Resultados para "Novellen" en Literatura y ficción

Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you ask for. Even when you’re too scared to say it out loud. I came to Copper Creek to start over. What I didn’t expect was three masked cowboys to show up on horseback, turning my darkest fantasies into reality. They chased me like I’d asked them to and left me wanting more. I didn’t know who they were, only that they saw the real me. They gave me what no one else could.

DEMON CLAWS: The battle against the demons has been won. The town of Tibbet’s Brook is enjoying a peaceful winter until the body of local businessman Rusco Hog is discovered on the old Tanner farm, his fatal injuries pointing towards a demon attack. BUTTER COOKIES: For Selia Barren, the Town Speaker, the evidence doesn’t add up. She suspects foul play. Rusco didn’t become the richest man in town by making friends, and it seems everyone in Tibbet’s Brook has a motive.

Lilith has been dying since the day she was born. While she long ago came to terms with her own imminent death, the deaths of everyone she loves are an entirely different matter. As her town slowly withers in the clutches of a mysterious god-cursed illness, she takes matters into her own hands. Desperate to find a cure, Lilith strikes a bargain with the only thing the gods hate more than her village: a vampire, Vale. She offers him six roses in exchange for six vials of vampire blood—the one hope for her town's salvation.

A contentious Temple conclave brings sorcerer Learned Penric and his demon Desdemona, in support of his superior Princess-Archdivine Llewen of Martensbridge, to the disputed Carpagamon border town of Occo. There, the uncanny pair will tangle with dangerous new intrigues and old histories, that will test their magical skills, their wits, and their hearts.

When Murgha's degenerate father bets their last bit of coin—and her—in a high-stakes game of kings and bones, she fears she will become the property of the lecherous ambassador. But when the most fearsome dark fae she has ever seen steps into the game and wins the pot, she knows her fate is much worse. She is now owned by the enemy. Now in the hands of a shadow fae priest with an agenda of his own, Murgha mistrusts his motives and the secrets he keeps. But she realizes quickly that her unexpected fall into the keeping of Vallon isn't so surprising after all.

"Der Spiegel des Cyprianus" zählt zu den besonders spannenden Novellen Theodor Storms. Im Zentrum steht ein geheimnisvoller Zauberspiegel auf einem Grafenschloss, der die Zukunft offenbart. Zunächst erfüllt sich der sehnliche Kinderwunsch der Gräfin – doch mit ihrem Tod nimmt ein düsteres Ränkespiel seinen Lauf: Ihre skrupellose Nachfolgerin plant kaltblütig den Aufstieg ihres eigenen Sohnes und schreckt dabei auch vor Mord nicht zurück. Ein packendes Kammerspiel aus Leidenschaft, Gier und dunkler Magie – atmosphärisch dicht und psychologisch raffiniert erzählt.

In "Bulemanns Haus", einer der dunkelsten Novellen Theodor Storms, begegnen wir dem eigenbrötlerischen Herrn Bulemann, einem alten Seemann, der sich von der Welt abgewendet hat. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters lebt er allein im geerbten Haus und verkauft dessen Pfandstücke skrupellos weiter. Als er seiner verzweifelten Halbschwester jede Hilfe verweigert und sogar ihren Sohn abstößt, trifft ihn ein Fluch – und bald beginnen sich seine geliebten Katzen auf schauerliche Weise zu verändern…

Adored by all, Britta is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. With a half brother on the team, Britta has a strict no-dating policy for hockey boys. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player.

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were Here Before Us, a novella written in pieces, designed to be consumed as a single cohesive work. The only thing more brutal than nature is love.

A girl suffering from paralyzing night terrors finds a missing poster hanging from the door of her apartment building. On that poster is a photograph of a frighteningly familiar face. It's her. Only, she's never seen this photo before and something about its grin scares her. How its eyes seem to follow her no matter where she finds herself in the room.

