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Many of the events of the novel are narrated twice; first by the 'editor', who gives his account of the facts as he understands them to be, and then in the words of the 'sinner' himself.The 'Editor's Narrative' starts in 1687 with the marriage of Rabina Orde to the much older George Colwan, Laird of Dalcastle. Rabina despises her new husband because he falls short of her extreme religious beliefs, his love of dancing and penchant for drinking alcohol. She initially flees him but her father forces her back, and they live separately in the one house. Rabina gives birth to two sons. The first, George, is indisputably the son of the Laird, but it is strongly implied - though never confirmed - that her second son, Robert, was fathered by the Reverend Wringhim, Rabina's spiritual adviser and close confidante.George, raised by the Laird, becomes a popular young man who enjoys sport and the company of his friends. Robert, educated by his mother and adoptive father Wringhim, is brought up to follow Wringhim's radical antinomian sect of Calvinism, which holds that only certain elect people are predestined to be saved by God. These chosen few will have a heavenly reward regardless of how their lives are lived.The two brothers meet, as young men, in Edinburgh where Robert starts following George through the town, mocking and provoking him and disrupting his life. He appears to have the ability of appearing wherever George is. When on a hill-top, George sees a vision of his brother in the sky and turns to find him behind him, preparing to throw him off a cliff. Robert rejects any friendly or placatory advances from his brother.Finally, George is murdered by being stabbed in the back, apparently during a duel with one of his drinking acquaintances. The only witnesses to the murder were a prostitute and her despicable client, who claim that the culprit was Robert, aided by what appears to be the double of George's friend. Before Robert can be arrested, he disappears.The second part of the novel consists of Robert's account of his life. It purports to be a document, part-handwritten and part-printed, which was found after his death. It recounts his childhood, under the influence of the Rev Wringhim, and goes on to explain how he becomes in thrall to an enigmatic companion who says his name is Gil-Martin. This stranger, who could be seen to be the Devil, appears after Wringhim has declared Robert to be a member of 'the elect' and so predestined to eternal salvation. Gil-Martin, who is able to transform his appearance at will, soon directs all of Robert's pre-existing tendencies and beliefs to evil purposes, convincing him that it is his mission to "cut sinners off with the sword", and that murder can be the correct course of action. From Gil-Martin's boasting of the number of his adherents and size of his dominions, Robert falls into the delusion that he is Peter the Great of Russia, who visited England about that time.The confession traces Robert's gradual decline into despair and madness, as his doubts about the righteousness of his cause are counteracted by Gil-Martin's increasing domination over his life. Finally, Robert loses control over his own identity and even loses track of time. During these lost weeks and months, it is suggested that Gil-Martin assumes Robert's appearance in order to commit further crimes. However, there are also suggestions in the text, that 'Gil-Martin' is a figment of Robert's imagination, and is simply an aspect of his own personality: as, for example when 'the sinner' writes, 'I feel as if I were the same person' (as Gil-Martin).

Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ist der einzige Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde. Eine erste Fassung erschien 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine aus Philadelphia, 1891 wurde bei dem Londoner Verlag...

Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sisters; however, John's selfish and greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege. John and Fanny immediately take up their place as the new owners of Norland, while the Dashwood women are reduced to the position of unwelcome guests. Mrs. Dashwood begins looking for somewhere else to live.In the meantime, Fanny's brother, Edward Ferrars, a pleasant, unassuming, intelligent but reserved young man, visits Norland and soon forms an attachment with Elinor. Fanny disapproves the match and offends Mrs. Dashwood with the implication that Elinor is motivated by money rather than love. Mrs. Dashwood indignantly speeds her search for a new home.Mrs. Dashwood moves her family to Barton Cottage in Devonshire, near the home of her cousin, Sir John Middleton. Their new home lacks many of the conveniences that they have been used to; however, they are warmly received by Sir John, and welcomed into the local society-meeting his wife, Lady Middleton, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennings and his friend, the grave, quiet and gentlemanly Colonel Brandon. It soon becomes apparent that Colonel Brandon is attracted to Marianne, and Mrs. Jennings teases them about it. Marianne is not pleased as she considers the thirty-five-year-old Colonel Brandon an old bachelor, incapable of falling in love or inspiring love in anyone else.Marianne, out for a walk, gets caught in the rain, slips and sprains her ankle. The dashing, handsome John Willoughby sees the accident and assists her. Marianne quickly comes to admire his good looks and outspoken views on poetry, music, art and love. Mr. Willoughby's attentions are so overt that Elinor and Mrs. Dashwood begin to suspect that the couple are secretly engaged. Elinor cautions Marianne against her unguarded conduct, but Marianne refuses to check her emotions, believing that it is a falsehood. Unexpectedly one day, Mr. Willoughby informs the Dashwoods that his aunt is sending him to London on business, indefinitely. Marianne is distraught and abandons herself to her sorrow.

