I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation... Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley about the young science student Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Since the novel's publication, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself.
Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him... Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. From 1899-1900 he edited the journal Folklore, and from 1890 to 1916 he edited multiple collections of fairy tales: English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1892 anthology), More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894), More English Fairy Tales (1894). He was inspired in this by the Brothers Grimm and the romantic nationalism common in folklorists of his age. It includes the famous stories Conal Hammerclaw, The Story of Deirdre, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, The Wooing of Olwen, Jack and His Comrades, The Sea Maiden, Fairm Brown and Trembling, The Battle of the Birds, Brewery of Eggshells and many others.
At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tourists is the business of the place, which, as many travelers will remember, is seated upon the edge of a remarkably blue lake a lake that it behooves every tourist to visit... Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in JuneJuly 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy. This novella serves as both a psychological description of the mind of a young woman, and an analysis of the traditional views of a society where she is a clear outsider. Henry James uses Daisy's story to discuss what he thinks Europeans and Americans believe about each other, and more generally the prejudices common in any culture. In a letter James said that Daisy is the victim of a "social rumpus" that goes on either over her head or beneath her notice.
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law... The Secret Agent is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is notable for being one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with anarchism, espionage and terrorism. It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable, particularly in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has an intellectual disability. The novel begins in Verloc's home, as he and his wife discuss the trivialities of everyday life, which introduces the reader to Verloc's family. Soon after, Verloc leaves to meet Mr. Vladimir, the new First Secretary in the embassy of a foreign country.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable... Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often called "split personality", referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr. Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil.
I am afraid, Watson that I shall have to go, said Holmes as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. Go! Where to? To Dartmoor; to Kings Pyland... The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The eleven stories of the Memoirs are: "Silver Blaze" Clients: none; "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" Client: Grant Munro; "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" Client: Hall Pycroft; "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" Client: Victor Trevor; "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" Client: Reginald Musgrave; "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" Clients: none; "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" Client: Major Murphy; "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" Client: Arguably Dr Percy Trevelyan (Trevelyan was sent to Sherlock Holmes by Mr. Blessington); "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" Client: Mr. Melas; "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" Client: Percy Phelps; "The Final Problem" Clients: none.
No es que en esos años [la España renacentista] fuera la cuna de pícaros, rufianes y prostitutas, ni tampoco que existiera en ella una mayor conciencia social que en otros países, lo que sucedió fue que una creación genial como La Celestina abrió camino
El nombre de Alfonso de Cartagena (1385-1456), figura principal en la Castilla de Juan II, resonó por toda Europa gracias a su labor diplomática ante el rey de Portugal y el Concilio de Basilea, y por su polémica con Leonardo Bruni acerca de la traducción al latín de la Ética a Nicómano. Hijo de quien fuera gran rabino de Burgos (con el nombre de Shlomo-a-Levi) y más tarde obispo de esa misma ciudad (con el de Pablo de Santa María), a don Alfonso le cupo un importante papel en la Iglesia, como deán de Santiago y Segovia, apostólico y colector pontificio, y finalmente como obispo de Burgos. Su habilidad como negociador se puso de manifiesto en el Concilio de Basilea, donde defendió exitosamente los derechos que asistían a Castilla en la conquista de las Islas Canarias y la precedencia de los reyes de España sobre los de Inglaterra. Al tiempo que servía a la monarquía castellana, persiguió una reforma moral de toda la sociedad basada en la fe cristiana y reforzada por la virtud estoica y los cuatro basamentos de la Ética aristotélica: la fortaleza, la justicia, la liberalidad y la magnificencia. Su obra en latín y romance (incluidas sus traducciones de Cicerón, Séneca y Boccaccio) es de sumo interés para el especialista en Medievo tardío y temprano Renacimiento, que celebrará que el Duodenarium salga finalmente a la luz. En este tratado misceláneo, escrito a su regreso de Basilea, don Alfonso se sirve de dos géneros característicamente humanísticos, la epístola y el diálogo, sobre los que monta un ejercicio exegético cuajado de ideas innovadoras y originales.
Obra escrita hacia los siglos VI y V a.C., nos sorprende por las ideas avanzadas que se vierten llenas de generosidad y cordura sobre ciencia militar, ciencia de la administración y control de la gestión.
La obra en prosa de Séneca, dedicada por entero a la filosofía, es testimonio de la actividad continuada de un autor discutido. Estoico declarado en sus escritos, su condición de consejero áulico de Nerón y testigo de sus atrocidades hacen de él una figura controvertida. La lectura de sus obras nos lleva una y otra vez al mundo del hombre que fija su máxima aspiración en alcanzar la sabiduría y la paz interior.
