“The Cat Of The Stars” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Cat Of The Stars” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“The fatalities have been three thousand, two hundred and ninety-one, to date, with more reported in every cable from San Coloquin, but it is not yet decided whether the ultimate blame is due to the conductor of Car 22, to Mrs. Simmy Dolson’s bland se...
“The Ghost Patrol” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Ghost Patrol” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“Donald Patrick Dorgan had served forty-four years on the police force of Northernapolis, and during all but five of that time he had patrolled the Forest Park section.Don Dorgan might have been a sergeant, or even a captain, but it had early been seen at hea...
“Moths In The Arc Light” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Moths In The Arc Light” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“Bates lay staring at the green-shaded light on his desk and disgustedly he realized that he must have been sleeping there for hours on the leather couch in his office. His eyes were peppery, his mouth dry. He rose, staggering with the burden of d...
“Things” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Things” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“This is not the story of Theodora Duke and Stacy Lindstrom, but of a traveling bag with silver fittings, a collection of cloisonné, a pile of ratty school-books, and a fireless cooker that did not cook.Long before these things were acquired, when Theo was a girl and her father,...
“The Kidnaped Memorial” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Kidnaped Memorial” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“Wakamin is a town with a soul. It used to have a sentimental soul which got thrills out of neighborliness and “The Star–Spangled Banner,” but now it wavers between two generations, with none of the strong, silly ambition of either. The pioneering g...
“Speed” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Speed” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “Out in the road were two new automobile tires, and cans of gasoline, oil, water. The hose of a pressure air-pump stretched across the cement sidewalk, and beside it was an air-gauge in a new chamois case. Across the street a restaurant was glaring with unshaded electric lig...
“The Willow Walk” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Willow Walk” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “From the drawer of his table Jasper Holt took a pane of window glass. He laid a sheet of paper on the glass and wrote, “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.” He studied his round business-college script, and rewrote the sen...
“Young Man Axelbrod” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Young Man Axelbrod” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “In Joralemon we call Knute Axelbrod “Old Cottonwood.” As a matter of fact, the name was derived not so much from the quality of the man as from the wide grove about his gaunt white house and red barn. He made a comely row of trees on each side of t...
“Free Air” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Free Air” is a road novel about Claire Boltwood, who, in the early days of the 20th century, travels by automobile from New York City to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with a nice, down-to-earth young man and gives up her snobbish Estate.
“The Job” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage.
“Keep The Aspidistra Flying“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status and the dismal life that results in....
“Coming Up For Air“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Coming Up for Air is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell. The story follows George Bowling, a 45-year-old husband, father, and insurance salesman, who foresees World War II and attempts to recapture idyllic childhood innocence and escape his dreary life by returning to...
“Down and Out in Paris and London“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. Its target audience was the middle- and upper-class members of society—those w...
“A Clergyman’s Daughter“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia.
“The Irrational Knot” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.An Unsocial Socialist is George Bernard Shaw's second novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.
“Widowers' Houses” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Widowers' Houses was the first play by George Bernard Shaw to be staged. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences – as the traditional Victorian theatre was expected to – but to ra...
“An Unsocial Socialist” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.An Unsocial Socialist is George Bernard Shaw's novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.
“Love Among the Artists” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Love Among the Artists is George Bernard Shaw's novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting.
“Cashel Byron's Profession” is a novel by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Cashel Byron's Profession is George Bernard Shaw's fourth novel. Shaw wrote five novels early in his career and then abandoned them to pursue politics, drama criticism, and eventually playwriting. The novel follows Cashel Byron, a world champion prizefighter, as he tries to woo wealthy...
“Ruchomy kamień” to utwór Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, polskiego pisarza, poety, dramaturga okresu Młodej Polski. Przybyszewski był skandalistą, przedstawicielem cyganerii krakowskiej i nurtu polskiego dekadentyzmu.“Ruchomy kamień” to wspaniałe opowiadanie Stanisława Przybyszewskiego. Obok samej twórczości rozgłos Przybyszewskiemu przynosiła także atmosfera, jaką wokół siebie wytwarzał. Był uważany za legendarną postać europejskiej bohemy, przez Strindberga nazywany był „geni...
