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"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poes "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

"The Man of the Crowd" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe about a nameless narrator following a man through a crowded London. It was first published in 1840.The story is introduced with the epigraph "Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir etre seul" a quote taken from The Characters of Man by Jean de La Bruyere. It translates to This great misfortune, of not being able to be alone. This same quote is used in Poes earliest tale, "Metzengerstein".

"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poes formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelganger and is written in a style based on rationality. It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times.

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.The Nameless City of the storys title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a spy for Charles II, a playwright, poet, and novelist, and the first English woman to make a living from writing. Her pen name was Astrea.Ernest A. Baker (1869-1941) was an English writer and historian of literature. In 1905, 216 years after Mrs Behns death, he introduced this collection of ten of her novels in the language of his day, a form which was not a facsimile of her texts. This ebook, prepared 329 years after her death, silently corrects some typos, and makes further changes. The Introduction and three of the stories contain many poems.The ten stories are: Oronooko, The Fair Jilt, The Nun, Agnes de Castro, The Lovers Watch, The Case for the Watch, The Ladys Looking Glass, The Lucky Mistake, The Court of the King of Bantam, and, The Adventure of the Black Lady.

"Morella" is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe.An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a woman with great scholarly knowledge who delves into studies of the German philosophers Fichte and Schelling, dealing with the question of identity. Morella spends her time in bed reading and teaching her husband. Realizing her physical deterioration, her husband, the narrator, becomes frightened and wishes for his wifes death and eternal peace. Eventually, Morella dies in childbirth proclaiming: "I am dying. But within me is a pledge of that affection... which thou didst feel for me, Morella. And when my spirit departs shall the child live."

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.The Nameless City of the storys title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization

"The Shadow Out of Time" indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination. The story implies that the effect when seen from the outside is similar to spiritual possession.

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.The Nameless City of the storys title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization

"Morella" is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe.An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a woman with great scholarly knowledge who delves into studies of the German philosophers Fichte and Schelling, dealing with the question of identity. Morella spends her time in bed reading and teaching her husband. Realizing her physical deterioration, her husband, the narrator, becomes frightened and wishes for his wifes death and eternal peace. Eventually, Morella dies in childbirth proclaiming: "I am dying. But within me is a pledge of that affection... which thou didst feel for me, Morella. And when my spirit departs shall the child live."

La vie publique de l’auteur du Voyage à Montbard est bien connue. Tour à tour avocat au Châtelet, avocat général au Parlement de Paris par la faveur de Marie-Antoinette, un des vainqueurs de la Basti

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C’est à Lyon, où son père possédait une étude de notaire, qu’était née, le 4 décembre 1777, Jeanne-Françoise-Julie-Adélaïde Bernard.Nommé, en 1784, receveur des finances, Jean Bernard quittait Lyon p

On s’attend à trouver un dieu ; on touche un homme — malade, pauvre, peinant sans cesse et singulièrement dépourvu de cette pseudo-qualité qu’il reprochait tant au Français : l’éloquence. Pour parler

Le destin se plaît à inventer des dessins et des figures. Sa difficulté tient à sa complexité. Mais la vie elle-même est difficile par sa simplicité. Elle n’a que quelques éléments d’une grandeur qui

Uno dei libri piu belli dei classici italiani e "Il Piacere scritto da Gabriele DAnnunzio. Un libro che fa parte della grande famiglia di quei classici della letteratura italiana apprezzati, studiati e discussi nel nostro tempo. Un libro da leggere e scoprire.

Uno dei libri piu belli dei classici italiani e "Linnocente scritto da Gabriele DAnnunzio. Un libro che fa parte della grande famiglia di quei classici della letteratura italiana apprezzati, studiati e discussi nel nostro tempo. Un libro da leggere e scoprire.

Uno dei libri piu belli dei classici italiani e "Il trionfo della morte scritto da Gabriele DAnnunzio. Un libro che fa parte della grande famiglia di quei classici della letteratura italiana apprezzati, studiati e discussi nel nostro tempo. Un libro da leggere e scoprire.