I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation... Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley about the young science student Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Since the novel's publication, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself.
Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him... Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. From 1899-1900 he edited the journal Folklore, and from 1890 to 1916 he edited multiple collections of fairy tales: English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1892 anthology), More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894), More English Fairy Tales (1894). He was inspired in this by the Brothers Grimm and the romantic nationalism common in folklorists of his age. It includes the famous stories Conal Hammerclaw, The Story of Deirdre, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, The Wooing of Olwen, Jack and His Comrades, The Sea Maiden, Fairm Brown and Trembling, The Battle of the Birds, Brewery of Eggshells and many others.
At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tourists is the business of the place, which, as many travelers will remember, is seated upon the edge of a remarkably blue lake a lake that it behooves every tourist to visit... Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in JuneJuly 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy. This novella serves as both a psychological description of the mind of a young woman, and an analysis of the traditional views of a society where she is a clear outsider. Henry James uses Daisy's story to discuss what he thinks Europeans and Americans believe about each other, and more generally the prejudices common in any culture. In a letter James said that Daisy is the victim of a "social rumpus" that goes on either over her head or beneath her notice.
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law... The Secret Agent is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is notable for being one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with anarchism, espionage and terrorism. It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable, particularly in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has an intellectual disability. The novel begins in Verloc's home, as he and his wife discuss the trivialities of everyday life, which introduces the reader to Verloc's family. Soon after, Verloc leaves to meet Mr. Vladimir, the new First Secretary in the embassy of a foreign country.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable... Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often called "split personality", referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr. Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil.
I am afraid, Watson that I shall have to go, said Holmes as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. Go! Where to? To Dartmoor; to Kings Pyland... The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The eleven stories of the Memoirs are: "Silver Blaze" Clients: none; "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" Client: Grant Munro; "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" Client: Hall Pycroft; "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" Client: Victor Trevor; "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" Client: Reginald Musgrave; "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" Clients: none; "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" Client: Major Murphy; "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" Client: Arguably Dr Percy Trevelyan (Trevelyan was sent to Sherlock Holmes by Mr. Blessington); "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" Client: Mr. Melas; "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" Client: Percy Phelps; "The Final Problem" Clients: none.
No es que en esos años [la España renacentista] fuera la cuna de pícaros, rufianes y prostitutas, ni tampoco que existiera en ella una mayor conciencia social que en otros países, lo que sucedió fue que una creación genial como La Celestina abrió camino
El nombre de Alfonso de Cartagena (1385-1456), figura principal en la Castilla de Juan II, resonó por toda Europa gracias a su labor diplomática ante el rey de Portugal y el Concilio de Basilea, y por su polémica con Leonardo Bruni acerca de la traducción al latín de la Ética a Nicómano. Hijo de quien fuera gran rabino de Burgos (con el nombre de Shlomo-a-Levi) y más tarde obispo de esa misma ciudad (con el de Pablo de Santa María), a don Alfonso le cupo un importante papel en la Iglesia, como deán de Santiago y Segovia, apostólico y colector pontificio, y finalmente como obispo de Burgos. Su habilidad como negociador se puso de manifiesto en el Concilio de Basilea, donde defendió exitosamente los derechos que asistían a Castilla en la conquista de las Islas Canarias y la precedencia de los reyes de España sobre los de Inglaterra. Al tiempo que servía a la monarquía castellana, persiguió una reforma moral de toda la sociedad basada en la fe cristiana y reforzada por la virtud estoica y los cuatro basamentos de la Ética aristotélica: la fortaleza, la justicia, la liberalidad y la magnificencia. Su obra en latín y romance (incluidas sus traducciones de Cicerón, Séneca y Boccaccio) es de sumo interés para el especialista en Medievo tardío y temprano Renacimiento, que celebrará que el Duodenarium salga finalmente a la luz. En este tratado misceláneo, escrito a su regreso de Basilea, don Alfonso se sirve de dos géneros característicamente humanísticos, la epístola y el diálogo, sobre los que monta un ejercicio exegético cuajado de ideas innovadoras y originales.
Obra escrita hacia los siglos VI y V a.C., nos sorprende por las ideas avanzadas que se vierten llenas de generosidad y cordura sobre ciencia militar, ciencia de la administración y control de la gestión.
La obra en prosa de Séneca, dedicada por entero a la filosofía, es testimonio de la actividad continuada de un autor discutido. Estoico declarado en sus escritos, su condición de consejero áulico de Nerón y testigo de sus atrocidades hacen de él una figura controvertida. La lectura de sus obras nos lleva una y otra vez al mundo del hombre que fija su máxima aspiración en alcanzar la sabiduría y la paz interior.