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Peter Pan Ebook (v. 1.0)

MyMobileBookshelf опубликовал приложение 2012-04-25
(обновлено 2012-04-25)

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Book description:
Peter and Wendy, published in 1911, is the novelisation by J. M. Barrie of his most famous play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904). Both tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook. The play and novel were both inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. The novel follows the play closely, but includes a final chapter not part of the original play.

The play debuted in London on 27 December 1904 with Nina Boucicault, daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault, in the title role. A Broadway production was mounted in 1905 starring Maude Adams. It was later revived with such actresses as Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne. The play has since seen adaptation as a pantomime, stage musical, a television special, and several films, including a 1924 silent film, a 1953 animated Disney full-length feature, and a 2003 live action production with state-of-the-art special effects. The play is now rarely performed in its original form on stage in the United Kingdom, whereas pantomime adaptations are frequently staged around Christmas. In the U.S., the original version has also been supplanted in popularity by the 1954 musical version, which became popular on television.

The novel was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. The original book contains a frontispiece and 11 half-tone plates by artist F. D. Bedford (whose illustrations are still in copyright in the EU). The novel was first abridged by May Byron in 1915, with Barrie's permission, and published under the title Peter Pan and Wendy, the first time this form was used. This version was later illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1921. The novel is now usually published under that title or simply Peter Pan. The script of the play, which Barrie had continued to revise since its first performance, was published in 1928. In 1929, Barrie gave the copyright of the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, a children's hospital in London.

Moby Dick Ebook (v. 1.0)

MyMobileBookshelf опубликовал приложение 2012-04-25
(обновлено 2012-04-25)

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Book description:
Moby-Dick, also known as The Whale, is a novel first published in 1851 by American author Herman Melville. Moby-Dick is widely considered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to take revenge.

In Moby-Dick, Melville employs stylized language, symbolism, and metaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through the main character's journey, the concepts of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of gods are all examined as Ishmael speculates upon his personal beliefs and his place in the universe. The narrator's reflections, along with his descriptions of a sailor's life aboard a whaling ship, are woven into the narrative along with Shakespearean literary devices such as stage directions, extended soliloquies, and asides. The book portrays insecurity that is still seen today when it comes to non-human beings along with the belief that these beings understand and act like humans. The story is based on the actual events around the whaleship Essex, which was attacked by a sperm whale while at sea and sank.

Moby-Dick has been classified as American Romanticism. It was first published by Richard Bentley in London on October 18, 1851, in an expurgated three-volume edition titled The Whale, and weeks later as a single volume, by New York City publisher Harper and Brothers as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale on November 14, 1851. Although the book initially received mixed reviews, Moby-Dick is now considered part of the Western canon.

Huckleberry Finn Ebook (v. 1.0)

MyMobileBookshelf опубликовал приложение 2012-04-25
(обновлено 2012-04-25)

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Book description:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective).

The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

Perennially popular with readers, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has also been the continued object of study by serious literary critics since its publication. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger", despite strong arguments that the protagonist, and the tenor of the book, is in fact anti-racist.

Frankenstein Ebook (v. 1.0)

MyMobileBookshelf опубликовал приложение 2012-04-25
(обновлено 2012-04-25)

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Book description:
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France. It is common to refer to the monster itself as "Frankenstein", but in the novel the monster is identified via words such as "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it"; Shelley herself called it "Adam".

Through research it can be determined the many influences the author was under during the creation of the novel. She had traveled the region in which the story takes place, and the topics of galvanism and such other occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions. The actual storyline took place from a dream. Mary Shelley was talking with her three other writers and they decided they would have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be Shelley dreamed about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he created. Then "Frankenstein" was written. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. It was also a warning against the expansion of modern man in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. The novel is also partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experiments on dead and (sometimes) living animals.

Dracula Ebook (v. 1.0)

MyMobileBookshelf опубликовал приложение 2012-04-25
(обновлено 2012-04-25)

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Book description:
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. It was first published as a hardcover in 1897 by Archibald Constable and Co.

Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of letters, diary entries, ships' logs, etc. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of women in Victorian culture, conventional and conservative sexuality, immigration, colonialism, postcolonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for many theatrical, film and television interpretations since its publication.

Grimms Fairy Tales (v. 1.1.2)

gwofoundry опубликовал приложение 2012-04-22
(обновлено 2012-04-22)

Grimms' Fairy Tales
by The Brothers Grimm

Features:
1. Auto bookmarks the last read position
2. Keeps position in each chapter
3. Full screen mode from MENU

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How to Find a Date (v. 1.0)

Blue apps опубликовал приложение 2012-04-22
(обновлено 2012-04-22)

Are you having trouble finding a date?  There are many tricks of the trade that can help you find your dream girl.  This tricks are all that you need in order to secure that love of your life.

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The Four Chinese Classical Nov (v. 1.0)

unetman опубликовал приложение 2012-04-22
(обновлено 2012-04-22)

The Four Chinese Classical Novels

西游记 (v. 1.0)

unetman опубликовал приложение 2012-04-20
(обновлено 2012-04-20)

《西游记》是中国古典四大名著之一，由明代小说家吴承恩编撰而成。此书描写的是孙悟空、猪八戒、沙和尚保护唐僧西天取经、历经九九八十一难的传奇历险故事。《西游记》全书分为三大部分，前七回是全书之帽，一边安排孙悟空出场，交代清楚其出身、师承、能耐、性情；一边通过孙悟空在天、地、冥、水四境界穿越，描绘四境界风貌，建立一个三维四境界立体思维活动空间。八至十二回写唐僧出世、唐太宗入冥故事，交待去西天取经缘由。十三至一百回写孙悟空、猪八戒、沙和尚保护唐僧西天取经，沿途降妖伏魔，历经九九八十一难，到达西天，取得真经，修成正果的故事。以无量无数方便、种种因缘、譬喻言辞，释佛法渊博。
作者简介：
吴承恩(1501年—1582年) 字汝忠 号射阳山人，淮安府山阳县人（今江苏省淮安市楚州区），汉族，明代小说家。吴承恩大约40岁才补得一个岁贡生，到北京等待分配官职，没有被选上，由于老母家贫，去做了长兴县丞，终因受人诬告，两年后“拂袖而归”，晚年以卖文为生，在81岁左右时去世。吴承恩自幼喜欢读野言稗史，熟悉古代神话和民间传说。官场的失意，生活的困顿，使他加深了对封建科举制度、黑暗社会的认识，促使他运用志怪小说的形式来表达内心的不满和愤懑。他自言：“虽然吾书名为志怪，盖不专明鬼，实记人间变异，亦微有鉴戒寓焉。”

WikipediaViewer (v. 1.2)

minmoba опубликовал приложение 2012-04-17
(обновлено 2012-04-17)

This is WikipediaViewer.