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Fjodors DostojevskisBaltās naktis«Balto nakšu» varonis ir nabadzīgs Pēterburgas inteliģents, cilvēks ar augstu garīgo kultūru. Viņš rakstniekam dārgs tieši ar to, ka vulgāru, mietpilsonisku interešu pasaulē jūtas svešs, nederīgs. Pats sapņotājs ļoti precīzi raksturo savu dzīvi, kur «jaucas kopā kaut kas tīri fantastisks, kvēli ideāls un tai pašā reizē… pelēcīgi prozaisks un ikdienišķīgs, lai neteiktu — neticami banāls». Sapņainība ir īpatnējs pro¬testa veids pret banalitātiKopoti raksti II Sējums Stāsti 1848-1859Liesma 1973Ф. M. ДостоевскийСОБРАНИЕ СОЧИНЕНИЙв десяти томах Том второй Повести и рассказы 1848—1859Государственное издательство художественной литературы Москва 1956Издательство «Лиесма» Рига 1973 На латышском языке Перевод с русского Э. Бирзниека-Упитиса, А. Озола-Саксе, Я. Озола Художник К. ГолдманисNo Krievu Valodas Tulkojusi Ernests Birznieks-Upltis, Anna Ozola-Sakse, Jānis OzolsMākslinieks Kārlis GoldmanisNoskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisTulkojums latviešu valodā «Liesma», 1973

Bartleby the Scrivener (1853), by Herman Melville, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. One day Bartleby declines the assignment his employer gives him with the inscrutable "I would prefer not." The utterance of this remark sets off a confounding set of actions and behavior, making the unsettling character of Bartleby one of Melville's most enigmatic and unforgettable creations. Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful novels, but also for the stirring novellas and short stories that flowed from his pen. Two of the most admired of these - `Bartleby` and `Benito Cereno` - first appeared as magazine pieces and were then published in 1856 as part of a collection of short stories entitled `The Piazza Tales`.`Bartleby` (also known as `Bartleby the Scrivener`) is an intriguing moral allegory set in the business world of mid-19th-century New York. A strange, enigmatic man employed as a clerk in a legal office, Bartleby forces his employer to come to grips with the most basic questions of human responsibility, and haunts the latter`s conscience, even after Bartleby`s dismissal.`Benito Cereno`, considered one of Melville`s best short stories, deals with a bloody slave revolt on a Spanish vessel. A splendid parable of man`s struggle against the forces of evil, the carefully developed and mysteriously guarded plot builds to a dramatic climax while revealing the horror and depravity of which man is capable.Reprinted here from standard texts in a finely made, yet inexpensive new edition, these stories offer the general reader and students of Melville and American literature sterling examples of a literary giant at his story-telling best.

Erzählung aus Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten(1795)

Bel-Ami is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened “Bel-Ami” by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-siécle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the politics of the French colonization of North Africa. It explores the dynamics of an urban society uncomfortably close to our own and is a devastating satire of the sleaziness of contemporary journalism. Bel-Ami enjoys the status of an authentic record of the apotheosis of bourgeois capitalism under the Third Republic. But the creative tension between its analysis of modern behavior and its identifiably late nineteenth-century fabric is one of the reasons why Bel-Ami remains one of the finest French novels of its time, as well as being recognized as Maupassant’s greatest achievement as a novelist.

Bel-Ami est un roman réaliste de Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), publié en 1885. Le roman paraît d'abord sous forme de feuilleton dans le quotidien Gil Blas, avant d'être édité en volume aux éditions Ollendorff. L'action du récit se déroule à Paris pendant la seconde moitié du xixe siècle.Le roman retrace l’ascension sociale de Georges Duroy (ou Georges Du Roy de Cantel), homme ambitieux et séducteur sans scrupules (arriviste et opportuniste), employé au bureau des chemins de fer du Nord, parvenu au sommet de la pyramide sociale parisienne grâce à ses maîtresses et à la collusion entre la finance, la presse et la politique. Sur fond de politique coloniale, Maupassant décrit les liens étroits entre le capitalisme, la politique, la presse mais aussi l’influence des femmes, privées de vie politique depuis le code Napoléon et qui œuvrent dans l’ombre pour éduquer et conseiller. Satire d'une société d'argent minée par les scandales politiques de la fin du xixe siècle, l’œuvre se présente comme une petite monographie de la presse parisienne dans la mesure où Maupassant fait implicitement part de son expérience de reporter. Ainsi, l’ascension de Georges Duroy peut être comparée à la propre ascension de Maupassant1. En effet, Bel-Ami est la description parfaite de l'inverse de Guy de Maupassant, Georges Duroy devenant une sorte de contraire de l'auteur, dont Maupassant se moquera tout au long du roman.Bel-Ami est l'une des œuvres romanesques qui a le plus séduit scénaristes et réalisateurs internationaux.Wikipédia

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Польская писательница. Дочь богатого помещика. Воспитывалась в Варшавском пансионе (1852–1857). Печаталась с 1866 г. Ранние романы и повести Ожешко ("Пан Граба", 1869; "Марта", 1873, и др.) посвящены борьбе женщин за человеческое достоинство.В двухтомник вошли романы "Над Неманом", "Миер Эзофович" (первый том); повести "Ведьма", "Хам", "Bene nati", рассказы "В голодный год", "Четырнадцатая часть", "Дай цветочек!", "Эхо", "Прерванная идиллия" (второй том).

In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabarets, painters’ galleries, and literary salons, to the metropolitan street, markets, the Tiergarten, rapid-service restaurants, and the electric tram. Originally appearing in literary magazines as well as the feuilleton sections of newspapers, the early stories are characterized by a joyous urgency and the generosity of an unconventional guide. Later pieces take the form of more personal reflections on the writing process, memories, and character studies. All are full of counter-intuitive images and vignettes of startling clarity, showcasing a unique talent for whom no detail was trivial, at grips with a city diving headlong into modernity.

Ļevs TolstojsBērnība. Zēna gadi. Jaunība. Pirmās atmiņas. AtmiņasĻeva Tolstoja (1828-1910) 1852.-1854. gados izdots stāstījums par paša bērnu dienu un jaunības gadu atmiņām.Kopoti raksti 14 sējumos. 1. sējumsLVI 1958no krievu valodas tulkojuši Kārlis Egle un Elza GrīnbergaFailu izlabojis Imants Ločmelis

Por su capacidad para poner en evidencia el ridículo, pocos recursos artísticos resultan tan eficaces como la caricatura que revela en breves trazos lo animalesco y monstruoso que todos llevamos dentro. Juan José Arreola manejaba este recurso como pocos y en su Bestiario y en sus relatos breves supo esgrimirlo con destreza para señalar nuestras pasiones y defectos y ayudarnos a conocernos mejor.