Gulliver Of Mars pdf Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation is the last novel by Edwin Lester Arnold, combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905. Its lukewarm reception led Arnold to stop writing fiction. It has since become his best-known work and is considered important in the development of 20th-century science fiction in that it is a…
Helden pdf Helden (original: Arms and the Man) ist ein Theaterstück des irisch-englischen Dramatikers George Bernard Shaw. Die Uraufführung fand am 21. April 1894 im Londoner Avenue Theatre statt. Der originale Titel Arms and the Man spielt auf die erste Zeile von Vergils Aeneis an, diese lautet: Arma virumque cano … (dt. nach Johann Heinrich…
The King Of The Golden River Book pdf The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria by John Ruskin was originally written in 1841 for the twelve-year-old Effie (Euphemia) Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It was published in book form in 1851 and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions. Summary of The…
The Nursery Alice pdf The Nursery “Alice” (1889/90) is a shortened version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll, adapted by the author himself for children “from naught to five”. It includes 20 of John Tenniel’s illustrations from the original book, redrawn, enlarged, colored – and, in some cases, revised – by Tenniel…
Peter Pan pdf Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous yet innocent little boy who can fly, and has many adventures…
The Night Circus pdf The Night Circus is a 2011 fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern. It was originally written for the annual writing competition NaNoWriMo over the span of three NaNoWriMos. The novel is written in third-person present tense and arranged to have a nonlinear narrative written from multiple viewpoints. The Night Circus Summary The…
Little Wizard Stories Of Oz pdf Little Wizard Stories of Oz is a set of six short stories written for young children by L. Frank Baum, the creator of the Oz books. The six tales were published in separate small booklets, “Oz books in miniature,” in 1913, and then in a collected edition in 1914…
The Lost World Novel pdf The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of…
Peter And Wendy pdf Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous yet innocent little boy who can fly, and has many…
The Princess And The Goblin pdf The Princess and the Goblin is a children’s fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in A Critical History of Children’s Literature that The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel “quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor.” Jeffrey Hold away, in the New Zealand…
The Wonderful Visit pdf The Wonderful Visit is an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells. With an angel—a creature of fantasy unlike a religious angel—as the protagonist and taking place in contemporary England, the book could be classified as contemporary fantasy, although the genre was not recognized in Wells’s time. The Wonderful Visit also has…
Tarzan and the Lion Man pdf Tarzan and the Lion Man is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventeenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Liberty from November 1933 through January 1934. Tarzan and the Lion Man Summary Tarzan and…