The Devil - formato ePub

Uno dei più famosi racconti lunghi di Lev Tolstòj, in cui lo scrittore mette a confronto due generazioni di nobili russi. Nella prima parte della storia, ambientata nel 1828, si racconta l’avventura di...

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoj, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoj clashed with editor Mikhail Katkov over...

Resurrezione è l’ultimo romanzo di Lev Tolstoj, scritto nel 1899 narra la storia di Nechljudov, giurato al processo dove viene condannata la donna da lui un tempo sedotta. Divorato dal rimorso , abbandona...

Questo libro è a layout fisso Dopo la morte del padre, Evgenji si trasferisce in campagna con l’anziana madre per gestire la proprietà di famiglia. La vita scorre serena e perfetta per il giovane uomo...

Scritto da Lev Tolstoj tra il 1863 e il 1869, Guerra e pace è considerato il più grande romanzo russo. In questa celeberrima opera si fondono due narrazioni: da una parte, i grandi avvenimenti storici...

Sonata a Kreutzer, composta da Beethoven per violino e pianoforte e dedicata al celebre musicista francese, è un'opera unica rispetto al resto della produzione di Tolstoj. Pubblicata nel 1891 appartiene...

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 19/02/2018.  Sposata infelicemente con Aleksej Aleksandrovic Karenin, la bellissima e aristocratica Anna si innamora del giovane ufficiale Aleksej Kirillovic Vronskij, affascinante...

Questo volume comprende tre racconti scritti da Lev Tolstoj: La tempesta di neve, Albert e la felicità familiare. Nel primo lo scrittore analizza il comportamento degli uomini davanti alla furia e alle...

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO “Fateci caso: se lo scopo dell’umanità è il bene, la bontà, l’amore, quel che volete; se lo scopo dell’umanità è quello enunciato nelle profezie, ossia che tutti gli uomini...

I tre “Racconti di Sebastopoli” nacquero come corrispondenze di guerra dal fronte della guerra di Crimea inviate da Tolstòj alla redazione del mensile “Sovremennik”. Dei tre, l’ultimo a essere scritto...

In questo libro, scritto da Tolstój all’età di ottant’anni, due anni prima della morte, si rintraccia in àmbito spirituale il più generale desiderio di creare un sistema scolastico primario all’interno...

Nella sua lunga vita, Tolstój fu dapprima uno scrittore tradizionale, nel senso aristocratico del termine, per poi rinnegare completamente la propria attività e dedicarsi perlopiù a saggi di natura etica...

Lo scritto di Tolstoj, La schiavitù del nostro tempo (1900), apparso per la prima volta in Italia all’inizio del Novecento e da allora mai più pubblicato, viene qui presentato in una nuova traduzione....

«Ecco dunque che sono innamorato anch’io» pensai, mentre il mio carrozzino continuava la sua corsa.Infanzia è il primo scritto pubblicato daTolstoj (1852) quando aveva ventiquattroanni, a cui si aggiunge...

The Devil is a short story by Lev Tolstoj. It was written in 1889, given an alternative ending in 1909,but published only posthumously in 1911. Like Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, written around the same...

Un’ordinaria giornata nel Caucaso dell’Ottocento di un gruppo di soldati russi raccontata dal punto di vista di un giovane ufficiale. Il racconto lungo qui presentato, l’autobiografico “Il taglio del...

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In Alaska's untamed wilderness, a decades-old crime resurfaces revealing the fingerprints of a boy presumed dead.FBI Agent Kenzie Harper thought she'd seen the worst, until a missing boy's fingerprints...

He thought his troubles were behind him.With an estate in his name—albeit won in a rather unfortunate card game—Lucas Bywood has thrown himself into restoring it to some semblance of respectability. But...

Have you ever looked around the body of Christ and never seen someone that resembled you? This was something I struggled with, especially at first in my walk with the Lord. Everywhere I looked, all I...

