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Jerry of the Islands: A True Dog Story - Jerry is an Irish terrier who finds himself on the island of Malaita, after the ship he was on got attacked. Jerry is accepted by the local tribe, but when the tribe''s sorcerer decides to sacrifice him, he manages to avoid it and his adventure begins. Michael, Brother of Jerry - Michael, an Irish terrier, was born and raised in the Solomon Islands. Working as a slave hunter aboard a schooner, Michael is accidentally left on the beach, and his journey around the world begins with the new owner. Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

Black Oxen is novel about an aging woman who miraculously becomes young again after glandular therapy. It was later adapted into the well known movie. The title of the story comes from William Butler Yeats''s play "The Countess Cathleen". Fans of Oscar Wilde''s "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" will find this an intriguing read as well! Excerpt: "In spite of its smooth white skin and rounded contours above an undamaged throat, it was, subtly, not a young face. The mouth, rather large, although fresh and red (possibly they had lip sticks in Europe that approximated nature) had none of the girl''s soft flexibility. It was full in the center and the red of the underlip was more than a visible line, but it was straight at the corners, ending in an almost abrupt sternness. Once she smiled, but it was little more than an amused flicker; the mouth did not relax. The shape of the face bore out the promise of the head, but deflected from its oval at the chin, which was almost square, and indented."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women''s rights movement. Along with her friend Susan B. Anthony, Canton was one of the very prominent faces of Women''s Movement in America. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women''s rights and women''s suffrage movements in USA. Unlike her contemporaries, Stanton was also interested in various other issues pertaining to women like their parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce, the economic health of the family, and birth control until her death in 1905. But even before being a suffragist, she had also been a champion of Abolitionist cause and envisaged the dream of a just society since the very beginning of her life. This edition brings to you the famed autobiography of this courageous woman in celebration of the undying spirit of freedom, equality and woman power. "I am moved to recall what I can of my early days, what I thought and felt, that grown people may have a better understanding of children and do more for their happiness and development. I see so much tyranny exercised over children, even by well-disposed parents, and in so many varied forms,-a tyranny to which these parents are themselves insensible,-that I desire to paint my joys and sorrows in as vivid colors as possible, in the hope that I may do something to defend the weak from the strong...."

One who lived in Lincoln''s time, and who has read the thousand books they say have been written about him in the half century since his death, may still be dissatisfied with every description of his personality and with every analysis of his character. He was human, and yet in some mysterious degree superhuman. Nothing in philosophy, magic, superstition, or religion furnishes a satisfactory explanation to the thoughtful devotee for the inspiration he gave out or for the transfiguring glow which at times seemed to illumine his homely frame and awkward gestures. Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer.

"This book is sent out to induce people to look at their own eyes, to pick up the gold in their laps, to study anatomy under the tutorship of their own hearts. One could accumulate great wisdom and secure fortunes by studying his own finger-nails. This lesson seems the very easiest to learn, and for that reason is the most difficult." Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer.

The story is set on an island separated from the rest of the world, on which evolution has taken a different course. "The Nightmare" resembles Edgar Rice Burroughs'' The Land That Time Forgot, which was published a year later. While Bennett had submitted "The Nightmare" under her own name, she had asked to use a pseudonym, Jean Vail, if it was published. The magazine''s editor instead chose to use Francis Stevens, which she stuck to for rest of her writings as well. Excerpt: "I never met a burglar, but if I ever should it would be embarrassing to point a pistol at him and not be able to fire it off. I admire the heroes of burglar stories. They''re always such efficient people."

One of Bennett''s most famous novel, Claimed, narrates the tale of a supernatural artifact which summons an ancient and powerful god to early 20th century New Jersey. Augustus T. Swift called the novel, "One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will ever read"). Excerpt: "From where we stood the illusion of ruins was nearly perfect, and indeed - who knows? - we may to-day have looked upon the last surviving trace of some ancient city, flung up from the abyss that engulfed it ages before the brief history we have of the race of man began. I would have liked to investigate the "ruins" more closely, but thought best not to attempt it. From many fissures hot, ill-smelling, and probably poisonous vapor is still pouring up, and though the rock is sufficiently cool so that it is possible to walk on it, I deemed it safer to confine exploration to a comparatively small space near our landing-place."

