The Way to Wealth The Way to Wealth is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard’s Almanac during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by “Father Abraham” to a group of people. The Way to Wealth Summary…
Joan Of Naples pdf Joanna I (Italian: Giovanna I; March 1328 – 27 July 1382) was Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 until her death. She also reigned as Princess of Achaea and claimed the crowns of Jerusalem and Sicily. During her long reign, she was involved in numerous conflicts,…
Beyond Lies The Wub pdf Beyond Lies, the Wub” is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published genre story, originally appearing in Planet Stories in July 1952. It was first collected in The Preserving Machine in 1969 and was included in The Best of Philip K. Dick in 1977. It was the title story for the first…
A Scandal In Bohemia pdf A Scandal in Bohemia book is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes works illustrated by Sidney Paget. Summary of A Scandal In Bohemia…
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer pdf The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Tom…
The Poetics pdf Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory in the West. This has been the traditional view for centuries. The Poetics Summary The Arabic version of Aristotle’s Poetics that influenced the Middle Ages was translated from a Greek manuscript dated to some time prior…
Emile Zola J’accuse pdf “J’Accuse…!” (French pronunciation: “I Accuse…!”) was an open letter published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L’Aurore by the influential writer Émile Zola. As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J’accuse! has become a common generic expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful. Summary of Emile Zola J’accuse Alfred Dreyfus was…
L’archipel En Feu pdf L’Archipel en feu est un roman historique de Jules Verne, paru en 1884. Le récit se déroule sur le fond de la guerre d’indépendance grecque dans les îles de la mer Égée, dans les années 1820. L’Archipel en feu est publié à une période où Jules Verne aborde un tournant dans…
The Histories Of Polybius pdf Polybius’ Histories were originally written in 40 volumes, only the first five of which are extant in their entirety. The bulk of the work was passed down through collections of excerpts kept in libraries in Byzantium. Polybius, a historian from the Greek city of Megalopolis in Arcadia, was taken as…
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The Metamorphosis pdf The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka’s best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggling to adjust to this…
The Ethics Of Aristotle pdf Aristotle first used the term ethics to name a field of study developed by his predecessors Socrates and Plato. Philosophical ethics is the attempt to offer a rational response to the question of how humans should best live. Aristotle regarded ethics and politics as two related but separate fields of…