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The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis-inseparable friends who live by the motto, One for all, and all for one.The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Those three novels by Dumas are together known as the D'Artagnan Romances.The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844.

Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861-1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel.Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer.In this memoir, readers can see examples of Twain's rough-hewn humor, which would become a staple of his writing in his later books, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Alcott prefaces Little Women with an excerpt from John Bunyan's seventeenth-century work The Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical novel about leading a Christian life. Alcott's story begins with the four March girls-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-sitting in their living room, lamenting their poverty. The girls decide that they will each buy themselves a present in order to brighten their Christmas. Soon, however, they change their minds and decide that instead of buying presents for themselves, they will buy presents for their mother, Marmee. Marmee comes home with a letter from Mr. March, the girls' father, who is serving as a Union chaplain in the Civil War. The letter inspires the girls to bear their burdens more cheerfully and not to complain about their poverty.

Mark Twain nous décrit, avec beaucoup de talent, les frasques et mésaventures de Tom Sawyer, jeune garçon à l'esprit vif et débordant d'imagination, élevé par sa tante, au bord du Mississipi. Tom ne loupe pas une occasion de se distinguer pour plaire à la jolie Becky, et il est toujours prêt pour vivre des aventures en compagnie de son inséparable ami Huckleberry Finn, fils de l'ivrogne du village. Un soir dans un cimetière, Tom et Huck sont témoins d'un meurtre. Muff Potter est accusé du crime, mais Tom et Huck savent que le véritable assassin est Joe l'Indien...Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer est un des chefs-d'oeuvre de la littérature américaine. Chacun y trouvera certainement des réminiscences de sa propre enfance et prendra un bain de jouvence à la description des exploits de ce petit diable qui a malgré tout un bon fond.

An old sailor, calling himself "the captain" but really called Billy Bones, comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the English coast during the mid 1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "seafaring men." One of these shows up, frightening Billy (who drinks far too much rum) into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his mother (his father has died only a few days before) unlock the sea chest, finding some money, a journal, and a map. The local physician, Dr. Livesey, deduces that the map is of an island where the pirate Flint buried a vast treasure. The district squire, Trelawney, proposes buying a ship and going after the treasure, taking Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy.

Poor Jack Fisher's Alley I summoned all my strength, and called out long before we floated past her Anderson reading the Bible to Jack Anderson reading the news of the Battle of the Nile Jack's Father landing after the Battle of the Nile Jack in Nanny's Room Jack and Bramble aboard the Indiaman The Fore peak Yarn "How's her head, Tom?" Bramble saving Bessie Jack heaving the lead Nanny relating her story Jack and his Father under the Colonnade A Surprise Bramble and Jack carried into a French Port The Leith Smack and the Privateer The Arrival of the Privateer at Lanion The Prison Jack a Prisoner The Escape Wreck of the Galley We found both Bramble and Bessy clinging to the rope Bramble had knelt by the bedside, and was evidently in prayer I went down to the beach, ... and I was soon on board "Mr. Saunders, ... may I ask where you procured this spy glass?" Sir J. O'Connor and Mrs. St. Felix I met face to face a Frenchman

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of women in Victorian culture, conventional and conservative sexuality, immigration, colonialism, postcolonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for many theatrical and film interpretations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Children of the Frost is a collection of short stories first published in 1902.Includes: - The League of the Old Men- In the Forests of the North- The Law of Life- Nam-Bok the Unveracious- The Master of Mystery- The Sunlanders- The Sickness of Lone Chief- Keesh, the Son of Keesh- The Death of Ligoun- Li Wan, the Fai

Francis Morgan, a wealthy heir of industrialist and Wall Street maven Richard Henry Morgan, is a jaded young New Yorker. When his father's business partner Thomas Regan suggests that Francis take a holiday in Central America, ostensibly to search for the treasure of the Morgans' legendary ancestor, Francis thinks it's a splendid idea. But he never suspects what adventures await across the border...Meanwhile, back in New York, a cunning enemy is positioning himself to destroy the Morgan fortune. Francis must get back in time to thwart the takeover and save his family's business.

This is the tale of a 19th-century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528.

