Die Novelle Pole Poppenspäler lebt aus der Gegenbildlichkeit von tragisch verlaufendem Künstlerschicksal und sich bewahrendem bürgerlichem Liebesglück. Storm beschreibt eine Spannung, die Thomas Mann später noch entschieden weiter, treibt. Er beschreibt sie »für die Jugend«: mit einfacher Sprache, mit ... more »

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Storms erste erfolgreiche Novelle, Immensee, erschien im Jahre 1850. Mit ihr wurde er berühmt. Kaum eine andere deutsche Dichtung des 19. Jahrhunderts wird einen so großen Leserkreis gefunden haben. In dieser Novelle wird bereits das Motiv deutlich, das Storms gesamte Novellistik prägt. Es ist die Dichtung ... more »

There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes -- a dog that can see the wind. Will Stanton knew nothing of this when he came to Wales to recover from a severe illness. But when he met Bran, a strange boy who owned ... more »

He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall ... more »

HEATH WAVE! Heath Ledger may come from the land Down Under, but he's taking Hollywood by storm! After starting out in local musical theater, this talented hottie left his hometown, Perth, and headed to Sydney to forge a career in television and film. Success came easily in Australia, with Heath landing ... more »

CLUES an old steamer trunk a howling beast roasted garlic meatballs Scooter Spies Max, Oscar, and Lily (and her pet chameleon, Speck) are up to their necks in mud in their latest case, The Ghost That Barked. While practicing their moves at a construction site, the scooter riders uncover a mysterious ... more »

Things are not right at the Strega-Borgia castle. Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia has been kidnapped. Signora Baci Strega-Borgia is struggling with her spells at the Advanced Witchcraft Institute.Titus and Pandora don't like their suspiciously cheerful and fearless new nanny. Baby Damp has been accidentally ... more »

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A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie, on the old frontier between France and England, where the lad Guy Aylmer had gone to join his father's old friend Sir Eustace de Villeroy. The times were troublous and soon the French king compelled Lady Margaret ... more »

Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of Once Upon A Time, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions ... more »