Great Classics

Charles Dickens, considered one of the greatest English authors of all time, wrote the essay "Sunday Under Three Heads" in 1836. It is a short piece expressing Charles Dickens' opinion on a bill being presented in the British Parliament which was meant to restrict pleasurable pursuits on Sundays. Dickens explains how this proposed act would negatively affect the poor people of Britain. Besides stating his opinion with eloquence, the essay provides a good description of life on an English Sunday in the early 19th century.

A unique collection of eyewitness accounts from some of the greatest diarists and journal writers of the last two centuries.

Recorded ESPECIALLY for kids: The beloved tales of Mowgli the Jungle Boy.

The 1920s in the United States were known as the "Roaring Twenties" and the Jazz Age, a time in the nation that glorified hard and fast living. Nobody personified the age or wrote so descriptively about it better than F. Scott Fitzgerald. In addition to covering Fitzgerald’s timeless classic in detail, Everything You Need to Know About The Great Gatsby includes a biography of the Fitzgeralds, discussion about Fitzgerald's inspiration for the novel's characters, and a full-fledged explanation of the plot, themes, and symbols of this "Great American Novel".

The importance of small things in a world dominated by great size is illustrated in this real-life story of a lighthouse on the shores of the Hudson River.

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) was an English writer and great friend of Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. "A Tale of the Great Plague" is an ironic piece set in the time of the Black Death, about how an old man outwits a gang of ruthless cutthroats.

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of his friend’s missing pet snake! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve...

F. Scott Fitzgerald studies the reverse side of the glamorous Roaring Twenties. Glittering wealth and determined decadence are contrasted with a backdrop of betrayal, illegal deals, and ironically mistaken murder.

El gran novelista ingles Charles Dickens en pocas obras dio rienda suelta a su imaginacion creadora, sin caer en el sentimentalismo y con mucho de satira, como lo hizo en Grandes Esperanzas, su penultima novela y considerada por la critica como una de las mejores de su pluma.

One afternoon in the late 1970s, deep in the labyrinthine interior of a massive Gothic tower in New Haven, an unsuspecting employee of Yale University opened a long-locked room in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and stumbled upon something shocking and disturbing. Shocking, because what he found was an enormous cache of nude photographs, thousands and thousands of photographs of young men in front, side, and rear poses. Disturbing, because the photos looked like the record of a bizarre body-piercing ritual.

This audio study guide for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as class as a learned social performance and the morality of ambition. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Do you want to learn more about the great author Thomas Hardy, but don’t have time to read/listen to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of his life. Some of the most memorable stories of all time were written by the 19th century author and poet, Thomas Hardy.

Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres. BOOK 2: THE GREAT BOURGEOIS: In the Rue Boucherat, Rue de Normandie and the Rue de Saintonge there still exist a few ancient inhabitants who have preserved the memory of a worthy man named M. Gillenormand, and who mention him with complaisance.

Fra mille dubbi, Amleto prepara la vendetta. Mercuzio fantastica sulla fata dei sogni. Falstaff canta le lodi del buon vino. Jago ordisce il suo velenoso disegno. Prospero evoca gli spiriti dell’isola. 18 folgoranti monologhi, dalla tenebra di un efferato delitto alla levità di un universo fatato. 18 grandi prove di Sandro Lombardi, nella traduzione classica di Carlo Rusconi. Il recital shakespeariano alla massima potenza.

Die beiden Erzählungen "Schicksal" und "Wenn die Not am größten ist" gehören zu Martin Andersen Nexøs berühmten "Bornholmer Novellen". Der dänische Schriftsteller erzählt darin von Menschen und den erschreckend boshaften Eigenschaften, die der harte Kampf ums Überleben auf der Insel zum Vorschein bringt. Immer wieder werden Menschen, wie die Bewohner zweier Fischerdörfer, vor Entscheidungen gestellt, die ihr Leben verändern. Wie auch in "Wenn die Not am größten ist". In der Geschichte leiden nach einer schlechten Fangperiode die Bewohner zweier Fischerdörfer Hunger.

Der junge und leicht naive Alphonse van Worden ist, in Begleitung seiner abergläubischen Diener López und Mosquito, auf dem Weg durch die Sierra Morena im Hochland von Spanien. Für Alphonse van Worden wird es eine abenteuerliche Reise, auf der er zahlreiche Spuk- und Gespenstergeschichten erlebt und obskuren und faszinierenden Personen begegnet. Das Kapitel "Erster Tag" berichtet von den ersten Etappen der Reise des jungen Hauptmanns und von schaurigen, schönen und erotischen Abenteuern. Jan Graf Potocki (1761-1815) war ein polnischer Forschungsreisender, Historiker und Diplomat.

Rodaja möchte seine Heimat berühmt machen und verlässt daher sein geliebtes Dorf, um in der Ferne Wissen zu erlangen. Einige Jahre verbringt er mit Studenten in Salamanca, er wird Soldat und bereist die Welt. Nachdem er in Jura promoviert hat, wird er von einer Dame vergiftet. Von nun an ändert sich sein Leben schlagartig, denn Rodaja bildet sich ein, er bestehe komplett aus Glas. Er erlangt schnell als "Der gläserne Lizentiat" Berühmtheit und gibt weise Antworten auf alle Fragen seiner Mitbürger.

...Она пронеслась по Доусону как яркий метеор. Почему эта изящная и красивая англичанка так поспешила приехать в Доусон и почему так скоропалительно исчезла? Весь Доусон терялся в догадках: кто такой Дэвид Пэн и какое прошлое связывает его с Кариной Сейзер, и кто встал на пути этой решительной и неудержимой женщины?