La montaña mágica (Der Zauberberg, en el original alemán) es una novela de Thomas Mann que se publicó en 1924. Es considerada la novela más importante de su autor y un clásico de la literatura en lengua alemana del siglo XX que ha sido traducido a numerosos idiomas.Thomas Mann comenzó a escribir la novela en 1912, a raíz de una visita a su esposa en el Sanatorio Wald de Davos en el que se encontraba internada. La concibió inicialmente como una novela corta, pero el proyecto fue creciendo con el tiempo hasta convertirse en una obra mucho más extensa. La obra narra la estancia de su protagonista principal, el joven Hans Castorp, en un sanatorio de los Alpes suizos al que inicialmente había llegado únicamente como visitante. La obra ha sido calificada de novela filosófica, porque, aunque se ajusta al molde genérico del Bildungsroman o novela de aprendizaje, introduce reflexiones sobre los temas más variados, tanto a cargo del narrador como de los personajes (especialmente Naphta y Settembrini, los encargados de la educación del protagonista). Entre estos temas ocupa un lugar preponderante el del "tiempo", hasta el punto de que el propio autor la calificó de "novela del tiempo" (Zeitroman), pero también se dedican muchas páginas a discutir sobre la enfermedad, la muerte, la estética o la política.La novela ha sido vista como un vasto fresco del decadente modo de vida de la burguesía europea en los años anteriores a la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.

Esta novela, una de las más grandes e imperecederas de la literatura universal, contiene dos de los temas característicos de Dostoyevski: la relación entre la culpa y el castigo y la idea de la fuerza redentora del sufrimiento humano, planteando con todo vigor el conflicto entre el Bien y el Mal, ese dualismo ético que es una constante en la obra del autor. Bajo el armazón naturalista de una novela de tesis, subyace una alegoría metafísica y moral. Observa Dostoyevski que el castigo no intimida al criminal, 'pues éste de por sí pide ya moralmente un castigo'. Sin duda, Crimen y Castigo es la obra maestra de su autor.

