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In der Strafkolonie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie vorgeführt. Es besteht darin, dass jeder Angeklagte unabhängig von... Leer más

Sax Rohmer, better known as the author of the infamous Fu Manchu stories, wrote a number of paranormal mysteries, "The Green Eyes of Bast" being one written in 1920. "The Green Eyes of Bast" was written by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, known better... Leer más

Karl Adolph (* 19. Mai 1869 in Wien; † 22. November 1931 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Adolph arbeitete zunächst als Malergehilfe und war ab 1901 als Kanzleigehilfe in der Verwaltung des Wiener Allgemeinen Krankenhauses tätig, wo... Leer más

In 1888 a client comes with two puzzles for Holmes. The first is the disappearance of her father Captain Arthur Morstan in December 1878 and the second is that she has received 6 pearls in the mail from an anonymous benefactor once a year since 1882... Leer más

There was a good deal of a mystery surrounding Joe's parentage. It was claimed that he was a nephew of Hiram Bodley, and that, after the death of his mother and sisters, his father had drifted out to California and then to Australia. What the real... Leer más

In this short story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly 'for business'... Leer más

William Legrand becomes obsessed with searching for treasure after being bitten by a scarab-like bug thought to be made of pure gold. He notifies his closest friend, the narrator, telling him to immediately come visit him at his home on Sullivan's... Leer más

Tarzan returns to Opar, the source of the gold where a lost colony of fabled Atlantis is located, in order to make good on some financial reverses he has recently suffered. While Atlantis itself sank beneath the waves thousands of years ago, the... Leer más

The Master Detective gives us the result of "Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles," who seems to be Mr. Brebner's Sherlock Holmes, and who has a Watson of a sort on the detective force of Scotiand Yard.

Otto Julius Bierbaum (* 28. Juni 1865 in Grünberg in Schlesien; † 1. Februar 1910 in Dresden), auch bekannt unter den Pseudonymen Martin Möbius und Simplicissimus, war ein deutscher Journalist, Redakteur, Schriftsteller und Librettist. 1902... Leer más

The story picks up with the Clayton family, Tarzan, Jane Porter and their son Korak, returning from their adventures in the previous novel (#8). Along the way they find an orphaned lion cub, which Tarzan takes home and trains.Flora Hawkes, a... Leer más

Excerpt: "The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight pound a month and my grub.""All right, Capt'n," replied the agent.... Leer más

Der Ich-Erzähler (Karl May), erwirbt sich schon nach kurzer Zeit im Wilden Westen als Landvermesser für eine Eisenbahngesellschaft den Kriegsnamen Old Shatterhand. Als die Apachen die Vermessungsarbeiten unterbinden wollen, verbündet sich die... Leer más

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. This... Leer más

Anna Eufemia Carolina von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem (* 18. August 1854 in Ratibor; † 26. April 1941 in München) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Um 1900 zählte sie zu den beliebtesten deutschen Unterhaltungsschriftstellerinnen. In dem Roman "Der... Leer más

A lone traveler seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house, only to find that it is occupied by a "loathsome old, white-bearded, and ragged man." (Goodreads)

The Thing on the Doorstep is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror fiction. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. Daniel Upton, the story's... Leer más

This is a collection of six short stories by British author W. Somerset Maugham. With details drawn from Maugham's first extended period of living abroad, the stories offer a unique glimpse into the early stages of the author's artistic development. Leer más

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In "The Very Old Folk" by H.P. Lovecraft, readers are transported to a small New England town where strange occurrences begin to unfold. As the townspeople go about... Leer más

Berthold Auerbach, eigentlich Moses Baruch Auerbacher, (* 28. Februar 1812 in Nordstetten (heute Ortsteil von Horb); † 8. Februar 1882 in Cannes) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)