7 best short stories - Death PDF Download

Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968580109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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In society, the nature of death and humanity's awareness of its own mortality has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical inquiry. Literature has also been a tool for speaking and reflecting on the great mystery of life. Join us in these seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo: - The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin - A Dead Woman's Secret by Guy De Maupassant - The Sisters by James Joyce - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence - Laura by Saki For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Author: Robert W. Chambers
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577771466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Robert W. Chambers is best known for the King in Yellow Mythos. The strangeness and bleak horror of his universe inspired many after him, such as H. P. Lovecraft and the first season of TV series True Detective. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: - The Messenger - The Repairer of Reputations - The Purple Emperor - Passeur - The Key to Grief - A Matter of Interest - Pompe Funèbre

Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3967991881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages: The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho - The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock - Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy - The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin - An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 857777029X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842 in Meigs county, Ohio. He worked as a printer's apprentice and enlisted to fight in the Civil War. After the war he worked as an editor, journalist, and short story writer; capturing his war experiences in vivid detail. Although his caustic and satirical style granted him notoriety as a journalist, nowadays he is remembered for his incursions into the genre of terror, influencing authors of the stature of H.P. Lovecraft, and is considered one of the most significant of the nineteenth century, together with others such as Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Maupassant. Profoundly misanthropic, expressed in his writings his distrust of the human race, distrust expressed with a critical attitude that earned him the nickname of Bitter Bierce . This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge One Summer Night The Death Of Halpin Frayser The Moonlit Road A Psychological Shipwreck The Stranger The Middle Toe of the Right Foot

Author: Maurice Leblanc
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3969537045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to Maurice Leblanc, a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.Works selected for this book:The Invisible Prisioner; Two-Hundred Thousand Francs Reward!...; The Wedding Ring; The Sign Of The Shadow; The Infernal Trap; The Red Silk Scarf; Shadowed By Death. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577770133
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Seven of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. In this book you can travel through the minds of geniuses like Bram Stoker, Herman Melville and Oscar Wilde. The selection of August Nemo contains the following works for your appreciation: Dracula's Guest By Bram Stoker Bartleby, the Scrivener By Herman Melville The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde A Scandal In Bohemia By Arthur Conan Doyle The Sandman By E.T.A. Hoffman The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

Author: Leonid Andreyev
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3967997472
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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The literary work of Leonid Andreyev is populated with unfortunate characters who inspire compassion. Andreiev never managed to get rid of the traumatizing experiences of his past, and transmitted in his texts images of tragedy and bitterness through his vanquished characters, with a revolted, impetuous and torturously personal style.In general, Andreyev's works reflect the somber and haunted life of those who have already lost all hope and illusion. Even the mood with which he tries to impregnate some texts tends to sound ironic and somber. Andreiev always tries to draw the reader's attention to the most tragic and cruel side of life, whipping up human selfishness, impiety, cowardice and brutality.Placed among the great pessimistic writers, Andreiev descends to the heart of the miseries that surround him, not hesitating even before the morbid, and exposing everything with an almost savage rawness.Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories from this author for your entertainment:LazarusOn The Day of CrucifixionThe Crushed FlowerThe Serpent's StoryJUdas IscariotThe Little AngelA Story Wich Will Never Be Finished

Author: Arthur Machen
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3968589262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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He was born in 1863 in Wales, in Caerlson-Usk. He settled in London, still young, where he was a bookstore clerk for a few months, becoming a preceptor. Subsequently, he began to write in total material shortage and fatigue. For a long time he lived on translations. Still unrecognized, he continued his work with a growing feeling that "an immense spiritual gulf separated him from other men" and that he lived as a "Robinson Crusoe of the soul."A curious fact was that he, along with W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley, was a member of the "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn," the ill-fated 20th century magic society.His work is acclaimed worldwide and has already been recognized by such big names as H. P. Locecraf, Stephen King and Jorge Luis Borges. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:The Great God PanThe White PeopleThe Black SealThe Novel of the White PowderThe Red HandThe Inmost LightThe Bowmen

Author: Julie Muller
Publisher: Hummingbird Books
ISBN: 9780995204201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Till We Meet Again is a children's book about death and grieving. It helps children learn that it is good to share their stories and memories with their loved ones and it teaches them to honor the person they are grieving through their own actions. This book provides comfort and gives hope that someday we will all meet again.

Author: Bronnie Ware
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401956009
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.