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The Tales of Pirates: 80+ Novels, Stories, Legends & History of the True Buccaneers

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The Tales of Pirates: 80+ Novels, Stories, Legends & History of the True Buccaneers' collection casts a broad net over the literary seas to capture a diverse array of narratives on piracy. Wrapped within its pages are works that span several centuries, reflecting a range of literary styles from the adventure-laden romances of Alexandre Dumas and the psychological explorations of Robert Louis Stevenson to the historical accuracies of Captain Charles Johnson. This anthology underlines the multifaceted nature of pirate lore, moving beyond the caricature of the swashbuckling rogue to delve into narratives that explore the socio-economic and historical contexts that bred piracy. Standout pieces in the collection serve as pivotal readings that have influenced both the literary depiction and societal perceptions of pirates. The contributing authors and editors, including luminary figures such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle, present a compendium that spans genres and periods, contributing richly varied cultural and personal backgrounds to the anthology. Their collective expertise illuminates the shifting allure of piracy, from romanticized rebels of the high seas to feared outlaws and everything in between. This dynamic blend aligns the collection with key literary movements and cultural transformations, enriching readers' understanding of piracy as a multifaceted historical reality and fictional construct. 'The Tales of Pirates' invites readers into an expansive exploration of the pirate legend, offering a treasure trove of insights that span historical truth and literary embellishment. Whether one is a scholar seeking to understand the cultural significance of pirate narratives or a casual reader drawn to the allure of adventure and danger on the high seas, this collection promises to be an indispensable resource. It provides not only a broad historical panorama but also a deep dive into the psyche of piracy as depicted through centuries of literature, making it an essential addition to the libraries of those enamored with the complex portrayal of buccaneers.


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  • E-Book

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  • • 10904 seiten

Sprache:

Englisch


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  2. From the Earth to the Moon

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    Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Lord Byron, Giacomo Leopardi, Marcel Proust, Henrik Ibsen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, William Makepeace Thackeray, Bram Stoker, Henry Fielding, George Eliot, William Shakespeare, D. H. Lawrence, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Thomas Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, Sinclair Lewis, Lewis Carrol, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Daniel Defoe, James Fenimore Cooper, Lew Wallace, Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Walter Scott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Laurence Sterne, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Jack London, Henry David Thoreau, John Galsworthy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Rudyard Kipling, G. K. Chesterton, Washington Irvin, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin, Michail Lermontow, Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew, Leo Tolstoi, Nikolai Gogol, Iwan Gontscharow, Nikolai Leskow, Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow, Maxim Gorki, François Rabelais, Jean de la Fontaine, Blaise Pascal, Pierre Corneille, Moliere, Jean Baptiste Racine, Charles Perrault, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, Antoine-François Prévost, Marquis de Sade, François René Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Alphonse de Lamartine, George Sand, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, Alphonse Daudet, Jules Verne, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Prosper Mérimée, Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, Arthur Rimbaud, André Gide, Arthur Schopenhauer, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jacob Grimm, Gottfried von Straßburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Hölderlin, Theodor Fontane, Gustav Freytag, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Stefan Zweig, Joseph von Eichendorff, Klaus Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Johanna Spyri, Joseph Roth, Karl May, Robert Musil, Heinrich Mann, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giacomo Casanova, Luigi Pirandello, Giosuè Carducci, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Vicente Blasco Ibañez, Knut Hamsun, Homer, Äsop, Herodot, Thukydides, Xenophon, Platon, Aristoteles, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Laotse, Konfuzius, Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vergil, Ovid, Lukian, Petronius, Apuleius, Longos von Lesbos, Mark Aurel, Aurelius Augustinus

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Kafka, Lewis Carroll, Selma Lagerlöf, Sigmund Freud, Johanna Spyri, Theodor Storm, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Dickens, Stefan Zweig, Heinrich Heine, Honoré de Balzac, Theodor Fontane, Karl May, Gottfried Keller, Mark Twain, Heinrich Mann, Else Lasker-Schüler, Robert Musil, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Arthur Schopenhauer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gustav Freytag, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Heinrich von Kleist, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, Guy de Maupassant, Walter Scott, Jonathan Swift, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Alexandre Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, O. Henry, Voltaire, Lew Wallace, John Galsworthy, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow, Platon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew, Tacitus, Nikolai Gogol, Miguel de Cervantes, Mary Shelley, Thomas Wolfe, Emile Zola, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Leo Tolstoi, Joseph Roth, Joseph von Eichendorff, Kurt Tucholsky, Iwan Alexandrowitsch Gontscharow, Oswald Spengler, Moliere, Alfred Adler, Sophie von La Roche, Klaus Mann, Rumi

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  5. Die Jagd nach dem Meteor

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  6. In 80 Tagen um die Welt

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  7. 50 Klassiker für Weihnachten : Weihnachtsromane, Zauberhafte Geschichten, Abenteuerromane, Krimis, Historische Romane und Liebesromane

    E.T.A. Hoffman, Jane Austen, Karl May, Jack London, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Charles Dickens, Theodor Fontane, Wilhelmine Heimburg, Lew Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, G. K. Chesterton, Johanna Spyri, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Charlotte Brontë, Hans Christian Andersen, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Selma Lagerlöf, Lewis Carroll, Hermann Kurz, Victor Hugo, Brüder Grimm, Beatrix Potter, Kurt Tucholsky, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexandre Dumas, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Voltaire

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  9. Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde

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  10. In 80 Tagen um die Welt

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