Im 'Zarathustra' nimmt Nietzsche eine grundsätzliche sprach- und erkenntnistheoretische Reflexion auf seine eigene Philosophie vor, indem er die Möglichkeit untersucht, sein Philosophieren zu lehren und als Lehre verbreiten zu können. Die gedankliche Grundbewegung des ganzen Werkes ist die eines Scheiterns im Lehren. Gerade aus diesem Scheitern werden wichtige Grundzüge von Nietzsches philosophischem Denken deutlicher erkennbar. Deshalb wird die Stellung des 'Zarathustra' nur verständlich, wenn man sich zumindest den Kerngedanken von Nietzsches Philosophie vor Augen führt.Fast alle Themen in dieser Philosophie lassen sich aus der Entgegensetzung von Individualität und Allgemeinheit verstehen. Die Kritik der Moral geht etwa auf den Gedanken zurück, dass in einem ethischen Verständnis ungleiche Handlungen und Absichten gleichgemacht werden. Darin sieht Nietzsche eine Art von Gewalttat, die auf das Leben in Gesellschaft zurückgeführt werden kann, d.h. mit seinem Ausdruck: auf den Menschen als 'Herdentier'. Auf der gleichen gedanklichen Grundlage wird der Staat im Zarathustra als diejenige Institution gedeutet, die den Menschen gleichmacht und seine Individualität bedroht (vgl. Erster Teil, 11. Rede). Ähnlich kann Nietzsches Kritik am 'Geist der Rache' gedeutet werden: Voraussetzung der Rache ist, dass eine Tat und eine andere Tat als gleich aufgefasst werden, was sie in Wahrheit nicht sind (vgl. Zweiter Teil, Von den Taranteln). Aber das Problem von Individualität und Allgemeinheit findet Nietzsche auch im Erkennen und in der Wissenschaft. Es beginnt im Grunde schon beim Bilden von Begriffen, die viele eigentlich ungleiche Dinge, Eigenschaften oder Vorgänge unter einen Begriff zusammenfassen. Solche Begriffe werden in den Wissenschaften verwendet, die zu Erkenntnissen führen, in denen jenes Gleichmachen durch Begriffe deshalb aufbewahrt ist.Für einen Denker mit einem solchen zentralen Gedanken muss die Vermittlung seiner eigenen Lehre notwendig zu einem Problem werden, denn dafür muss er selbst Begriffe verwenden und zu vielen Menschen auf die gleiche Weise sprechen, die er dadurch als 'gleich' behandelt. Der 'Zarathustra' ist das Buch, in dem sich Nietzsche mit diesem Problem beschäftigt. Am Anfang steht die Entscheidung des einsiedlerischen Protagonisten, seine Weisheit an die Menschen zu 'verschenken und auszuteilen' (Zarathustras Vorrede, Nr. 1). Im weiteren Verlauf begegnet er mannigfaltigen Schwierigkeiten bei dem Versuch, seine Lehre mitzuteilen, d.h. er wird regelmäßig missverstanden. Diese Schwierigkeiten bestehen grundsätzlich darin, dass sein Denken als eine 'Lehre' aufgefasst wird, die auf Begriffe gebracht und damit weitergegeben werden kann. Auf diesem 'Lehrweg' nimmt Nietzsche-Zarathustra zahlreiche Themen aus seiner Philosophie auf bzw. entwickelt neue, die alle in den Zusammenhang des Problems des Lehrens eines 'nicht-gleichmachenden' Philosophierens gestellt werden. Am Schluss steht jedoch ein Scheitern des Lehrens, das verständlich wird, wenn man das Zentrum von Nietzsches Philosophie ganz verstanden hat. Der Lehrer Nietzsche-Zarathustra muss einsehen, dass er im Lehren anders verstanden wird als geplant, weil er mit anderen Menschen spricht, die als Individuen nicht gleichnamig gemacht werden können, und weil er gleichmachende Begriffe verwenden muss, die insofern stets 'unwahr' sind, weil sie das Individuelle als das Gleiche behandeln.

The book chronicles the fictitious travels and speeches of Zarathustra. Zarathustra's namesake was the founder of Zoroastrianism, usually known in English as Zoroaster. Nietzsche is clearly portraying a "new" or "different" Zarathustra, one who turns traditional morality on its head.Zarathustra has a simple characterisation and plot, narrated sporadically throughout the text. It possesses a unique experimental style, one that is, for instance, evident in newly invented "dithyrambs" narrated or sung by Zarathustra. Likewise, the separate Dithyrambs of Dionysus was written in autumn 1888, and printed with the full volume in 1892, as the corollaries of Zarathustra's "abundance".Some speculate that Nietzsche intended to write about final acts of creation and destruction brought about by Zarathustra. However, the book lacks a finale to match that description; its actual ending focuses more on Zarathustra recognizing that his legacy is beginning to perpetuate, and consequently choosing to leave the higher men to their own devices in carrying his legacy forth.Zarathustra also contains the famous dictum "God is dead", which had appeared earlier in The Gay Science. In his autobiographical work Ecce Homo, Nietzsche states that the book's underlying concept is discussed within "the penultimate section of the fourth book" of 'The Gay Science' (Ecce Homo, Kaufmann). It is the eternal recurrence of the same events.

Es el tratado sobre estrategia más famoso del mundo, que se ha convertido en un libro de culto en el ámbito de la empresa. Varias películas ambientadas en Wall Street han contribuido a popularizar este pequeño libro, que nos propone unos principios válidos tanto en el mundo de la estrategia militar como en el de los negocios o la política. A pesar de su antigüedad, se trata de un libro extremadamente moderno, que ayudará a reflexionar sobre cualquier tipo de problema y a plantear las estrategias necesarias para solucionarlo sin conflictos. El arte de la guerra es el mejor libro de estrategia de todos los tiempos. Ideal para aplicar en todos los aspectos de la vida para conseguir la victoria sin entrar en conflicto.

