Sagas Classics

The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don’t let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful work. There are passion and lust in these pages, high art and low comedy, and unthinking violence that ride alongside ever-correct manners. Scandal, tragedy, despair, rape, accidental death, marriage, remarriage and a healthy leavening of births all unfold against a rolling backdrop of a world war.

The Aliomenti village is in ruins, destroyed by one of their own, its population nearly eliminated in the calamity. From the ruins, the Aliomenti rise to international prominence, influencing buyers and sellers, warriors and bureaucrats, as they patiently and invisibly expand their empire. Will Stark serves as the driving force behind that expansion. Whether he's creating their innovations or offering subtle hints, few of their revolutionary progressions are made without his influence.

The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The family serves as a metaphor for the old society that crumbled after the Industrial Revolution, as a Midwestern town spreads and darkens into a city.

Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Róisín, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. François, the base's chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life.

"The Odyssey" is the story of the Greek hero Odysseus, or Ulysses, who began a journey home after the fall of Troy. It will take him ten years of marvelous and terrible encounters before he finally reaches his native city, where everyone assumed he was dead. There will he find his wife Penelope, famously weaving and unweaving a never-ending tapestry while obnoxious suitors are competing for her hand. Once again, Odysseus will have to outsmart his opponents in order to be reunited with his family.

Discover three classic short stories for kids and children of all ages, taken from the myths and legends of Native American Indians: "The Maiden who loved a Fish"; "The White Canoe"; "The Star Wife". We are in dire need for a greater understanding of Native American cultures, and these stories provide the food for thought necessary for greater proximity.

Out of the mixture of Latin and Germanic paganism and the Christianity of the Early Middle Ages has sprung one of the world's supremely great pieces of literature. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, delivered a famous lecture to the British Academy in 1936 in which he maintained that Beowulf was a poem all of a piece, and not (as had been suggested) a jumble of fragments for pedantic scholars to paw over.

Le très talentueux comédien Gérard Philipe nous interprète avec Maria Casarès les 25 plus beaux poèmes de la langue française, les œuvres de Baudelaire, Victor Hugo, Mallarmé, Verlaine et bien d'autres auteurs de légende.

"Es una verdad mundialmente reconocida que un hombre soltero, poseedor de una gran fortuna, necesita una esposa". Con esta frase comienza la famosa novela de Jane Austen, Orgullo y Prejuicio, que cuenta la vida de la familia Bennet y sus cinco hijas, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine Y Lydia. La señora Bennet ve el matrimonio como la única esperanza para sus hijas. Con la llegada al vecindario de Mr. Bingley, un joven rico y soltero, y su apuesto amigo, Mr. Darcy, la vida de las muchachas se ve revolucionada.

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to his style, sometimes working for a whole week to achieve a single page; he was made famous by his first novel, Madame Bovary. "A Simple Soul", sometimes translated as "A Simple Heart", is a short story containing a lifetime of human emotions. After her one and only love purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, the simple servant Félicité picks up work in a widow's house.

Hace muchos años había un Emperador tan aficionado a los trajes nuevos, que gastaba todas sus rentas en vestir con la máxima elegancia.No se interesaba por sus soldados ni por el teatro, ni le gustaba salir de paseo por el campo, a menos que fuera para lucir sus trajes nuevos. Tenía un vestido distinto para cada hora del día, y de la misma manera que se dice de un rey: "Está en el Consejo", de nuestro hombre se decía: "El Emperador está en el vestuario". Hans Christian Andersen (Odense, 2 de abril de 1805) fue un escritor danés mundialmente conocido por sus relatos infantiles.

L'œuvre essentielle d'Andersen, qui lui valut la célébrité mondiale, est constituée par ses contes. S'inspirant des récits populaires, empruntant ses personnages et ses intrigues à la légende, à l'histoire ou à la vie quotidienne. Il écrivit cent cinquante-six contes de fées entre 1835 et 1873, dont les quatre premiers furent publiés en 1835.

Fontanes berühmter und zugleich letzter Roman, der am Brandenburger Stechlinsee spielt: Im Zentrum des Romans stehen neben der märkischen Adelsfamilie um den Witwer Dubslav von Stechlin und dessen Sohn Woldemar die vielen Gespräche mit verschiedenen Personen über aktuelle Ereignisse, wobei sich immer wieder die alte konservative und die neue sozialdemokratische Sichtweise gegenüberstehen.

Der bekannteste Roman der weltberühmten englischen Autorin Jane Austen: Mr und Mrs Bennet, die dem ländlichen Kleinadel angehören, haben eine große Aufgabe vor sich, ihre fünf Töchter zu verheiraten. Besonders ihre Tochter Elizabeth macht ihnen Sorgen, da sie den eigentlich so perfekten Heiratskandidaten, den reichen adligen Mr Darcy, ablehnt. Stolz und Vorurteil, Standesunterschiede und Dünkel spielen vermehrt eine Rolle und können erst langsam abgebaut werden, damit es schließlich zu einem Happy End kommen kann.

Dios y Mefisófeles discuten sobre la valía del humano favorito del Todopoderoso, Fausto, un hombre que se ha propuesto aprender todo lo que puede ser conocido. Finalmente, Dios y el diablo hacen una apuesta: ¿Mefistófeles será capaz de desviar a Fausto del camino del bien?

The villainous Drad Redstar has won the favor of king and country after leading a decisive victory over the rebels at Winde Port. Now with a seat on the royal council, he condemns Torsten to a lifetime in the dungeon and invites his militant people to take up residence in the capital. But not all light has been squelched. There is one disgraced King’s Shieldsman left who remains loyal to Torsten, and only he can help free the Glass Kingdom from Redstar and his dark desires to revive the Buried Goddess.

"Onuphrius ou les vexations fantastiques d'un admirateur d'Hoffmann" est une nouvelle fantastique de Théophile Gautier.

La historia del legendario arquero de Locksley, Robin Hood, no necesita presentación. Surge de una serie de baladas y leyendas del medievo inglés interpretadas y reunidas por el autor Sir Walter Scott para darles la forma del relato de ficción de un noble inglés que se convierte en proscrito para enfrentarse a un gobierno injusto y llevar a cabo la acción que le convertiría en leyenda: robar a los ricos para repartir sus riquezas entre los pobres.

"Racconti dell’inquietudine" raccoglie cinque brevi testi che offrono –al fan di lunga data, così come a chi intenda leggere Conrad per la prima volta – un prontuario dei temi più cari e delle ambientazioni più esotiche dell’avventuroso scrittore polacco.

"Je n'avais pas encore onze ans, lorsqu'au mois de juillet on m'envoya passer quelque temps aux environs de Moscou, dans une terre appartenant à un de mes parents." "Le Petit Héros" est une nouvelle de Fiodor Dostoïevski publiée pour la première fois en 1857 dans la revue Les Annales de la Patrie. Un petit garçon est envoyé chez un parent pour le mois de juillet. Ce dernier est riche et a toujours beaucoup d'invités, mais il est aussi la victime d'une belle blonde irrésistible. Il y aussi une autre invitée: Nathalie, une jolie brune dont le petit garçon s'éprend.