Sagas Classics

Das 19. Jahrhundert neigt sich dem Ende entgegen und Soames Forsyte ist reicher und mächtiger denn je. Nur die gescheiterte Ehe mit Irene nagt noch an ihm. Schließlich will er aber die Scheidung vorantreiben, um das Kapitel abzuschließen. Als er jedoch mitbekommt, dass sein Cousin Jolyon in der Zwischenzeit Irene Avancen macht, flammt Eifersucht in ihm auf. Es kommt erneut zu Streit und Drohungen. Kann der reiche Mann das Schicksal mit seinem Einfluss abwenden?

"Hon står och vrider händerna i sin hjälplöshet. Och det är allt hennes skuld, därför att hon har anklagat honom! Men hon var ju utan arbete, hon svalt och frös. Barnet höll på att dö. Till vem annan skulle hon vända sig för att erhålla hjälp?" Den här boken öppnar med "En saga om en saga", en inblick i Selma Lagerlöfs kreativa tankeprocess och strävan att förverkliga sin hyllade debutroman, "Gösta Berlings saga". Här beskrivs den omfattande processen från idé till färdigt verk, och hur boken slutligen fördes ut till läsare världen över.

A peasant and his wife owned a horse that grazed in a ditch close to their house. But they thought that it would be better for them to sell it or exchange it for something more useful. The woman sent her husband to town to exchange the horse - she trusted him because "what the old man does Is always right"! - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.

O capitão de um navio visita uma ilha remota e misteriosa. As pessoas da região se assustam com um demônio perigoso que leva humanos... O que está por trás desta crença inquietante? Infelizmente, é isso que vai descobrir o capitão que fica preso na tanoaria sem saber que o verdadeiro horror surgirá ao amanhecer.

¿Alguna vez has mentido a una persona, porque la querías tanto, que no querías que se enterara de algo? Un Sacrificio por Amor La nuestra es una bella historia de amor, que se va a ver sometida a la presión de la cruda realidad:Della, es una pianista, que sueña con dar conciertosJoe, es un pintor, que sueña ser un gran maestro. Pero a veces la vida somete nuestras ilusiones a prosaicas realidades, lo cual no tiene por que desmoralizarnos, ya que el arte en si mismo es ya suficiente retribución, sobre todo cuando existe ese tipo de amor que todo lo compensa.

Der Diener Yellowplush lebt zusammen mit seinem Herrn Frederick Altamont zur Untermiete bei der Familie Shum in London. Frederick Altamont hat sich unsterblich in Mary, die jüngste Tochter der Familie, verliebt und Yellowplush hilft den beiden, so dass diese sich ungestört treffen können. Endlich kommt es zu der lang ersehnten Hochzeit, doch Altamont verbirgt ein Geheimnis vor seiner Frau, welches das Glück des jungen Paares zu trüben droht. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) war ein britischer Schriftsteller. Thackeray wurde als Sohn eines Kolonialbeamten in Indien geboren.

L'epopea di una famiglia tedesca attraverso un secolo di storia. Terzo volume della trilogia "Venti di tempesta". Alexandra, è nata negli Stati Uniti, dove la madre Belle era andata a vivere dopo la seconda guerra mondiale. Trasferitasi in Germania per studiare all'università, si innamora di Dan Liliencron, figlio dell'ex socio in affari della nonna, l'indimenticabile Felicia Degnelly di Venti di tempesta e Profumi perduti, ma finisce per sposare Markus Leonberg.

The highly anticipated Scarth and Avangar duels are fast-approaching. While the ancient evils of the Ra-amawl forest are behind them, there is much more wickedness that lies ahead. Contestants Jeda, Spoena, and Artil are under the careful watch of the sinister Hod-ya as the duels draw ever so near. Will Jeda rise to the competition or fall short? How will the other contestants fare? Will Jeda be tempted to fall prey to evil, or will she hold out for the good? As Bonu and Scrung set out to uncover the Swords of Vedic, they are met with numerous trials and even rescue missions.

"Su madre estaba enloquecida con ella y su abuela mucho más todavía. Esta buena mujer le había mandado hacer una caperucita roja y le sentaba tanto que todos la llamaban Caperucita Roja." Todos conocen el cuento de la pequeña vestida de rojo y el lobo. Las palabras "Para verte mejor" por siempre inmortalizadas en las mentes de todos los niños y niñas, advirtiendo sobre los peligros que corren los pequeños al hablar con extraños.