Drácula (Vlad Draculea), protagonista de la novela homónima del irlandés Bram Stoker, de 1897, que dio lugar a una larga lista de versiones de cine, cómics y teatro. Drácula es el más famoso de los vampiros humanos. Se dice que Stoker fue asesorado por un erudito sobre temas orientales, el húngaro Hermann (Arminius) Vambéry, que se reunió algunas veces con el escritor para comentarle las peripecias del verdadero Drácula.

Existen dos códigos de moral, dos conciencias diferentes, una del hombre y otra de la mujer. Y a la mujer se la juzga según el código de los hombres. [...] Una mujer no puede ser auténticamente ella en la sociedad actual, una sociedad exclusivamente masculina, con leyes exclusivamente masculinas, con jueces y fiscales que la juzgan desde el punto de vista masculino." Ibsen.Casa de muñecas, representada por primera vez en 1879, provocó gran controversia mundial al contar el rechazo de una mujer a seguir siendo una fútil muñeca sin autonomía para su marido.La protagonista, aparentemente es feliz con su marido y sus hijos. Sin embargo, un episodio sombrío se proyecta sobre su alegría.Nora se vio forzada años atrás a recurrir a una artimaña financiera para costear un viaje en salvaguarda de la salud de Helmer, su marido, al tiempo que su padre se hallaba moribundo.A medida que la tensión del conflicto va in crescendo, la monotonía burguesa de la protagonista se va convirtiendo en un nudo corredizo que va dejándola sin aire.Ante su impotencia, observa la imposición de todo un mundo de valores contradictorios que amenazan su idea de felicidad.La obra se estrenó en gran parte de los países de Europa generando una enorme polémica, siendo inevitable posicionarse a favor o en contra de su protagonista Nora, su portazo final fue motivo de escándalo (Henrik Ibsen cambió este final para su estreno en Alemania), sectores opinaron que era un ataque a los fundamentos de la familia.

Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

Cándido figura a la cabeza de todas las novelas y cuentos de Voltaire como la pieza indiscutible del arte narrativo del Siglo de las Luces. Es una novela de aprendizaje, y su héroe un optimista que ha asimilado las teorías del providencialismo leibniziano: cree a pies juntillas que el mundo es un paraíso, a pesar de que, desde la primera línea, la realidad se encarga de negarlo. La estructura tiene un hilo conductor claro: el viaje, los vientos de la vida llevan de aquí para allá a Cándido, convertido en un juguete del destino que recorre un mundo estragado por catástrofes naturales, por designios humanos y, sobre todo, por las religiones. Voltaire ataca, con ironía y sarcasmo, la intolerancia, el fanatismo, los abusos de la colonización europea en América, los engaños y artificios sociales, y las matanzas de las guerras.

Alexander Schaunard, a poor musician and painter, is unable to pay the rent for his cold and windy top-floor room in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Eluding the porter who is on watch to keep Schaunard from moving his few pieces of furniture, the musician tries in vain to borrow money from his impecunious friends. Shortly after he leaves the tenement, Marcel, a painter, comes to take over the room Schaunard vacated. The painter has no furniture except his canvas flats, and he is pleased to find that his quarters contain Schaunard's table, chairs, bed, and piano.

Alonso Quijano es un hidalgo -es decir, un noble empobrecido de escala social baja-, de unos cincuenta años, que vive en una aldea de la región La Mancha a comienzos del siglo XVII. Su afición es leer libros de caballería donde se narran aventuras fantásticas de caballeros, princesas, magos, castillos encantados... Se dedica a estos libros con tanta pasión que acaba perdiendo el contacto con la realidad y decide que él también puede emular a sus héroes de ficción.Recupera una armadura de sus antepasados y saca del establo a su viejo caballo, al que da el nombre de Rocinante. Como todo caballero necesita una dama, convierte el recuerdo de una campesina de la que estuvo enamorado en la hermosa Dulcinea del Toboso. Y a sí mismo se pone el nombre de Don Quijote, como el famoso caballero Lanzarote (Lancelot).Sale así al campo, con un aspecto ridículo, con la idea de realizar hazañas heroicas. Pero pronto comienzan los malentendidos con la realidad. Ve una posada y cree que es un castillo. Exige al dueño que lo arme caballero en una escena cómica e intenta rescatar a un joven pastor que está siendo azotado por su dueño. Ataca a unos mercaderes que se burlan de él pero es derribado y herido.Vuelve a su casa y esta vez consigue convencer con promesas de fama y riqueza a un labrador, Sancho Panza, para que sea su escudero. Sancho, al contrario que Don Quijote, es un hombre ignorante y práctico. Pero poco a poco quedará contagiado por los sueños de su señor.

