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Der Amateur-Cracksman
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. Raffles was E. W. Hornung's most famous character. Popular in its day, the book led to three later works: The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night, both collections of short stories, and Mr. Justice Raffles, a complete…
Gemeinsame Themen: England -- Fiction, English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England
Macht und Herrlichkeit
One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being…
Gemeinsame Themen: Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy
Erzählungen des Grauens und der Geheimnisse
From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned…
Gemeinsame Themen: English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, English literature, Mystery
Sein letzter Seufzer
The adventure of Wisteria lodge.--The adventure of the cardboard box.--The adventure of the red circle.--The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans.--The adventure of the dying detective.--The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.--The adventure of the devil's foot.--His last bow.
Gemeinsame Themen: English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, Short Stories
Sherlock Holmes: Die letzten Fälle
Gemeinsame Themen: English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, English literature
Gemeinsame Themen: English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, English literature
Apologia pro vita sua
An influential Church of England vicar, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley launched the most scathing attacks against Newman and this was Newman's brilliant response. A spiritual autobiography, Apologia Pro Vita Sua explores the very depths and nature of Christianity.
Gemeinsame Themen: Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy