Literature Project - Free eBooks Online - StumbleUpon 100 Best Novels « Modern Library ULYSSES by James Joyce Written as an homage to Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Ulysses follows its hero, Leopold Bloom, through the streets of Dublin. Overflowing with puns, references to classical literature, and stream-of-consciousness writing, this is a complex, multilayered novel about one day in the life of an ordinary man. Initially banned in the United States but overturned by a legal challenge by Random House’s Bennett Cerf, Ulysses was called “a memorable catastrophe” (Virginia Woolf), “a book to which we are all indebted” (T. S. Click here to read more about ULYSSES THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Set in the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby tells the story of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, his decadent parties, and his love for the alluring Daisy Buchanan. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce Published in 1916, James Joyce’s semiautobiographical tale of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, is a coming-of-age story like no other. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov U.S.A. In E.
Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature The Online Books Page NATURALEZA DE LA NOVELA El novelista Luis Goytisolo, a partir de los años de la Transición, reunió sus artículos ensayístico-literarios en El porvenir de la palabra (Taurus, 2002). Una obra, justamente, en la que ya despuntan algunos de los temas que en el presente ensayo alcanzan su pleno desarrollo. Pero sólo aquí, en Naturaleza de la novela, el autor plantea y desarrolla los aspectos fundamentales a los que alude el título. ¿Qué es ese género literario llamado novela, lo que hoy entendemos por tal?
Why is Shakespeare considered to be the greatest writer in English literature? 1564: William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon. His notice of baptism is entered in the parish register at Holy Trinity Church on April 26th. While the actual date of his birth is not known, it is traditionally celebrated on April 23rd. 1571: Shakespeare probably enters grammar school, seven years being the usual age for admission. 1575: Queen Elizabeth visits Kenilworth Castle, near Stratford. Popular legend holds that the eleven-year-old William Shakespeare witnessed the pageantry attendant on the royal progress and later recreated it in his dramatic works. 1582: Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway of Shottery. 1583: Susanna, the first child of William and Anne Shakespeare, is born. 1585(?) 1585: Twins Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare born. 1589-90: Shakespeare probably writes Henry VI, Part One. 1590-91: Shakespeare probably writes Henry VI, Part Two and Henry VI, Part Three. London theaters are closed due to plague. 1592-94: Shakespeare probably writes The Comedy of Errors.
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