Showing results for "The Wolf" in Short Stories

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Plague of Doves the first part of a loose trilogy that includes the National Book Award-winning The Round House and LaRose is a gripping novel about a long-unsolved crime in a small North Dakota town and how, years later, the consequences are still being...

In man's constant struggle with nature, this story takes us to the mountains of New Mexico in the pursuit of a huge, fearsome wolf.

Short story written by Jack London The Son of the Wolf consists of a single man who is known as Mckenzie or "Scruff". The story tells of the hardships of what single men had to endure on the frontier. Often men would venture on journeys that may consist of months or even years just in order to find the right suitor. Scruff had been the toughest of the tough and had lasted the longest on the frontier without the company of a woman. This story connects with naturalism by showing that nature can be just as cruel as it can be forgiving if someone is alone on the frontier.

This is a story from the Classic American Short Stories collection.

Mackenzie, den alle nur den "Grindigen" nennen, fristet ein hartes Leben im Grenzland des Yukon, wo die Winter hart und entbehrungsreich sind. Eines Tages macht er sich auf die Suche nach einer Frau - und wird ausgerechnet bei der Tochter des Häuptlings eines Indianerstammes fündig.

Tra la famiglia che l'ha trovato, debole e macilento, l'ha rifocillato e guarito, e l'antico padrone che ricompare improvvisamente alla porta, Brown Wolf chi deciderà di seguire?Un racconto tra i più celebri di Jack London.Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta "C'erano una volta un cane e un gatto".

John Griffith London nació en San Francisco el 12 de enero de 1876.

Egal wie alt wir sind. Wir erinnern uns vor allem an verpasste Chancen - vor allem in der Liebe. Selbst wenn das Leben in der Gegenwart wunderbar ist. Dieses Büchlein ist eine Ode an alle, deren Herz manchmal in der Vergangenheit verweilt. Denn seien wir ehrlich: manchmal träumt man einfach gerne. In diesem kleinen aber feinen Hörbuch hören Sie 12 Kurzgeschichten, die von 11 Sprecher:innen gelesen werden.

Ein Klassiker aus der Feder von Rainer Maria Rilke. Hermann Holzer erzählt seinem Freund Ernst Bang, daß er demnächst seine Freundin Helene heiraten will. Doch Ernst reagiert unerwartet: "Nimm mir's nicht übel, aber... Du... zerbrichst... sie..." Wie er zu dieser Überzeugung gelangt ist, kann Ernst nur durch eine Beichte erklären. Da betritt Helene den Raum und die Situation spitzt sich zu.

I've got more pressing matters to think about. Like the fact that our wolf pack is in serious debt. If I can't find a way to secure financing for our estate, we'll lose our shifting sanctuary. My stepmother—wonderfully wicked as she is-has come up with a plan: seduce a rich jeweler who's visiting for the weekend. And then, when he agrees to bond with me and make me his forever, we'll be saved. Not such a bad deal, considering he's crazy hot, and I've had a crush on him forever. One problem: I'm not a temptress, not by a long shot.