Sophie Appersett is quite willing to marry outside of her class to ensure the survival of her family. But the darkly handsome Mr. Edward Sharpe is no run-of-the-mill London merchant. He's grim and silent. A man of little emotion - or perhaps no emotion at all. After two months of courtship, she's ready to put an end to things. But severing ties with her taciturn suitor isn't as straightforward as Sophie envisioned.

O trabalho pesado, os maus tratos, a falta de liberdade, o desrespeito aos direitos básicos... Um dia, os trabalhadores resolveram dizer "basta" e deram início a uma revolução, expulsando de vez seu carrasco para bem longe! Infelizmente, o paraíso de justiça e igualdade com que sonharam não passou de uma grande ilusão. Claro que, neste livro, os trabalhadores são animais e os líderes do novo regime, porcos. Uma fábula satírica, genialmente criada por George Orwell, aclamada mundialmente e que chega em uma edição super especial para os leitores da Editora do Brasil.

In this tale of adventure, murder, snakes, revenge, and zombies, the Royal Governor of Jamaica sends an S.O.S. to London, asking urgently for help in putting down a burgeoning slave rebellion. London replies by sending Lieutenant-Colonel Lord John Grey, with half a battalion of infantry, a company of artillery, and his trusty valet, Tom Byrd.

When overwhelmed stay-at-home mom Alexis finds herself at odds with her husband after she’s charged with a DUI, she is given one chance to get her family back: complete AA and admit her faults. The problem is, she’s never had a drinking problem and has no idea what caused the blackout that led to her arrest. Still, she’s committed to working through the program, if that’s what it takes to be reunited with her two young children. But when she connects with a new friend, Farrah, she’s empowered to take a closer look at her husband’s role in her downfall.

Madame de Treymes follows the fortunes of two innocents abroad: Fanny Frisbee of New York, unhappily married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive, scion of a great house of the Faubourg St. Germain, and John Durham, her childhood friend, who arrives in Paris intent on persuading Fanny to divorce her husband and marry him instead.

Questo libro contiene tutte le raccolte di novelle scritte da Verga, prima pubblicate su varie riviste e poi in libro: "Primavera e altri racconti", "Vita dei campi", "Novelle rusticane", "Per le vie", "Drammi intimi", "Vagabondaggio", "I ricordi del capitano d'Arce", "Don Candeloro e C." e "Racconti e bozzetti". Alcune raccolte sono focalizzate sull'ambiente più tipico e confacente alla scrittura di Verga, la realtà siciliana, altre sono ambientate nelle varie citta in cui Verga ha vissuto o che ha visitato, soprattutto Milano.

Le voci delle narratrici interpretano quattro novelle del 'maestro' del Decadentismo italiano Gabriele D'Annunzio. Egli ha esplorato il misticismo estetico e l'irrazionale mettendoli in relazione con la sua natura sensuale. Coll'abbandono della ragione come mezzo di conoscenza D'Annunzio si arrende all'istintualità e alla sensualità, vedendo in esse la via per vivere la vita più profondamente e sondare i misteri dell'Ego, come dire sondare i misteri della natura.

When sorcerer Learned Penric hears of the suspected demonic possession of an ox at his brother-in-law’s bridgebuilding worksite, he thinks it an excellent opportunity to tutor his adopted daughter and student sorceress Otta in one of their Temple duties: identifying and restraining such wild chaos elementals before harm comes to their hosts or surroundings.

In questo volume si trovano raccolti alcuni dei più noti racconti di Arthur Schnitzler. A tenerli insieme, la comune atmosfera di'incertezza che incombe all'interno dell'orizzonte in cui si muovono i personaggi. Le tecniche di scrittura sono differenti senza che ci sia la predominanza di una rispetto alle altre.

In the first book of the Tensorate series, a rebellion threatens the power of the Protectorate. Akeha, one of the twin children of the Protector, leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels. In the second book in the Tensorate series, Sanao Mokoya has abandoned the life that once bound her. Broken by the loss of her young daughter, she now hunts deadly, sky-obscuring naga. And an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threatens to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden in the third volume.