In the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada, White Fang, a part-dog, part-wolf cub soon finds himself the sole survivor of a litter of five. In his lonely world, he soon learned to follow the harsh law of the North-kill or be killed.But nothing in his young life prepared him for the cruelty of the bully Beauty Smith, who buys White Fang from his Indian master and turns him into a vicious killer-a pit dog forced to fight for money.Will White Fang ever know the kindness of a gentle master or will he die a fierce deadly killer?A classic adventure novel detailing the savagery of life in the northern wilds. Its central character is a ferocious and magnificent creature, through whose experiences we feel the harsh rhythms and patterns of wilderness life among animals and men.

Con la llegada del rico y apuesto Mr. Darcy a su región, las vidas de los Bennet y sus cinco hijas se vuelven del revés. El orgullo y la distancia social, la astucia y la hipocresía, los malentendidos y los juicios apresurados abocan a sus personajes al escándalo y al dolor, pero también a la comprensión, el conocimiento y el amor verdadero. Esta edición presenta al lector una nueva traducción al castellano que devuelve todo su esplendor al ingenio y la finísima ironía de la prosa de Austen. Satírica, antirromántica, profunda y mordaz a un tiempo, la obra de Jane Austen nace de la observación de la vida doméstica y de un profundo conocimiento de la condición humana.

En esta novela, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) indaga sobre el mito de la eterna juventud, al recrear el tema de un pacto diabólico para conservar la belleza y permanecer eternamente joven.Un pintor queda fascinado por la extraordinaria hermosura de Dorian, su joven modelo, que vive en plena era victoriana satisfaciendo todos sus deseos, sin límites ni prejuicios.El pintor declara que sería dichoso si Dorian pudiese permanecer para siempre exactamente como es. Este deseo se traduce en un pacto que lleva a Dorian a cometer todo tipo de atrocidades, hasta llegar al crimen.A medida que se desarrolla la novela y que el protagonista se sumerge en el vicio en contraposición con el desesperado anhelo de eterna juventud, se presiente un final terrible."Con frecuencia, al volver a su casa después de alguna de aquellas prolongadas y misteriosas ausencias que provocaran tan extrañas conjeturas entre sus amigos -o que por tales se tenían- subía a paso de lobo la escalera hasta la cerrada habitación, abría la puerta con la llave que nunca le abandonaba, y allí, en pie frente al retrato obra de Basil Hallward, con un espejo en la mano, miraba alternativamente el rostro perverso y envejecido del lienzo y la faz joven y hermosa que le sonreía desde el cristal. La misma violencia del contraste avivaba su deleite. Cada día se sentía más enamorado de su propia belleza, más interesado en la corrupción de su alma."El retrato de Dorian Gray es una extensa alegoría que sondea las profundidades del ser humano y cuya vigencia sorprende en cada nueva lectura de esta magistral obra.

Youthful Emma Woodhouse, whose long-time governess and friend Miss Taylor has just married Mr. Weston, takes some solace in being left alone with her aging father by claiming that she made the match herself. An old friend of the family, Mr. George Knightley, does not believe her, but in her certainty she decides that she must also marry off the young rector, Mr. Elton. Among her friends and acquaintances in the large and populous village of Highbury, she begins to notice young Harriet Smith, the pretty illegitimate seventeen-year-old who lives at Mrs. Goddard's boarding school.Determining first to improve Harriet, Emma discourages her interest in worthy Robert Martin of Abbey-Mill Farm, declares that Harriet must be from more genteel parents than his, and fixes upon Harriet as Mr. Elton's future wife.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey, proving his unbreakable spirit...First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.