The novel begins with the strange murder of Sir Michael Ferrara. A horrifying series of events follows, leading to a woman being used against her will to prey on her husband and then abducted and killed inside a secret chamber in an old Egyptian pyramid! But who or what is behind this evil power? And how will he be stopped in his devilish ways? Read on!

The Yellow Claw is a crime novel by Sax Rohmer. The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal. Max is often aided in his efforts by Inspector Dunbar and together they need to stop Mr. King before he takes his next hostage! The novel was the basis for the 1921 British silent film The Yellow Claw. The Golden Scorpion again features Detective Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar who must save the day from an evil "scorpion" mastermind before he makes his next kill!

Dr. Fu Manchu is a villain introduced in a series of novels by British author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the twentieth century. The character was also featured extensively in cinema, television, radio, comic strips, and comic books for over 90 years, and has become an archetype of the evil criminal genius and mad scientist, while lending the name to the Fu Manchu moustache. Moreover, the supervillain Fu Manchu''s murderous plots are marked by the extensive use of arcane methods; he disdains guns or explosives, preferring dacoits, thuggees, and members of other secret societies as his agents armed with knives, or using "pythons and cobras ... fungi and my tiny allies, the bacilli ... my black spiders" and other peculiar animals or natural chemical weapons. He had an abhorrence for the truth, and used torture and other gruesome tactics to dispose of enemies. Contents: The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (aka The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu) The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (aka The Devil Doctor) The Hand of Fu Manchu (aka The Si-Fan Mysteries)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. He skips school to swim and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. Tom Sawyer''s best friends include Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, who will get him into troubles, but also accompany him in glorious adventures...

The Mary Louise Series is a collection of four novels concerned with adolescent girl detectives written under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne. The series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum''s favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. She is a fifteen-year-old girl with unusual maturity (though the other girls in her boarding school find her somewhat priggish). She is suddenly confronted with the fact that her beloved grandfather is suspected of no less a crime than treason against the United States... The second book, Mary Louise in the Country, involves the struggle for Irish independence from Britain. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls is concerned with the strong anti-German sentiments in the United States during World War I. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author chiefly known for his children''s books. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Mary Louise ΓÇó Mary Louise in the Country ΓÇó Mary Louise Solves a Mystery ΓÇó Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls

William Walker was an African American man who was sold again and again to different slave owners and had to flee to Canada to realise his dreams of freedom. But little did he know that his dreams were soon to be shattered and that too ironically after his emancipation. His search for job took him to the dreaded South and on an unfateful day his white neighbour''s wife came running to his house to seek shelter from her abusive husband. What followed then was nothing less than a Hollywood film script! A must read for everyone who is interested in how Southern discriminatory laws buried African Americans behind prison walls to muffle their voices and protests... Thomas S. Gaines - nothing is known about this author but it is widely conjectured it is an assumed identity to expose the despicable state of Jackson State prison and bring back William Walker''s tragic story from the oblivion.

Lydia Maria Child is better known as the abolitionist who supported Harriet Jacob''s masterpiece, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, but very few people know that Lydia Maria Child was a prolific author who had dedicated her life for the abolition of slavery in her actions and writings. This edition brings to you her 7 hard hitting anti-slavery stories in one volume: Slavery''s Pleasant Homes The Quadroons Charity Bowery The Emancipated Slaveholders Anecdote of Elias Hicks The Black Saxons Jan and Zaida Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women''s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy through her stories.

