Sagas Classics

"The Red Room" (Swedish: "Röda rummet") is a satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As a result of "The Red Room", Strindberg became famous throughout Scandinavia. Edvard Brandes wrote that it "makes the reader want to join the fight against hypocrisy and reaction".

"The Fables" of Jean de La Fontaine are classics of French literature. They supply delights to three different ages: the child rejoices in the freshness and vividness of the story, the eager student of literature in the consummate art with which it is told, the experienced man of the world in the subtle reflections on character and life which it conveys. "The Fables" were regarded as providing an excellent education in morals for children, and the first edition was dedicated to the six-year old Dauphin, the Eldest Son of the King.

At the bottom of the dried out Svartsjö lake (Black Lake) lies the Lövdala Parsonage with its stables and outhouses. There resides the good-hearted, widowed Pastor Lyselius and his beautiful daughter. One day, his new wife arrives and she turns out to be a wicked stepmother. She torments her servants and especially the parson's daughter, Maia Lisa. We follow Maia Lisa through torments and sufferings where she gets ever new and harder burdens to carry on her weak shoulders.

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a famous fairy tale about a young girl's encounter with a wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The Little Red Riding Hood story is among the most popular fairy tales in the world.

Sherlock Holmes est une des plus grandes figures de la culture populaire et son seul nom est synonyme de mystère policier, de brouillard londonien et de crimes énigmatiques.

A chi non è mai successo di stare sveglio, la notte, con qualche amico, a parlare di tutto e di niente, fuori dalle osterie, dal cinema, per le vie e le strade sterrate di campagna, sotto la luna, nei silenzi dei campi coltivati e nei rumori di sottofondo della città? Nella campagna Torinese degli anni quaranta, sono tre i ragazzi protagonisti di questa storia meravigliosa. Tre amici inseparabili, che si affacciano alla vita adulta, con tutte le paure, le insicurezze, le gioie e i preconcetti che son tipici di quell'età.

“I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken.” In this sequel to the famous King Solomon's Mines Allan Quatermain has just lost his son to smallpox. Having a hard time finding any value in life anymore and bored by the quiet Victorian Britain he travels back to Africa, not knowing the adventure that awaits him. Because here he meets his old companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, and they too have heard the rumours of a notorious white tribe.

Intenté dormir de nuevo: ¡ imposible !, una vez aguijoneada, la imaginación es un caballo que se desboca. El Monte de las Animas - Atad los perros; haced la señal con las trompas para que se reúnan los cazadores, y demos la vuelta a la ciudad. La noche se acerca, es día de Todos los Santos y estamos en el Monte de las Ánimas. ¡En esa capilla ruinosa! ¡Bah! ¿Quieres asustarme? No, hermosa prima; tú ignoras cuanto sucede en este país, porque aún no hace un año que has venido a él desde muy lejos. Refrena tu yegua, yo también pondré la mía al paso, y mientras dure el camino te contaré esa historia.

La novela en que se basa el éxito de taquilla protagonizada por Jack Huston y también la adaptación de 1959, ganadora de 11 premios Oscar, "Ben-Hur" es la fantástica historia del príncipe judío Judah Ben-Hur. Esclavizado por los romanos en respuesta a acusaciones falsas, dependerá de su astucia, fuerza de voluntad y una pizca de suerte redimirse y retomar la gloria que en un principio le pertenecía. Una transcendental historia de venganza, amor, pasión y fe, Ben-Hur te tendrá al borde de tu asiento con ansias por saber qué pasará después.

Orphaned by the brutal death of her mother right before her very eyes, a young Anati child flees into a nightmare of lonely survival, desperate hunger, and fearfully haunted nights. In the very same city, a young, purebred Nephti kit has everything she could ever want - prestigious parents, a noble family house, and a well-appointed lair. These two will become the heroines of their age and legends of the ages to come, but the path that leads them there will be neither easy nor glorious.

La bonne et courageuse Belle se constitue prisonnière à la place de son père, qui a dérobé pour elle une rose dans le jardin de la bête. Cependant peu à peu cette bête, gardienne discrète, laide et sans esprit mais très bonne et très amoureuse, gagnera le cœur de la belle. Le sortilège sera rompu, et la bête reprendra sa figure de prince charmant. Un conte pour nous rappeler que les apparences sont parfois trompeuses et que l'amour peut nous aider à voir la vie autrement.

"The Voyage Out" is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life.

Johannes Wirix-Speetjens realiseerde zich dat de kunstgeschiedenis vol queer iconen zit - van Leonard Bernstein tot Freddie Mercury. Deze ontdekkingen inspireerden hem eerst tot een serie podcasts voor de Vlaamse radiozender Klara, maar al snel groeide het idee: dit onderwerp verdient een boek. Met 'Classical Queers' brengt Johannes levens en passies samen in een kleurrijk portret van de kunstgeschiedenis die we dachten te kennen. De geschiedenis wordt vaak verteld vanuit een beperkt, mannelijk en heteroseksueel perspectief. Maar het verleden is zoveel kleurrijker dan dat!

Ne "La Divina Commedia", seguiamo l'io narrante, che può essere visto come Dante stesso, in un viaggio attraverso le varie fasi dell'aldilà: Inferno, Purgatorio e Paradiso. Questo poema epico del XIV secolo è una delle opere letterarie più importanti al mondo. È pieno di simbolismo numerico e cristiano e mostra la percezione comune del mondo, dell'universo e in particolare di Dio e della fede. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) fu un poeta, scrittore e filosofo morale italiano, originario di Firenze.

Utilizando el marco de esa cierta tristeza que el otoño representa y que a él también le invade, el marqués de Bradomín se dirige a un pazo, casa típica gallega, en la que está muriendo Concha, mujer a la que amó en el pasado. Ella sigue enamorada de él en el presente. El sentimiento de melancolía que evoca el otoño es el mismo de ese amor pasado que se recuerda de forma idealizada, sin reparar en los sufrimientos que produjo, que se han diluido con el paso del tiempo.

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades, a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit.

Once upon a time, there was a wealthy widower who married a proud and haughty woman as his second wife. She had two daughters, who were equally vain and selfish. By his first wife, he'd had a beautiful young daughter, a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. The stepmother and her daughters forced the first daughter into servitude, where she was made to work day and night doing menial chores.

‘The Lost Prince’ is a children’s novel from ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ author Frances Hodgson Burnett. Published in 1915, it tells the tale of twelve-year-old Marco Loristan and his father Stefan, who come from the fictional land of Samavia.

Notre-Dame de París cuenta la historia de la gitana Esmeralda, quien en compañía de su cabra Djali toca la pandereta y baila en las calles de París para subsistir, hasta que se la acusa de haber asesinado al capitán Phoebus, su amado, y se la condena a la horca. Sin embargo, el jorobado Quasimodo, campanero de Notre-Dame, quien tras su deformidad esconde un corazón sensible y sediento de amor, luchará para salvar a la gitana. Recreación del mito de la bella y la bestia y uno de los monumentos de la literatura francesa, Notre-Dame de París es una historia verdaderamente inmortal.

Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self. From the preface: "All efforts directed toward the correcting of temperamental or mental blemishes or defects and nervous conditions are of benefit to humanity. In producing this book, the author's purpose was to help mankind to overcome these weaknesses, which are a serious impediment to mental development, and hinder personal advancement and general progress."