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This carefully crafted ebook: «Anne of Green Gables + Anne of Avonlea + Anne of the Island» contains the 3 First Anne Shirley Classics Unabridged books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents : Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Green Gables (1908), a sentimentalized but often charming story of a spirited, unconventional orphan girl who finds a home with an elderly couple, which helped her achieve international success with both adults and children. Anne of Avonlea (1909) follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. Anne of the Island (1915). Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942) was a Canadian author with roots in Scotland. She lost her mother at an early age, and was raised by her maternal grandparents. She began to keep a diary and discovered at the age of 10 that she could write poetry. The novels about Anne and Emily are semi-autobiographical and contain many of her own memories from the 1880s and 1890s on Prince Edward Island in Canada. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Hunting of the Snark – With the Original High Resolution Illustrations of Henry Holiday» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Hunting of the Snark is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem «Jabberwocky» in his children's novel Through the Looking Glass. The plot follows a crew of ten trying to hunt the Snark, an animal which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum; the only one of the crew to find the Snark quickly vanishes, leading the narrator to explain that it was a Boojum after all. Henry Holiday illustrated the poem, and the poem is dedicated to Gertrude Chataway, whom Carroll met as a young girl at the English seaside town Sandown in the Isle of Wight in 1875. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems «The Hunting of the Snark» and «Jabberwocky», all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Kama Sutra – Annotated (The original english translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is the unabridged original english translation (with all the comments and annotations) made by Sir Richard Francis Burton and first published in 1883. The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted poetry verses. «Kama» which is one of the three goals of Hindu life, means sensual or sexual pleasure, and «sutra» literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. Contrary to popular perception, especially in the western world, Kama sutra is not just an exclusive sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family life and other aspects pertaining to pleasure oriented faculties of human life. Content Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra has 1250 verses, distributed in 36 chapters, which are further organized into 7 parts. According to the Burton translation, the contents of the book are structured into 7 parts like the following: 1. General remarks Chapters on contents of the book, three aims and priorities of life, the acquisition of knowledge, conduct of the well-bred townsman, reflections on intermediaries who assist the lover in his enterprises (5 chapters). 2.

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Este ebook presenta «Electra» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Electra es una tragedia de Sófocles de fecha incierta pero muy probablemente representada entre el 418 y el 410 a. C. Electra era hija del rey Agamenón de Micenas y de su esposa Clitemnestra, y hermana de Ingenia, Crisotemis y Orestes. Su nombre significa «ámbar» en griego, o quizá «chispa» (electron), pues la electricidad estática se consigue frotando el ámbar. Agamenón fue asesinado por su esposa y Egisto, su amante, después de regresar de Troya. Los asesinos también quisieron acabar con el joven heredero Orestes, pero Electra le facilitó la huida a Focis, aunque según otra versión Orestes ya había huido a Focis antes del asesinato de su padre. Electra permaneció en Micenas y cuando Orestes regresó con su primo y amigo Pilades, le aconsejó vengarse de su madre y Egisto mientras visitaban la tumba de su padre. Electra presenció el acto de venganza final. Sófocles (495 a.C. – 406 a.C.) fue un poeta trágico de la Antigua Grecia. Autor de obras como Antígona o Edipo Rey, se sitúa, junto con Esquilo y Eurípides, entre las figuras más destacadas de la tragedia griega.

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Este ebook presenta «De Los Nombres de Cristo» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Fray Luis de León empezó a escribir en 1572 De los nombres de Cristo, y la terminó en 1585. Esta obra muestra su idea definitiva de los temas que esbozó en sus poemas en forma de diálogo ciceroniano donde se comentan las diversas interpretaciones de los nombres que se dan a Cristo en la Biblia. El texto es considerado un ejemplo máximo de la prosa castellana. Poeta y religioso español, Fray Luis de León (1527 – 1591) es considerado como uno de los claros exponentes del Renacimiento español, como parte de la literatura ascética practicada por otros religiosos de su época. Fray Luis de León formó parte de la orden de los Agustinos y a lo largo de su carrera se enfrentó en varias ocasiones a la ortodoxia de la iglesia, siendo encarcelado en varias ocasiones. Más tarde llegó a ocupar la cátedra de Sagrada Escritura en Salamanca, aunque la política interior universitaria le hiciera acabar frente a la inquisición en un largo proceso del que fue absuelto.

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Este ebook presenta «Imitación de Cristo (texto completo, con índice activo)» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Imitación de Cristo es una de las obras de devoción cristiana más conocida desde entonces, redactada para la vida espiritual de los monjes y frailes, que ha tenido una amplia difusión entre los miembros de la Iglesia católica. El autor Tomás de Kempis lo distribuyó en cuatro pequeños libritos. El libro Primero Narra cómo es la lucha activa que hay que librar para convertirse y reformarse y los obstáculos que se le presentan a quiénes desean ser santos, entre los cuales está como principal: ser «la sirena» de este mundo, o sea la atracción, el deseo de darle gusto al propio egoísmo y de obtener honores, famas, altos puestos, riquezas y gozos sensuales y vida fácil y cómoda. El libro segundo. Enseña cómo hay que comportarse en las tribulaciones y sufrimientos. Emplea mucho el nombre de Jesús indicando el afecto muy vivo y profundo que siente hacia el Redentor y que desea sientan sus lectores también. El libro tercero ya ha subido mas alto en espiritualidad. Aquí ya a Cristo lo llama El Señor. Se ha dado cuenta que la santidad no depende solamente de nuestros esfuerzos sino sobre todo de la ayuda de Dios. El libro cuarto de la Imitación está dedicado a la Eucaristía y es uno de los más bellos tratados que se han escrito acerca del Santísimo Sacramento. Millones de personas en todos los continentes han leído este librito para prepararse o dar gracias cuando comulgan. Beato Tomás de Kempis O.S.A. ( 1380 – 1471) fue un fraile católico renacentista del siglo XV, autor de la Imitación de Cristo. Era un hombre sumamente humilde, que pasó su larga vida entre el estudio, la oración y las obras de caridad, dedicando gran parte de su tiempo a la dirección espiritual de personas que necesitaban de sus consejos. La Iglesia Católica venera a este fraile como «beato», mientras la Iglesia anglicana lo considera santo.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Albion and Marina» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Albion and Marina was written by Charlotte Brontë when she was 14 years old. It is her first love story, a romance about star-crossed lovers. Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847) and sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. In their works they described love more truthfully that was common in Victorian age England. In the past 40 years Charlotte Brontë's reputation has risen rapidly, and feminist criticism has done much to show that she was speaking up for oppressed women of every age.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Originally produced in 1793, Visions of the Daughters of Albion has become one of Blake's most widely read and interpreted prophecies. The main character is a liberation figure challenging not only male chauvinism and marriage but the institution of slavery and imperialism in general. The female protagonist Oothoon, a sex slave who is raped by the slave driver Bromion, is clearly made to represent both the fertile, virginal and innocent lands of the pre-colonialism New World and the oppression of the women of Blake's time, who were, like slaves, treated as property of their husbands. In the course of his poem Oothoon becomes the ultimate symbol for liberation both as a woman and as a slave. William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. Blake proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Book of Thel (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional table of contents. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably composed in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It was preceded by Tiriel, which Blake left in manuscript. A few lines from Tiriel were incorporated into The Book of Thel. Most of the poem is in unrhymed verse. This book consists of eight plates executed in illuminated printing. Sixteen copies of the original print of 1789-1793 are known. Three copies bearing a watermark of 1815 are more elaborately colored than the others. William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. Blake proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.

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Avec Poker d'as, Bernède signe un roman policier passionnant et original. La marquise de Rhuys a deux fils, des jumeaux aux caractères et aux vies totalement différents : le premier, Robert, est un écrivain reconnu et même académicien. Le deuxième, Jean, est un aventurier surnommé Poker d'As au passé plus tumultueux. Il a en effet commis un crime et vit donc à l'étranger pour se faire oublier. Il revient en France avec l'intention de dérober de l'argent à sa mère mais Robert le surprend. L'altercation qui s'ensuit est fatale : Robert tue Jean. Pour que le déshonneur ne tombe pas sur la famille, Robert va prendre l'identité de Jean et faire croire à son propre décès. Une situation des plus compliquées à tenir qui va engendrer de nombreux rebondissements. Arthur Bernède (1871 – 1937), est un romancier populaire français. Auteur très prolixe, il a créé plusieurs centaines de personnages romanesques, dont certains, devenus très célèbres, tels que Belphégor, Judex et Mandrin, ont effacé leur créateur. Il a également mis en scène Vidocq, inspiré par les exploits de ce chef de la Sûreté haut en couleurs. Il est également connu sous les noms de plume de Jean de la Périgne et de Roland d'Albret.

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