Behind the Scenes (1868) is both a slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family of America, especially of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. After the assassination of President Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckley the former slave turned confidant and dress maker of Mrs. Lincoln took it upon herself to provide financial support to her by writing this slave narrative. But in spite of Keckley''s good intentions the publication of her life story spelled doom for her own career and her friendship with the Lincolns to an extent that all efforts were made to suppress and falsify it. Yet this book has survived all odds and has now become an important document on Anti-Slavery and the Lincolns. A must read for anyone who is interested in American History! Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907) was a former slave who became a successful dressmaker, civil rights activist, and author in Washington, DC. Her relationship with Mary T. Lincoln was notable for its personal quality and intimacy. Besides, Keckley was also deeply committed to programs of racial improvement and protection. She helped in founding the Home for Destitute Women and Children and taught at Wilberforce University in Ohio.

"The institution of human slavery, as it existed in this country, has long been dead; and, happily for all the sacred interests which it assailed, there is for it no resurrection. It may, therefore, be asked to what purpose is the story which follows, of the experiences of one person under that dead and accursed institution?..." (Thirty Years a Slave) "Thirty Years a Slave" gives a glimpse the pitiable conditions of slaves, their inhuman treatment by their owners, the politics of slave markets and their complex relationships with the white population. In this book the author Louis Hughes dwells upon the intimate aspects of his own life like the painful separation with his mother and his marriage, his personal tragedies and his attempts of running away from the bondage of slavery. "Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, A Runaway Slave" is another remarkable autobiography by Jacob D. Green which dwells on his three prominent attempts to escape in 1839, 1846, and 1848 and his perseverance in the face of failures. Louis Hughes was born on a Virginian Plantation to a mixed race parents with a Black slave mother and sold in Richmond slave market in 1844. While still in slavery he learnt about medicines from his master and helped his fellow slaves. After emancipation Hughes became a successful businessman in Wisconsin and wrote his autobiography. Jacob D. Green was born into slavery with 113 other slaves on a plantation in Kentucky with only his mother as family. Green did many "awful" things like seeking a murderous revenge from a man who thrashed him and making daring choices that would eventually lead to his freedom.

"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" chronicles the daring escape of William and Ellen Craft which is often known as the most ingenious plot in fugitive slave history. While Ellen posed as a white male planter William, her husband, posed as her personal servant. The couple cleverly travelled by train and steamboat, escaped nail-biting detection and arrived in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Excerpt: "It is a common practice in the slave States for ladies, when angry with their maids, to send them to the calybuce sugar-house, or to some other place established for the purpose of punishing slaves, and have them severely flogged; and I am sorry it is a fact, that the villains to whom those defenceless creatures are sent, not only flog them as they are ordered, but frequently compel them to submit to the greatest indignity." William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Craft (1826-1891) were slaves from Macon, Georgia in the United States who escaped to the North in December 1848. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves in America. But due to the controversial Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 they had to immigrate to Britain for safety where they continued to garner support for the abolishment of slavery.

As her biographer Sarah H. Bradford mentions, Harriet Tubman is at par with biggest names like Jeanne D''Arc, Grace Darling, and Florence Nightingale in terms of her resilience, courage and do-or-die dedication in liberating her people from the bondages of slavery. Tubman who was herself born into slavery in Maryland in 1822 took over the responsibility of helping and guiding other slaves to freedom after her own escape to Philadelphia in 1849. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman "never lost a passenger". When the Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. She was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war and to guide the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 slaves. Excerpt: "The whip was in sight on the mantel-piece, as a reminder of what was to be expected if the work was not done well. Harriet fixed the furniture as she was told to do, and swept with all her strength, raising a tremendous dust. The moment she had finished sweeping, she took her dusting cloth, and wiped everything "so you could see your face in ''em, de shone so," in haste to go and set the table for breakfast, and do her other work. The dust which she had set flying only settled down again on chairs, tables, and the piano. "Miss Susan" came in and looked around...." (Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman) Sarah H. Bradford (1818-1912) was an American writer, historian and one of the first American women writers to specialize in children''s literature, predating better-known writers such as Louisa May Alcott. Bradford was also a very close friend of Tubman and a contemporary of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom''s Cabin.

