Newspaper Boy
Two short stories about Toby, a «Newspaper Boy» who wants to be a detective while he was distributing the papers.
Categoría: Libros en inglés
Frankenstein
Victor «Frankenstein» thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new `man’? But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon […]
Death of a Soldier
There is a war in Northern Ireland. Hundreds of British soldiers have died in the fighting there. This story is abour «Death of a Soldier«.
Dangerous Journey
Four men are trapped in the forest. Heavy rain has turned the tracks into mud. The bridge across the river is broken. They looked at the broken bridge and at the rushing water. How can they get back to base now?
The life and times of Tolstoy
On September 9, 1828, Leo “Tolstoy” was born in Tula Province, Russia. In the 1860s, he wrote his first great novel, War and Peace. In 1873, Tolstoy set to work on the second of his best known novels, Anna Karenina. He continued to write fiction throughout the 1880s and 1890s. One of his most successful […]
The life and times of St Francis
With a businessman for a father, «St. Francis» was at first more concerned with business matters thatt with learning, but in the episcopal school under the arcade of the church of S. George, the boy learned to read and write throught a colection of prayers and psalms in vernacular and latin. Until…
The life and times of Rubens
Pedro Pablo «Rubens» es uno de los más importantes y famosos pintores de la escuela flamenca, de estilo dinámico, colorista y sensual. Recibe influencias de las mitologías griega y romana clásicas y del Renacimiento. Pintó la increíble cantidad de mil quinientos cuadros, si bien es verdad que instaló en su taller una especie de pintura […]
The life and times of Raphael
(Raffaello Santi, también llamado Rafael Sanzio o Rafael de Urbino, “Raphael” para la posteridad; Urbino, actual Italia, 1483 – Roma, 1520) Pintor y arquitecto italiano. Por su clasicismo equilibrado y sereno basado en la perfección de la luz, la armonía en la composición y el dominio de la perspectiva, la obra de “Raphael” constituye, junto […]