This 1st volume of "100 Books You Must Read Before You Die" contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names: Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] Emma [Jane Austen] Father Goriot par [Honoré de Balzac] The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë] Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] Tarzan of the Apes [Edgar Rice Burroughs] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll] My Ántonia [Willa Cather] Don Quixote [Miguel Cervantes] The Awakening & Other Short Stories [Kate...

This book contains the following works:- Alighieri, Dante: The Divine Comedy- Andersen, Hans Christian: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories- Arnim, Elizabeth Von: The Enchanted April- Austen, Jane: Emma- Austen, Jane: Persuasion- Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice- Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot- Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall- Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre- Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights- Butler, S...

The works of Guy de Maupassant, the undisputed master of the short story, are still among the most widely read masterpieces of French literature today. This comprehensive eBook presents Maupassant’s complete novels, stories, poetry and non-fiction, with numerous illustrations, introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Maupassant’s life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* ...

This is an anthology for people who love story-telling. Our one hundred classic masterpieces were selected purely for their capacity to delight, instruct and charm. In this collection, readers will encounter some of the finest writing in world literature.We have chosen to arrange the stories thematically, dividing the anthology into ten parts as follows:CharactersAnimalsEpiphaniesMystery and AdventureHorror and GhostsS...

The Queen of Spades (Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about human avariciousness. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833 in Boldino and it was first published in literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in 1834. It was turned into the opera The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers:Fyodor DostoevskyNOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUNDTHE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MANTHE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST'S CHRISTMAS TREELeo TolstoyTHE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICHA LETTER TO A HINDUA CONFESSIONGOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITSA RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTYAnton ChekhovTHE LADY WITH THE DOGA SLANDERTHE HORSE-STEALERSTHE PETCHENYEGA DEAD BO...

The Bet and Other Stories was first translated in 1915 and contains 13 classic tales from the godfather of Russian literature, Anton Chekhov. Stories in this anthology include: The Bet, A Tedious Story, The Fit, Misfortune, After the Theatre, That Wretched Boy, Enemies, A Trifling Occurrence, A Gentleman Friend, Overwhelming Sensations, Expensive Lessons, A Living Calendar, and Old Age.

The last novel written by Tolstoy, "Resurrection" was first published in 1899 amidst huge anticipation. What surprised the world was Tolstoy's story of a guilt-ridden nobleman, haunted by the sins of his past and seeking a way to atone for them. The aristocratic Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov serves on a jury of a murder trial, only to discover that the accused prostitute is Maslova, a maid he seduced and abandoned years before. Though he comes to realize that Maslova was framed, she i...

This book, newly updated, contains the (almost) complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant in the chronological order of their original publication.Here you will find the largest collection of Maupassant’s short stories available in English (277 short stories).As you will notice, this book DOES NOT INCLUDE the 65 fake Maupassant stories... stories that weren't written by Maupassant but are always included in all the other so-called complete editions.

This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents -Ambrose Bierce: The Collected Works -Lewis Carroll: The Complete Works -Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems Emily Dickinson -O. Henry: Complete Stories -Homer: The complete Epic Poems -Henry James: Complete Works -Guy de Maupassant: Complete Short Stories -Edith Nesbit: Complete Novels -Edward Phillips Oppenheim: Complete Novels -Edith Wharton: 14 Novels -Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass -Emile Zola: The Complete 'Rougon-Mac...

Volume I of A Selection from the Writings of Guy de Maupassant offers readers a curated selection of his most celebrated short stories. Each tale demonstrates Maupassant’s keen observations of human nature, his exploration of social norms, and his gift for storytelling that is at once simple and profound. The stories touch on themes of love, ambition, and the often tragic consequences of human desires.This collection provides an excellent introduction to Maupassant’s literary genius...