"That prayers are answered nearly all the human race believe. But the subject has been beclouded and often made ridiculous by inconsistent superstitions. This book is a modest attempt to clear up some of the errors. Its record is as accurate as impartial observation can make it. God is not bribed. Laziness cannot bargain with him. But the prayers of the righteous and of repentant sinners availeth much." - Russell H. Conwell; "Health, Healing, and Faith") "Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory, our faith remains unmoved. A general view of the field of prayer shows that the great fundamental facts remain undisturbed. God is. God answers prayer." - Russell H. Conwell (from "Subconscious Religion") Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Health, Healing, and Faith ΓÇó Praying for Money ΓÇó Subconscious Religion

Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. Table of Contents: ΓÇó The Key to Success ΓÇó Acres of Diamonds ΓÇó Praying for Money ΓÇó What You Can Do With Your Will Power ΓÇó Every Man His Own University

"A distinct university walks about under each man''s hat. The only man who achieves success in the other universities of the world, and in the larger university of life, is the man who has first taken his graduate course and his post-graduate course in the university under his hat. There observation furnishes a daily change in the curriculum. Books are not the original sources of power, but observation, which may bring to us all wide experience, deep thinking, fine feeling, and the power to act for oneself, is the very dynamo of power." - Russell H. Conwell (from "Every Man His Own University") Russell Herman Conwell (1843 - 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds.

The original inspiration for his most famous essay, "Acres of Diamonds", occurred in 1869 when Conwell was traveling in the Middle East. The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune-the resources to achieve all good things are present in one''s own community. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: "dig in your own backyard!". The book has been regarded as a classic of New Thought literature since the 1870s. Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer.

Puck of Pook''s Hill is a fantasy book, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy - since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary fantasy - since it depicts a magical being active and practicing his magic in the England of the early 1900s when the book was written. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling''s own house Bateman''s, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself. (Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England", is better known as a character in William Shakespeare''s play A Midsummer Night''s Dream.) The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella (A Centurion of the Thirtieth, On the Great Wall) to children''s fantasy (Dymchurch Flit). Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children''s books are classics of children''s literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka. Excerpt: "We all know that in order to accomplish a certain thing we must concentrate. It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate. To make a success of anything you must be able to concentrate your entire thought upon the idea you are working out. Do not become discouraged, if you are unable to hold your thought on the subject very long at first. There are very few that can. It seems a peculiar fact that it is easier to concentrate on something that is not good for us, than on something that is beneficial. This tendency is overcome when we learn to concentrate consciously. If you will just practice a few concentration exercises each day you will find you will soon develop this wonderful power."

Diese Bildergeschichte erzählt in Reimform von dem unglückseligen bösen Raben, genannt Hans Huckebein. Der Knabe Fritz findet im Wald einen jungen Raben und will ihn unbedingt mit nach Hause nehmen. Mit List und Tücke fängt er das verängstigte Tier ein und bringt es nach Hause zu seiner Tante. Die wird sofort enttäuscht - der Rabe entpuppt sich nicht als ein niedliches Tierchen, sondern beißt sie erstmal heftig. Anschließend bringt er den Haushalt der Tante durcheinander: Er klaut dem Spitz einen Schinkenknochen, woraufhin unter den Tieren ein heftiger Streit entsteht, in den auch der Kater verwickelt wird. Da der Rabe gewitzt ist, trickst er die beiden aus und siegt. Nun ist er nicht mehr zu bremsen.... Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908) war einer der einflussreichsten humoristischen Dichter und Zeichner Deutschlands. Zu seinem Todeszeitpunkt galt er als ein „Klassiker des deutschen Humors", der mit seinen satirischen Bildergeschichten eine große Volkstümlichkeit erreichte. Er gilt heute als einer der Pioniere des Comics. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken zählen die Bildergeschichten Max und Moritz, Die fromme Helene, Plisch und Plum, Hans Huckebein, der Unglücksrabe und die Knopp-Trilogie.

