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«El cuento no es más ni menos arte que la novela». Esta era la premisa a partir de la cual Clarín, la más importante figura del naturalismo español, se enfrentaba al género en el que se iba a desarrollar. La precisión de los mecanismos narrativos, la fluidez de un relato aparentemente sencillo y la limpieza de estilo convierten los cuentos de Clarín en verdaderas joyas, que renuncian al efecto fácil de lo llamativo para recorrer el difícil camino de lo mesurado.

Oscar Wilde's classic comic ghost story was the first of his short stories to be published, in February 1887. It relates the experiences of Mr. Hiram B. Otis, an American minister, and his family when they move into Canterville Chase, an ancient pile haunted by the previous owner's dead ancestor, Sir Simon. Of course, Mr. Otis declares, "There is no such thing, sir, as a ghost", and all of Sir Simon's hauntings have no effect on the skeptical American family, with the exception of the daughter, Virginia, despite his most strenuous efforts.

Heike Makatsch liest Mary Poppins von Pamela L. Travers. Zunächst ist Mary Poppins nur eines von vielen neuen Kindermädchen für die vier Kinder der Familie Banks. Das ändert sich schnell, als Mary Poppins sie mit ihrer Spezialmedizin "Erdbeer-Eiscreme" bekannt macht, sie in die Sprache der Tiere, des Sonnenlichts und der Sterne einweist. Eine magische Zeit für die Kleinen, bis sich der Wind dreht und Mary Poppins weiterfliegt.

Published in 1853, Bleak House is one of Dickens' most mature and ambitious novels. From London's slums to the Court of Chancery, where the endless case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce devours the future of several generations, the author's canvas of Victorian society vividly conveys an indictment of legal corruption, a riveting tale of detection, and a compelling emotional drama.

Dr. Morgan Pierce shares a wealth of knowledge that he has learned over his 57 years of personal and professional life journey. Starting from small beginnings, he has learned key concepts of life mastery that anyone can benefit from. Dr. Pierce is a self-made millionaire who has studied the lives of successful people for over three decades. He has examined why many of them have succeeded despite failures along the way. Dr. Morgan Pierce shares with his students the importance of understanding that it’s not how you start off in life that counts. It’s how you finish.

Un rotundo alegato a favor de la libertad y en contra del totalitarismo que se ha convertido en un clásico de la literatura del siglo XX. Esta sátira de la Revolución rusa y el triunfo del estalinismo, escrita en 1945, se ha convertido por derechos propio en un hito de la cultura contemporánea y en uno de los libros más mordaces de todos los tiempos. Ante el auge de los animales de la Granja Solariega, pronto detectamos las semillas de totalitarismo en una organización aparentemente ideal.

Los hermanos De Witt, protegidos del gran rey Luis de Francia, encuentran la muerte a manos de la enloquecida población de La Haya, que los cree culpables de conspiración. Pero antes de morir dejan a su ahijado Cornelius unos comprometedores documentos que lo llevarán a la cárcel. Allí, en compañía de la joven Rosa, se afanará en conseguir lo que más desea en el mundo: el bulbo del tulipán negro.

Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works.

Lexington confessed to a crime he didn't commit to save Elle's life. Now she's summoned the one and only person who can spare him, but it comes at a dangerous price: confessing every one of her secrets to the King. That she is the one who has been curing the Bitten, and who the true father of her unborn child is. Trying to do good comes with unforeseen consequences - a cured Bitten, one who should have just walked away, and tried to forget, wants revenge. The cycle must stop, and the only way to do it is to expose all vampires to the world.

En un reino lejano, una pareja de reyes se preparaba para festejar el nacimiento de hija, invitando a todas las figuras importantes de su reino, excepto a un hada que era famosa por ser colérica. Enojada por no haber sido invitada a la fiesta, el hada puso una maldición sobre la bebé, profetizando que, al cumplir los dieciocho años, se sumiría en un sueño eterno.

Azt ne gondoljátok, hogy a csudálatos Mary Poppins megint visszajött! Nem - el se ment! Ezek a történetek ugyanis akkor esnek meg a csudálatos Maryvel, a Banks gyerekekkel meg a többi régi, kedves ismerőssel, amikor Mary Poppins ott van a Cseresznyefa utca 17-ben, és a "dadatündér" bearanyozza valamennyiük életét!

This is the first volume of The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe. The Baron relates his fantastical experiences and exploits, telling of the many singular incidents such as climbing to the moon on a beanstalk, riding on a cannon ball, being swallowed by a fish and being rescued from its insides, flying on an eagle from Margate to America, and many other incredible adventures, and challenges anyone who doubts him, asserting he is "a traveler of veracity!"

Barry Lyndon narra el ascenso y caída de una ambición desmesurada: la de Redmond Barry, un joven irlandés decidido a convertirse en un hombre rico e importante. Hipócrita y vanidoso, usa todos sus ardides para escalar en el mundo social del siglo XVIII, hasta alcanzar la cúspide al casarse con lady Lyndon, la joven viuda de un acaudalado conde. Será entonces, sin embargo, cuando descubrirá que, tras subir la montaña, solo queda bajarla.

Considered to be Dickens' finest novel, Bleak House is a suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th-century English legal system. This novel set the standard for modern day legal thrillers.

He found himself a traveler in the strangest of lands. Where invisible secrets come starkly into sight. Where the fairest of companions leads the way into unsuspected danger and darkness. Where hidden battles burst into the open. Where so much is grasped…and so much more seems unattainable.

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Este volumen, que reúne 11 fascinantes relatos, permite saborear el atractivo original de las aventuras del detective más famoso del mundo. En este libro Sherlock Holmes se enfrenta a varios casos que incluyen caballos de carreras desaparecidos y tratados navales robados; pero nada podría anticipar el desafío de El problema final, en el que el doctor Watson nos narra, con el corazón apesadumbrado, la historia del encuentro más dramático entre Holmes y su genial y despreciable archienemigo, el profesor Moriarty.

The first collection of the exploits of A.J. Raffles and his friend Bunny Manders was published as The Amateur Cracksman in 1899. The characters of Raffles and Bunny were possibly inspired by his brother-in-law's creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, although they are on the opposite side of the law.

Matilda Case isn't normal. Normal people aren't stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless, as she and the other galvanized are. Normal people's bodies don't hold the secret to immortality -something the powerful Houses will kill to possess. And normal people don't know that they're going to die in a few days.