prose

”The Aspern Papers” is one of the masterpieces of the writer’s „small” prose, the plots of which are based on the collision of European and American cultural consciousness, the „point of view” of an individual and social stereotypes, the „book” perception of the world and individual experience. The tragicomic search by the hapless biographer of the lost letters of the great poet is the conflict of...

This short story is an excellent representative of the Victorian era Gothic prose. Bright, capacious, in the details and most importantly interesting. An elderly governess decided to share a scary story from her past by the fireplace. When the woman was still young, she went to help her aunt for an ancient old woman who had survived from her mind. It was a little uneasy when Madame Crowley got up from...

Just a plain old story told by a superb story teller. „A Marriage Contract” (French: „Le Contrat de marriage”) is an 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the „Scenes de la vie privée” section of his novel sequence „La Comédie humaine”. Set in Bordeaux, the marriage between an elegant but weak young Parisian gentleman, Paul de Manerville, and the beautiful but spoiled daughter...

Klasyka reportażu wcieleniowego! Barbara Ehrenreich, amerykańska publicystka, dziennikarka, aktywistka społeczna, postanowiła dołączyć do milionów osób, które pracują w pełnym wymiarze godzin za najniższe stawki. Chciała na własnej skórze przekonać się, ile prawdy jest w stwierdzeniu, że praca – każda praca – może być przepustką do lepszego życia. Ehrenreich opuściła swój dom i przyjmowała każdą ofertę....