Un yanqui en la corte del Rey Arturo (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) es una obra literaria del escritor estadounidense Mark Twain que enmarca ideas religioso-políticas y conocimientos tecnológicos de la época del autor en una ficción caballeresca satírica.Tras intervernir en una pelea y sufrir un golpe en la cabeza, el protagonista, Hank Morgan, es transportado hacia atrás en el tiempo llevando consigo todo el conocimiento tecnológico del siglo XIX y su ideología republicana y protestante al siglo VI en la corte del leyendas artúricas.Hank es condenado a morir en la hoguera. Sin embargo, tomando ventaja del conocimiento sobre el momento en que ocurriría un eclipse de sol, logra salvarse, tras lo cual es considerado como un mago portentoso y obtiene el favor del rey Arturo, pero al mismo tiempo ganando la envidia del mago Merlín, quien en realidad es un charlatán, y que se convierte en el principal antagonista.En lo sucesivo, Hank Morgan introduce numerosas reformas e invenciones aprovechando el conocimiento científico del siglo XIX para convertir a la Inglaterra medieval en un país industrial.

The novel is presented as the transcribed testimony of Jessop, who we ultimately discover is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, having been rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. It begins with Jessop's recounting how he came to be aboard the ill-fated Mortzestus and the rumors surrounding the vessel. Jessop then begins to recount the unusual events that rapidly increase in both frequency and severity. In the telling of his tale, Jessop offers only sparse interpretation of the events, spending most of the time relating the story in an almost journalistic fashion, presenting a relatively unvarnished description of the events and conversations as they occurred. He describes his confusion and uncertainty about what he believes he has seen, at times fearing for his own sanity. He eventually hears other members of the crew speak of strange events, most of which the rest of the crew pass off as either bad luck or the result of the witness being either tired or "dotty". Jessop only offers brief personal interpretation; he states that while he cannot discount the idea that the beings plaguing the ship may be ghosts, he presents his theory that they may be beings from another dimension that, while sharing the same physical space as theirs, are normally completely separated to the extent that neither dimension is aware of the existence of the other. He offers only vague, superficial suggestions as to the cause of his theorized dimensional breach.

Écrit sous forme d'extraits de journaux personnels et de lettre, ce roman nous conte les aventures de Jonathan Harker, jeune clerc de notaire envoyé dans une contrée lointaine et mystérieuse, la Transylvanie, pour rencontrer un client étranger, le comte Dracula, qui vient d'acquérir une maison à Londres. Arrivé au château, lieu sinistre et inquiétant, Jonathan se rend vite compte qu'il n'a pas à faire à un client ordinaire... et qu'il est en réalité retenu prisonnier par son hôte...Inutile de vous en dire plus, chacun sait qui est le terrible comte Dracula, le célèbre vampire... Le pauvre Jonathan, et ses amis, ne sont pas au bout de leurs peines...

L'histoire commence avant la naissance de Croc-Blanc, un chien-loup. Le roman suit la meute d'où il vient et ses premières semaines de vie sauvage, sa lutte pour la vie; manger ou être manger. Puis il fait l'expérience de la vie chez les Indiens d'Amérique; son maître se nomme Castor-Gris. Il rencontre d'autres chiens et devient ennemi avec eux, Lip-lip étant son rival. Mais Croc-Blanc, fier et puissant, subit la méchanceté des hommes blancs; en réaction, il devient un combattant féroce.L'histoire devient alors plus sombre lorsqu'il est échangé à Beauty Smith contre de l'alcool pour devenir une bête de combat. Malgré ses nombreuses tentatives, Castor-Gris refuse de le reprendre. Il gagne chaque duel féroce jusqu'au jour où il doit se battre avec un bulldog du nom de Cherokee. Alors qu'il agonise et est sur le point de perdre, deux hommes arrêtent le combat: Weedon Scott, un ingénieur des mines, et son ami Matt. Croc-Blanc est donc recueilli et sauvé des mauvais traitements de cet homme fou .Grâce à la patience de ses nouveaux maîtres, il découvre l'amour et l'amitié entre un loup et son maître. Un jour, un intrus nommé Jim Hall veut s'en prendre au juge Scott le père de Weedon, et Croc-Blanc le défend malgré ses nombreuses blessures. Il est soigné et finit ses jours en compagnie de Collie et de leur nombreuse famille.

