Ergebnis für "On Class" in Literatur & Belletristik

For the last 20 years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.

From world-renowned author Erich Segal comes a powerful and moving saga of five extraordinary members of the Harvard class of 1958 and the women with whom their lives are intertwined. Their explosive story begins in a time of innocence and spans a turbulent quarter century, culminating in their dramatic 25 reunion at which they confront their classmates - and the balance sheet of their own lives. Always at the center, amid the passion, laughter, and glory, stands Harvard - the symbol of who they are and who they will be.

Showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories including his well-known classics - as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick - this new collection is introduced by award-winning author Tobias Wolff.

Если уж Гвендолин поехала в соседнюю Академию обмениваться опытом, значит, стоит ждать веселья! Такая девушка не останется в стороне от бурной студенческой жизни! И ничто не сможет этому помешать, даже обнаженный незнакомец в ее постели. Тем более, он оказался новым преподавателем….

In a small town in Arizona, the class of '05 is holding their class reunion. The only place they can find for the reunion is a civil defense bomb shelter. The joyous class reunion is interrupted by an earth-shaking catastrophic event, trapping its 53 guests. The story is about ordinary people surviving extraordinary events with dignity, honor, bravery, stupidity, and malice. A full range of human emotions. The story shows the best and worst of humanity.

The college winter break is over, and Cal Prentiss faces yet another semester of boring classes. But Cal's boredom is shattered when he discovers evidence of an unspeakable murder that occurred in his dorm room over the break. Obsessed with finding the truth about this gruesome crime, Cal travels further and further down the twisting halls of a university suddenly gone mad.

He was last in his class at the Earth Corps Fleet Academy. Lieutenant Brian Huffman is seen by most of his Captains and peers as a joke, but through quick thinking he brought a rebellion to a violent end. Years later, although still not seen fit to be an officer by some, he was picked to solve a double murder. Or was he picked to be the next target? Follow along as Brian and his friends fight their way to the stars to save mankind. Rushing from the frozen reaches of Neptune to the terror-filled tunnels of Mars stopping a second rebellion.

Han dicho que las novelas de la inglesa Jane Austen son descripciones de la vida domestica, pero ellas van mas alla pues son una aguda critica de una sociedad en la que las diferencias de nacimiento crean prejuicios que separan a la gente.

Las borrascas del titulo no solo se presentan en la desolada naturaleza donde se desarrolla la accion sino en las almas de los personajes, una serie de seres humanos frustrados entre los que se destaca el amargado Heathcliff, que vive para la venganza por haber sido menospreciado, debido a sus orígenes humildes.

Una novela sobre la lucha de generaciones. Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) fue uno de los grandes novelistas rusos, pero en su obra se adelanto tanto a su tiempo, por exponer problemas sociales mas que psicologicos, que a pesar de sus grandes meritos nunca fue considerado dentro del puesto que merece su brillante produccion.

Trudy works nights in a linen factory, avoiding romance and sharing the care of her four-year-old niece with Trudy’s mother, Claire. Claire still pines for Trudy’s father, a St. Lawrence Seaway construction worker who left her 20 years ago. Claire believes in true love. Trudy does not. She’s keeping herself to herself. But when Jules Tremblay, aspiring daredevil, walks into the Jubilee restaurant, Trudy’s a goner.

Do you belong to the working class? If so, have you ever thought about what working class success means? Listen to this short audiobook to discover the secrets of working class success.

Zoe - a beautiful young woman, class president, driven to be the best at everything she does - uses skills honed as captain of the rifle team, when she finds herself the only thing between her class and a massacre at graduation.

Daudet fue un escritor muy reconocido en el mundo literario de su tiempo. Se relacionaba con las personalidades más relevantes del mundo de las letras y de las artes del momento: Flaubert, los hermanos Goncourt, Hugo, Zola, Renoir, Manet, Monet, etc. Una de sus obras más importantes fue “Los Cuentos del Lunes”, un libro de relatos inspirados, en su mayoría, en el sitio de París y en los acontecimientos de la Comuna.

Laura's got a few pounds to lose, nothing major, so she joins the local slimming class, Nu-You. Psycho Kassie and her two morbidly obese friends are livid. They have been struggling for years. Battling obesity. The worst thing for them is people who don't look overweight blazing in all optimistic and raring to go. They want to educate her on the definition of over-indulgence. Could there be such a thing as death by chocolate?

"Noi ci stiamo difendendo da voi, voi da noi: così le aule diventeranno campi di battaglia, vincerà il più forte, ma la scuola sarà finita." Quella che voleva essere una semplice bravata sollecita le parole di un professore dalle mani e dal cuore di gigante buono. Il pannello svitato di una cattedra nel 1967 si tramuterà nella prima ribellione. Avrà la meglio la nuova, fragile, coesione della classe o qualcuno cederà al timore della punizione?

Laura Cain is a brand-new college English professor and still getting used to the ropes. When she is cornered one afternoon in her office by three sexy frat boys, she ends up getting a lesson of her own.

When she is asked to stay after class, the last thing she thought she would get was a little extra tutoring from her professor. He shows her all the ways that she is a woman and that he is a man.

A fantastic erotic short story from leading genre author Vanessa de Sade. This is not the kind of art class story that you are expecting. It neither chronicles the erotic insecurities of a fat-bottomed girl baring her all to a group of students and finding self-confidence and true love, nor does it document the lustful ramblings of a middle-aged matron ogling the tackle of young bucks. No, this is the story of quiet infatuation....

Jeremy is lost. Once a happy and healthy yoga instructor, he's suddenly found herself wrapped up in a dead-end relationship and battling depression. That is, until she meets Prakhar, the mysterious sexual guru who convinces him to follow his dirtiest homosexual desires.