado fundamentalmente […]
04/07/2024
Your United States: Impressions Of A First Visit
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. In 1911 Bennett paid a financially rewarding visit to the US, which he later recorded in this 1912 book Those United States in England; titled Your United States in America. He is a keen observer with an entertaining dry wit.- Summary by David Wales [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Homo sapiens – Romantrilogie
Im Mittelpunkt der drei Romane stehen die vielfältigen (Liebes-)Beziehungen des Schriftstellers Erik Falk. Durch sie vermittelt uns der Autor Einblicke in die moralischen Ansichten des augehenden neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, die aber weitgehend auch noch heute Bestand haben. Eingebettet in die Handliung finden wir zahlreiche Beschreibungen der damaligen politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Verhältnisse sowie Hinweise zum Stand der Wissenschaften. Auch werden weltanschauliche Ansichten (philosophisch und religiös) der damaligen Zeit gut reflektiert. Der Held der Romane kann – je nach der Lebensauffassung des Lesers – sowohl positiv als auch negativ gesehen werden. (immerhin bleiben einige Leute auf der Strecke) Der Titel „Homo Sapiens“ soll Hinweise auf die besondere Stellung des Menschen – „eine(r) höhere(n) Gattung vom Affen“ – unter den Lebewesen geben, der einerseits beherrscht wird von den Naturtrieben, mit diesen aber auf Grund der Fähigkeit, sich in gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse zu integrieren sowie sein eigenes Leben reflektieren zu können, immer wieder in Konflikte gerät. – Summary by Friedrich [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Último día de un reo de muerte
Víctor Hugo escribió esta obra a raíz de ver a un verdugo ensayando con la guillotina para la ejecución del día siguiente- Quedó de tal manera impresionado que decidió escribir este alegato en contra de la pena de muerte, de la que era detractor absoluto. Hugo nos deja un relato en el que detalla todo lo que puede pasar por la mente de una persona en momentos tan infinitamente duros. Palabras, sentimiento y desolación de un hombre, sin nombre. Podría ser cualquiera…cualquiera. “Dicen que no es nada, que no se padece apenas, que es un fin muy dulce, y que la muerte está de este modo bastante simplificada. ¿Y qué es, pues, esta agonía de seis semanas y este ahoguío de todo un día? ¿Qué son las angustias de estas irreparables veinte y cuatro horas que pasan tan despacio y tan deprisa? ¿Qué, esta escala de tormentos que va a salir al patíbulo? “ (Summary by Montse González) [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Tower Treasure
A dying criminal confesses that his loot had been secreted in an old tower. It remains for the Hardy Boys to make an astonishing discovery that will clear up the mystery. (Adapted from an old advertisement) “The Tower Treasure” is the first volume in the original Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)
This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright’s earliest extant letter, thanking his mother for the hamper she had sent to him at school. It includes letters about his travels in Italy, his American lecture tour, the staging of his first play (Vera, or the Nihilists), arrangements for the publication of a friend’s poetry collection, and exchanges in the press with artist James McNeill Whistler. The letters, some of which have been excerpted or redacted, are sourced from auction catalogues, newspapers, biographies, and other texts in the public domain. For a complete collection of Wilde’s letters, please see “The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde,” (2000) edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. – Summary by Rob Marland [chương_files]
04/07/2024
Short Stories from Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52
These short stories are taken from the Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52 which covers the year, 1918. Don’t expect any trains — these are short works on many subjects, including romance, adventure, humor, etc. — of 5 to 15 minutes in length, by minor pulp fiction writers of the day, including Agnes Brogan, Pauline Richards, Warren Miller, Clarissa Mackie, and Xeno Putnam. Putnam wrote a couple of non-fiction works on farm equipment; Mackie was a prolific writer whose work appeared in several magazines and newspapers. I have created an e-book version of this set for easier viewing and placed it on Archive’s Community Texts here . (Summary by Matt Pierard) [chương_files]
04/07/2024
My Friend Annabel Lee
Published in 1903, this selection of dialogues by Mary MacLane entails a mystery of wondering who she is speaking with. Is it the statue she describes at first? Is it an imaginary friend? Is it the author’s alter-ego? Or perhaps, is it a friend she knows in-the-flesh whom the author wished no one to recognize the identity of? These questions are never truly answered for how could a statue send word by postal mail or know some of the deeper vulnerabilities of the author without her knowing them herself? In these talks between herself and Annabel Lee come glimmerings of another time, discussions in the whimsy of personal stories, happenings in the neighbourhood, and the reflections in the deeper meaning of life as well as the bonds of friendship. – Summary by Daryl Wor [chương_files]