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Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature.

Llana of Gathol is a unique volume in John Carter’s Barsoom series. While the previous books featured a single story throughout, Llana of Gathol is an anthology of four shorter tales written later in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ life. These stories are, The Ancient Dead, The Black Pirates of Barsoom, Yellow Men on Mars and Invisible Men of Mars. These are also considered to be the John Carter stories with the most humor, and explore the life of an older John Carter, Llana of Gathol being his granddaughter.

Los años veinte, en la Europa de posguerra, un grupo de norteamericanos exiliados y golpeados por experiencias en la Primera Guerra Mundial, emprenden un viaje de París a Pamplona. De Rive Gauche a los Sanfermines, la tensión entre los icónicos protagonistas, Brett Ashley y Jake Barnes, en un intento por revivir un amor del paso, se convulsiona entre la fiesta de las corridas de toros en España, nuevos amantes y un pasado que les persigue, convirtiéndolos en parte de una generación perdida.

La vida de Ernest Hemingway se aprecia entre sus páginas, escribió sobre sus experiencias en la guerra, una vida personal conflictiva, sus múltiples...

Long hailed as one of the most brilliant and beloved authors of the Edwardian era, E.M. Forster's works have become among the most critically acclaimed and cherished novels of the past hundred years and have been adapted numerous times for the stage and screen. "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" are presented here in their original and unabridged formats, narrated by renowned audiobook performer Sara Nichols, best known for her readings of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Willa Cather's Prairie Trilogy.

The disturbing Mr. Hyde is making his repugnant presence known in late 19th Century London. But punishment for his vile acts are always parried by the good, and well-respected, Dr. Jekyll. Soon, the secret relationship between the two men will be revealed.

Writer, poet, critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809 and became a literary sensation in 1845 with the publication of his poem "The Raven," considered a great American literary work and one of the best of Poe's career.

Mit diesem "geisterhaften kleinen Buch" hat Charles Dickens das Konzept der modernen Weihnacht erfunden. In einer der beliebtesten Weihnachtsgeschichten der Welt begegnen wir dem hartherzigen Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim und den drei Geistern der Weihnacht. Scrooges verstorbener Geschäftspartner Marley kündigt die Geister an, die Scrooge sodann auf eine fantastische Reise durch seine eigene Vergangenheit mitnehmen. Dadurch entdeckt er schließlich sein großes Herz und "lebte von jetzt an nach dem Grundsatz gänzlicher Enthaltsamkeit; und immer sagte man von ihm, er wisse Weihnachten recht zu feiern."

Escrito en 1952, este thriller nos transporta a una época dorada, donde el núcleo familiar era el pilar de la sociedad. En una era donde la unidad y el apoyo mutuo eran esenciales, Perla, con su inquebrantable apoyo a Joe, juega un papel crucial en la lucha contra el mal. Juntos, logran someter al mismísimo Diablo, atrapándolo en su sótano y desencadenando una serie de eventos que provocan grandes cambios en la humanidad.

One of the first noted American authors to be highly acclaimed in Europe during his life time, Washington Irving (April 3, 1783-November 28, 1859) wrote numerous short stories, biographies, histories, and tales of his travels. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," first published in 1820, is variously regarded as a Gothic tale and a modern folk story about the early history of the United States of America.

La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe est un conte du petit peuple écrit par Alexandre Dumas, le célèbre auteur des Trois Mousquetaires et du Comte de Monte-Cristo. Sur les rives du Rhin médieval, vivait jadis une femme au grand coeur, charitable, une personne aimable, compatissante, déterminée et noble : la comtesse Berthe.

Les Paradis artificiels de Charles Baudelaire est un livre révolutionnaire qui plonge dans le monde de la drogue et de ses effets sur l'esprit humain. Publié en 1860, cet ouvrage fondamental explore les expériences de l'auteur et de ses contemporains sous l'influence de l'opium et du haschisch. Les descriptions vivantes de Baudelaire sur les hallucinations et les visions induites par ces drogues offrent un aperçu unique du monde des toxicomanes.

Песенка в шесть пенсов и карман пшеницы — две первые строчки известной английской песенки, а также названия не менее известных двух произведений Арчибальда Кронина, созданных в лучших традициях "романов воспитания" Диккенса, Бальзака и Флобера. Рассказ о судьбе юноши из Шотландии, мечтательного, амбициозного и наивного отразил многие автобиографические факты из жизни автора. О его приключениях, победах и поражениях, потерях и обретениях, влюбленностях и разочарованиях Кронин повествует с теплым юмором и с тем проникновенным, вызывающим сочувствие и сопереживание реализмом, который отличает его оригинальный творческий почерк.

Читачам пропонується один з найкращих творів античної літератури — роман римського письменника Апулея (125—170), що належить до вершин світового письменства. Перед нами захоплююча розповідь про дивовижні пригоди головного героя Луція, перетвореного магічною силою на осла. Роман приваблює незвичайним сплавом казкових, фольклорних та реалістичних сюжетів, а також достеменним відтворенням життя римської провінції II ст. н. е.

Захватывающая семейная сага английской писательницы Дафны Дюморье (1907–1989), книги которой стали классикой готической традиции в литературе XX века. Мастер тонкого психологического портрета и виртуоз интриги, Дюморье, как никто другой, умеет держать читателя в напряжении. Недаром одним из почитателей ее таланта был кинорежиссер Альфред Хичкок, снявший по ее произведениям знаменитые кинотриллеры, среди которых "Ребекка", "Птицы", "Трактир "Ямайка""... Роман Голодная гора написан в 1943 году; книга имела успех у читателей и, как многие произведения Дюморье, вскоре была экранизирована.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg, the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation.

Zorro, is the debut edition of Literature's Greatest Heroes, a deluxe collection of novels spanning Western literature's most daring protagonists. Originally published in 1924 as The Curse of Capistrano, this is the debut novel featuring the legendary Zorro. This special audiobook edition, commissioned by the Royal Atlantic Library for this series, is narrated by Martin Osborne in a delightfully campy--yet thoroughly compelling--style reminiscent of the pulp era of the novel's debut.

Le roman Les Borgia fait partie de la saga historique "Les Crimes célèbres", une série de romans d'Alexandre Dumas, parus entre 1839 et 1840. Chaque roman prend son origine dans un contexte historique différent, couvrant une période allant de la Renaissance à l'époque contemporaine de Dumas. César Borgia, fils du pape Alexandre VI, domine cette famille illustre qui va se construire un royaume dans l'Italie de la Renaissance, éliminant par le fer ou le poison ses principaux rivaux. Il est le frère de Lucrèce Borgia qui a marqué son époque comme protectrice des arts et des lettres.

Once passionate about the theatre, playwright Martin Cheveril is now disillusioned and contemplating a change of career. His new play, a bitter and cynical piece, is about to premiere when something strange happens. After stumbling upon an old pamphlet about a talented young actress named Jenny Villiers who died in 1846, Cheveril dozes off and finds himself somehow transported back to the theatre of her day. By some mysterious means, he will find himself a spectator of the tragedy of Jenny's life and death-a tragedy whose effects will echo strangely into the present day.

Clara Batchelor is twenty-two. Her brief doomed marriage to Archie over, she returns to live with her parents in the home of her childhood. She hopes for comfort but the devoutly Catholic household confines her and forms a dangerous glass wall of guilt and repression between Clara and the outside world. Clara both longs for and fears what lies beyond, and when she escapes into an exhilarating and passionate love affair her fragile identity cracks.