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Der russische Schriftsteller Arkadij Timofejewitsch Awertschenko (1881-1925) ist als ein führender Satiriker der letzten Zarenzeit in die Literaturgeschichte eingegangen. Seine Geschichten hat er in seiner eigenen sehr berühmten Zeitschrift "Satirikon" (ab 1913 "Nowi Satirikon") veröffentlicht, die nach der Revolution strikt verboten wurde. Die gesellschaftskritische Position von Awertschenko hat sich nach der Revolution nicht geändert. Von de...

Anhand fiktiver Skizzen schildert Klabund das Leben Peter I. (1672-1725). "Pjotr" - wie der russische Zar in der Erzählung genannt wird - ist zugleich Held und Tyrann, mit seinem Volk durch eine innige Hassliebe verbunden. Der Kurzroman erschien erstmals 1923 und erfreute sich unter den Lesern der Weimarer Republik großer Beliebtheit. Heute zählt er zu den Klassikern der deutschsprachigen Literatur.

Klabunds "Kriegsbuch" thematisiert - wie der Titel bereits andeutet - Erlebnisse und Geschehnisse während des Krieges. In insgesamt 15 kurzen Episoden schildert der Autor die Unsinnigkeit und Grausamkeit kriegerischer Handlungen. Durch seinen kritischen Ton hebt sich dieses in Auszügen erstmals 1916 erschienene Werk deutlich von früheren Veröffentlichungen ab.

Ich habe Frauen gezeichnet, nicht wie sie in sich selber, sondern wie sie im Leben eines Dichters bedeutsam waren, wie sie einem Dichter, ein Dichter ihnen zum Schicksal wurde." Philipp Witkop - seinerzeit Professor für Neuere deutsche Literatur - beschreibt die Mütter, Schwestern, Ehefrauen und Geliebten von berühmten deutschen Schriftstellern wie Goethe, Heine, Keller, Kleist, Hölderlin und einigen mehr. Mit Portraits und Briefzitaten ist da...

After a sudden catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors return to a quasi-medieval way of life. Several years later, in the wild landscape, the adventures of Sir Felix Aquila, a young nobleman searching for his role in life, take place. Reprint of the novel originally published in 1885.

A volume for everybody: Being a mirror of fashion, a picture of poverty, and a startling revelation of the secret crimes of great cities." Reprint of the crime novel originally published in 1849.

Collection of stories about cats, including narratives from Mark Twain, Honoré de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe and many others. "Now the cat, independent, liberty-loving, graceful, strong, resourceful, dignified, and self-respecting, has a psychology essentially feline, which has few points of contact with human psychology. The cat does not rescue babies from drowning or say his prayers in real life, consequently any attempt to make him do so in fi...

Includes various narratives from P. H. Woodward, Andrew Lang and others. Originally released in 1909.

Includes various narratives from de Maupassant, Voltaire, Pliny the Younger and others. Originally released in 1907.

Aus dem Vorwort: Wer den Strom verstehen will, muß zu seinen Quellen zurücksuchen. Wir lassen deshalb den Künstler selbst, seine Freunde und Zeitgenossen wieder zu Wort kommen und glauben mit diesen "Bekenntnissen aus der Romantik" der Wissenschaft wie der Kunst, der Erkenntnis wie dem Erlebnis zu dienen. Diese Schriftquellen helfen uns Friedrichs Geist und Werk tiefer zu erkennen, geben uns zugleich den Bedeutungsgehalt seiner Schöpfungen wie...

Collection of Russian, Scandinavian and Hungarian mystery stories, containing narratives from Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhoff, Bernhard Ingemann, Etienne Barsony and others. Originally published in 1909.

The Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth.

A London fog, solid, substantial, yellow as an old dog's tooth or a jaundiced eye. You could not look through it, nor yet gaze up and down it, nor over it, and you only thought you saw it. The eye became impotent, untrustworthy, all senses lay fallow except that of touch, the skin alone conveyed to you with promptness and no incertitude that this thing had substance. You could feel it, you could open and shut your hands and sense it on your pa...

Reprint of the collaborative novel about the Talbert family told in twelve chapters, each by a different author. With contributions from Henry James, William Dean Howells and others. Originally published in 1908.

A mysterious murder on an express train, a woman entangled in a net of circumstantial evidence and an Englishman rushing to her aid, a devious Italian, and the police force off track.

Reprint of the mystery novel originally published in 1911.

An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Reprint of the mystery novel originally published in 1885.

While Detective Jefferson Hastings is visiting the home of wealthy and eccentric Arthur Sloane, two guests stumble across a body on the lawn. Only few clues can help Hastings to solve the murder. Reprint of the detective story originally published in 1920.

Jonson's book consists of an account of each Chopin composition, its place among the composer's work, its distinguishing features, notes of any special point of interest attaching to it and an epitome of comments and criticisms that have been made upon it. It is supplemented by biographical details and socio-historical information. The author gives a very detailed overwiew of the composer's life and work which deserves special attention in the...

In his detailed study Henry Bonnell analyses the works of three of the greatest literary women in 19th century England. He examines aspects of realism, the attitude towards nature and the role of passion in the writings of Brontë. Eliot's work is investigated with respect to religion, philosophy, art and sympathy. In his study of Austen Bonnell shows how place and charm have influenced her texts. His book will be of interest to the social hist...