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Robert Musils «Vereinigungen» (1911) zählen zu den schwierigsten Werken der Weltliteratur. Was Liebe und Liebesverrat angeht, wird man in der Weltlite…

In der alten, ehrwürdigen Moschee El Aksa in Jerusalem befindet sich in einem Seitengang, der hinter der eigentlichen Tempelhalle weiterführt, eine se…

On the eve of the year 2001 a vast crowd of interested spectators were present amidst the romantic ruins of Cohen’s Garage, on the former site of New …

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eleventh …

"Lydia" ist ein Roman von Louise Aston (1814-1871) aus dem Jahr 1848. Aston war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Vorkämpferin der Frauenbewegun…

It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d'Orleans? Or has…

El misterio del valle Boscombe es uno de los 56 relatos cortos sobre Sherlock Holmes escrito por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fue publicado originalmente e…

"With the Main Guard" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: First published in The Week's News of Allahabad on August 4th 1888, issued in So…

Das Schloss ist neben Der Verschollene (auch bekannt unter Amerika) und Der Process einer der drei unvollendeten Romane Franz Kafkas. Das 1922 entstan…

"The Solid Muldoon" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: There had been a royal dog-fight in the ravine at the back of the rifle-butts, between …

A suave baron takes a fancy to twelve-year-old Edgar's mother, while the three are holidaying in an Austrian mountain resort. His initial advance…

«Дари волхвів» (англ. The Gift of the Magi) — це одне з найпопулярніших новел відомого американського письменника О. Генрі, написане у 1905 році. Авто…

This story was first published in The Week's News of 5 May 1888, and in Volume VI of The Indian Railway Library the same year. It was included in…

"Die Frau Pfarrerin" ist eine Erzählung von Jeremias Gotthelf, erstmals veröffentlich 1854: Eine Hauptsache für jeden Menschen, welche bei weitem…

Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933) war ein österreichischer Architekt, Architekturkritiker und Kulturpublizist. Er gilt als einer der Wegbereiter der modernen A…

Little Men picks up the story of fiery, headstrong Jo where Good Wives left off. The novel is set at a rather unusual boarding school run by Jo and he…

"Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. The…

"The Crystal Egg" is a science fiction short story written by H. G. Wells in 1897. – The story tells of a shop owner, named Mr. Cave, who fi…

Les Indes noires est un roman de Jules Verne, publié en 1877. L'auteur établit dans ce récit un parallèle entre la richesse mythique des Indes, o…

Der kriechende Mann (The Creeping Man) erschien erstmals im März 1923 im Strand Magazine. 1927 wurde er mit elf anderen Fällen in dem Sammelband Sherl…

Es ist wahr! Nervös, schrecklich nervös war ich und bin ich noch; aber weshalb soll ich wahnsinnig sein? Mein Übel hatte meine Sinne nur geschärft, ni…

John Clare (1793-1864), ein bedeutender Dichter der englischen Romantik, geriet in seinen späten Jahren in eine tiefe Lebenskrise, bis er schließlich …

"The Beast in the Cave" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. The first draft was written in the Spring of 1904, wi…

"The Crooked Man", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as …

"The Man Who Could Work Miracles" is a British fantasy-comedy short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1898 in The Illustrated London News. …

Die Erzählung wurde 1890 geschrieben und 1891 erstmals im Regensburger Marien-Kalender für das Jahr des Heiles 1892 und in dessen Parallelausgabe Tiro…

Sans dessus dessous est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne, paru en 18891, dans lequel certains personnages de De la Terre à la Lune réappara…

"The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown" is a Story by G. K. Chesterton. First appeared in Harper's Weekly (December 19th 1903) While inve…

Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet. Although a …

"The Writing of Essays" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. The art of the essayist i…

"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was o…

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame or Notre-Dame de Paris is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The story is set in Paris in 1482 durin…

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton ag…

"The Final Problem" is a short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first publish…

In A Birthday by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of responsibility, selfishness, gender roles, appearance, suffering and paralysis. Taken from h…

A shell-shocked soldier returns from the First World War. There are three women who love him and who are waiting for him. But he can only remember two…

"The Amateur Nature Lover" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. It is possible that an…

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two pa…

"The Yellow Face", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from The Memoirs of Sherlock …

Hard Times – For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English s…

This story was first published in Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in successive later editions of this collection. It is the last of the forty…

A chance encounter in a Parisian café leads to a series of unfortunate misunderstandings that threaten to bring to a premature and irreconcilable end …

Nicholas Nickleby or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. It…

Kara Ben Nemsi fährt mit Hadschi Halef Omar, Omar Ben Sadek und einigen Haddedihn auf einem Floß nach Basra. Als sie einige alte Ruinen im 15 Kilomete…

Toomai's father rides Kala Nag the elephant to catch wild elephants in the hills. Toomai comes to help and risks his life throwing a role up to o…