Resultados para "George" en Antologías y relatos breves

Después de abandonar a su esposo, Aurore comenzó a usar vestimentas masculinas, aunque continuaba vistiéndose con prendas femeninas en reuniones sociales. Este "disfraz" masculino le permitió el acceso a lugares negados para una mujer de su condición social.

Un coleccionista de plantas adquiere una orquídea rara, desconocida y absolutamente fascinante. Pero lo que comienza como una simple curiosidad botánica pronto se transforma en una lucha por la supervivencia, cuando la planta revela su verdadero propósito: no sólo vive, sino que se alimenta de una manera inesperada y aterradora. La orquídea, que parece casi tener voluntad propia, desata una tensión creciente a medida que sus peligrosas intenciones se hacen evidentes.

This collection brings together some of the most influential and beloved novels in the English literary canon. From dystopian futures to sweeping romantic tales, these works explore human nature, social class, morality, and the quest for identity. Spanning genres and centuries, The Essential British Classics Collection is a celebration of the best of British storytelling, offering profound insights into the human experience.

Dans ce Cabinet des Fées, le merveilleux français déploie ses fastes: un recueil de contes classiques signés Gérard, Leprince de Beaumont et Perrault. Entre palais ensorcelés, forêts profondes et épreuves secrètes, s’entrelacent magie, morale et destin. Ici, l’esprit l’emporte sur la force, la vertu se révèle à l’épreuve, et chaque enchantement recèle une leçon. La prose vive et délicate de l’époque confère à ces récits une grâce intemporelle.

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered … and seventeen more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.

Davidson, un hombre común, se ve atrapado en una experiencia aterradora y extraordinaria cuando, tras un inexplicable evento, pierde el contacto con el mundo real y comienza a percibir una realidad completamente diferente. Sus ojos ya no le pertenecen del todo, y lo que contempla desafía cualquier comprensión: paisajes distorsionados, seres inmateriales y la angustiante sensación de estar viendo más allá de los límites humanos.

Noted as one of the most popular series in American literature, the works of L. Frank Baum have been brought together in this singular collection that ensures the fun never stops! Embark on the journey that has capitated audiences for more than a century.

The short stories of Irish writers appeal to audiences far beyond the shores of Eire. These stories, in turn atmospheric, spookily funny, full of intriguing characters, picturesque, and touching, are steeped in the Irish delight in story-telling and cover an intriguing century of Irish city and country life.

When George hears his mother is sick, he comes home immediately despite looking uncool to his rowdy friends, and soothes his mother. He shows his deep caring for her which moves her as well. Critics have spoken about George's being a drunk, an alcoholic, and the like. But that is not core to the story because George keeps his job for a long time; when he loses it, much of that is because he has been led into thinking work is not cool, to use the modern term.

Beautifully simple and marvelously strong, the stories of Guy de Maupassant have enchanted generations around the world. One of the finest short story writers of all time, de Maupassant believed that the most heart-wrenching and powerful moments in life lay in the simple events of daily life, and he proved it by turning those moments into timeless stories.

"Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq." was first published in the December 1967 issue of If. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Cuando Gottfried Plattner, un simple profesor de escuela, ingiere por accidente una misteriosa sustancia, su vida se transforma en un giro asombroso e inexplicable. Durante nueve días desaparece del mundo conocido, y lo que descubre al otro lado desafía toda lógica: dimensiones ocultas, sombras inquebrantables y un espacio donde lo humano se encuentra con lo extraño.

A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful...

If you’ve ever had the feeling that, at heart, most people are just really terrible, then this is the book for you - a collection of short stories about awful people doing awful things to one another. In these dark and satirical tales, you’ll witness the fallout from a disgraced pop star, the perils of cancel culture, the rabbit hole of COVID conspiracies, the merciless hunt for revenge, and one billionaire’s plan to save the world.

In the quiet world of rural English clergy, lives are full of challenges, conflicts, desires and expectations. George Eliot’s first published work of fiction (1857) comprises three separate stories and has the hallmarks of her famous later works–her gentle wit and clever satire, her psychological insight, and her keen observation of human nature and frailty. These are beautifully written and poignant tales, set in and around the fictional Midlands town of Milby.

From the May-June, 1938 issue of Terror Tales, Queens of Beauty and Horror a chilling story by George Edson. A group of 48 beauty queens celebrate the pageant they have just completed. The beauty queens and their escorts suspect little of the sinister motive behind the pageant. The audience consists of leering, lecherous old men who have nefarious plans for the beauties later in the evening.

Death. It’s a part of life and something we all must accept. Whether it be our own demise or losing a loved one, the experience of death is both sobering and surreal. My Dad Is Dead is a group of related short stories that explore that dichotomy through the eyes of a kid. In George Verongos’ second book, he turns childhood memories into “fictionally enhanced” tales (he made us say that, he’s trying to make it a thing).

La sesta raccolta degli audiolibri di Georges Simenon con protagonista il commissario Maigret riunisce i seguenti titoli: “Il morto di Maigret”: Una mattina un uomo chiama Maigret più volte dicendo di essere braccato e in pericolo di vita. Quella notte il suo cadavere viene ritrovato in Place de la Concorde, accoltellato a morte.

El nuevo acelerador, de Herbert George Wells es un cuento sobre los efectos de una droga capaz de llevar al corazón a 1000 latidos por minuto, a fin de acelerar el metabolismo y aprovechar el tiempo por la aceleración del pensamiento y movimiento humanos.