“Powrót” to utwór Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, polskiego pisarza, poety, dramaturga okresu Młodej Polski. Przybyszewski był skandalistą, przedstawicielem cyganerii krakowskiej i nurtu polskiego dekadentyzmu.“Powrót” to wspaniałe opowiadanie Stanisława Przybyszewskiego. Obok samej twórczości rozgłos Przybyszewskiemu przynosiła także atmosfera, jaką wokół siebie wytwarzał. Był uważany za legendarną postać europejskiej bohemy, przez Strindberga nazywany był „genialnym Polakiem”....
“Pojednanie” to utwór Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, polskiego pisarza, poety, dramaturga okresu Młodej Polski. Przybyszewski był skandalistą, przedstawicielem cyganerii krakowskiej i nurtu polskiego dekadentyzmu.“Pojednanie” to wspaniałe opowiadanie Stanisława Przybyszewskiego. Obok samej twórczości rozgłos Przybyszewskiemu przynosiła także atmosfera, jaką wokół siebie wytwarzał. Był uważany za legendarną postać europejskiej bohemy, przez Strindberga nazywany był „genialnym Po...
“Mocny człowiek” to utwór Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, polskiego pisarza, poety, dramaturga okresu Młodej Polski. Przybyszewski był skandalistą, przedstawicielem cyganerii krakowskiej i nurtu polskiego dekadentyzmu.“Mocny człowiek” to powieść Stanisława Przybyszewskiego która stała się inspiracją do jednego z ostatnich polskich filmów kina niemego, o tym samym tytule. Powieść ta stanowi studium artysty, który przegrywa w walce z własnym sumieniem.
“Synowie ziemi” to utwór Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, polskiego pisarza, poety, dramaturga okresu Młodej Polski. Przybyszewski był skandalistą, przedstawicielem cyganerii krakowskiej i nurtu polskiego dekadentyzmu.Atmosfera młodopolskiego Krakowa, w którym rozgrywa się akcja powieści, przesiąknięta jest typowym dla epoki dekadentyzmem, a refleksje bohaterów skupiają się głównie wokół sztuki, miłości oraz śmierci. Takie rozważania nie omijają także głównego bohatera - Czerkask...
Powieść obyczajowa, a właściwie społeczno-obyczajowa, wywodzi się z powieści realistycznej. Książki będące reprezentantami tego gatunku literatury zaczęły dominować w II połowie XIX stulecia. Wykształcenie się powieści obyczajowej jest uznawane za jeden z najważniejszych etapów ewolucji tego gatunku literackiego. Książki obyczajowe są obecnie dominującym typem powieści. Z uwagi na zakładaną prawdziwość opisu społeczeństwa, tendencji czy środowiska charakterystycznych dla danych czasów ten rodzaj powieści jest często ich stosunkowo wiernym odbiciem. Taki gatunek odznacza się dużym zainteresowaniem każdym aspektem ludzkiego życia. Czytelnik powieści obyczajowej może zapoznać się z realiami i zwyczajami panującymi w opisywanych przez autora czasach. Powieść obyczajowa ewoluuje i obecnie nie jest tak łatwa do zaklasyfikowania czy zdefiniowania jak w okresie pozytywizmu. W kategorii „Powieść obyczajowa” w księgarni internetowej Woblink.com znajdują się takie tytuły jak „Ósme życie” Nino Haratischwili, będące powieścią napisaną z epickim rozmachem, pełną bohaterów z krwi i kości oraz wielkich namiętności, „Wszystko, czego pragnęliśmy” Emily Giffin, która jest powieścią dojrzałą, aktualną społecznie i prowokującą do zadawania pytań o współczesne wychowanie, a także o nadużycia wobec kobiet, poruszająca i inspirująca opowieść autorstwa Catherine Isaac pod tytułem „Francuskie lato” oraz „Na plaży Chesil” Iana McEwana będąca złożoną i emocjonującą powieścią obyczajową o pokonywaniu własnych barier, rozmowie i problemach prowadzących do nieuchronnego dramatu. Nie zabrakło tutaj również powieści kojarzonych z najlepszymi i najgłośniejszymi obyczajowymi serialami i filmami – to na przykład „Seks w wielkim mieście” Candace Bushnell, „Dziennik Bridget Jones” Helen Fielding oraz polska pozycja „Magda M. Ciąg dalszy nastąpił” Radosława Figury.
