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Diese Ausgabe der Werke von Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfaltig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert. Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow (1860-1904) war ein russischer Schriftsteller, Novellist und Dramatiker. Mit der fur ihn typischen, wertneutralen und zuruckhaltenden Art, Aspekte aus dem Leben und der Denkweise der Menschen in der russischen Provinz darzustellen, gilt Tschechow als einer der bedeutendsten Autoren der russischen Literatur.Inhalt: Dramen:Der Bar Ein Heiratsantrag Die Mowe Onkel Wanja Drei Schwestern Der Kirschgarten Erzahlungen:Ein wehrloses GeschopfEine Tochter AlbionsDas DramaDas KunstwerkMnemotechnikDer Tod des BeamtenJa, das Publikum!Starker TobakEin ChamaleonAus dem Regen in die TraufeTeure StundenDas GewinnlosDie SundeSchlafen!Eine schreckliche NachtDer RednerDie Nacht vor der VerhandlungVerwirrung der GeisterSchatten des TodesDie VerleumdungDer KuDie Dame mit dem HundchenDer Racher seiner EhreEin GlucklicherDer teure HundDer DramatikerDer GastDer KaterEin UnikumDie RacheDie Freude!Duell (Ein Zweikampf) Eine SchutzloseAuf der PostIn den ChambregarniesIn der BarbierstubeNur seine Frau!KaschtankaSchlechte AuffuhrungDer geheimnisvolle FremdeEine neue, sehr angenehme BekanntschaftBlaue WunderGenie! Genie!Eine unruhige NachtEin milungenes DebutTsss! . . .Ohne AuslagenDas schwedische ZundholzDer Lowen- und SonnenordenGrischaDie ApothekerinDer OrdenEine problematische NaturDer teure HundPlappertascheDie SireneDer Dicke und der DunneDer bose KnabeEin bekannter HerrDer RepetitorEinmal im JahrIn der SommerfrischeDer TaugenichtsIn der OsternachtDas Ende des KomodiantenDer TyphusWolodjaJonytschIm AlterDie KinderZinotschkaDie letzte MohikanerinDie JungensEine BagatelleZu HauseEin Fall aus der PraxisEin VerhangnisEin Ereignis...

Der Geizige ist eine Komödie von Molière in fünf Akten und in Prosaform. Die Geschichte spielt sich in Paris ab. Der reiche und geizige Harpagon hat zwei Kinder: Élise, die in Valère verliebt ist, ei

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 18591860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of sensation novels.As was customary at that time, The Woman in White was first published as a magazine serial. The first episode appeared on 29 November 1859, following Charles Dickenss own A Tale of Two Cities in Dickenss magazine All the Year Round in England, and Harpers Magazine in America. It caused an immediate sensation. Julian Symons (in his 1974 introduction to the Penguin edition) reports that "queues formed outside the offices to buy the next instalment. Bonnets, perfumes, waltzes and quadrilles were called by the books title. Gladstone cancelled a theatre engagement to go on reading it. And Prince Albert sent a copy to Baron Stockmar."

Like every word she wrote, Wollstonecrafts letters are full of personal revelations and wise thoughts. They are doubly interesting because can trace the intimate thought which lay beneath the public statement. One could pick out of this book enough epigrams to make a motto calendar. "Men with common minds seldom break through general rules. Prudence is ever the resort of weakness.""There is always a mixture of sentiment and imagination in voluptuousness " might have been written as a partial apology for the wayward Imlay. She relates her interview with the Prime Minister of Denmark, and sums him up as being "more anxious not to do wrong than to do good."

Anne Frank, foi uma adolescente alemã de origem judaica que se tornou mundialmente conhecida por ter escrito um diário, posteriormente transformado em livro. Em princípio seria apenas um diário como

The Command of the Sea (A.D. 1915)A Lesson from CsarAncient War-shipsFighting-ships of the Middle AgesMariners of Other DaysSome Medival Sea-fightsThe Navy in Tudor TimesFrom Elizabeth to VictoriaThe "Turks" in the ChannelThe Honour of the FlagThe Evolution of Naval GunneryEvolution of the Ironclad BattleshipThe Evolution of the Submarine and Submarine MineNaval BrigadesWar-ships of all SortsThe Manning of a ShipBeginning of the War AfloatOperations in the North Sea and ChannelIn the Outer SeasA Reverse and a VictoryGerman Raids and their Signal PunishmentThe Royal Naval Air Service

This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents.The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857.The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girls school. The story is based upon Charlotte Brontes experiences in Brussels, where she studied as a language student in 1842.

When America was first discovered, it was found to be inhabited by a race of men different from any already known. They were called Indians, from the West Indies, where they were first seen, and which Columbus, according to the common opinion of that age, supposed to be a part of the East Indies. On exploring the coasts and the interior of the vast continent, the same singular people, in different varieties, were everywhere discovered. Their general conformation and features, character, habits, and customs were too evidently alike not to render it proper to class them under the same common name; and yet there were sufficient diversities, in these respects, to allow of grouping them in minor divisions, as families or tribes. These frequently took their names from the parts of the country where they lived.The differences just mentioned were, indeed, no greater than might have been expected from the varieties of climate, modes of life, and degree of improvement[6] which existed among them. Sometimes the Indians were found gathered in large numbers along the banks of rivers or lakes, or in the dense forest, their hunting-grounds; and not unfrequently also, scattered in little collections over the extended face of the country. As they were often engaged in wars with each other, a powerful tribe would occasionally subject to its sway numerous other lesser ones, whom it held as its vassals.No accurate account can be given of their numbers. Some have estimated the whole amount in North and South America, at the time of the discovery of the continent, even as high as one hundred or one hundred and fifty millions. This estimate is unquestionably much too large. A more probable one would be from fifteen or twenty to twenty-five millions. But they have greatly diminished, and of all the ancient race not more than four or five millions, if so many, now remain.

From The Jungle Book, this is the story of the loyal mongoose, Rikk-Tikki-Tavi, and the lengths to which he must go to protect his adoptive human family.

The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather (whose name is never revealed) in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop, whom she is teaching to write. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty as her parents did, her grandfather attempts to provide Nell with a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He keeps his nocturnal games a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp, a malicious, grotesquely deformed, hunchbacked dwarf moneylender. In the end, he gambles away what little money they have, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather. Her grandfather suffers a breakdown that leaves him bereft of his wits, and Nell takes him away to the Midlands of England, to live as beggars.Convinced that the old man has stored up a large and prosperous fortune for Nell, her wastrel older brother, Frederick, convinces the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller to help him track Nell down, so that Swiveller can marry Nell and share her supposed inheritance with Frederick. To this end, they join forces with Quilp, who knows full well that there is no fortune, but sadistically chooses to help them to enjoy the misery it will inflict on all concerned. Quilp begins to try to track Nell down, but the fugitives are not easily discovered. To keep Dick Swiveller under his eye, Quilp arranges for him to be taken as a clerk by Quilps lawyer, Mr. Brass. At the Brass firm, Dick befriends the mistreated maidservant and nicknames her the Marchioness. Nell, having fallen in with a number of characters, some villainous and some kind, succeeds in leading her grandfather to safet

Widely regarded as Dickenss masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which "whole families have inherited legendary hatreds." Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the novel traces Esthers romantic coming-of-age and, in classic Dickensian style, the gradual revelation of long-buried secrets, all set against the foggy backdrop of the Court of Chancery. Mixing romance, mystery, comedy, and satire, Bleak House limns the suffering caused by the intricate inefficiency of the law.

Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford Squeers. Nicholas decides to escape, taking with him the orphan Smike, one of Squeerss most abused young charges, and the two embark on a series of adventurous encounters with an array of humanitys worst and bestgreedy fools, corrupt lechers, cheery innocents, and selfless benefactors.

A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heaps expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights "Noddy" Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman." Charles Dickenss last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickenss most complexand satisfyingnovels.

The Castle (German: Das Schloss German pronunciation: Das Schlo is a 1926 novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as K. arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with K. dying in the village, the castle notifying him on his death bed that his "legal claim to live in the village was not valid, yet, taking certain auxiliary circumstances into account, he was permitted to live and work there". Dark and at times surreal, The Castle is often understood to be about alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, the frustration of trying to conduct business with non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems, and the futile pursuit of an unobtainable goal.

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon them through Ariel and other spirits.

A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrads early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman. It is also an artistic and political manifesto. The introduction traces Conrads sources and gives the history of writing and reception. The essay on the text and the apparatus set out the textual history. The notes explain literary and historical references, identify places, and gloss foreign terms. Four maps and a genealogical table supplement this explanatory material.

After refusing his uncles proposals to become clergyman, young William Crimsworth seeks work as a tradesman and becomes a clerk to his rich brother Edward. Edward, being jealous of Williams education and intelligence, treats him terribly, so William leaves the position and gains a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium. Soon, Williams merits as a professor reach the ears of the headmistress of the neighboring girls school. Mlle. Reuter offers him a position at her school, which he accepts. Initially captivated by Mlle. Reuter, William begins to entertain ideas of falling in love with her.

The story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. By challenging the prevailing morals of the time the novel caused a critic to pronounce it utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls. It is considered to be one of the first feminist novels.

The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857.The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girls school. The story is based upon Charlotte Brontes experiences in Brussels, where she studied as a language student in 1842.

The adventure novel The Pathfinder by Fenimore Cooper is a sequel of the series The Leatherstocking Tales about the colonization of North America.Once again we meet the Deerslayer , the "pale-faced" of the Delaware tribe, a former scout of the British army, and his Indian friend Chingachgook of the Mohicans tribe. By overcoming miles full of various adventures, they help the young girl Mable to get to the English fortress on the shore of Lake Ontario.