"'Al Aaraaf' is an early poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1829. It tells of the afterlife in a place called Al Aaraaf, inspired by A'raf as described in the Quran. At 422 lines, it is Poe's longest poem."
"'Christmas Eve' is the first story in the second volume of the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.
The story opens with a description of the winter scenery of Dikanka, Ukraine, a witch flying across the night sky and the devil stealing the moon and hiding it in his pocket, first playing with it in the sky, which no one in the village notices. Since it is the night before Christmas, the devil is free to roam around and torment people as he pleases, so he decides to find a way to get back at the village blacksmith, Vakula, because he paints religious art in the church...
The story is set in on Christmas Eve in the small Ukranian town of Dikanka. Since it's the night before Christmas, the devil is allowed to roam free in town. He steals the moon, which at first no one notices. Then he sets out to ruin the love interest of Vakula, the town blacksmith, who is hopelessly in love with the beautiful Oksana. The devil has a vendetta against Vakula because he also moonlights as an icon painter who had created mocking pictures of the devil. The devil finds an ally in Vakula's mother (a witch) who wants to marry Oksana's father. She fears that if her son marries Oksana, her love chances will be ruined."
"'The Purloined Letter' is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt'. These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and soon was reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers."
"'The Viy' is a horror novella by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (1835). The title is also the name of the demonic entity central to the plot.
Every summer, there is usually a large procession of all the students moving around the area as they travel home. However, the group is reduced to three students: the theologian Khaliava, the philosopher Khoma Brut, and the rhetorician Tibery Gorobets.
As the night draws in, the students hope to find a village near the main road where they can find some rest and food. However, they become lost in the wilderness, eventually coming upon two small houses and a farm. An older woman there tells them she has a little room and cannot accommodate any more travelers, but she eventually agrees to let them stay.
At night, the woman comes to Khoma. At first, he thinks she is trying to seduce him, but then she draws closer and he sees that her eyes are glowing strangely. She leaps on his back, and he reluctantly finds himself galloping with her all over the countryside with a strength he previously never knew. He eventually slows the witch by chanting exorcisms out loud, and then rides on her back and later picks up a piece of wood and beats her as punishment. The older woman later collapses, and he discovers she has turned into a beautiful girl.
Khoma runs away to Kyiv and resumes his easy life, when a rumor reaches his dean that a rich cossack's daughter was found crawling home near death, her last wish being for Khoma the philosopher to come and read psalms over her corpse for three nights after her death.
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"The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol includes the works of the famous writer Nikolai Gogol:
The Viy
A May Night
Memoirs of a Madman
The Nose
The Cloak
Christmas Eve"
"'The Cloak' (sometimes translated as 'Overcoat') is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: 'We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.' The story narrates the life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg. Akaky is dedicated to his job, though little recognized in his department for his hard work. Instead, the younger clerks tease him and attempt to distract him whenever they can. His threadbare overcoat is often the butt of their jokes. Akaky decides it is necessary to have the coat repaired, so he takes it to his tailor, Petrovich, who declares the coat irreparable, telling Akaky he must buy a new overcoat.
The cost of a new overcoat is beyond Akaky's meager salary, so he forces himself to live within a strict budget to save sufficient money to buy the new overcoat. Meanwhile, he and Petrovich frequently meet to discuss the style of the new coat. During that time, Akaky's zeal for copying is replaced with excitement about his new overcoat, to the point that he thinks of little else. Finally, with the addition of an unexpectedly large holiday salary bonus, Akaky has saved enough money to buy a new overcoat."
"'The Nose' is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol written during his time living in St. Petersburg. During this time, Gogol's works were primarily focused on surrealism and the grotesque, with a romantic twist.
Written between 1835 and 1836, 'The Nose' tells the story of a St. Petersburg official whose nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own. 'The Nose' was originally published in The Contemporary, a literary journal owned by Alexander Pushkin.
'The Nose' is divided into three parts and tells the story of Collegiate Assessor ('Major') Kovalyov, who wakes up one morning without his nose. He later finds out that his nose has developed a life of its own, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of State Councillor. The short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued Russia after Peter the Great introduced the Table of Ranks. By allowing commoners to gain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a huge population was given the chance to move up in social status. This opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of Gogol's characters worked."
