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Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites Don Quixote as authors choice for the "best literary work ever written".Don Quijote (Don Quixote) Illustration by Gustave Dore, depicting the famous windmill scene.The story follows the adventures of a hidalgo named Mr. Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixotes rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. Throughout the novel, Cervantes uses such literary techniques as realism, metatheatre, and intertextuality. It had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and Edmond Rostands Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), as well as the word "quixotic". Arthur Schopenhauer cited Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy, La Nouvelle Heloise and Wilhelm Meister.

La protagonista, Anna Arkàdevna Karénina, moglie dellalto funzionario Karénin, si innamora di Aleksèj Kirìllovi? Vrónskij, un giovane ufficiale ricco e brillante, ma fatuo. La donna abbandona il mari

Sommario: La storia di Purchessia, di Stefano Poma. Litaliano su Facebook, di Andrea Puddu. Laeronautica di Mussolini, di Giacinto Mascia. Gli anarchici, di Massimo Guerriero. Analfabeti digitali, di Laura Fois. Vita gioconda di padre Pio, di Matteo di Grazia.

¡Este libro contiene ahora varias tablas HTML de contenidos que harán de la lectura un verdadero placer!El tulipán negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela histórica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holandes Johan de Witt, un hecho historico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se organiza un concurso para v er qui puede cultivar un tulipan negro...

In the shadow of the French Revolution, where chaos reigns and blood runs through the streets of Paris, one mans extraordinary sacrifice will change everything.Charles Dickens timeless masterpiece unveils a gripping saga of love, revolution, and ultimate redemption set against the brutal backdrop of 18th-century France and England. Follow the intertwined lives of Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who renounces his heritage, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English lawyer whose hidden depths will shock you. As the thunderous waves of social upheaval crash against the foundations of society, these characters navigate a world torn between justice and vengeance, personal desire and collective rage.Critically Acclaimed: Winner of the Modern Librarys 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Praised by literary critics as "A profound exploration of human nature" - The Guardian "Dickens most powerful and emotionally resonant work" - New York Times Book Review What Readers Are Saying: "A masterpiece that will break your heart and restore your faith in humanity." - Emma R. "The most moving ending in literature. Sydney Cartons final act still brings me to tears." - Michael T.Whether youre a lover of historical fiction, a student of revolutionary history, or simply seeking a novel that defines the very essence of sacrifice and redemption, "A Tale of Two Cities" promises an unforgettable journey.Act Now! Click Buy Now and immerse yourself in the most powerful tale of love and revolution ever written. Your literary adventure awaits!

Ela traiu ou não traiu? A dúvida mais icônica da literatura brasileira é uma das questões centrais de "Dom Casmurro", um livro marcante para o movimento realista, e o mais conhecido do maior escritor

The French Revolution comes to vivid life in Charles Dickenss famous novel about the best of times and the worst of times...The storming of the Bastillethe death carts with their doomed human cargothe swift drop of the guillotine bladethis is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, Dickens casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with some memorable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father; Charles Darnay, the lover with a secret past; and dissolute Sydney Carton, whose unlikely heroism gives his life meaning.

Você está preparado para sentir medo? Aquela sensação inquietante que pode se traduzir em um simples arrepio que percorre sua espinha ou em um pensamento obsessivo que te impede de ir sozinho à cozin

Coube a Emily Brontë escrever um livro sombrio e tempestuoso, no qual reconhecemos, o romance do destino e do desespero, um conto terrível e lindo que jamais poderíamos imaginar sair da pena de uma j

Gottfried Keller narra, de maneira brilhante e bem-humorada, as desventuras de Wenzel Strapinski, um alfaiate desempregado e faminto que vaga sem destino e cuja única posse são suas roupas, distintas

The letters included in this series comprise about three quarters of the collection in two volumes published in 1884 by her great-nephew Lord Brabourne. The lightness, almost friskiness, of their tone cannot fail to strike the reader. Modern letters written by women are filled more or less with hints and queries; questionings as to the why and the wherefore occur; allusions to the various "fads" of the day, literary or artistic,- Ibsen, Tolstoi, Browning, Esoteric Buddhism, Wagners Music, the Mind Cure, Social Science, Causes and Reforms. But Cowper and Crabbe were the poetical sensations in Miss Austens time, Scott and Byron its phenomenal novelties; it took months to get most books printed, and years to persuade anybody to read them. Furthermore the letters, in all probability, are carefully chosen to reveal only the more superficial side of their writer.

Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., in 1841 where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before he was able to secretly get information to friends and family in New York, who in turn secured his release with the aid of the state. Northups account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana.

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer.Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the countrys earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

This is one of Poes stories about nature and a quaint cottage that the narrator happens upon. It is very descriptive about his surroundings.Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the countrys earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

A fable about a demon and a man in an enchanted land.Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the countrys earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Two people, who have been renamed Eiros and Charmion after death, discuss the manner in which the world ended. Eiros, who died in the apocalypse, explains the circumstances to Charmion, who died ten years previously. A new comet is detected in the Solar System, and as it approaches the Earth, people experience in turn exhilaration, then pain and delirium. The cause is discovered to be the loss of nitrogen from the atmosphere, leaving pure oxygen, which finally bursts into flame when the comet nucleus hits.

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable.A collection of 22 short stories:Roads of Destiny, The Guardian of the Accolade, The Discounters of Money, The Enchanted Profile, "Next to Reading Matter", Art and the Bronco, Phbe, A Double-dyed Deceiver, The Passing of Black Eagle, A Retrieved Reformation, Cherchez la Femme, Friends in San Rosario, The Fourth in Salvador, The Emancipation of Billy, The Enchanted Kiss, A Departmental Case, The Renaissance at Charleroi, On Behalf of the Management, Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking, The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss, Two Renegades & The Lonesome Road

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable.A collectior of 24 short stories: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloways Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; Girl; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and Their Romance; The Whirligig of Life; A Sacrifice Hit; The Roads We Take; A Blackjack Bargainer; The Song and the Sergeant; One Dollars Worth; A Newspaper Story; Tommys Burglar; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; A Little Local Colour; Georgias Ruling; Blind Mans Holiday; and Madame Bo Peep of the Ranches.

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. A short story, an essay, a sermon and two prayers for Christmas.

"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.