Literary Fiction
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans is a novel written by Gertrude Stein over a long period of time (1906-1911) and finally published in 1925. It is sub…
Scarlet Sister Mary
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…
The Blacker the Berry
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
The Fate
The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…
Annouchka
When N—— met Annouchka. A graceful story of innocence, love, coming of age, and friendship, set between two picturesque towns on the banks o…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
A Second Home
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
Immer Mutig
"... ein phantastischer Nilpferdroman" - das sind 83 phantastische, skurrile, seltsame Erzählungen, Fabeln, Glossen, locker v…
The Goodness of St. Rocque
These stories focus on the Creole society of New Orleans and in the process reveals issues facing black Americans at the end of the nineteen…
Free
Theodore Dreiser's first collection of short fiction, published in 1918. Dreiser was known primarily as a novelist (Sister Carrie, An Americ…
El Habitante y Su Esperanza
Conocido mayormente como poeta, el chileno Pablo Neruda publicó esta noveleta (60 págs.) en 1926. Trata de la vida diaria de u…
Το μόνον της ζωής του ταξείδιον
Σε αυτό το διήγημα η φαντασία αγκαλιάζει την πραγματικότητα όπως στα παραμύθια.Ο παππούς ζει μέσα στη φαντασία του ιστορίες για βασιλοπούλες…
Stanton White
In this tome the Northern narrator, Harold Edson, visits the American South with his college friend, Stanton White, in order to study first …
Der Schüdderump
Band 2 der dreibändigen Ausgabe des Romans "Der Schüdderump" von Wilhelm Raabe. Der "Schüdderump" ist die…
Mopes de kluizenaar
Vertaling van 'Tom Tidler's ground' het kerstverhaal uit 1861. Het boek is geschreven in samenwerking met Wilkie Collins, Charles Allston Co…
En la Diestra de Dios Padre
Este cuento es un icono de la cultura antioqueña en Colombia que muestra con una rica descripción, en un lenguaje popular y c&…
I and My Chimney
Herman Melville (1819–1891) is best known for his epic novel Moby Dick (1851), as well as the short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” (1853) an…
The King of Elfland's Daughter
The councilmen of an undistinguished hamlet entreat their ruler to find a way of ensuring that his successor will acquire some magic to add …
Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
Why would someone with an immaculate reputation enter a house known for vices? A young officer sets out to uncover the "secret" of…