Showing results for title "Arthur" in Classics

Proizvedenie «Janki pri dvore korolja Artura» blistatel'nogo pisatelja Marka Tvena sochetaet v sebe fantastiku, znamenityj avtorskij jumor i parodiju na rycarskie srednevekovye romany. K tomu zhe jeto odna iz pervyh knig, opisyvajushhaja puteshestvie vo vremeni.Klassicheskij predstavitel' amerikanskogo naroda iz shtata Konnektikut poluchaet vo vremja potasovki udar lomom po golove.

Arthur Jermyn is the story of a baronet with an interest in anthropology who sets out to solve the mystery of what his great, great, great grandfather discovered in the Congo many years earlier. The family stories were very peculiar and the old ancestor had gone mad and been locked up in an asylum...but when on an expedition to the Congo Arthur Jermyn finally met someone claiming to be able to solve the mystery, he anticipated great things.

Un joven con un porvenir promisorio, ha decidido casarse. Sin embargo, un obstáculo inesperado e incómodo retrasa su proyecto cuando un quiromante le confiesa que ve un asesinato en su futuro.

Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket narra se embarca clandestinamente en el barco ballenero Grampus, en un viaje a los Mares del Sur en 1827. El relato describe los detalles de un motín y las atroces carnicerías que sufrirán sus tripulantes. Su naufragio y los horribles sufrimientos por el hambre; su rescate por la goleta británica Jane Guy; el breve crucero de esta última por el océano Antártico, su captura y la matanza de la tripulación en un archipiélago del paralelo 84 de latitud sur.

A Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur. After some initial confusion and his capture by one of Arthur's knights, Hank realizes that he is actually in the past, and he uses his knowledge to make people believe that he is a powerful magician.

Arthurian tradition has followed two distinct paths. Medieval romance depicts the spectacular capital of Camelot and a land of armored knights, jousts, and fantastical adventures. More recent researchers have focused on identifying the real King Arthur, if such a person existed, in the early days of the Dark Ages. Dark Age Monarch: The Reign of King Arthur blends the two strands together in an inventive re-telling that maintains elements of the traditional tale but set in a historical perspective—with a bit of magic thrown into the mix. Following the Roman exodus in the early 5th Century,...

There is a lot that has been said about King Arthur in the Arthurian legends. Many people have heard about him either as a real person or as a legendary figure. King Arthur is still a great mythic figure of English literature. He was a great warrior, ruler and military leader who united Britain in the medieval period. However, it is King Arthur as a legendary figure that has mostly captured the imagination and attention of audiences.

Many would have disliked to live if possessed of the peculiar features of Arthur Jermyn, but he had been a poet and scholar and had not minded, until a peculiar box object arrived from Africa and after seeing it, he went out on the moor and set himself on fire. Discover what it was about the object that explained his peculiar personal appearance, and made him end his life.

The story of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years.

The twists and turns in a bizarre story of attempted murder, a charming tale of virtue rewarded and the study of a man condemned to die are told by Mr. Wilde with verve and compassion.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur.

Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story "Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime" by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison. B. J.

Au cours d'une soirée, Lord Arthur Savile est présenté à un chiromancien, qui semble se troubler en tentant de lire dans la main de Lord Arthur. Est-ce un funeste présage ? Son prochain mariage est-il mis en péril ? Oscar Wilde dresse avec talent une satire de la noblesse victorienne.

Die Erzählung des Artur Gordon Pym aus Nantucket (Originaltitel: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket) ist der einzige Roman von Edgar Allan Poe, erstmals veröffentlicht im Jahre 1838, heute ein Hauptwerk der amerikanischen Literatur und zugleich ein Abenteuerroman erster Güte. Er beschreibt darin die existentielle Reise des A. G. Pym, der von seiner Jugend an Abenteuer auf See sucht und diese immer wieder nur knapp überlebt. Die ganze Geschichte ist ein nervenaufreibendes Seeabenteuer.

The devil is in the details is the motto of many, but one Arthur is still learning. Merlin and Arthur take a journey into mysticism and friendship as they move to rescue a child so lost that death would be a welcome fate to him. What happens during the course of that journey is a warm hearted, deeply touching adventure that evokes the great warmth and humor of the great author T.H. White.

First published in 1912, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles.

When Lord Arthur learns of his awful destiny, how will he deal with the consequences? As this is Wilde, it's not what you might expect.

Am 28. Mai 1975 fand an der Universität Freiburg eine denkwürdige Premiere statt. Heinrich Schnitzler las zum ersten Mal aus den Tagebüchern Arthur Schnitzlers. Dass der Sohn Heinrich Schnitzler selbst diese Tagebücher vortrug gab diesem Ereignis noch dokumentarischen Charakter. Denn seine Gestalt durchwandert weite Absätze dieser Aufzeichnungen. Arthur Schnitzler führt lückenlos ein Tagebuch. Es reicht von 1879 bis wenige Tage vor seinem Tode im Oktober 1931. Diese Tagebücher machen über 6000 Manuskriptseiten aus. Aus diesen Aufzeichnungen erschließt sich die "Schnitzler-Welt"... Auswahl der Texte und Einleitung gesprochen von Prof. Dr. Gerhart Baumann.

Der esoterisch veranlagte Lord Arthur trifft bei Lady Windermere auf einen gewissen Septimus Podgers, der aus der Hand lesen kann, sich aber weigert, dem Lord seine Erkenntnisse mitzuteilen. Gegen ein Entgeld offenbart er ihm einen Mord, den der verschreckte Adlige in der Zukunft begehen werde. Der Lord steht unmittelbar vor seiner Hochzeit und will das Unvermeidbare nicht seine künftige Ehe gefährden lassen - also was tun?

In die Hand geschrieben. Lord Savile ist entsetzt: Als ihm der Chiromant Mr. Podgers die Zukunft aus der Hand liest, sieht er voraus, dass er einen Mord begehen wird. Damit nimmt eine Kriminalgroteske ihren Anfang: Lord Savile setzt nun alles daran, noch rechtzeitig vor seiner geplanten Hochzeit ein angemessenes Opfer und die einem Gentleman gemäße Methode zu finden. Eher schmerzloses Gift oder doch lieber ein Bombenanschlag?