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A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sy..

On the Origin of Species published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin’s book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of nat..

The Cruise of the Snark (1911) is a non-fictional, book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyage was his wife Charmian London and a small crew. London taught himself celestial navigation and the basic..

This is a tale of wild adventures in the Klondike, in which Christopher Bellew, nicknamed “Smoke,” proves himself the hero of countless marvelous exploits. Bellew, who has drifted into journalism in San Francisco, is invited by his uncle to take a short trip to the gold-region, the elder man deplori..

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the main novels in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later Romantic movement. Goethe, aged 24 at the time, finished Werther ..

Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, which was one of the best-selling books of that year and it was London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed “Burning Daylight” was the most successful en..

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 and then published in its entirety in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce’s 40th birthday. It is considered one of the mos..

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in the 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ‘The Mantle and Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories that include ‘The Viy’, ‘The Nose’, ‘A May Night’, ‘The Mantle’, and ‘Memoirs of a Mad..

Lady Windermere's Fan is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London.The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it,..

Henry IV, First Part (often written as 1 Henry IV) is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. The play dramatises part of the reign of King Henry IV of England, beginning with the battle at Homildon Hill late in 1402, and ending with King Henry's vict..

Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens ist eine 1904 erschienene Studie von Sigmund Freud. Der Untertitel lautet in den ersten Auflagen Über Vergessen, Versprechen, Vergreifen, Aberglaube und Irrtum, in späteren Auflagen findet man auch “Aberglauben” statt “Aberglaube”. Freud führt in seiner Studie ..

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life is a 1901 work by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Based on Freud's researches into slips and parapraxes from 1897 onwards, it became perhaps the best-known of all Freud's writings.The Psychopathology was originally published in the Monograph for Psy..

The Interpretation of Dreams is an 1899 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which the author introduces his theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and discusses what would later become the theory of the Oedipus complex. Freud revised the book at least e..

Die Traumdeutung ist eines der einflussreichsten und umstrittensten Werke Sigmund Freuds. Dieses Buch konzentriert sich auf Freuds psychoanalytische Theorien und befasst sich mit der Bedeutung von Träumen und der Bedeutung des Unterbewusstseins.Freud glaubte, dass Träume Ausdruck unterbewusster Geda..

Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens Gradiva ist ein 1907 von Sigmund Freud verfasster Aufsatz, der den Roman Gradiva von Wilhelm Jensen und insbesondere seinen Protagonisten einer Psychoanalyse unterzieht.Der Roman handelt von einem jungen Archäologen, Norbert Hanold, der in einem langen und kompl..

Unter dem Titel „Drei Beiträge zur Sexualtheorie“ handelt es sich um ein Werk von Sigmund Freud, dem Begründer der Psychoanalyse, aus dem Jahr 1905, in dem der Autor seine Theorie der Sexualität, insbesondere ihrer Beziehung zur Kindheit, weiterentwickelt.Freuds Buch behandelte drei Hauptbereiche: s..

Introduction to Psychoanalysis or Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis is a set of lectures given by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in 1915–1917 (published 1916–1917, in English 1920). The 28 lectures offer an elementary stock-taking of his views of the unconscious, dreams, and t..

In "Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex," esteemed author Freud delves deep into the intricate and evolving nature of human sexuality. This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive examination of the various aspects that shape our understanding of sex, contributing significant insights to the..

The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine’s Confessions. Covering the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life, up to 1765, it ..

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. The protagonist is nominally the historical Zarathustra, but, besides a handful of sentences, Nietzsche is not particularly concerned with any resemblance. Much of the b..

Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel written by Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the fifteenth century. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". The story takes place amidst actual historical e..

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by the English author Mary Anne Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. It first appeared in eight instalments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, in 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories wit..

Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832.Set during the time of the Reform Act of 1832, the story centres on an election contested by Harold Transome, a local landowner, in th..

Adam Bede was the first novel by George Eliot, and was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Eliot was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. Adam, a local carpenter much admired for his integrity and intelligence, is in love with Hetty. She is attracted..

Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.Villette..

Shirley is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. t was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from th..

Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman which follows the expe..

Charles Darwin’s Autobiography was first published in 1887, five years after his death. It was a bowdlerized edition: Darwin’s family, attempting to protect his posthumous reputation, had deleted all the passages they considered too personal or controversial. The present complete edition did not app..

During the First World War the pioneer anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski found himself stranded on the Trobriand Islands, off the eastern coast of New Guinea. By living among the people he studied there, speaking their language and participating in their activities, he invented what became known a..

Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens, written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country “like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself as spectator”.In 1844, Dickens took..

Master Humphrey’s Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends (which includes Mr. Pickwick), and their penchan..

“Soldier, soldier come from the wars,I’ll down an’ die with my true love!”“The pit we dug’ll ‘ide ‘im an’ the twenty men beside ‘im—An’ you’d best go look for a new love.”“Soldier, soldier come from the wars,Do you bring no sign from my true love?”“I bring a lock of ‘air that ‘e allus used to wear,A..

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters..

Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other..

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after..

The Battle of Life is an 1846 novel by Charles Dickens. It is the fourth of his five “Christmas Books”, coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain.The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle. Some characters refe..