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THE PERMANENT HUSBAND, also published as The Eternal Husband, is a psychological novella by the acclaimed Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The plot revolves around the intense and complex relationship between Velchaninov and Trusotsky. Velchaninov, the protagonist, is a former lover of the recently deceased wife of Trusotsky, the title character. Some critics have ranked this novella among Dostoeyevsky’s best works because of its style and structure. Alfred Bem has called it "one of the most complete works by Dostoyevsky in regards to its composition and development. – Adapted from ...

Crime and Punishment is the second of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years of exile in Siberia, and is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. The novel focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov, in an attempt to defend his actions, argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime while ridding the world of a vermin, ...

In einem langen teils qual-, teils freudvollen aber immer leidenschaftlichen Prozess verschmelzen Mann und Frau zu einem Individuum. Der Weg dahin wird geprägt von starken erotischen Fantasien, die in Bezug zu den verschiedensten Bereichen des menschlichen Zusammenlebens gebracht werden. Hierbei werden sowohl Naturgewalten, Überlieferungen aus der Antike, mystische Erscheinungen, religiöse und heidnische Bräuche und vor allem Vergleiche aus der Botanik symbolisch genutzt. Przybyszewskis hoch entwickelte Sprache macht das Werk zu einem Kleinod der erotischen Literatur. (Zusammenfassung von ...

Nanda Brookenham is coming of age, and thus 'coming out' in London society - which leads to complications in her family's social set in London's fin de siècle life. James presents the novel almost entirely in dialogue, an experiment that adds to the immediacy of the scenes but also creates serious ambiguities about characters and their motives. Summary by Anna Simon, adapted from Wikipedia.

Owing to its highly personal content focused on feminine sexuality, this LibriVox edition was recorded by eight female readers. The Modern Library edition of The Awakening has an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: “The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings ...

A dialogue between a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese Sea-captain, about the latter's voyage to a utopian city. (Summary by Rapunzelina)

Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the conflict by discussing the impact on national identity in the early 19th century. - Summary by Jeffery Smith

A collection of readings in the readers' language of choice.

Written over a century and a half ago, Madame Bovary is still an extraordinarily fresh, exciting and shockingly frank novel, at once an acute psychological study of a woman drawn into adultery through circumstances we can partly understand, and a sharply-observed comedy that offers a fascinating glimpse of the social and cultural divisions running through French provincial society in the mid nineteenth century. This translation is by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, a prominent social activist and literary translator. She was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx. (Summary by Peter Dann)

De camino a Francia, adonde es enviado en cadena de presos, Gabriel consigue escapar con algunos compañeros y librarse de su triste destino para enfrentarse a otro aún más atroz. Refugiado en Zaragoza, asistirá al segundo sitio de la ciudad por las tropas francesas. Allí será espectador en primera línea del hambre, la desesperación, la epidemia y mil y otros padecimientos más. Sólo el funesto y malhadado amor entre Agustín Montoria y Mariquilla Candiola mantiene una llama de esperanza entre tanta desdicha. - Summary by Alejandro Castillo

En este segundo volumen de "Los mil y un fantasmas" Dumas comparte una historia que, en su lecho de muerte le confesó su maestro Carlos Nodier. Tiene como protagonista al escrito de terror E.T.A. Hoffmann y sus aventuras en el París de la Revolución Francesa. "La mujer del collar de terciopelo" se inicia como una turbulenta historia de amor, pero paulatinamente va deslizándose hacia tonos más oscuros y terriblemente espeluznantes ... (Introducción por Epachuko)

This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 1640s France. Familial jealousies harbored by her sister-in-law, the Marchioness de Bouille, intertwine with the greedy schemes of a fugitive relative, the Marquis de Saint-Maixent, to produce a scandalous series of events. - Summary by jvanstan

Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. Includes The Man in the Iron Mask and Martin Guerre. - Summary by Michele Eaton

'The Listener'First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances...'Number Thirteen'Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence...'The Horla'Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers.'The Beast with Five Fingers'With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and a ...

The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux camélias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently adapted for the stage. The Lady of the Camellias premiered at the Theatre de Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852. An instant success, Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about to put the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera La Traviata with the female protagonist "Marguerite Gautier" renamed "Violetta Valéry".In the English-speaking world, The Lady of the Camellias became known as Camille and sixteen versions have been performed at ...

Subtitled "The Throne, The Tomb, and The Scaffold - An Historical Play in 3 Acts From the Celebrated Play of that Name by Alexandre Dumas" - How can you resist a play about English history - the doomed fifth wife of Henry the 8th - by the celebrated French author of The Musketeers?? - Summary by ToddHWCast list:Henry VIII, King of England: Larry WilsonAthelwold, Duke of Northumberland: Paul SimoninArchbishop Cranmer: alanmapstoneDuke of Sussex: KHandDuke of Norfolk: tovarischGrand Chamberlain: Tomas PeterLieutenant of the Tower: Sandra SchmitFleming, an Alchemist: AvaillePage: LydiaMartin ...

Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life. The thought is intoxicating... and so is the cargo, which they sample. Inattention nearly brings them to grief in a sudden storm. This sobering experience is followed by another - apparently the dead officers had a similar ambition! - and their dreams of riches vanish.Then, nearly out of provisions and deep in the heart of the Pacific ...

This is our 33rd collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. (Summary by ToddHW)1. Bengali - শাবধাণ [Shabdhan] - 02:38Sukumar Raylink to text (p. 34)Keyword: Nonsense verse; Humour; Be careful2. French - À cheval - 14:01Guy de Maupassantlink to textKeywords: Société; Fatalité; Paris; Humour3. French - Décoré! - 12:08Guy de Maupassantlink to textKeywords: Société; Humour; Honneurs4. French - De la mode - 36:12Jean de La ...

Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud published in German in 1913 under the title Totem und Tabu: Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912–13) employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. The four essays are entitled: The Horror of Incest; Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence; Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts; and The Return of Totemism in ...

Es posible que Emilia Pardo Bazán, sea la primera mujer que haya escrito una novela policíaca, 9 años antes que Ágatha Christie publicara su primera obra, la gallega publicó esta novela breve: "La gota de sangre". Protagonizada por el detective Ignacio Selva, es fruto de las inquietudes literarias de esta asombrosa y prolífica mujer, que se atrevió a experimentar con este género que tanto desarrollo empezaba a tener a principio del siglo XX en el extranjero, pero que en España estaba prácticamente inédito. - Summary by Epachuko