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»Jolanthes Hochzeit« ist eine Novelle des ostpreußischen Schriftstellers und Bühnenautors Hermann Sudermann.
Der schon etwas in die Jahre gekommenene Freiherr von Hanckel auf Ilgenstein hat seinem Freunde Pütz auf dem Sterbebett versprochen, sich um dessen Sohn Lothar zu kümmern, der nun in wirtschaftlichen Schwierigkeiten ist und seinen Abschied als Gardeleutnant nehmen muss. Um die Verhältnisse des jungen Mannes zu ordnen, begibt sich Hanckel zu dem Gutsherrn Krakow von Krakowitz; er will versuchen, einen schon seit Jahren andauernden erbitterten Erbschafts-Rechtsstreit zwischen Krakow und seinem Freund beizulegen. Dort lernt er Krakows junge und bildschöne Tochter Jolanthe kennen. D...

"Civilisations as yet have only been created and directed by a small intellectual aristocracy, never by crowds. Crowds are only powerful for destruction. Their rule is always tantamount to a barbarian phase. A civilisation involves fixed rules, discipline, a passing from the instinctive to the rational state, forethought for the future, an elevated degree of culture — all of them conditions that crowds, left to themselves, have invariably shown themselves incapable of realising. In consequence of the purely destructive nature of their power crowds act like those microbes which hasten the dissolution of enfeebled or dead bodies. When the structure of a civilisation is rotten, it is always ...

Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this posthumously published book, he takes a closer look at Japan's religious history: How it developed from ancient beliefs into Shintoism, resisted suppression attempts by both Buddhism and Christianity and how – despite efforts to westernise Japan during the era known as Meiji Restoration – it remained the basis for Japanese society. Even today, over 100 years after this book was written, some of the described traditions and fundamental idea...

In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there is a lot of gold. He then dies. Some of the settlers decide to go and search for the gold. They have long distances to travel and meet many challenges along the way. They eventually reach one of these cities and find evidence that it has been abandoned by invaders hundreds or thousands of years ago. They then get attacked by Apaches but manage to beat them off and carry on. After spending several years travelling they decide to go back to California where they find that all...

A collection of 12 true stories of young children during the time leading up to their First Holy Communion. Written by a Sister of Notre Dame, this is the companion volume to "True Stories For First Communicants"

Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget".

The Moralia (loosely translatable as "Matters relating to customs") of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are also fascinating timeless observations in their own right. Many generations of Europeans have read or imitated them, including Montaigne and the Renaissance Humanists and Enlightenment philosophers. The Moralia include "On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great" — an important adjunct to his Life of the great general — "On the Worship of Isis and Osiris" (a crucial source of information on Egyptian religious rites), and "On the Malic...

Anderson served as third officer aboard the Eamont. Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan to foreigners in 1858, serving as a dispatch boat between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa. The Eamont was employed in the negotiations for the first commercial treaty with Japan. On this occasion she ran into Nagasaki and quietly dropped anchor, in spite of the fact that opposition to the proposed commercial treaty was very strong at the time. On the following morning 150 boat-loads of Japanese attempted to tow her to sea, being evidently ignorant of an anchor's raison d'etre. But though they att...

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquakes, Hegel, Sir William Osler, Charles William Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Charles Sumner, Monica Lewinsky, and Anita Loos; the Lincoln highway, joys of gardening, goldfish, skunk raising, and the cultivation of tobacco.

"Earthquakes" was co-authored by Louis Pakiser.

Die Geschichte einer deutsch - französischen Liebesverbindung, die nach schwerstem Missverständnis in Harmonie ausgeht.
Auf dem Höhepunkt des Konfliktes bedroht der Mann – Franzose, Kommandant einer Festung – in der Verblendung des Irrtums eine ganze Stadt mit Waffen- und Bombenterror. Aber zusammen mit der Gnade des vorgesetzten Offiziers, gelingt es der unbeirrten Liebe seiner deutschen Frau, den Konflikt aufzulösen.

„Gnade löst den Fluch der Sünde,
Liebe treibt den Teufel aus.“

(Zusammenfassung von Rolf Kaiser)