Die Bruder Grimm machten Marchenfiguren wie Dornroschen weltberuhmt. Loyalitat und Standhaftigkeit wird belohnt wie bei «Bruderchen und Schwesterchen» oder «Die sechs Schwane». Der Wolf merkt, dass man sich besser nicht mit dem Fuchs anlegt und in «Die Nixe im Teich» zahlt ein Sohn fur den Pakt seines Vaters. Neu gelesen von grandiosen Sprechern zeigen sich die Marchen der Bruder Grimm hier von ihrer besten Seite! Enthalt die Marchen: Dornro ...
Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London. He encounters along the way a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values ...
In The Tell-Tale Heart the narrator strives to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. The motivation for murder appears to be the narrator's fixation on the victim's cloudy vulture-eye. After disposing of the body, the narrator calmly entertains (at first) three policemen who come to investigate reports of screaming in the night. First published in 1843 in The Pioneer, a short-lived Boston magazine e ...
First published in a 1842 edition of Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, The Masque of the Red Death follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. Indifferent to the suffering outside and believing he and his wealthy guests to be safe, Prospero hosts a masquerade ball, which is stalked by a mysterious stranger dressed as the Red Death. Often considered a ...
Abenteurer unserer Zeit, die Kultserie aus dem bekannten Marchenland-Katalog. Diese Folge stellt euch Napoleon Bonaparte vor, einen den gro?ten Feldherren der Geschichte, der die Geschicke Frankreichs und Europas zur Zeit der Franzosischen Revolution entscheidend beeinflusste. ...
Wayne McLair befindet sich in seiner Verkleidung als Liam W. Craney in den Fangen Smokestacks, wo er bis zur gro?en Jubilaumsfeier ausharren soll. Eve sucht das Gesprach mit dem Gauner, wahrend der Rest des Teams McLair sich auf seine jeweiligen Aufgaben konzentriert. Sie vertrauen auf die Fahigkeiten ihres Anfuhrers, jedoch … Hat McLair seinen Gegner Solomon Crompton dieses Mal unterschatzt? Das Ende scheint nah … ...
Ule pika aja on ilm suviselt soe. Tiril ja Oliver ongitsevad Vanasadamas ja markavad kolme paati, mis uksteise jarel ranna poole triivivad. Paadid on tuhjad ja mitte miski ei viita sellele, kes on nende omanik. Detektiivid Tiril ja Oliver asuvad koos Ottoga asja uurima ja jaljed viivad nad varjulisele Suvesaarele. Jorn Lier Horsti ja Hans Jorgen Sandnesi krimilood lastele on kujunenud noorte lugejate menusarjaks. Jorn Lier Horst kirjutab poneval ...
In The Tale of Mr. Tod, the Flopsy Bunnies have been kidnapped by Tommy Brock the Badger and removed to a house owned by Mr. Tod, a fox and Tommy's archenemy. Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Peter Rabbit set out to rescue them, but when Mr. Tod arrives home to find Tommy asleep in his bed, a fight ensues. Will the Flopsy bunnies be rescued? The eighteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situation ...
In the Tale of Ginger and Pickles, a yellow tomcat and a terrier are shopkeepers in a small village. Though the mice customers make Ginger the cat's mouth water and Pickles the dog finds his rabbit shoppers faintly enticing, the two control their impulses and even extend credit to their customers. But how long can this combination last? The fifteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, ...