Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968581733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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It is said that music begins where words end. But many writers have tried to merge these two worlds, either by portraying musicians as characters, or by writing about the effects of music on some plot. For music and literature lovers, critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories that blend these elements: - A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather - The Wind Blows by Katherine Mansfield - A Mother by James Joyce - The Music of Erich Zann by H. P. Lovecraft - The Music on the Hill by H.H. Munro (Saki) - A Lover of Music by Henry van Dyke - The Tragedy of a Comic Song by Leonard Merrick For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Author: John Lithgow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442467444
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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A lively and lyrical picture book jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow! Oh, children! Remember! Whatever you may do, Never play music right next to the zoo. They’ll burst from their cages, each beast and each bird, Desperate to play all the music they’ve heard. A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book based on one of John Lithgow’s best-loved tunes.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3967990354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
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Loneliness has many faces - it can be a moment of sadness and the result of bad choices or some abandonment, but it can also arise as a gift for us to enjoy our own company, seize the silence and meditate on life. The critic August Nemo has selected for this book seven short stories by great authors that explore the different ways of experiencing loneliness. This book contains: - Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield. - Vanka by Anton Chekhov. - The Door in the Wall by H. G. Wells. - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf. - The Bet by Anton Chekhov. - A Painful Case by James Joyce. - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577772373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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C onceive the joy of a lover of nature who, leaving the art galleries, wanders out among the trees and wild flowers and birds that the pictures of the galleries have sentimentalised. It is some such joy that the man who truly loves the noblest in letters feels when tasting for the first time the simple delights of Russian literature. French and English and German authors, too, occasionally, offer works of lofty, simple naturalness; but the very keynote to the whole of Russian literature is simplicity, naturalness, veraciousness. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories from authors who bring all the richness and quality of Russian literature: - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin - God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy - The Bet by Anton Chekhov - The Christmas Tree And The Wedding by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - One Autumun Night by Maxim Gorky - Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev
Author: Paul Heyse
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577771857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Paul Heyse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910 "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Wirsen, one of the Nobel judges, said that "Germany has not had a greater literary genius since Goethe." This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: - The Dead Lake - Doomed - Beatrice - Beginning, and End - L'Arrabiata! - Count Ernest's Home - Blind
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577770001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Lovecraft created a new brand of horror, discarding ghosts and witches and instead unleashing nightmarish fiends to whom mankind is a hapless tiny spot of dwindling sanity in a malevolent universe. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo, reveals the mesmerizing narrative style of the visionary american writer. This books contains the following stories: The Call of Cthulhu The Outsider Pickman's Model The Statement of Randolph Carter The Colour out of Space The Dunwich Horror The Music of Erich Zann Also Notes on Writing Weird Fiction, where the author explains how he delves into the macabre stories he creates. H.P. Lovecraft has influenced many great writers and creative minds like Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, Clive Barker, John Carpenter, Mike Mignola, Ridley Scott, H. R. Giger, Joyce Carol Oates, Michel Houellebecq, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Moore, Junji Ito, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, William S. Burroughs, Neil Gaiman and Jorge Luis Borges.
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577772829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of human sexual relationships which have the power to or are intended to arouse the reader sexually. Other common elements are satire and social criticism. The invention of printing, in the 15th century, brought with it both a greater market and increasing restrictions, like censorship and legal restraints on publication on the grounds of obscenity. Because of this, much of the production of this type of material became clandestine. August Nemo has selected seven classic tales of eroticism that are part of the history of human sexual culture: - Daphnis and Chloe by Longus - Idylll by Guy de Maupassant - Beatrice Palmato by Edith Wharton - Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - The Lustful Turk by Anonymous - Sub-Umbra by Anonymous - How He Lost His Whiskers: An Episode in the Life of Steve Broad by Anonymous For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577770044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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This is a collection of the 7 best short stories of one of the most innovative and influential fantasy and horror authors ever to have been published, E.T.A. Hoffmann. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: The Golden Pot The Sandman Councillor Krespela Automata The Elementary Spirit The Jesuits' Church in G-- The Story of the Hard Nut Hoffmann short stories have inspired great writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others.
Author: Matsuo Basho
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577774112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Motherhood is defined in the dictionary as "the experience of having and raising a child". But we know that there is much more to motherhood than the simplicity of this definition. The stories in this book were inspired by purity and pain, by joy and apprehension, by the countless nuances of being a mother. Discover the seven stories selected by the critic August Nemo that explore the beauty and uniqueness of motherhood. And for more books with interesting themes, check out the other books in this series! *** This book contains: - Motherhood by Sherwood Anderson. - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Carther. - The Mother's Promise by T.S. Arthur. - Somebody's Mother by William Dean Howells. - A Mother by James Joyce. - Mother and Son by Guy de Maupassant. - The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho.
Author: Margaret Oliphant
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577772586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Margaret Oliphant was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural". This book contains seven short stories specially selected by critic August Nemo: - A window's tale. - Queen Eleanor and fair Rosamond - Mademoiselle - The Lily and the thorn - The strange adventures of John Percival - A story of a wedding-tour - John