Kaptajn Jack Sparrow er endnu engang kommet i problemer! Han har solgt sin sjæl til Davy Jones, kaptajnen på spøgelsesskibet, Den Flyvende Hollænder. Men Jack overgiver sig ikke uden kamp! På rejsen kastes Will Turner og Elizabeth Swann ud i en hvirvelvind af ulykker, når de sammen med Jack jagter den sagnomspundne Død Mands Kiste og forsøger at undslippe Jones og hans frygtindgydende søuhyre, Kraken. Bliv fortryllet af DISNEYS fantastiske verden.

Uno scapolo impenitente cambia vita per sistemarsi con una brava ragazza dell’alta società. Ma scoprirà presto che quella del “Don Giovanni”, più che un’abitudine, è una vera e propria malattia dell’anima… Giovanni Percolla vive una giovinezza irrequieta, fra la nativa Catania e Roma, dove scopre i piaceri sensuali ed evita accuratamente di lavorare. Innamoratosi di Ninetta, però, decide di sposarsi e trasferirsi a Milano, dove si trasforma in uno stacanovista corteggiato da tutte le altre donne.

This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries. Arnold Bennett chose to fictionalize these towns by changing their names and omitting one (Fenton) as he apparently felt that "Five Towns" was more euphonious than "Six Towns".

Pensées d'auteurs célèbres : Alfred de Musset, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, François Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Lord Byron, Gustave Flaubert, et bien d'autres !

"Le Vilain Petit Canard" (1842) raconte l'histoire d'un caneton rejeté de tous, y compris de sa famille, à cause de son physique différent. Fatigué des moqueries, il décide de partir loin, très loin, mais les personnages qu'il rencontre en chemin ne sont pas plus tolérants... Hans Christian Andersen naquît en 1805 à Odense au Danemark. Fils de cordonnier, il partit à quatorze ans pour Copenhague suivant la mort de son père. Et c'est là que la célèbre histoire commence. Au cours de sa vie, Andersen écrivit plus de 150 contes.

Were the new men and women human or monster? Brought back to life via vitaplasm, did they have souls? Or were they somehow less than human, people minus X?

"The Furnished Room" is a short story about love and dedication, about exhaustion and despair. A young man is searching for a girl he fell in love with. He rents a room near the theatre where she could sometimes be seen and he devotes his days to the dream of finding her. When all of a sudden the sweet fragrance of her perfume fills his room... Has he finally found her? Or is this an evil ghost from the past? Will he get to embrace the girl he loves or she will drag him to the verge of madness? B. J.

B.J. Harrison reads the classic by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Martin Avdeitch is a devoted shoemaker, who works in his basement and meets sorrow in life. His family has died, except for one son. When he faces a crisis, he turns to God to look for an answer to his hardships and find meaning in his life again. The short story "Where Love Is, God Is" from the late 19th century has been adapted to television, including the award-winning television film Winter Thaw (2016) starring John Rhys-Davies. B. J.

A good story takes us in a new, fantastic world; the pleasure is all the greater if it keeps us inside for long enough. We have carefully selected for you ten long stories, for you to enjoy the craft of the writer as much as the opportunity of evasion good stories bring to us; they will make perfect bedtime stories, to accompany young children as long as they need to get into a peaceful sleep. Enjoy these tales by Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and from the "Arabian Nights" (or "One Thousand and One Nights"), narrated in a warm and lively way.

It is as great an offence against a child to starve his mind as to starve his body. The Astorg Audiobook collection means to bring together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends which have fed the children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon.

Pochettino era il figlio di un sarto le cui avventure non finivano mai. Gli piaceva girovagare, ed era solito imbattersi in ladri, animali e altre creature. Pochettino era comunque impavido, ma un giorno finì nello stomaco di una mucca. Riuscirà ad uscire da lì? Desidererà tornare a casa? Scopritelo in "Pochettino in giro per il mondo". Bambini e adulti, immergetevi nel mondo dei fratelli Grimm, tra racconti popolari e leggende! Venite a scoprire i racconti meno conosciuti e a rileggere i classici più preziosi, tutti raccolti in questa collezione di 53 fiabe.