Erleben Sie die schönsten Geschichten zum Einschlafen und die Klassiker der Kinderliteratur in einer Sammlung: Das hässliche Entlein (Hans Christian Andersen) Der standhafte Zinnsoldat (Hans Christian Andersen) Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (Hans Christian Andersen) Die Schneekönigin (Hans Christian Andersen) Des Kaisers neue Kleider (Hans Christian Andersen) Die wilden Schwäne (Hans Christian Andersen) Däumelinchen (Hans Christian Andersen) Die kleine Seejungfrau (Hans Christian Andersen) Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geislein (Brüder Grimm) Die zwölf Brüder (Brüder Grimm) Rapunzel (Brüder Grimm) Hänsel und Grethel (Brüder Grimm) Aschenbuttel (Brüder Grimm) Rothkäppchen (Brüder Grimm) Dornröschen (Brüder Grimm) Sneewittchen (Brüder Grimm) Die goldene Gans (Brüder Grimm) Die Sterntaler (Brüder Grimm) Die drei Schweinchen (Joseph Jacobs) Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (Julius Wolff) Das Märchen vom Mann im Monde (Ludwig Bechstein) Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland (Ludwig Bechstein) Der Wettlauf zwischen dem Hasen und dem Igel (Ludwig Bechstein) Der Erdbeerkönig (Elsbeth Montzheimer) Das dankbare Heinzelmännchen (Elsbeth Montzheimer)

Aus dem Buch: „Auf der Straße, welche sich aus Holland über Emmerich und Wesel den Rhein hinaufzieht - nebenbei gesagt im Jahre 1807 - einer sehr öden, unchaussierten, meist durch sandige Gegenden führenden Straße, bewegte sich an dem Tage, welcher der auf der Rheider Burg vorgefallenen Katastrophe folgte, der holländisch-bergische Postwagen. Von vier keuchenden abgetriebenen Pferden gezogen wackelte der schwerfällige Kasten langsam vorwärts; das eintönige Knirschen der Räder in dem Sande und das ebenso eintönige Geklapper der Wage, woran die Stränge befestigt waren, schienen das Ungetüm in den Schlummer gelullt zu haben, denn es nickte in einem fort nach vorn, wie der Kopf eines Einschlafenden, hob sich wieder in seinen Lederriemen auf und nickte abermals nach vorn." Levin Schücking (1814-1883) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Im besonderen ist es Schücking sehr oft gelungen, den Übergang von der alten zur neuen Zeit im Revolutions- und Napoleonischen Zeitalter mit eigentümlicher Stimmungsgewalt darzustellen. Landschaftlicher Hintergrund vieler seiner Erzählwerke sind Westfalen und das Rheinland, was ihm die Bezeichnung eines „westfälischen Walter Scott" eintrug.

Die Sieben Legenden sind ein Novellenzyklus von Gottfried Keller. Gemeinsam ist den Legenden, dass in ihrem Mittelpunkt die Jungfrau Maria steht, allerdings in einer Ausdeutung und Gestalt, die sowohl von katholischer wie evangelischer Auffassung und Dogmatik weit entfernt ist. Inhalt: • Eugenia, ein "feines Römermädchen" in Alexandria, wird durch eifriges Studium zu einem "Blaustrümpfchen" und weist die Werbung des jungen Aquilinus ab, indem sie die Bedingung stellt, dass er ihr "Geistesleben und Streben versteht und ehrt und an demselben teilnimmt." Psalmworte aus einem Kloster bekehren sie zum Christentum, sie zieht männliche Kleider an, wird in das Kloster aufgenommen und bald zu dessen Abt. Als Eugenia hört, dass Aquilinus zu ihrem Gedächtnis ein sie darstellendes Marmorbild hat aufstellen lassen, geht sie bei Nacht hin, um es mit einem Hammer zu zerschlagen. • Die Jungfrau und der Teufel - Ein wohlhabender Graf gerät durch allzu große Mildtätigkeit in Schulden und Not und versetzt dem Teufel, der ihm in Gestalt eines Feuer aus den Augen sprühenden Fährmanns erscheint, Bertrade, seine Frau, wenn er nur wieder genug Gold hat. Er findet unter Bertrades Kopfkissen ein Buch, aus dem Goldstücke fallen, wenn er darin blättert. Als er verabredungsgemäß seine Gattin dem Teufel ausliefern will, kommen sie an einem Kirchlein herbei, in dem Bertrade vor einem "eigentümlich anmutigen Marienbild" ihr Gebet verrichtet... • Die Jungfrau als Ritter - Der Kaiser hört von der unbemannten Bertrade und schickt den trägen Zauderer Zendelwald als Boten zu ihr, um anzukündigen, dass er sie besuchen und ihr einen neuen Mann besorgen will... • Die Jungfrau und die Nonne • Der schlimm-heilige Vitalis • Dorotheas Blumenkörbchen • Das Tanzlegendchen

Die Leute von Seldwyla ist ein zweiteiliger Novellenzyklus. Es umfasst zehn "Lebensbilder", die durch einen gemeinsamen Schauplatz, die fiktive Schweizerstadt Seldwyla, zusammengehalten werden. Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe - An einen wirklichen Vorfall anknüpfend erzählt Keller Shakespeares Romeo und Julia neu und verlegt dazu die Handlung ins 19. Jahrhundert und in die Schweiz. Unweit Seldwylas pflügen zwei reiche Bauern ihre Felder. Dabei eignen sie sich Furche um Furche den Acker eines Armen an... Spiegel, das Kätzchen - Diese Geschichte trägt den Untertitel Ein Märchen und spielt im späten Mittelalter: Der Kater Spiegel landet nach dem Tode seiner Herrin auf der Straße. Dort begegnet er dem Seldwyler Stadthexenmeister Pineiß, der zu seiner Hexerei den Schmer (das Fett) von Katzen braucht. Um nicht zu verhungern, schließt der Kater mit ihm einen Vertrag: Pineiß verpflichtet sich, Spiegel herauszufüttern, Spiegel muss sich dafür zwecks Schmergewinnung schlachten und auskochen lassen, sobald er fett genug ist... Kleider machen Leute - Die Geschichte handelt von dem Schneidergesellen Wenzel Strapinski, der sich trotz Armut gut kleidet. Er gelangt in eine fremde Stadt namens Goldach und wird dort wegen seines Äußeren für einen polnischen Grafen gehalten. Nachdem er aus Schüchternheit versäumt hat, die Verwechslung aufzuklären, versucht er zu fliehen. Doch da betritt eine junge Dame, Tochter eines angesehenen Bürgers, den Schauplatz. Die beiden verlieben sich ineinander, worauf der Schneider die ihm aufgedrängte Grafenrolle weiterspielt... Inhalt: • Pankraz, der Schmoller • Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe • Frau Regel Amrain und ihr Jüngster • Die drei gerechten Kammacher • Spiegel, das Kätzchen • Kleider machen Leute • Der Schmied seines Glückes • Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe • Dietegen • ...

Frau Jenny Treibel oder „Wo sich Herz zum Herzen find''t" ist ein Roman Theodor Fontanes. Es geht um Besitz und das mit ihm verbundene gesellschaftliche Ansehen, um Bildung versus Besitz, um Poesie, echte und falsche Gefühle. Im Zentrum des Romans stehen zwei Berliner Familien: Zum einen die großbürgerlichen Treibels - der Kommerzienrat, seine Frau Jenny sowie die Söhne Otto und Leopold, zum anderen Gymnasialprofessor Wilibald Schmidt und seine Tochter Corinna, welche das Bildungsbürgertum repräsentieren. Halb ironisch wird dem Leser eine Geschichte nach dem Muster einer Komödie vorgeplaudert. Fontane verarbeitet hier seine Erfahrungen mit einem Bürgertum, bei dem Ideale und Handeln, moralische Grundsätze und praktisches Entscheiden diametral entgegengesetzt sind. Ende 1892 ausgeliefert, gewann der Roman sehr schnell die Gunst von Publikum und Kritik, die er bis heute ohne erkennbare Einschränkung bewahrt hat. Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Vertreter des Realismus.