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Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and innovations to their settled existence. It was first published between 1851 and 1853 as episodes in Charles Dickens’ Journal Household Words. Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years later and published in the journal All the Year Round. In a letter to Mrs. Gaskell, ...

Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Carmen is a novella by the French author Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845 in the periodical Revue des deux Mondes and presented initially without indication that it was fiction, appearing instead as a travelogue account. The story is framed by an unnamed French scholar and archaeologist traveling in Andalusia in 1830, who encounters the outlaw Don José Navarro in the mountains, aids his escape, and later meets the charismatic Gypsy woman Carmen in Córdoba before hearing Don José's prison confession of his fateful obsession with her. Don José, a ...

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The Turn of the Screw is a gothic novella by Henry James, first serialized in Collier's Weekly from January to April 1898 and published in book form later that year as part of The Two Magics. Presented as a frame narrative, the story features an unnamed governess who accepts a position caring for two orphaned children, Miles and Flora, at the isolated country estate of Bly, under strict instructions from their absentee guardian to handle all matters independently. She soon reports encounters with the apparitions of two deceased former servants, Peter ...

Penrod by Booth Tarkington. A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn One of the most popular American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington was acclaimed for his novels set in small Midwestern towns. Penrod tells of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the twentieth century. His friends and his dog accompany him on his many jaunts, from the stage as “the Child Sir Lancelot,” to the playground, to school. They make names for themselves as “bad boys” who ...

Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington. "Penrod and Sam" by Booth Tarkington is a novel published in 1916. This sequel to "Penrod" follows the misadventures of young Penrod Schofield and his best friend Sam Williams in pre-World War I America. From dangerous war games and loaded guns to secret societies and stray horses, the boys stumble through one scrape after another. Their schemes include starting a motion picture project, dealing with embarrassing letters, and surviving disastrous birthday parties, capturing the spirited chaos of boyhood friendship.

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reverse is also true? If the man comes of a terrifyingly dysfunctional family and the girl in question likes to see spooks and horrors round every corner, yes. Morland by name, Lackland by nature, Catherine, not altogether addicted to the heroine role in general, finds this greatness thrust upon her in the (fortunately, principally financial) fantasies of her would-be inamorato's father, the General. When the General finds ...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy and reading to solitude and ...

Les liaisons dangereuses: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Les Liaisons dangereuses, sous-titré Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres, est un roman épistolaire de 175 lettres, écrit à partir de 1779 par Pierre Choderlos de Laclos et publié en 1782. Cette œuvre littéraire majeure du XVIIIe siècle, qui narre le duo pervers de deux nobles manipulateurs, roués et libertins du siècle des Lumières, est considérée comme un chef-d'œuvre de la littérature française, bien qu'il soit tombé dans un quasi-oubli durant la majeure partie ...

Apology of Socrates by Plato. Plato's Apology is not a novel, but a Socratic dialogue recounting Socrates' defense speech at his trial in 399 BC, where he was charged with impiety and corrupting the youth. The title comes from the Greek apologia, meaning a speech in defense, not an admission of guilt, as Socrates defends his life's work of questioning Athenians and seeking truth, famously claiming his wisdom comes from knowing he knows nothing. It's a foundational text in philosophy, portraying Socrates as a "gadfly" challenging the status quo, and is one of four dialogues (with Euthyphro, ...

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Buck, a magnificent mix of St. Bernard and Scotch shepherd dog, rules contentedly at Judge Miller’s place in California’s Santa Clara Valley. But 1897 brings the Klondike Gold Rush, and Buck is the perfect kind of dog to service sleds—so he is stolen and spirited away to the Northland. There he learns a hard life at the hands of tough men and competing sled dogs, which sharpen his instincts and survival skills. Thousands of miles of grueling sled travel and toil nearly wear Buck out, until chance in the form of John Thornton saves him. This “ideal...

Vojaĝo interne de mia ĉambro de Xavier de Maistre. Vojaĝo interne de mia ĉambro (france Voyage autour de ma chambre) estas libro de la franca verkisto Xavier de Maistre origine publikigita en 1794. La aŭtoro verkis ĉi tiun mallongan verkon en la aĝo de 27 jaroj. Li aldonis al ĝi plurfoje kaj, en 1794, lasis la manuskripton en Laŭzano al sia pli maljuna frato Jozefo, kiu publikigis ĝin sen la scio de la aŭtoro. La romano konsistas el 42 mallongaj ĉapitroj, la sama nombro da tagoj da hejma enfermo-aresto. De Maistre poste verkis daŭrigon, Expédition nocturne autour de ma ...

