A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman written in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to Daedalus, Greek mythology's consummate craftsman. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. The work uses techniques that Joy...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 38 min
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman written in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to Daedalus, Greek mythology's consummate craftsman. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. The work uses techniques that Joy...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 51 min
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman written in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to Daedalus, Greek mythology's consummate craftsman. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. The work uses techniques that Joy...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 49 min
The First Men in the Moon is a scientific romance by the English author H. G. Wells, first published in hardcover in 1901. The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &am...
Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 19 min
The First Men in the Moon is a scientific romance by the English author H. G. Wells, first published in hardcover in 1901. The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &am...
Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 36 min
The First Men in the Moon is a scientific romance by the English author H. G. Wells, first published in hardcover in 1901. The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &am...
Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 24 min
Thomas Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution because of Common Sense , the pro-independence monograph pamphlet he anonymously published in 1776; signed "Written by an Englishman", the pamphlet became an immediate success. It quickly spread among the literate, and, in three months, 100,000 copies (estimated 500,000 total including pirated editions sold during the course of the Revolution) sold throughout the American British colonies (with only two million free inha...
Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 39 min
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R. Schoolcraft learned the language of these peoples and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. ...
Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 49 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 24 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 32 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 18 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 44 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 27 min
Life on the Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical travelogue by Mark Twain, published in 1883, that encapsulates his personal and artistic world and his turbulent and humorous approach to reality, his penchant for unrestrained structure, and his belief that there is no substitute for experience in the scaffolding of a book. The story takes as its subject the great Mississippi, whose waters flowed through the author's early years, as an apprentice and later as a steamer pilot, to know all its cu...
May 29, 2022•2 hr 27 min
The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux, and was first published in 1909-10. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet student's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. (From Wikipedia). The soprano Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house, and before her musician father suddenly dies, he tells her he will sen...
May 28, 2022•2 hr 16 min
The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux, and was first published in 1909-10. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet student's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. (From Wikipedia). The soprano Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house, and before her musician father suddenly dies, he tells her he will sen...
May 28, 2022•2 hr 8 min
The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux, and was first published in 1909-10. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet student's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. (From Wikipedia). The soprano Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house, and before her musician father suddenly dies, he tells her he will sen...
May 28, 2022•2 hr 9 min
The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux, and was first published in 1909-10. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet student's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. (From Wikipedia). The soprano Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house, and before her musician father suddenly dies, he tells her he will sen...
May 28, 2022•2 hr 7 min
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a c...
May 26, 2022•2 hr 19 min
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a c...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 58 min
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a c...
May 26, 2022•2 hr 23 min
Change your life by changing your thoughts. The Majesty of Calmness is your guide to attracting prosperity, manifesting opportunities, and managing stress—all while discovering the values most precious to you. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 26, 2022•1 hr 22 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•5 hr 19 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•5 hr 4 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•4 hr 50 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•5 hr 3 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•4 hr 34 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•5 hr 7 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•4 hr 44 min
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his whole life's work. The book portrays a patricide in which each of a murdered man's sons - the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha - all share a varying degree of complicity. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free wi...
May 20, 2022•4 hr 57 min