"Božanstvena komedija" sastoji se iz tri celine - Pakao, Čistilište i Raj. Danteovo putovanje kroz tri zagrobna carstva omogućava mu da siđe skroz do dubine ljudskog greha da bi stigao do svetlosti oslobođenja od njega. Njegovo putovanje obuhvata božansko i ljudsko, nebo i zemlju, vreme i večnost. Putovanje predstavlj...
Pokondirena tikva je komedija Jovana Sterije Popovića iz 1838. godine. U ovom delu Jovan Sterija Popović je ismejao glavnu junakinju, Femu, koja, ludujući za „noblesom", nastoji da pobegne iz svog zanatlijskog (opančarskog) sveta i da se probije u više društvene krugove.
Hans Christian Andersen svjetski je slavan danski pisac bajki, među kojima su najpoznatije: Snježna kraljica, Ružno pače, Mala sirena, Djevojčica sa žigicama i druge. Smatra se tvorcem danske realistične proze. Njegova djela, prevedena na preko 150 jezika i tiskana u milijunima primjeraka diljem svijeta, bila su nadah...
Mali princ (fr. Le Petit Prince) najpoznatija je novela francuskog pilota Antoinea de Sainta-Exuperyja iz 1943. godine. Saint-Exupéry napisao ju je dok je živio u SAD-u. Prevedena je na preko 290 svjetskih jezika i dijalekta, i prodana u više od 80 milijuna primjeraka, tako da je to jedna od najprodavanijih knjiga svi...
Prvi roman Albera Kamija koji je izdat 1942. smatra se jednim od najznačajnijih romana francuske književnosti XX vijeka. On sadrži jedan od najboljih prikaza apsurda kojim se Kami bavio, a mnogi ga smatraju njegovim najboljim djelom. Glavni lik romana je činovnik Merso kome su javili da mu je umrla majka. On ne pokazu...
"The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic use of the word "bells." The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses from "the jingling and the tinkling" of the b...
Tematika romana je ljubav oca Goriota prema kćerima koje ga iskorištavaju i želja mladog čovjeka iz provincije da uspije u velikom gradu. Problematika koja se obrađuje u romanu je: očinska ljubav koja ne poznaje granice, želja za uspjehom u gradskoj sredini i težnja za društvenim ugledom, posesivna, odana i slijepa...
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. Cover by: @KatrinHollister
"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition...
Antigona je prema grčkoj mitologiji bila ćerka tebanskog kralja Edipa koju je on dobio sa svojom majkom Jokastom. Mit koji je Sofokle (496. p. n. e. - 406. p. n. e.) dramatizovao u Antigoni pripada krugu tebanskih legendi. Izdavanjem zapovesti da Polinik, Antigonin brat, ostane nesahranjen, Kreont, novi vladar Tebe, s...
"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for h...
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, t...
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...
