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"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.

Celephais was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreamshis real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeking it, slowly slips away to the dream-world. Finally knights guide him through medieval England to his ancestral estate, where he spent his boyhood, and then to Celephais. He became the king and chief god of the city, though his body washes up by his ancestors tower, now owned by a parvenu.In The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, Randolph Carter pays a visit to Kuranes, finding that the great dreamer has grown so homesick for his native Cornwall, he has dreamed parts of Celephais to resemble the land of his boyhood. Kuranes advises Carter, on a mission to find his own dream-city, to be careful what he wishes forhe might get it.

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.

X-ing a Paragrab was written in the year 1849 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). First published in 1849, it is a satire of California Gold Rush and Nineteenth Century American Press.

"Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" is a short story written by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement.

"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."

Mystification is a book written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Mystification is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Edgar Allan Poe is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, Mystification would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyones personal library.

This ebook contains all of Oscar Wildes plays (including the fragments), his only novel, his fairy tales and short stories, the poems, all of his essays, lectures, reviews, and other newspaper articles, based on the 1909 edition of his works.For easier navigation, there are tables of contents for each section and one for the whole volume. At the end of each text there are links bringing you back to the respective contents tables. I have also added an alphabetical index for the poems and a combined one for all the essays, lectures, articles, and reviews.-------------------------------------Contents:THE PLAYS.Vera or the Nihilists, The Duchess of Padua, Lady Windermeres Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome (the French original and Bosies translation, and the fragments of La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy.THE NOVEL.The Picture of Dorian Gray.THE STORIES.All the stories and tales from The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories (incl. The Portrait of Mr. W.H.), and A House of Pomegranates.THE POEMS.The Collected Poems of O.W.THE ESSAYS etc.The four essays from Intentions, The Soul of Man under Socialism, De Profundis (the unabridged version!), The Rise of Historical Criticism, the lectures (The English Renaissance in Art, House Decoration, Art and the Handicraftsman, Lecture to Art Students)

AUTOR VENCEDOR DO PRÊMIO CAMÕES 2014!Neste belo livro de memórias que se lê como um romance, recriam-se quinze anos da vida de um poeta jovem e os ambientes em que passou seus dias, da adolescência n

Leitura prazerosa, que nos transporta para o dia a dia de Louisa May Alcott e nos dá um vislumbre de suas experiências de vida e de sua devoção à escrita, este livro é uma coleção de entradas de seus

Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was but thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as he was about twenty when he commenced it, it was only for a period of twelve years that he was actually engaged in performing the work of his life. Napoleon was nearly three times as long on the great field of human action.Notwithstanding the briefness of Alexanders career, he ran through, during that short period, a very brilliant series of exploits, which were so bold, so romantic, and which led him into such adventures in scenes of the greatest magnificence and splendor, that all the world looked on with astonishment then, and mankind have continued to read the story since, from age to age, with the greatest interest and attention.

In ancient times, when the city of Rome was at the height of its power and splendor, it was the custom, as it is in fact now with the inhabitants of wealthy capitals, for the principal families to possess, in addition to their city residences, rural villas for summer retreats, which they built in picturesque situations, at a little distance from the city, sometimes in the interior of the country, and sometimes upon the sea-shore. There were many attractive places of resort of this nature in the neighborhood of Rome. Among them was Antium.Antium was situated on the sea-coast about thirty miles south of the Tiber. A bold promontory here projects into the sea, affording from its declivities the most extended and magnificent views on every side. On the north, looking from the promontory of Antium, the eye follows the line of the coast away to the mouth of the Tiber; while, on the south, the view is terminated, at about the same distance, by the promontory of Circe, which is the second cape, or promontory, that marks the shore of Italy in going southward from Rome. Toward the interior, from Antium, there extends a broad and beautiful plain, bounded by wooded hills toward the shore, and by ranges of mountains in the distance beyond. On the southern side of the cape, and sheltered by it, was a small harbor where vessels from all the neighboring seas had been accustomed to bring in their cargoes, or to seek shelter in storms, from time immemorial. In fact, Antium, in point of antiquity, takes precedence, probably, even of Rome.

Years ago I said to myself: "Theres no such thing as old age; there is only sorrow."I have learned with the passing of time that this, though true, is not the whole truth. The other producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the same hour day after day, first from carelessness, then from inclination, at last from cowardice or inertia. Luckily the inconsequent life is not the only alternative; for caprice is as ruinous as routine. Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

Although the House of Borgia, which gave to the Church of Rome two popes and at least one saint, is to be traced back to the eleventh century, claiming as it does to have its source in the Kings of Aragon, we shall take up its history for our purposes with the birth at the city of Xativa, in the kingdom of Valencia, on December 30, 1378, of Alonso de Borja, the son of Don Juan Domingo de Borja and his wife Doña Francisca.To this Don Alonso de Borja is due the rise of his family to its stupendous eminence. An able, upright, vigorous-minded man, he became a Professor and Doctor of Jurisprudence at the University of Lerida, and afterwards served Alfonso I of Aragon, King of Naples and the Two Sicilies, in the capacity of secretary. This office he filled with the distinction that was to be expected from one so peculiarly fitted for it by the character of the studies he had pursued.