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La Nueva Atlántida (The New Atlantis en el original inglés) es una novela utópica escrita por Francis Bacon en 1626. Describe una tierra mítica, Bensalem, a la que él viaja. Narra la descripción que hace uno de sus hombres sabios del método que utiliza en sus invenciones. Los mejores y más brillantes de los ciudadanos de Bensalem pertenecen a un centro de enseñanza denominada La Casa de Salomón, donde se llevan a cabo experimentos científicos según el método baconiano de inducción, con el objetivo de comprender y conquistar la naturaleza para poder aplicar el conocimiento obtenido para la mejora de la sociedad.En Bensalem, el conocimiento es considerado como el más preciado de sus tesoros. Por eso en el pasaje más conocido de la obra se refieren a los investigadores con las palabras: "Estas son, hijo mío, las riquezas de la Casa de Salomón". En Bensalem, el matrimonio y la familia son la base de la sociedad y los lazos familiares se celebran en fiestas subvencionadas por el estado.

On February 10, 1676, the settlement of Lancaster, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was attacked by Native Americans. The Native Americans burn houses down and open fire on the British settlers, killing several of them and wounding more. They take many of the survivors captive, including Mary Rowlandson and her three children. Mary and her youngest child are among the injured, while others of her family, including her brother-in-law, are killed. The Native Americans lead the captured survivors from their settlement into the wilderness. Rowlandson and her youngest, Sarah are allowed to stay together, but her two oldest, Joseph and Mary, are separated.After spending a night in a nearby town, the Native Americans and the captives head further into the wilderness. Being injured, the journey is difficult for Rowlandson and her daughter. They reach an Indian settlement called Wenimesset, where Rowlandson meets another captive named Robert Pepper who tries to help the new captives. After staying in Wenimesset for about a week, Rowlandson's injured daughter, Sarah, dies. Rowlandson is sold to another Indian who is related to King Philip by marriage. They bury Rowlandson's dead daughter, and she is allowed to visit her oldest daughter Mary who is also being held in Wenimesset, and her oldest son who is allowed to visit from a nearby Indian settlement. The Indians give Rowlandson a Bible in which she finds a great deal of hope.After attacking another town the Native Americans decide to head north and Rowlandson is again separated from her family and the "friends" she has made. The Native Americans Rowlandson is with begin to move quickly through the forest, and she suspects the British army must be close by. They come to the Baquaug River and cross it with the British soldiers close behind. However the British are not able to cross and Rowlandson and the Indians continue northwest. They reach the Connecticut River and plan on meeting King Philip, but English scouts are present so they must scatter and hide.Rowlandson and the Indians soon cross the river and meet King Philip. At this settlement, Rowlandson sews for the Indians in return for food. Rowlandson wants to go to Albany in hopes of being sold for gunpowder, but the Indians take her northward and cross the river again. Rowlandson starts hoping she will be returned home, but now the Indians turn south continuing along the Connecticut River instead of heading east towards civilization. The Indians continue their attacks, and Thomas Read joins Rowlandson's group. Read tells Rowlandson that her husband is alive and well, which gives her hope and comfort. Rowlandson and her group finally start to move east.They cross the Baquaug River again where they meet messengers telling Rowlandson she must go to Wachuset where the Indians will discuss her possibility of returning to freedom. Rowlandson eagerly heads toward Wachuset, but the journey wears her down and she is disheartened by the sight of an injured colonist from a previous Indian attack. She reaches Wachuset and speaks to King Philip, who guarantees she will be free in two weeks. The council asks how much her husband would pay for her ransom and they send a letter to Boston saying she will be freed for twenty pounds.After many more Indian attacks and victories, Rowlandson is allowed to travel back to Lancaster, then to Concord and finally to Boston. She is reunited with her husband after 11 long weeks. They stay with a friend in Concord for a while until Rowlandson's sister, son, and daughter are returned. Now back together, the family builds a house in Boston where they live until 1677.

he working title of Alice's new adventures was 'Looking-Glass House'. It evolved to 'Behind the Looking-Glass', but eventually Dodgson's friend Henry Liddon suggested 'Through the Looking-Glass' and the subtitle 'And What Alice Found There' was added.