Showing results by publisher "Lindhardt og Ringhof" in Classics

Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.

"Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized.

"The Beautiful and Damned", first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. The novel provides a portrait of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York Café Society. As with his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters are complex, especially in their marriage and intimacy, much like how he treats intimacy in "Tender Is the Night". The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald.

"Horatio Leavenworth, Esq., a millionaire, is murdered in his library while he is engaged in reviewing a book he plans to publish. He was shot cleanly in the back of the head (with his own pistol), meaning that he did not turn his head when his assassin entered the room. This fact led detective Ebenezer Gryce to conclude that he recognized the footsteps of his assailant and felt he had nothing to fear from this person." Thus begins this first novel in the "Mr. Gryce" series.

Dette er "Eyrbyggja-saga". Sagaerne er i stilen romaner. Vi hører, at Njals sømmer em dag roder forbi en trael, der står bøjet og arbejder med jorden. Skarphedin traekker blank og flaekker hans hoved. "Hvorfor gjorde du det?" Han stod så godt for hug!

"Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe" is a novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion.

"The American" is a novel by Henry James was originally published as a serial in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1876-1877 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th century American business.

"Typee" (in full: "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life") is American writer Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842. The title comes from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, but made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".

Sherwood Anderson beskrev selv "Winesburg, Ohio" som "halvt selvstaendige fortaellinger, halvt roman". I dag er den kendt som et af de mest banebrydende vaerker i moderne amerikansk litteratur, og den har haft en enorm indflydelse på den amerikanske novelle. Bogen udspiller sig i den førindustrielle amerikanske lille by Winesburg, og omkring den centrale hovedperson, Winesburgs eneste journalist, den unge George Willard.

"Selv om vi sejler gennem samtiden og flyver ind i fremtiden, er fortiden altid med i bagagen. Islaendingesagerne rummer en eller anden klassisk kerne, noget, der findes inde i os, og som vi laerer meget naermere at kende, når vi laeser dem." - Einar Mar Gudmundsson i lydbogens forord.

Hudson is a young law student in Northampton, Massachusetts, who shows such surprising ability as a sculptor that the rich Rowland Mallett, visiting a cousin in Northampton, decides to stake him to several years of study in Rome, then a center of expatriate American society. The story has to do not only with Roderick's growth as an artist and the problems it brings, but also as a man susceptible to his new environment, and indeed his occasional rivalries with his American friend and patron.

"The Encantadas" or "Enchanted Isles" is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. It was collected in "The Piazza Tales" in 1856. "The Encantadas" was a success with the critics, but it did not help Melville out of his financial troubles.

Det er årene 1676-79: Kongen i Frankrig er den svage Henri III. Kongens broder, hertug François af Anjou, stræber efter magten, og det samme gør hertugerne af Lothringen. Sammen danner de "Den hellige katolske liga" med det formål at styrke katolicismen mod huguenotterne - og overtage magten i Frankrig. Imens prøver den alvidende hofnar Chicot, som kongen ser op til, at ødelægge deres spil. Midt i dette spil fanges hertug François' undergivne grev de Bussy, "den tapreste af alle franskmænd", og hans elskede Diana, der ved skæbnens ugunst og intriger er blevet gift med Henri III's hofjægermeste

Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, "Washington Square" is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared to Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships.

Tämä Charles Dickensin klassikko on ollut erottamaton osa brittiläistä jouluperinnettä jo 150 vuoden ajan. Kertomus on oikeastaan kummitustarina, mutta positiivisessa mielessä: haamut saapuvat antamaan opetuksen sydämettömälle kitupiikille ja rahanlainaajalle Ebenezer Scroogelle. On jouluaatto, kun Scrooge saa vierailijan edesmenneen liikekumppaninsa Jacob Marleyn kärsivästä haamusta sekä kolmesta hengestä, jotka edustavat menneisyyden, nykyisyyden ja tulevaisuuden jouluja. Näin alkaa oppitunti anteliaisuudesta ja inhimillisyydestä, jotka kuuluvat joulun todelliseen henkeen.

Dette er "Kormaks saga". Sagaerne er i stilen romaner. Vi hører, at Njals sømmer em dag roder forbi en trael, der står bøjet og arbejder med jorden. Skarphedin traekker blank og flaekker hans hoved. "Hvorfor gjorde du det?" Han stod så godt for hug!

Tom Kristensens roman, "En anden", skildrer en drengs opvækst i et fattigt københavnermiljø i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Med drengens øjne opleves og erfares livets ofte barske vilkår, som i barndommens sårbare påvirkelighed får egen betydning og former det videre livsforløb. Historien fortælles i tilbageblik fra den nu voksne mands tilværelse som toldbetjent i Kina, og i det diskrete samspil mellem fortid og nutid er romanen en stærk beskrivelse af menneskets stadige kamp for identitet. Forfatter og kritiker Tom Kristensen (1893-1974) hører til blandt det 20.

"Flappers and Philosophers" was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories: "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", "The Four Fists".

I 1700-tallets Boston har Hester Prynne forbrudt sig mod det puritanske samfund ved at få et barn med en ukendt fader. Hun nægter imidlertid at afsløre navnet på ham og dømmes til at stå til offentlig forhånelse på torvet og derefter i al fremtid bære tegnet på sin skam på brystet. Da hendes formodet afdøde mand dukker op, nægter han at vedkende sig Hester og slår sig ned under et påtaget navn for at finde frem til, hvem elskeren og faderen til barnet er. Værket er bearbejdet og tilrettet moderne retskrivning.

"Selv om vi sejler gennem samtiden og flyver ind i fremtiden, er fortiden altid med i bagagen. Islaendingesagerne rummer en eller anden klassisk kerne, noget, der findes inde i os, og som vi laerer meget naermere at kende, når vi laeser dem." - Einar Mar Gudmundsson i lydbogens forord.