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A large collection of full-cast dramatisations of classic American novels that helped define American Literature The United States is young by global standards, yet it boasts a vast and rich cultural heritage that belies its brief timeline. In the years since the Declaration of Independence, the...

Tauchen Sie ein in Kate Chopins fesselnden Roman "Schuld“ - eine Geschichte über Liebe, Pflicht und moralische Dilemmata im amerikanischen Süden des späten 19. Jahrhunderts. Therese Lafirme, eine starke und unabhängige Witwe, steht vor der Herausforderung, eine große Plantage zu führen. Ihr Leben nimmt eine unerwartete Wendung, als sie den Geschäftsmann David Hosmer kennenlernt. Zwischen ihnen entwickelt sich eine tiefe Verbindung, doch ihre Beziehung wird durch Davids Vergangenheit und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen auf die Probe gestellt.

The American Classics Collection is a century-spanning collection of 17 classic novels, short stories, essay, and poetry by American authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Kobna Holdbrook-Smith; Nathan Osgood; Robert G. Slade; Jonathan Keeble, and more. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Ernest Hemingway; Mark Twain; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Edith Wharton; Frederick Douglass; and H.P. Lovecraft, amongst a host of others.

Tauchen Sie ein in Kate Chopins bahnbrechendes Meisterwerk Das Erwachen - ein Roman, der die Grenzen der Konvention sprengt und die Seele einer Frau auf der Suche nach Selbstverwirklichung enthüllt. Edna Pontellier, eine respektable Ehefrau und Mutter im New Orleans des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, bricht aus den Fesseln der gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen aus. Während eines Sommerurlaubs am Golf von Mexiko beginnt sie, ihre Rolle als Frau und Mutter in Frage zu stellen. Ihre wachsende Unabhängigkeit und Leidenschaft führen sie auf einen Weg der Selbstentdeckung, der sowohl befreiend als auch gefährlich ist.

Set in New Orleans at the close of the 19th century, The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier, who, while vacationing with her husband and their two sons, finds liberation from her prudish behavior and repressed emotions and desires. At the coastal resort of Madame Lebrun, Edna struggles to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader or listener - such is the quality with which they are usually written. It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline, but for those who master it, the rewards are many. In this series of works by our greatest female writers we bring you a selection of those we consider the best. In Volume 1 we bring you the classics 'A Dill Pickle' by Katherine Mansfield, 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin, and 'The Sexton’s Hero' by Elizabeth Gaskell.

On vacation in Grand Isle, Louisiana, a married woman falls in love with a charming, attentive young man. The relationship spurs Edna Pontellier to explore her longing for independence and creative fulfillment. It also compels her to defy conventions, rejecting the constraints of marriage and motherhood. First published in 1899, Kate Chopin's novel drew criticism for its daring portrayal of female infidelity. Rediscovered decades later, it is now lauded for its lyricism, honesty, and astute social commentary.

Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch. But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives. Indeed their lives, in their own eyes, become almost meaningless, their sense of themselves subsumed under a myriad of problems, whether real or imagined. Seismic events in a life might crush them; the loss of a loved one for instance. Coping is difficult, support hard to find and isolation abounds.

Fifty of the world's greatest classic short stories: 1.The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 2.The One Million Pound Banknote by Mark Twain 3.The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling 4.The Fly by Katherine Mansfield 5.The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe 6.My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce 7.The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 8.One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry 9.Regret by Kate Chopin 10.The Nose by Nikolai Gogol 11.The Mezzotint by M. R. James 12.The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.

A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories.

In Désirée’s Baby, the adopted daughter of a wealthy prewar French Creole couple is courted by the son of another wealthy, respected French Creole family. After they marry, their child is born with dark skin and believed to have African ancestry, a problem for a prewar white family. Accused of dishonesty by her husband, the mother, Désirée, and her child walk off into the bayou, never to be seen again. But when the father finds a letter from his mother to his father which reveals an explosive fact about his own ancestry, he learns a sobering truth.

In the American Civil War that began in 1861 the War was seemingly fought to end Slavery. A War for Good. The result a win for the good guys but a society that still bears fractures from this seminal period. The stories in this volume show the true scars that are endured as a riven Nations authors try to explain and reconcile.

The inevitable is understood by each and every one of us who faces the final calling. So too are the effects on those left behind. The memories are there but the empty space, the void can never be refilled. It remains a dark, unreliable pit of loneliness. The sadness and often depression, the lack of will to continue may swamp us all. Unquenchable, undeniable. But loss can, after mourning, give the opportunity to reappraise the lost and how we can each move forward. In the literary world an accessible balance can be given.

Diplomacy by other means may, at times, sound heroic. A fight for principles and ideals carried out by young men armed to the teeth and directed by older men in pursuit of their own version of glory for themselves and their Nations. Right will triumph over wrong. But war can be an illusion, stirred up by schemers and opportunists to take something from other nations that may or may not be right. As blood and limb are sacrificed the true cost is seen but often set to one side as the dispute becomes embedded in emotions and reason falls away.

"A história de uma hora" [The Story of an Hour] nos conta as reações complexas de Louise Mallard após descobrir a morte do marido em um acidente de trem. Uma crítica a falta de liberdade da mulher dentro do casamento e a falta de valor dela fora de um...

Enter the world of Kate Chopin, where the sea whispers of freedom, desire stirs beneath polite society, and the quietest lives conceal the fiercest longings. The Kate Chopin Library brings her novels and stories to life in full. Tales of love, independence, constraint, and awakening, read for those who still feel the pull of a life beyond convention.

O conto se passa antes da Guerra Civil Americana, no estado da Louisiana, onde fica a fazenda de Armand, casado com Désirée. O casal teve um filho que chama atenção por ter algo de diferente e inesperado. Désirée entra em um estado de negaçã...

The Awakening, a novel by Kate Chopin, was first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf Coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism with themes that are still relevant today.

Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.