»Harry Haller ist in das kulturlose und unmenschliche Inferno unserer prunkenden und lärmenden Gegenwart vorgedrungen und steht mit seinem Begriff von Menschenwert… einsam außerhalb der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Seine Sehnsucht kennt eine unerreichbare Wirklichkeit: seine Verzweiflung treibt ihn zuweilen in die erreichbare andere zurück. Lust und Enttäuschung ihres Daseins führen in seinem...

Fantastic creatures, heroic deeds, epic battles in the war between good and evil, and unforgettable adventures come together in this world where magic meets reality, which has been enchanting readers of all ages for over sixty years. The Chronicles of Narnia has transcended the fantasy genre to become a part of the canon of classic literature.

Heinrich Düring, Gemeindebeamter in Fallingbostel, führt ein Doppelleben: Er verachtet das NS-Regime und den Alltag des deutschen Kleinbürgertums, nach außen aber gibt er sich angepasst. Seinen Ausgleich findet er in der Natur, durchstreift unermüdlich die geliebte Heidelandschaft, liest Wieland und Tieck. Im Wald entdeckt er eine Hütte und bezieht sie als Versteck für sich und seine...

A collection of short stories.

The novel The Idiot (1868) was conceived and written by Dostoevsky in Switzerland, the homeland of the great enlightener Rousseau, and therefore it is appropriate to recall his contemporary Voltaire, the author of The Innocent, a book that was one of the first attempts to show the 'ideal person' in this imperfect world. 'The main idea ... - wrote Dostoevsky about his novel, - is to portray a...

Collection of humorous short stories.

This collection includes stories by I. S. Turgenev from 1854–1860: ‘The Calm,’ ‘Correspondence,’ ‘Yakov Pasynkov,’ ‘Faust,’ ‘Asya,’ and ‘First Love.’ The book's content is determined not only by chronological order but also by the internal connection between these works—the theme of love. Turgenev temporarily leaves man alone with the profound, the primordial, and the eternal, revealing within...

The reader is invited to book the great humanist of the Renaissance Erasmus of Rotterdam Praise of Nonsense (1509), which brought the author world fame. The translation belongs to PN Ardashev, a Russian historian and publicist, who once sang a sparrow, Virgil - a mosquito and garlic snack, Ovid - a nut, and Lukian a fly with a flea, but only Erasmus of Rotterdam gave praise to the beautiful...