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Beauty and the Beast

Author: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

"The Beauty and the Beast" is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of love to transform the way you look at people you love. The moral of this fairytale is that person’s beauty comes from a heart in love … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Author: Charles Perrault

Cinderella is the story of jealousy, virtues and sufferings of Cinderella and hostility of her older sisters. The fairytale about Cinderella has won many generations and everyone who believes that a humiliated being will rise and … [Read more...] about Cinderella

Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliette is an epic love story whose plot is set in a small Italian city Verona. A great hatred between the powerful families Capuleti and Montecchi was carried out through generations. Genre: romantic … [Read more...] about Romeo and Juliet

On the River

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant and Emile Zola are the most famous writers of the French naturalism. Zola even developed the theory of naturalism and he states that it should strive to show nature and human’s temper as they are. Maupassant … [Read more...] about On the River

Canzoniere

Author: Francesco Petrarca

"Canzoniere" is a book of poems composed out of two parts. Thanks to this work Petrarca, whose name was anglicized as Petrarch, became famous. The whole book of poems is inspired by his great love for Laura. This work served as a … [Read more...] about Canzoniere

Steppenwolf

Author: Hermann Hesse

"Steppenwolf" is a novel by Hermann Hesse, a German author, which was published in 1927. The author writes about a lonely, dissatisfied intellectual Harry Haller and he described his mental state through a battle between his human … [Read more...] about Steppenwolf

If I Were a Grown-Up

Author: Eva Janikovszky

The educational picture book "If I Were a Grown Up" shows us life through children’s eyes. Kids have a hard time understanding the values of good manners and the reasons for which they should behave and listen to their parents. … [Read more...] about If I Were a Grown-Up

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Author: Hugh Lofting

"The Story of Doctor Dolittle" is a children’s novel by the English writer Hugh Lofting. The full name of the work is "The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in … [Read more...] about The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Gargantua

Author: François Rabelais

The novel "Gargantua" looks as if it revolves around the life of the main character Gargantua. The author gives us an insight into the smallest details of his life such as his origins, birth, childhood, life in Paris and … [Read more...] about Gargantua

Pantagruel

Author: François Rabelais

The first few chapters are dedicated to getting to know the main character. His birth, childhood, teen years and moving to Paris are shown. The return to his country is marked by the liberation of the land that was under enemies … [Read more...] about Pantagruel

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