A satirical collection of letters to the great voices of literary history, from Herodotus to Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and more. The Scottish poet and scholar Andrew Lang took a novel approach to literary criticism when he chose to address his comments to authors who could no longer receive them. Beyond both flattery and insult, dead authors proved the ideal subject for the unmitigated honesty of Lang's assessments. First published...

Originally published in 1924, "Dreams" is a collection of short stories written by South African writer Olive Schreiner. Her second book, "Dreams" contains eleven short stories inspired by Schreiner's dreams and her experiences living on a South African farm. Olive Schreiner (1855—1920) was a South African anti-war campaigner, intellectual, and author most famous for her highly-acclaimed novel "The Story of an African Farm" (1883), which deals with...

A few fragments of Alen's life, based on real stories, will take you on a journey of life. You never know what destiny has in store for you. While reading this short story you'll travel through time with Alen, live important moments from his life, and meet the end, which, unfortunately, is today's reality.Where does this road of reality take us? Are we going the right way?

Brought back into print after 14 years and published in paperback for the first time, this leisurely meditation on the art of acting and on the author's life in that art demonstrates a good-natured sense of humor and an engaging style. In a series of essays, Broun gently knocks the theatrical world-the audience traveling from small town to small town only to have a production fold right outside of New York; the trauma of doing live TV; getting bit...

This collection of short stories will appeal to readers who are attracted to snapshots of the human condition. While set in Australia, the stories reflect universal themes. They range over a number of genres from crime to science fiction, from human weakness to human strength, and capture pockets of life with uncanny accuracy and sensitivity. The author, Lawrence Goodstone, is a retired public servant who spent his professional life writing for others....

Inhalt: Im Schatten der jungen Mädchen Die Herzogin von Guermantes (Band 1&2) Tage der Freuden: Der Tod des Baldassar Sylvandre, Freiherrn von Sylvanie Violante oder die Weltlichkeit Fragmente einer italienischen Komödie Weltlichkeit und Melomanie Trauriger Landaufenthalt der Madame de Breyves Die Beichte eines jungen Mädchens Das große Diner Trauer und Träume in allen Regenbogenfarben Das Ende der Eifersucht

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Canciones de rock & roll, una afición antigua por los cómics, una avalancha de juguete, Bruce Springsteen y una instructora de baile son algunos de los objetos y personajes que conforman las viñetas, los relatos, las estampas a través de los cuales Sergio Zurita se narra a sí mismo, a sus afectos y sus recuerdos. Esta compilación de textos breves, que atraviesa la frontera de la ficción y se interna en la realidad va de la autobiografía al...

Ser mujer en la sociedad actual, sobre todo la colombiana, resulta una experiencia confrontadora desde muchas perspectivas. La violencia y la magia que atraviesa el cuerpo de mujer de manera paralela, influye y moldea su existencia terrenal, convirtiéndolas en víctimas y agentes de violencia, tanto para otros como para ellas mismas. Cada uno de estos relatos representa las tantas facetas y posibilidades de ser mujer, el peso de la violencia sobre...

Sixteen stories that depict America-and the world-emerging from the wreckage of World War II From a glimpse of Coca-Cola's first appearance in a remote part of the Arabian desert to the tale of a wealthy, paranoid man building a shelter after the first hydrogen bomb tests, the stories in The Last Supper depict a world coming to grips with the new post-war reality. As always, Howard Fast has an ear for the way history echoes through the generations,...