The Prince SummaryThe Prince begins with an address to Lorenzo de Medici, in which Machiavelli explains that he is seeking favor with the prince by offering him some of his knowledge. He then proceeds to classify the various kinds of states: republics, hereditary princedoms, brand-new princedoms, and mixed principalities. New states are his primary focus, for those are the hardest to deal with. A conquered state whose original prince was its sole ruler is difficult to conquer, but easy to maintain; a conquered state in which the prince shared power with the barons is easy to conquer, but difficult to maintain.When possible, a prince should strive to rise to power on his own merits and with his own arms. Relying on friends, good luck, or other people's arms may make the rise easier, but holding onto his newfound power will prove a difficult task. Machiavelli devotes almost an entire chapter to Cesare Borgia, who rose to prominence largely through connections and his father's help, but was crafty enough to carve out his own niche - though he wound up failing in the end. Princes who rise to the throne through crime are another matter altogether: Machiavelli condemns them as wicked, and yet his words betray his admiration for their cleverness. Cruelty, when well-used, can be justified.

La ciencia de hacerse rico se basa en lo que Wattles llamó "la Forma Certera de Pensar." De acuerdo a Mitch Horowitz, editor en jefe del sello Jeremy Tarcher perteneciente a Penguin Books, quien reeditó este título en 2007, La "Forma Certera" de Wattles proviene del "movimiento de curación mental" que comenzara a mediados del siglo XIX con Phineas P. Quimby. Tal como Horowitz explicara en un reportaje a Washington Post, luego de experimentar alivio de síntomas físicos de enfermedades a través de las estrategias mentales de Quimby, muchas personas comenzaron a preguntarse, "Si mi estado mental parece ejercer influencia sobre como me siento físicamente, ¿qué otras cosas puede hacer? ¿Puede conducirme a la prosperidad? ¿Puede traer la felicidad a mi hogar? ¿Puede guiarme en en la búsqueda del amor y del romance?" Uno de los resultados de tales cuestionamientos fue la aplicación por parte de Wattles de las estrategias de "curación mental" de Quimby a a situaciones tanto financieras como fisiológicas.Wattles, anteriormente Metodista, se postuló a un cargo como candidato socialista en Indiana en 1916. Él incluyó la palabra ciencia en el título de este libro, reflejando un acercamiento secular al Nuevo Pensamiento mientras escribía acerca de la prosperidad en los negocios, entrenamiento mental, y sobre cómo alcanzar el éxito en el mundo material. La técnica mental que denominó "pensar en Forma Certera" busca establecer un estado de positividad y auto afirmación. De acuerdo a Horowitz, la curación mental y las teorías del pensamiento positivo para el logro de la prosperidad fueron impulsadas en los últimos años del siglo XIX por corrientes como el Trascendentalismo y la creencia en el poder de la ciencia y que "Todas estas tendencias convergieron juntas, mientras que esta filosofía que conocemos como 'Nuevo Pensamiento', nació fuera de ellas. Es tan americana como un bosque antiguo."Los conceptos y técnicas tras la "Forma Certera" de Wattles se encuentran también en los escritos de otros autores de comienzos del siglo XX tales como Charles F. Haanel (The Master Key System), el ministro Metodista Frank Channing Haddock (Power of Will, Power for Success, Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success), y Elizabeth Towne (How to Grow Success). Towne publicó otros libros y artículos de revista de Wattles: La ciencia de hacerse rico (1911) es un título que acompaña a otro libro del autor sobre la salud desde una perspectiva del Nuevo Pensamiento, La ciencia de sentirse bien (1911) así como también a su libro de auto-ayuda personal La ciencia de ser grande (1911). Originalmente estos tres títulos fueron editados en ediciones compatibles.

Solomon Northup was born a free man in Minerva, New York, in 1808. His father, Mintus, was originally enslaved to the Northup family from Rhode Island, but he was freed after the family moved to New York. As a young man, Northup helped his father with farming chores and worked as a raftsman on the waterways of upstate New York. He married Anne Hampton and they had three children together. During the 1830s, Northup became locally renowned as an excellent fiddle-player. In 1841, two men offered Northup generous wages to join a traveling musical show, but soon after he accepted, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. After years of bondage, he came into contact with an outspoken abolitionist from Canada, who sent letters to notify Northup's family of his whereabouts. An official state agent was sent to Louisiana to reclaim Northup. After he was freed, Northup filed kidnapping charges against the men who had defrauded him, but the lengthy trial that followed was ultimately dropped because of legal technicalities, and he received no remuneration. Little is known about Northup's life after the trial, but he is believed to have died in 1863.

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