Showing results for "Vengeance" in Classics

Ecoutez l'histoire de la duchesse d'Arcos, qui prépare sa vengeance avec une minutie... diabolique.

Cette nouvelle est issue du recueil "Les diaboliques" dont Barbey disait : "Les diaboliques ne sont pas des diableries, ce sont des diaboliques : des histoires réelles de ce temps civilisé et si divin que, quand on s'avise de les écrire, il semble que ce soit le diable qui ait dicté...". Ici, une femme de la haute aristocratie se sacrifie pour venger de façon spectaculaire le massacre de son amant.

"Strashnaja mest'" - povest' Nikolaja Vasil'evicha Gogolja, vhodjashhaja v sostav sbornika "Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki". Priblizitel'no datiruetsja letom - nachalom oseni 1831 goda. Zhenilsja pan Danilo na krasavice Katerine, svad'bu sygrali. A vot druzhby s testem ne poluchilos', da i nemudreno, ved' okazalsja on nastojashhim koldunom, zhestokim, hitrym i besposhhadnym.

Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian "Golden Age" of the short story. 'The Vengeance of La Maraye' is the terrible tale of a cruel feudal lord, the Sieur de Brieux, who behaves like a tyrant towards his serfs on the island of La Maraye. This is the story of how the islanders finally get their awful revenge.

Bukawai attempts to claim credit for Tibo's return and extort payment from the boy's mother, but is rebuffed. He plots vengeance against the native family and Tarzan, but is thwarted by the ape man. In this story Tarzan's life in the wild is contrasted with scenes from the civilized existence of his cousin in England, living the life he might have had had his parents not been marooned in Africa. The cousin does not shine in the comparison.

"Les Diaboliques" regroupent six nouvelles de Barbey d'Aurevilly parues en 1874, en voici deux : "La Vengeance d'une femme" et "Le Plus Bel Amour de Don Juan". Ces courts textes ont pour traits communs de soulever une part de mystère dans des situations ordinaires, où la banalité d'une époque rencontre le crime, la passion, et les plus sombres desseins. Les femmes représentent une idée de la beauté fière et scandaleuse, elles laissent derrière elles des regrets et une incompréhension troublante.

Enjoy these two stories by great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). This Audiobook includes his "The Old World Landowners" and "A Terrible Vengeance", both tales that deal with nostalgia and the problems of memory.

Will Stark is a self-made multibillionaire, happily married, and a proud father. He arrives home to find his house destroyed and his family murdered and is himself rescued from certain death by a mysterious trio. His rescuers are part of a splinter faction of a centuries-old secret society that has developed incredible technological advances and unlocked the method to release humanity's innate potential. Will was mistakenly believed to be a key dissident and fugitive, on the run from the primary group, known as the Aliomenti.

El amor paternofilial debe demostrarse siempre, o a veces no...? El malvado brujo duerme con grilletes en la prisión por los horrendos crímenes que ha cometido y al alba será ejecutado.Mientras a través de los barrotes ve a la luz de la luna como una barca se acerca por el río, se da cuenta de que es su hija.Gran conocedor de la naturaleza humana y en especial de los sentimientos de la juventud, la llama con la confianza, más que esperanza de que conseguirá que