Author: James Baldwin
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6059496768
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered America on the 12th of October, 1492. He had spent eighteen years in planning for that wonderful first voyage which he made across the Atlantic Ocean. The thoughts and hopes of the best part of his life had been given to it. He had talked and argued with sailors and scholars and princes and kings, saying, "I know that, by sailing west across the great ocean, one may at last reach lands that have never been visited by Europeans." But he had been laughed at as a foolish dreamer, and few people had any faith in his projects. At last, however, the king and queen of Spain gave him ships with which to make the trial voyage. He crossed the ocean and discovered strange lands, inhabited by a people unlike any that had been known before. He believed that these lands were a part of India. When he returned home with the news of his discovery there was great rejoicing, and he was hailed as the hero who had given a new world to Spain. Crowds of people lined the streets through which he passed, and all were anxious to do him honor. The king and queen welcomed him to their palace and listened with pleasure to the story of his voyage. Never had so great respect been shown to any common man. But there were some who were jealous of the discoverer, and as ready to find fault as others were to praise. "Who is this Columbus?" they asked, "and what has he done? Is he not a pauper pilot from Italy? And could not any other seaman sail across the ocean just as he has done?" One day Columbus was at a dinner which a Spanish gentleman had given in his honor, and several of these persons were present. They were proud, conceited fellows, and they very soon began to try to make Columbus uncomfortable. "You have discovered strange lands beyond the sea," they said. "But what of that? We do not see why there should be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean; and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side, just as you have done. It is the simplest thing in the world." Columbus made no answer; but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the company, "Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg stand on end?"
Author: James Baldwin
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376876666
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: James Baldwin
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Author: 오스카 와일드
Publisher: 올리버 북스
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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- 작품 정보 - I. The Happy Prince (행복한 왕자): 도시 위 높은 기둥 위에는 ‘행복한 왕자’의 동상이 서 있었다. 그의 몸 전체는 금으로 된 얇은 잎으로 온통 금박을 입었고, 눈에는 두 개의 빛나는 사파이어가 있었고 그의 칼자루에는 커다란 붉은 루비가 빛나고 있었다. ‘행복한 왕자’는 살아생전에는 슬픔이 들어올 수 없는 궁전에서 호화로운 생활을 하였었지만, 지금은 도시 곳곳을 내려다보며 가난하고 비참한 사람들의 삶을 보며 측은한 마음에 눈물을 흘리고 있다. 고통받는 가난한 사람들이 가득한 마을에서 지내던 제비 한 마리는 다른 모든 친구는 겨울을 나기 위해서 이집트로 날아갔지만, 자신은 혼자 남아서 ‘행복한 왕자’ 동상 위에 날아가 앉는다. 왕자는 그 제비에게 자기의 칼자루의 루비, 눈의 사파이어, 몸을 덮은 금박 등을 가난한 사람들에게 나누어 달라고 부탁한다. 제비는 왕자의 부탁대로 그것들을 가난한 사람들에게 나누어 준다. 날은 추워져서 제비는 점점 쇠약해지고, 왕자는 더는 나누어 줄 것이 없다... II. The Nightingale and the Rose (나이팅게일과 장미): 어린 남학생은 어떤 소녀를 좋아하여 그녀와 춤을 추고 싶어하지만, 그 소녀는 그 남학생에게 자기에게 불은 장미를 갖다 주기 전에는 춤을 추지 않겠다고 말했다. 그 소년은 자기 집 정원에는 붉은 장미가 없다고 울먹였고, 그 소리를 들은 나이팅게일은 그 소년에게 붉은 장미를 갖다 주고 싶어한다... III. The Selfish Giant (이기적인 거인): 아이들은 7년 동안 콘월의 친구 집에 가 있는 거인의 정원에 가서 신이 나게 놀았다. 그러던 어느 날 거인이 돌아왔고, 그는 자기 정원에 들어오는 아이들에게 고함을 지르며 내쫓았다. 아이들이 뛰놀던 정원은 꽃이 만발하고 전국 각각에서 새들도 몰려왔지만, 이제 거인의 정원은 쓸쓸하기만 하다... IV. The Devoted Friend (헌신적인 친구): 어느 날 아침, 늙은 물쥐 한 마리가 쥐구멍에서 머리를 내밀었다. 물쥐는 새끼에게 헌신적으로 상류사회 교육을 하고 있는 오리를 보고는 사랑도 좋지만, 결혼을 하지 않은 자기로서는 우정이 더욱 고귀하다고 말했다. 가까운 버드나무에 앉아 대화를 엿들은 초록 홍방울새는 들쥐에게 헌신적인 친구의 의무가 무엇인지를 물었다. 오리도 그것이 무엇인지 알고 싶었지만, 정작 물쥐는 홍방울새의 질문에 대답하지 못했다. 그러자 홍발울새는 헌신적인 친구에 관한 이야기를 들려준다... V. The Remarkable Rocket (매우 뛰어난 로켓): 왕자와 러시아 공주가 결혼식을 올리게 되고, 이것을 기념하는 행사로 성대한 불꽃놀이가 펼쳐진다. 갖가지 폭죽 중에 거만한 로켓이 있었는데, 로켓은 자신의 감수성을 보여주려고 불이 붙기도 전에 눈물을 흘려서, 다른 폭죽들이 모두 하늘 높이 날아가서 화려하게 폭발할 때, 자신은 불이 붙지 않아서 성벽 너머 도랑에 버려진다. 그러나 로켓은 자신이 버려졌다는 사실을 믿지 않고, 개구리, 잠자리, 오리에게 자신은 우월한 존재라고 자랑을 한다...
Author: James Baldwin
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ISBN: 9780243717798
Category :
Languages : en
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Author: H.W. Wilson Company
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Author: Carleton Washburne
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Author: Carleton Wolsey Washburne
Publisher:
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Carleton Washburne
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: Carleton Wolsey Washburne
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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