La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz de L. Frank Baum. La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz estas romano por infanoj, publikigita unue en 1900 en Usono. En la centro de la historio staras la knabino Doroteo, kiun ciklono transportas en la mirakloplenan landon Oz, kie ŝi amikiĝas kun strangaj estaĵoj, renkontas bonajn kaj malbonajn sorĉistojn kaj travivas multajn aventurojn. La romano estis tradukita en multajn lingvojn, ankaŭ jam en Esperanton. Nia tradukinto, Donald Broadribb, krome esperantigis la aliajn 13 Oz-librojn, kiuj estis verkitaj de L. Frank Baum post la enorma sukceso de la unua volumo — ...

Fabeloj de Hans Christian Andersen. This is a book which includes five short classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen. These have been translated into Esperanto, with effort made to keep the translation true to the original text. The five stories contained in this book are : La brava stansoldato (The brave tin soldier) ; Rakonto pri patrino (The story of a mother) ; La fajroŝtalo (The tinderbox) ; La princino sur pizo (The princess and the pea) ; La knabineto kun la alumetoj (The little match-seller). The book also includes an introduction, written by the translator, on the subject of ...

Karlo de Edmond Privat. La "Librairie de l' Esperanto" en Parizo petis min, ke mi verku facilan legolibron por la lernantoj de kursoj aŭ la komencantoj, kiuj ĵus finis sian lernadon en lernolibro. Mi intencis prezenti dudek tekstojn aranĝitajn tiamaniere, ke en ĉiu estos multaj vortoj pri sama temo de l' ĉiutaga vivo. Por pli bone konservi la intereson de la lernanto en dudek ĉapitroj, mi verkis unu rakonton pri la vivo de junulo, de lia infaneco, ĝis lia edziĝo. Kompreneble nek romano, nek eĉ sprita novelo estas la rakonto, sed nur aro de dudek ĉapitroj pri ĉiutaga vivo, ...

Vivo de Zamenhof de Edmond Privat. Vivo de Zamenhof estas biografio pri L. L. Zamenhof, verkita de Edmond Privat. Ĝi aperis unuafoje 208-paĝa en 1920 en Londono ĉe Brita Esperanto-Asocio. Dua eldono sekvis en 1923, 109-paĝa. La dokumento poste eldoniĝis en angla (1931, en traduko de Ralph Eliott) kaj nederlanda (1934) tradukoj kaj pliaj eldonoj en Esperanto. Al tiu el 2007, eldonita de UEA, Ulrich Lins aldonis referencojn, aktualan bibliografion kaj pliajn materialojn. La verko estis tradukita al nederlanda lingvo kie Tragiek en Triomf van Zamenhof de L. Belinfante-Ahn. Enhavo. La ...

La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando: Lewis Carroll. La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando (angle Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) estas verko de porinfana literaturo de la brita matematikisto kaj verkisto, pastro Charles Lutwidge Dodgson sub plumnomo Lewis Carroll. Ĝi rakontas la historion de knabino nomata Alice [elis] (en esperantlingvaj tradukoj aŭ Alicio, aŭ Alico) kiu falas tra kuniklotruon en fantazian regnon populitan per parolantaj kreaĵoj kaj antropomorfaj ludkartoj. La fabelo estas plenplena de satiraj alludoj al la amikoj de Dodgson kaj al la lecionojn, kiujn la britaj lernantoj ...

Святочные рассказы: Николай Лесков. Николай Семёнович Лесков, русский писатель и публицист, из-за своих оригинальных и принципиальных взглядов был не принят по достоинству в литературных кругах ни при жизни, ни при Советской власти. Во второй том Святочных рассказов вошли рассказы и повести не включенные в отдельное издание...

The Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim. Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of marriage, scornful at the thought of leaning on a man for help and comfort, she thinks only of the independence which seems an impossible dream. But out of the blue Uncle Joachim, her mother's brother, leaves her a handsome property in Germany. Her longed for independence is within her grasp, and though it's a rocky beginning with the locals, she loves her new home. Keen to use her new-found wealth for the ...

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. A classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea -- and of his expiation of that sin against his own "shadowy ideal of conduct" on the remote island of Patusan. The novel, written by Conrad for magazine serialization during an intense and chaotic ten months in 1899 and 1900, has, in the words of Thomas C. Moser, "the rare distinction of being a masterpiece in two separate genres. It is at once an exotic adventure story of the Eastern seas in the popular ...

Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World by William Walker Atkinson. William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was a prolific writer, and his many books achieved wide circulation among New Thought devotees and occult practitioners. He published under several pen names, including Magus Incognito, Theodore Sheldon, Theron Q. Dumont, Swami Panchadasi, Yogi Ramacharaka, Swami Bhakta Vishita, and probably other ...