The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for poets of the Renaissance period. Spenser’s sequence has been largely neglected in modern times, while those of his contemporaries William Shakespeare and Sir Philip Sidney have been acclaimed. However, because of the artistic skill, along with the emotion and the humor exhibited, these poems deserve a broader hearing, even though they may be somewhat difficult for the present-day reader, partly through Spenser’s love for words and expressions that were already archaic in his time.

Amoretti, written throughout the year 1594 and published the f...

“The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, [Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencer’s aim was to free prose writing from as much “friction and inertia” as possible, so that the reader would not be slowed by strenuous deliberations concerning the proper context and meaning of a sentence.

Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy’s education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his heretofore unknown son and left them only a small allowance, expecting them to make their own way in the world using the education he furnished them. Will the girls survive in a world that expects them, at the most, to become governesses?

“If you will listen to this book, you will meet a cast of unforgettable characters, as different from one another as the sun and moon. But they have one thing in common – all of them hide many, many secrets. The plot of this book is full of twists which may leave you guessing until the end. Bridget’s lively reading adds much to the joy of listening to this book.” (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Oedipus the King (often known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence.

This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the prophecy that predicted he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus blinds himself and leaves Thebes, to wander in the wilderness accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene.

Sophocles' play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. His daughter Electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother Orestes to help her achieve her ends.

This is the final installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays, following Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus's daughter Antigone deliberately breaks the laws of Thebes when she buries her brother's body and is sentenced to death. She clashes with Creon, the King of Thebes, over what constitutes justice and morality: the laws of the state or the laws of the individual.

Die Höhlenkinder ist eine Jugendbuch-Triologie von Alois Theodor Sonnleitner. Die beiden Waisen Eva und Peter werden in einem entlegenen Gebirgstal von der Aussenwelt abgeschnitten und lernen, wie Urmenschen zu überleben. Anhand der Beschreibung des Lebenslaufs der beiden Kinder lässt Sonnleitner die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Menschheit von der Steinzeit über die Bronzezeit bis zur Eisenzeit an dem jugendlichen Leser im Zeitraffertempo vorüberziehen.
Dies ist der dritte Band der Trilogie, in dem Eva und Peter in eine Bärenhöhle und ein Steinhaus umziehen und Eltern werden.

Die Höhlenkinder ist eine Jugendbuch-Triologie von Alois Theodor Sonnleitner. Die beiden Waisen Eva und Peter werden in einem entlegenen Gebirgstal von der Aussenwelt abgeschnitten und lernen, wie Urmenschen zu überleben. Anhand der Beschreibung des Lebenslaufs der beiden Kinder lässt Sonnleitner die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Menschheit von der Steinzeit über die Bronzezeit bis zur Eisenzeit an dem jugendlichen Leser im Zeitraffertempo vorüberziehen.
Dies ist der zweite Band der Trilogie, in dem die Wohnhöhle überflutet wird, und die Kinder erst in eine Erdhütte, und dann in Pfahlbauten im See umziehen.