This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soirees alterna ...
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. Her mother had di ...
Contiene tabla de contenido activa (HTML) Fiodor Dostoyevski es uno de los principales escritores de su epoca en la Rusia Zarista; la literatura de Dostoyevski explora la psicologia humana en el complejo contexto politico, social y espiritual de la sociedad rusa del siglo XIX. Walter Kaufmann cito las Memorias del subsuelo (1864), escritas con la amarga voz del anonimo «hombre subterraneo», como «la mejor obertura para el existencialismo ...
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Sinister Street is a novel about growing up, and concerns two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella have throught their young life. Both of them are born out of wedlock, something which was frowned upon at the time, but from rich parents. The novel had several sequels, which continue until Michael Fane's marriage. ...
Un pueblo chico, una aldea de montana en la cordillera patagonica argentina, una tormenta de nieve, el invierno. Dadas las manzanas apropiadas ?Comenzara el juego de la serpiente? ?El crimen perfecto es posible, o «crimen perfecto» es otro nombre del statu quo? Cinco mujeres, amigas, cinco historias entrelazadas y revueltas por el viento blanco ?Que hacer con la verdad, cuando el velo se ha rasgado? ?Que h ...
Die dominante Linda hatte ihrem Ehemann Michael eine «Uberraschung» angekundigt. Als der etwas verspatet vom Buro in die gemeinsame Wohnung kommt, bumst seine freizugige Gattin nun vergnugt mit ihrem neuen Lover Peter. Der seine Linda liebende Ehemann muss eine Reihe von Zuchtigungen und Demutigungen des neuen «Liebespaars» in seiner Wohnung ertragen. Er lernt das sehr schnell und leidet nicht nur. Die drei horen gerne klassische Musik, treib ...
Mi Legado, es un grito libertario, nacido desde lo mas profundo de las entranas de un ser, que se sometio a un proceso de deconstruccion, que le permitio encontrarse con sus miedos, sus frustraciones y desenganos, pero tambien le abrio la puerta para encontrar la tranquilidad, el orgullo, la satisfaccion de lo vivido.En suma, el amor propio, despues de lo cual y llegado el momento de reconstruirse comienza a empalmar una tierna historia de vida, ...
