"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." ...
Ein junges Madchen beschlie?t gegen den Willen ihre Eltern einen armen Fahnrich zu heiraten. Doch als der Abend zur Flucht gekommen ist zieht ein Schneesturm auf, werden beide am vereinbarten Zeitpunkt eintreffen? Anna Thalbach entfuhrt in diese winterliche Liebesgeschichte des bekannten russischen Schriftstellers Alexander Puschkin. ...
Dies ist die anstrengendste Wanderung vor der Erstbesteigung des Mount Everest – besonders fur die Lachmuskeln! Obwohl der Baedecker nur drei Stunden bis zum Erreichen des Riffelberg-Gipfels angibt, wei? Mark Twain es besser: Sieben Tage benotigen er und seine voll ausgerustete Expedition. Klar, da? das nicht ohne Hindernisse vonstatten gegangen ist. ...
This audiobook comprises two works: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and his autobiographical A Personal Record. The opening of Heart of Darkness finds Charles Marlow in fading light on the Thames Estuary, as he and his companions relax on deck, waiting for the turn of the tide. He tells of the time he turned 'freshwater sailor' on the River Congo, of his perilous journey upriver in a little steamboat with a band of white colonia ...
In Kipling's 1912 story, As Easy As A.B.C., set 65 years after it's predecessor With the Night Mail, the Aerial Board has complete control over the social and economic affairs of every nation. When a mob of disgruntled Serviles in the District of Northern Illinois demands the return of democracy, the A.B.C. sends a team of troubleshooters and a fleet of 200 zeppelins to take such steps as might be necessary for the resumption of traffi ...
Nordspanien 1813: Die Englander versuchen mit einheimischen Widerstandskampfern gegen die Franzosen Kontakt aufzunehmen. Ein erster Bote namens Kuba-Tom kehrt von seinem Erkundungsgang nicht zuruck. Besorgt macht sich Marineoffizier Byrne auf die Suche nach ihm. Toms Spur fuhrt zu einem Gasthaus mit zwei unheimlichen Wirtinnen… ...
In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face wit ...
An experimental novel far ahead of its time, «Tristram Shandy» was originally published from 1759 to 1767 in nine volumes. Shandy narrates the story of his life, beginning with his conception and diverting to his family, particularly his unconventional father Walter and his gentle Uncle Toby. Shandy cannot explain anything concisely, and Sterne utilizes many narrative devices to accommodate Shandy's digressions on countless subjects, especi ...
The last work of Trollope's series the Chronicles of Barsetshire, this novel concludes the unfinished stories of many characters from the previous novels, all the while centering on the impoverished Mr. Crawley, educated curate of Hogglestock. His daughter Grace wishes to marry Major Henry Grantly, the son of Archdeacon Grantly, who considers her unworthy of his son, although acknowledging that she is a lady of merit. Her courtship with Hen ...
