Джоэль Чандлер Харрис – американский журналист, писатель, автор знаменитых «Сказок дядюшки Римуса». Именно Дж. Харрис придумал дядюшку Римуса, который рассказывал сказки и присказки чернокожих рабов. Вскоре фольклорного материала набралось на целую книгу, которая появилась на свет в 1880 году. Среди читателей она приобрела большую популярность и несколько раз была переиздана.
За весь период творчества Джоэль Харрис написал много произведений п ...
First published in 1853 amidst rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Clotel is a fictional chronicle of one such child. After Jefferson's death, his mistress and her two daughters are auctioned. One daughter, Clotel, is purchased by a white man from Virginia who impregnates her. Despite the promise of marriage, Clotel is instead sold to another man and separated from her daughter. After escaping from the sla ...
In the far future, an unnamed narrator, who along with what remains of the human race dwells uneasily in an underground fortress-city surrounded by brooding, chaotic, relentless Watching Things, Silent Ones, Hounds, Giants, 'Ab-humans,' Brutes, and enormous slugs and spiders, follows a telepathic distress signal into the unfathomable darkness. The Earth's surface is frozen, and what's worse – at some point in the distant past ...
Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt – unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin t ...
Die Konigin von Frankreich liebt den Herzog von Buckingham und schenkt ihm zum Andenken ihre Diamantenbrosche. Der Konig, von Kardinal Richelieu dazu uberredet, ladt die Konigin zu einem Fest mit der Bitte, dabei jene Brosche zu tragen. Um die Ehre der Konigin zu retten, sturzen sich d'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere in ein Abenteuer auf Leben und Tod. ...
"Drei Erzahlungen vom Gro?meister der literarischen Moderne, in denen drei Frauen im Mittelpunkt stehen: die Bauerin Grigia, die portugiesische Aristokratin und die Verkauferin Tonka. Drei Frauen war die letzte schriftstellerische Vorstufe, bevor sich Musil sich auf sein monumentales Romanwerk Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften konzentrierte." ...
Sonny Andersons Vater ist ein Guru, seine Mutter verschollen – und alles, was er uber zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen wei?, hat er aus seiner Lieblingszombiekomodie gelernt! Man konnte sagen, er ist kein normaler 21-jahriger. Man konnte auch sagen, dass er eine Menge Neurosen hat und korperlich leidet, wenn sich Menschen in seiner Gegenwart kussen. Und auf jeden Fall hat Sonny eine Riesenangst vor Briefumschlagen! Doch als er an seinem Geburtsta ...
In Bertie's Box, a family sits around the table putting the finishing touches on their Christmas present wrapping. A letter arrives from a poor widow asking for assistance in providing a Christmas present for her two children. Overhearing this, young Bertie sets about packing up some of his toys to send to the unfortunate mother. ...
In The Kiss, a beautiful young woman, Nathalie, has decided to marry the unattractive and uninteresting but very wealthy Mr. Brantain. When an old friend kisses her passionately in front of Mr. Brantain, Nathalie must control the damage done by this kiss in order to reassure Mr. Brantain. This done, the relieved Mr. Brantain proposes to her. At their wedding, her old friend appears and suggests another kiss. Has Nathalie arranged matters perfec ...