A black market boxer was abused and his soul was transported to the King of Fighters continent. He thought he could be reborn, but unfortunately, a dead thin man captured his soul and implanted it into...

The Earth, devastated by solar flares, has been reduced to an endless desert known as the Wastelands. Life clings on in citadels in a highly stratified society. The pampered elite indulge in animal body...

Horror in 1492Columbus's Cursed DiaryA historical horror novel based on true events... that no one ever told you.1492. Everyone knows the story of the discovery of America. But no one ever told you what...

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Null Infinity: Book 1: A Novel Harry was one of the best physics students at one of the best schools in the country.But even he could learn something from Lauren.And together they would take on the adventure...

Being widowed and kidnapped wasn't part of her life plan…After losing her husband, Giselle has focused all her time and energy on building her career in the fashion industry.  Now her life and her budding...

n the continuously war-ravaged world of Terath, the balance of power has begun to shift as people begin whisper of the return of the old gods—powerful deities long thought to have abandoned the world...

During World War II, Stella makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, while the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden inside. A beautiful and important...

Lady Isla Thompson has always lived in the shadow of family secrets and unspoken promises. Bound by a duty to protect her heart after a devastating heartbreak, she has kept her emotions carefully guarded—until...

Rae-Rae is doing her best to get through the hardest year of her life. With nowhere else to go she left her hometown and moved up the mountain to live with her estranged father.Once there Rae-Rae learns...

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe meets We Bought A Zoo in Book 2 of this comforting portal cosy fantasy series.Desperate to avoid Uncle Mac's Mistakes, Keeping an Eye on the Ice Boys, throwing the...

Life had been good for thirteen year old Micha el-Tigris, there at his birthplace in 3493 BCE beside the Tigris River near the village of Kuyunjik, later known as Nineveh. But that all changed in the...

George Croft has decided to have a lie-in. So, apparently, has almost everyone else as Britain has come to a complete standstill. Millions of people, particularly the lowest paid, have simply not turned...

After Alice receives the Justice card, her mother, brother and Heath learn of her marriage to Eliot.

Earth is reeling from devastating multiple asteroid impacts. While humankind is struggling to cope with this existential threat on the planet, Space Shuttle Endeavour's commander, Susan Corin is struggling...

The flames of rebellion burn brighter, and betrayal coils in the shadows of Vacari.As fragile alliances splinter and buried truths claw their way to the surface, dragons and riders alike are ensnared...

Collected by the enigmatic traveller Leonn Astra, these dark folktales offer glimpses into a realm both wondrous and unforgiving. From forgotten legends whispered by wandering entertainers to firsthand...

The fourteenth volume of Nashville: The Mood. A popular preacher attacked in a park. The Church of Mesmenology continues its march to prominence and influence. Lawyers failing to impress clients or do...

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In an unassuming house on the edge of town, secrets linger like shadows in the corners, and the past is never truly past. Every creak in the floorboards, every sigh of the wind through the eaves, seems...

One potion, two herbologists, and a greenhouse full of meddling magical plants...Professor Juno Runeheart's thriving career at Grimm Mawr Academy is thrown into chaos when her ex-boyfriend Thaddeus Shadowspire...

Tom and Charles are Monterrey Valley, Massachusetts' first same-sex married couple. Tom writes supernatural fiction, ghost stories and they both buy a house that has its own ghost story. Will it be the...

Mary  decided to provide food for a homeless guy she frequently encountered on her way to work, her 1 gesture of goodwill quickly evolved into a terrifying mystery. After an hour, the man handed her a...

Hopewell Hallow had a pulse of its own, a steady thrum beneath the surface that you could feel if you stood still long enough and let the town breathe around you. Nestled at the edge of a sprawling, ancient...

It's a beautiful spring day, and Danielle and her kids have been showing Detective Nigel Hawksworth the many covered bridges in the Willamette Valley. The day has been a fun one, and they are nearly done...