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraways interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsbys obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Margaret of Anjou was a heroine; not a heroine of romance and fiction, but of stern and terrible reality. Her life was a series of military exploits, attended with dangers, privations, sufferings, and wonderful vicissitudes of fortune, scarcely to be paralleled in the whole history of mankind.She was born and lived in a period during which there prevailed in the western part of Europe two great and dreadful quarrels, which lasted for more than a hundred years, and which kept France and England, and all the countries contiguous to them, in a state of continual commotion during all that time.The first of these quarrels grew out of a dispute which arose among the various branches of the royal family of England in respect to the succession to the crown. The two principal branches of the family were the descendants respectively of the Dukes of York and Lancaster, and the wars which they waged against each other are called in history the wars of the houses of York and Lancaster. These wars continued for several successive generations, and Margaret of Anjou was the queen of one of the most prominent representatives of the Lancaster line. Thus she became most intimately involved in the quarrel.

"12 años de esclavitud" es un poderoso relato autobiográfico escrito por Solomon Northup, un hombre libre de origen africano que fue secuestrado y vendido como esclavo en los Estados Unidos durante el siglo XIX. Este libro, publicado en 1853, se caracteriza por su estilo directo y emotivo, combinando una prosa clara con descriciones vividas que revelan la brutalidad de la esclavitud. En un contexto literario marcado por la lucha por los derechos humanos y la creciente oposicion a la esclavitud, la obra de Northup se erige como un testimonio conmovedor de la resistencia del espiritu humano ante la opresion. La narrativa abarca desde su vida familiar y profesional como musico libre hasta el desgarrador relato de su vida como esclavo en las plantaciones de Luisiana. Solomon Northup, nacido en 1808 en Nueva York, fue un hombre de dignidad y cultura que se convirtio en un simbolo de la lucha contra la esclavitud. Su experiencia personal lo llevo a escribir este libro como un medio para exponer la inhumanidad sistematica que sufrian los afroamericanos en su tiempo. La publicacion de su historia, en conjunto con su activismo en la abolicion, contribuyo a aumentar la conciencia sobre la crueldad de la esclavitud, convirtiendolo en una figura clave en la discusion sobre los derechos humanos en Estados Unidos. Recomiendo "12 años de esclavitud" a todos aquellos interesados en la historia social y politica de Estados Unidos, asi como a los que buscan entender las profundas raices del racismo y la opresion. La obra no solo es un relato desgarrador, sino tambien una llamada a la reflexion sobre la dignidad humana y los derechos fundamentales de cada individuo. Su relevancia perdura en la actualidad, invitando a los lectores a cuestionar y reconocer las injusticias que aun perduran en nuestra sociedad.

"El Tesoro de Gastón" es una novela de Emilia Pardo Bazán que se inscribe en el contexto del realismo español del siglo XIX, caracterizada por su aguda observación social y su estilo narrativo detallado. La historia sigue la vida de Gaston, un joven atrapado en un dilema moral que pone a prueba sus ideales y sus relaciones interpersonales. La prosa de Pardo Bazan conjuga la minuciosidad descriptiva con un estilo emocionalmente resonante, lo que permite al lector no solo seguir la trama, sino tambien comprender las complejidades psicologicas de sus personajes. Esta obra tambien refleja los conflictos sociales y economicos de la epoca, abordando temas como la avaricia, la familia y el poder del dinero en las relaciones humanas. Emilia Pardo Bazan fue una escritora innovadora que lucho por el reconocimiento de la literatura femenina en una sociedad patriarcal. Nacida en La Coruña en 1851, su educacion y vivencias la llevaron a convertirse en una figura prominente del movimiento literario realista. Influenciada por su critica a las condiciones sociales de su tiempo, Pardo Bazan recurrio a su vasta experiencia y a su perspicacia analitica para desarrollar tramas que exploraban la psicologia humana y los dilemas eticos, elementos centrales en "El Tesoro de Gaston". Recomiendo encarecidamente "El Tesoro de Gaston" a los lectores que busquen una inmersion profunda en la literaria española del siglo XIX y que deseen explorar las complejidades de la moralidad humana, los valores sociales y las intrincadas relaciones familiares. Pardo Bazan, con su vasta comprension del ser humano, ofrece un relato que trasciende su tiempo y resuena con la actualidad, convirtiendo esta novela en una lectura imprescindible.

El libro Américo Vespucio de Stefan Zweig ofrece un rico análisis sobre la figura del marinero y comerciante florentino cuya vida ha permanecido en la sombra de Cristóbal Colón. Zweig aborda el recorrido vital de Vespucio, sus arte y habilidades como navegante, cuestionando su papel en la denominacion del continente americano y desentrañando mitos construidos a su alrededor. El estilo narrativo de Zweig, caracterizado por su claridad analitica y fluidez, permite al lector sumergirse en los detalles historicos y personales, mientras que el contexto literario de la obra se inscribe en la tradicion de biografias fascinantes que revelan la naturaleza humana a traves de celebres figuras historicas. El libro combina rigor academico con un enfoque narrativo que invita a la reflexion sobre las ambiguedades de la historia.