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41) Lenz
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Die Erzählung schildert die tragische Geschichte des psychisch erkrankten Sturm-und-Drang-Dichters Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. Mit einer innovativen Erzähltechnik ermöglicht Georg Büchner dem Leser ein Miterleben des Wahns, der als nachvollziehbare Reaktion auf die Umgebung erscheint.
Aus Sicht des psychisch Kranken konnte Büchner auch Zweifel an Gott formulieren, ohne sich angreifbar zu machen.
42) Lot No. 249
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Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy.
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One of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy was also the author of a number of superb short stories, one of his best known being “The Kreutzer Sonata.” This macabre story involves the murder of a wife by her husband. It is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a piercing complaint about the way in which society educates men and women in matters of sex—a serious condemnation of the mores and attitudes of the wealthy, educated class....
44) William Wilson
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'William Wilson' is an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe, set in London. The author explores the theme of the evil twin, as a precursor to later tales like 'Markheim' by Robert Louis Stevenson and Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.' The protagonist, whose real name isn't exactly William Wilson, denounces his past while denying full responsibility for his actions. It all started at school when a boy with that name and the same birthday appeared...
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Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the joy that the protagonist finds in the delights of her Pomeranian garden, which provides relief from the stifling environment of her household. The novel was originally published anonymously because von...
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Beth and Jean and three other girls at No. 16 Chestnut Terrace are spending a cheery Christmas together opening presents that came in the mail, since none could go home this year. Beth remarks that Miss Allen, an older woman resident of the boarding house, is apparently alone this year. Though Miss Allen is not widely liked by the girls, they agree that no one should have to spend Christmas alone. Thus, a Christmas Inspiration is born.
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Der Deichgraf Hauke Haien hat den kühnen Plan, einen neuen, besseren Deich zu bauen. Doch die Dorfbewohner stehen dem Vorhaben skeptisch gegenüber. Ihr Aberglaube wird noch genährt, als der Deichgraf einen lahmen Schimmel kauft, der unter seinen Händen prächtig gedeiht.
In einem Oktober jagt der Deichgraf auf seinem Schimmel zum Deich hinaus, der von einem schweren Unwetter bedroht wird. Um den alten Damm zu retten, müsste er den neuen einreißen,...
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M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with redefining the ghost story form. By abandoning many of the formal gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more contemporary settings, James set the stage for future generations of writers. Originally published in 1904, "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is the story of a man who digs up a bronze whistle, which, after blowing it, leads to unexpected consequences....
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The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from savage tirades to lighthearted social satire. In addition to his classic essays, the collection includes several of Swift's letters to Alexander Pope and other great thinkers of the age.
50) Blue Steel
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An U.S. Marshal is suspected of a robbery when he witnesses it. As he investigates, he realizes the town's leading citizen is planning a massive heist. He must clear his name and stop the real culprits.
1934 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. The film stars John Wayne in one of his earlier leading roles. The story revolves around a U.S. marshal who gets caught up in a robbery where he is suspected of being the culprit.
U.S. Marshal...
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The Return of the Soldier is the powerful debut novel of the prolific English novelist Rebecca West. First published in 1918, the novel opens with the return of the shell-shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War, and grapples with the devastation of mental trauma from that war and its effects on families.
Recounted from the perspective of his cousin Jenny, the story examines the relationship between Chris and the three...
52) Lost Hearts
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First published in 1895, Lost Hearts is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particular story we meet Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy who is sent to stay with his...
53) Michael Kohlhaas
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Der angesehene Rosshändler Michael Kohlhaas muss in der Burg des Junkers Wenzel von Tronka einen Teil seiner edlen Pferde zurücklassen, weil er angeblich den nötigen Passierschein nicht besitzt. Als er mit den geforderten Dokumenten zurückkehrt, haben die Ritter seinen Knecht zuschanden geprügelt und die Pferde zugrunde gerichtet. Monatelang bemüht sich Kohlhaas auf allen juristischen Wegen um Gerechtigkeit. Als seine Frau bei einem Bittweg...
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El pozo y el péndulo es un cuento de Edgar Allan Poe que se publicó en 1842.
Es considerado uno de los relatos más famosos del Maestro Poe, y uno de los más espeluznantes dentro de la literatura de terror, pues transmite el abandono, la desorientación, el desconcierto y la desesperanza de una persona que sabe que va a morir.
El nombre del relato proviene de un pozo situado dentro de la celda en la que se encuentra el protagonista, dónde también...
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"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.
The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit...
56) Pericles
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Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2015 production of Pericles, Shakespeare's first romance. This stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the OSF cast, is a must-listen. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, sets out to woo a princess and sails headlong into harrowing adventure. Pursued by an evil king, Pericles is blown from port to exotic port. Along the way, he finds the love of his life, then...
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Government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders infiltrates a small town to investigate a corrupt land baron who is hoarding water and extorting ranchers. Saunders teams up with a young woman whose mine has been stolen by the baron, and together they fight to bring him down.
1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders. It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between...
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"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow.
Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night...
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Una de las historias mas famosas de la literatura mundial, describe la aventura de cuatro hombres valientes de armas, amigos inseparables, durante el reinado de Luis XIII de Francia. D'Artagnan, listo y valiente, que llega de su provincia con muchas aspiraciones y poco dinero, durante la aventura conocerá a tres valientes mosqueteros del rey: Athos, Porthos y Aramis, con los que vivirá mil peripecias, siempre en pugna con los guardias del cardenal...
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"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London....
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