"With his sense of humor and ability to observe, Nikolai Gogol presents the world with stories of little people: the weak and fragile people who try to hold on to life in the gloomy cities of Russia. 'The Mantle', which is listed among his masterpieces, describes how Russian bureaucracy turns everyone into a ghost of each other. It tells the tragicomic story of a poor low-ranking official named Akakiy Akakiyevich Bashmachkin, a faint character living on the margins of society who spends all his time diligently copying documents. Drawn into bureaucratic mechanisms of modern life, humiliated, and despised, hе finds solace in his fondest dream: a mantle that will protect him from the cold in the winter. This humble dream, however, will cost him way too much and will turn his life upside down...Adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations, the story is a major milestone in Russian literature, as expressed by in a quote often attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: 'We have all come out from under Gogol's Mantle'. "
"'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden', 1831 is the third tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol. It was made into the opera May Night by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1878–79 and also a Ukrainian setting by Mykola Lysenko.
This story comes from the unnamed story-teller (who was previously responsible for 'The Fair at Sorochyntsi').
In this tale, a young Cossack named Levko, the son of the mayor, is in love with Hanna. He comes to her house to talk about marriage and mentions that his father is not pleased with the idea, though he doesn't say anything directly and merely ignores him. As they are walking on the outskirts of the village, Hanna asks about an old hut with a moss-covered roof and overgrown apple trees surrounding it. He tells her the story of a beautiful young girl whose father took care of her after her mother died and loved her dearly. Eventually, he married another woman who she discovered was a witch when she cut the paw of a cat that tried to kill her and her stepmother appeared soon after with her hand bandaged. The witch had power over her father, however, and eventually she is thrown out of the house and throws herself into the nearby pond in despair. She reigns over a group of maidens who also drowned in the pond, but once, when she got a hold of the witch as she was near the pond, she turned into a maiden and the ghost of the young girl has been unable to pick her out of the group ever since, asking any young man she comes upon to guess for her..."
"“Suvi” on Oskar Lutsu lühiromaan, “Kevade” järg, mis ilmus esmatrükis 1918-1919.
'Kevade' lõpust on möödunud 6–7 aastat. Tuttavad tegelased on jõudnud mehelemineku- või naisevõtuikka. Teose põhiraskus koondub Joosep Tootsi ümber, kes saabub pärast pikka teenistust Venemaalt tagasi kodutallu Ülesoole ning hakkab mahajäänud talu üles ehitama. Tootsi ning endise kooliõe Raja Teele vahel tärkab armuleek, ent Teelet ihaldab võluda ka rätsepmeister Kiir. Ta on valmis senise elukutse nurka viskama ning põllumeheks hakkama, kuna see on Teele tingimus. Asjast ei tule aga midagi välja ning pärast vastastikuseid vingerpusse väljub 'duellist' võitjana Toots.
Audioraamat on sündinud Rahvusraamatukogu toodetud fonogrammide põhjal.
Raamat on salvestatud 2008.a Kuna tegemist on vanema salvestusega, siis võib raamatu heli olla kõikuv."
"All of us have a story of self. It begins in young childhood and grows based upon our core beliefs about ourselves and the world, which we develop with input from society and caregivers. These stories are necessary to create a structure for our lives. However, these stories contain core beliefs which can severely restrict our growth and success in life. A core belief is one that is the basis of one's reality and that forms their self-identify. Realizing that our story is a fiction, we can then decide which beliefs constrict us and which enable us to be what we want to be.
This book provides a detailed recipe in a logical and step by step approach for learning to release the beliefs that have derailed the readers efforts to be successful and happy. It demonstrates the process of how to create life consciously, rather than life by default. It will enable the reader to develop the skills necessary to use the Law of Attraction to their benefit.
The first step is to identify one's story as they tell it to themselves and others. Once the story is identified, one is free to step outside the story to find new solutions to the problems in their life. This book details how to shed the story and facilitate change using easy-to-understand techniques and explains why they work.
The reader will understand that changing subjective reality will change the larger reality in which we all participate. Most of us are concerned about the state of the world in multiple domains: the environment, continual war, the rise of hate crimes and violence, and the restriction of women's rights throughout the world. Change can and will occur. It starts with us generating the peace internally that we want to spread to the world. The key is in changing ourselves."
"'Tootsi pulm' on Oskar Lutsu 1921. aastal ilmunud jutustus Tootsi-lugude sarjast, koos jutustusega 'Argipäev' järgneb see romaanidele 'Kevade' ja 'Suvi'.
Loo keskmes on Raja Teele ja Joosep Tootsi pulm. Luts kirjeldab pulmadele eelnevat aega ja pidu ennast. Pulmas saavad kokku endised kooliõed-vennad ning tehakse nalja ja vallatletakse. Armuvalus Jorh Aadniel Kiir aga peletatakse vingerpussiga peolt minema.
Audioraamat on sündinud Rahvusraamatukogu toodetud fonogrammide põhjal.
Raamat on salvestatud 2008.a Kuna tegemist on vanema salvestusega, siis võib raamatu heli olla kõikuv."
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