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- Published: Nov 11, 09The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th-century Klondike Gold [...]No related posts.
- Published: Sep 30, 09Episode 3, ProteusIn this chapter, characterized by its stream of consciousness narrative style, the action is presented to the reader through the prism of Stephen’s interior monologue. He finds his way to Sandymount Strand and mopes around for some time, mulling various philosophical concepts, his family, his life as a student in Paris, and again, [...]Related posts:Ulysses – Episode 2Ulysses by James Joyce – Episode 1Daisy Miller -Part I, Episode 1
- Published: Sep 29, 09Episode 2, NestorStephen is teaching a history class on the victories of Pyrrhus of Epirus. The class is visibly bored, unconcerned with the subject and not disciplined. Before seeing the boys out of the classroom for a game of hockey, Stephen tells the students a cryptic and impenetrable riddle about a fox burying his grandmother [...]Related posts:Ulysses by James Joyce – Episode 1Ulysses – Episode 3Daisy Miller -Part I, Episode 1
- Published: Sep 28, 09Ulysses, the novel by James Joyce, chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title parallels and alludes to Odysseus (Latinised into Ulysses), the hero of Homer’s Odyssey (e.g., the correspondences between Leopold Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus). Joyce fans [...]Related posts:Ulysses – Episode 2Ulysses – Episode 3Daisy Miller -Part I, Episode 1
- Published: Sep 20, 09When Gregor Samsa wakes from troubled dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lays on his armour-like back, and if he lifts his head a little he can see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding is hardly able to cover it and seems ready to slide off anyRelated posts:Metamorphosis – Part 2Metamorphosis – Part 3
- Published: Sep 19, 09He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with his antennae – of which he was now beginning to learn the value – in order to see what had been happening there.Related posts:Metamorphosis – Part 3Metamorphosis – Part 1Related posts:Metamorphosis – Part 3Metamorphosis – Part 1
- Published: Sep 18, 09Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility – probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across his room – crawling over the ceiling was out of the question…~ THE END ~Related posts:Metamorphosis – Part 2Metamorphosis – [...]Related posts:Metamorphosis – Part 2Metamorphosis – Part 1
- Published: Sep 14, 09The eight tales of The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) trace the activities of Horne Fisher, a member of a wealthy and socially prominent family who is well acquainted with the ways of the rich and powerful (he knows too much about them). Fisher's keen mind and powerful deductive gifts make himRelated posts:The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 5The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 7, Part 2The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 7, Part 1
- Published: Sep 13, 09Is Jenkins a good shot or a bad one? Did the victim die before or after the motorcar plunged over the cliff? Play The Man Who Knew Too Much – Ch. 1, Part 2 Download The Man Who Knew Too Much – Ch. 1, Part 2 Subscribe to Great Books – A Chapter [...]Related posts:The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 6, Part 2The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 1, Part 1The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 8
- Published: Sep 12, 09A tale of “Prince Michael”, a master of deception. Play The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 2, Part 1 Download The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 2, Part 1Related posts:The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 6, Part 2The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 1, Part [...]Related posts:The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 6, Part 2The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 1, Part 2The Man Who Knew Too Much – Chapter 5
- Published: Sep 11, 08THE STRENGTH OF GOD, concerning Reverend Curtis HartmanThe distracted man trembled from head to foot, partly from cold, partly from the struggle in which he was engaged. Hours passed and a fever assailed his body. His throat began to hurt and his teeth chattered. His feet on the study floor felt like two cakes of [...]
- Published: Sep 8, 08TANDY, concerning Tandy Hard “I came here to quit drinking,” he said, and tears began to run down his cheeks. He did not look at Tom Hard, but leaned forward and stared into the darkness as though seeing a vision. “I ran away to the country to be cured, but I am not cured. [...]
- Published: Sep 6, 08Annabel Lee is the last complete poem composed by American author and poet Edgar Allen Poe. Like many of Poe’s poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels [...]
- Published: Sep 5, 08In Winesburg, Seth Richmond was called the “deep one.” ”He’s like his father,” men said as he went through the streets. “He’ll break out some of these days. You wait and see.”Download audio file (winesburg11.mp3) Access Great Books Audio on your mobile athttp://my.podcast.com/greatbooksaudio/mobile/internet advertising
- Published: Sep 2, 08RESPECTABILITY, concerning Wash WilliamsWash Williams, the telegraph operator of Winesburg, was the ugliest thing in town. His girth was immense, his neck thin, his legs feeble. He was dirty. Everything about him was unclean. Even the whites of his eyes looked soiled. I go too fast. Not everything about Wash was unclean. He took care [...]
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