Barbarossa, and Other Tales

Barbarossa, and Other Tales
Author: Paul Heyse
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2019-12-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Barbarossa, and Other Tales" by Paul Heyse is a collection of short stories from the distinguished German writer. Barbarossa, The Embroideress of Treviso, Lottka, The Lost Son, The Fair Kate, and Geoffroy and Garcinde all take readers on an adventure back in time to experience love, loss, and adventure, all mixed with the romance of the 19th century.

A Divided Heart and Other Stories

A Divided Heart and Other Stories
Author: Paul Heyse
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-12-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'A Divided Heart and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories that showcases the literary brilliance of Paul Heyse. With his unparalleled talent as a writer and translator, Heyse emerges as a dominant figure in German literature. Recognized for his remarkable contributions to the literary landscape, Heyse was honored with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910. A total of three stories are featured in this collection: 'A Divided Heart', 'Minka', and 'Rothenburg on the Tauber'.

Tales

Tales
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1884
Genre:
ISBN:

The Romance of the Canoness

The Romance of the Canoness
Author: Paul Heyse
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2022-08-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

To a traveler who is less thoroughly familiar with the local history of the Mart than my friend, Theodor Fontane, and who suddenly finds himself transferred from the capital to the province, one of these little cities looks very much like another. The first feeling amid the neat little houses--most of them only a story high, while walking over the rough pavement kept as clean as the floor of an old maid's room, or passing through the quiet squares planted with acacias or ancient lindens, where nothing is stirring save flocks of noisy sparrows--is a secret doubt whether real people actually dwell here, people who take an active interest in the life of the present day, or whether we have not strayed into a pretty, gigantic toy village, which has merely been set up here for a time and will soon be taken down and packed into boxes like Nuremberg carvings.

Works

Works
Author: Aldrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1879
Genre:
ISBN:

Roughing it

Roughing it
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Belford & Company
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1880
Genre: Authors, American
ISBN:

"Roughing It" is Mark Twain's second novel. It is a humorous collection of facts and somewhat informal travel journal, in which the narrator goes from St. Louis to San Francisco and on to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in the early 1860's. The explosion of the mining business in the Western States of the Union, and more specifically the Territory of Nevada, serve as a backdrop for many of the narrator's adventures. The author examines the economic boom of the area and its consequences on the people, the evolution of English as a diversified language and the transformation of nature by man. The mainly humorous tone of the novel is grounded in the many mishaps, errors of judgments and various mistakes that are constantly preventing the author from attaining his goal - becoming rich with little effort on his part. The book digs in a rich mine of wonderful...

Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller
Author: Henry James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1879
Genre: Americans
ISBN: