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Un acontecimiento extraordinario, o el relato verídico que refiere cómo a un caballero de cierta edad y mucho respeto se lo tragó, vivo y todo, el cocodrilo que estaba expuesto en el "Pasaje", y lo que de ello resultó. (Introducción por Phileas Fogg)

Obra cumbre de la literatura rusa y universal. Probablemente la más conocida de Dostoyesky. Está dividida en 6 partes y un epílogo.El estudiante Raskólnikoff, agobiado por pobreza y una serie de extraños razonamientos que van creciendo en su cabeza, planifica y ejecuta un terrible asesinato, llegando a convencerse de que ha obrado con justicia y hasta con brillantez. En las siguientes semanas, la investigación del crimen, la sospecha de poder ser descubierto, sus miserias morales y otros acontecimientos, irán generando un cambio profundo en la forma de ser y la psicología de nuestro ...

Fyodor Dostoevesky's "The Crocodile," first published in 1865 in the magazine "Epoch," is the story of Ivan Matveitch, a young man who gets swallowed by a crocodile, and survives. What will life be like for him, inside the crocodile? How will his marriage with Elena Ivanovna fare? (Summary by Phillip Cryan)

"Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. "Crime and Punishment" focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and ...

Newlyweds Betty Revere and Peter Van Zandt are completely smitten with each other. Their wedding is said to have been one of the most beautiful ever seen in New York. A conflict between the couple causes a series of events to take place which isn’t rectified till years later by a special little boy looking for Christmas happiness. - Summary by Jenn Broda

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Christmas Greens by George A. Baker Jr..This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 29, 2020. ------A cold winter's night, two damsels vying for the affections of the pastor. - Summary by David Lawrence

Nine stories, chapters, or essays about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by David Wales

L'essenza dell'Abruzzo è declinata in questa novella nei suoi peculiari aspetti culturali.Lo sguardo attento e compiaciuto di Valerio Di Stefano ci accompagna attraverso le viuzze di un paesino dove la vita scorre ancora lenta, tra i profumi e i sapori di una terra "forte e gentile" come i suoi abitanti."Lo schiaffatone" si differenzia completamente dalle precedenti narrazioni, mantenendo però il solito marchio di fabbrica: un'ironia inconfondibile e sottile che, in queste pagine, diventa bonaria ed empatica.Valerio Di Stefano è docente di lingua e letteratura spagnola dalla penna felice ...

Four poems by American Poets, including The River Path by John Greenleaf Whittier, Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Rose by James Russell Lowell, and Baby Bell by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. - Summary by Krista Zaleski

La Vita Nuova di Dante Alighieri nella lettura di Valerio Di Stefano.

American author and poet, Clinton Scollard, presents a charming collection of poetry to brighten the Christmas season. - Summary by Larry Wilson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Christmas by W. H. Davies.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 7, 2022. ------This Fortnightly features the festive, well, partying side of the Holiday Season. - Summary by David Lawrence

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2022.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882) was an American poet and teacher best known for the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song Of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline." He was one of the so-called fireside poets from New England. This poem was written on Christmas Day 1863 and deals with the stark contrast between the Christmas message of peace on earth and the brutal and devastating American Civil War which was at its height....

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Christmas in the Heart by Paul Laurence Dunbar.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 10, 2023. ------Dunbar became the first African-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance. The New York Times called him "a true singer of the people – white or black." Frederick Douglass once referred to Dunbar as, "one of the sweetest songsters his race has produced and a man of whom [he hoped] great things." - Summary by Wikipedia

Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales

Seven stories, chapters, essays, or poetry about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by david wales

Now that the railroad has come through, Christie Tucker's parents have decided to save enough for her to go to her well-to-do Uncle Daniel for a one-day visit, on Christmas, which is also Christie's birthday. It's her first trip away from home -- and on the cars! Of course, the trip doesn't turn out exactly as expected. That one day, and how Christie lived it, has consequences that keep coming! Addressed by the author to girls, it is still a pleasant story for adults, too. (Summary by TriciaG)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of On Christmas Eve by Katharine Lee Bates.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2021.-------Best known as the author of "America the Beautiful", American professor and poet Katharine Lee Bates also wrote many books and articles on social reform. In this poem, she strips away some of the outer layers of the Christmas story to peer into the core of the event. - Summary by TriciaG

Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passages in books where they have lain hidden for decades. Britannica defines an essay as "an analytic, interpretive, or critical literary composition usually much shorter and less systematic and formal than a dissertation or thesis and usually dealing with its subjects from a limited and often personal point of view." In short, an essay is neither fiction nor a short story, but a composition designed to educate/persuade more than entertain or inform, though ...