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Bret Harte (1836 - 1902) was an American writer and poet, most famous for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. The Idyll of Red Gulch portrays an incident in a town in California involving the town drunk, a prostitute, and the schoolmistress.

This short story by the great writer of Westerns is about a woman at home with her sick baby desperately waiting for her husband to return during a flood. The anxiety and tension builds as the mother feels increasingly isolated and afraid as the water levels rise.

Daddy Downey and Mammy Downey were reputed to be already living at Rough-and-Ready when the first settlers arrived; they were considered saints and word of their great age and piety had spread far beyond the foothills, into The Union Ditch newspaper and beyond. However, the arrival of a second aged couple first made them hermits and then Mammy passed away. With both of them gone, the sheriff of Calaveras revealed the shocking truth.

Francis Bret Harte (1839-1902) was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short stories set against the background of the California gold rush. He himself set off at the age of 15 to become a gold miner and absorbed the rough atmosphere of the mining camps, which he used as a setting against which the interplay of human emotions stands out poignantly. 'Miggles' is an outstanding example of his humorously tender style which made his stories so popular.

Спектакль "Млисс" по мотивам одноименного рассказа американского прозаика Брета Гарта. В Калифорнии на склоне красной горы расположен небольшой поселок. Его не так давно основал неудачливый золотоискатель - отец чумазой дикарки Млисс, которую так не любит преподобный Мак-Снегли. Кто бы мог подумать, что Млисс, лохматый сорванец в юбке, мечтает учиться? И на ее удачу в единственную школу поселка поступает на работу молодой учитель.

Radiospektakl' "Schastlivec Barker" po odnoimennomu rasskazu Breta Garta, amerikanskogo prozaika, kotoryj proslavilsja realisticheskimi opisanijami zhizni zolotoiskatelej v Kalifornii.

Die Stadt Poker Flat will sich ungeliebter Einwohner entledigen. Ein Glücksspieler, ein Dieb und zwei Prostituierte werden aus der Stadt gejagt...

Packende Erzählungen von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Westerngeschichte. Schnörkellose Geschichten um Glücksspiel, harte Männer...

Stories von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Westerngeschichte, von einsamen Reitern, die widerwillig zu Helden werden, von Glücksspielern...

Stories von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Wildwestgeschichte. Es geht um einsame Reiter, die widerwillig zu Helden werden, um harte Männer...

Die schönsten und packendsten Wildwest-Stories von Bret Harte. Einsame Reiter, die zu Helden werden. Männer, die den ewigen Kampf zwischen Gut und...

If the legend were true then the "Yaller Dog" was able to effect change in people, mimic their transgressions, and knew the true value of politicians. On the other hand, if you spent enough time with the dog you may come to wonder if he really had any redeeming qualities. A humorous classic tale of a dog who was hard to define. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.