O.Henry

The story is about a young woman, Miss Leeson, and her stay at one of Mrs. Parker's parlours. During her stay, Miss Leeson experiences hard times and is later rescued by a star. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

The Skylight Room

Spring was taking its time to arrive in the city, and with no letter from her fiance in weeks, Sarah's quite wilted. "In a faint, golden glow from her dandeleonine dream, she fingered the typewriter keys absently for a little while, with her mind and heart in the meadow lane with her young farmer." Sarah was crying over her bill of fare. Think of a New York girl shedding tears on the menu card!.. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

Springtime À La Carte

The story is about a wealthy businessman whose son wants to propose to his sweetheart before she leaves the USA for Europe in a couple of days’ time. Although the son believes that money cannot buy you time – the one thing he dearly needs more of if he is to woo his beloved – the events of the story suggest that money can be used to buy someone extra time. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

Mammon and the Archer

O'Henry's "Tobin's Palm" is a short story about one friend trying to distract the other who is very troubled about why his fiance from Ireland has not reach America yet and she be carrying his money from his inherited estate, so a trip to Coney Island is ordered to calm his nerves. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

Tobin’s Palm

Charles Dickens

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Austen

Eugenie Marlitt

Elisabeth Bürstenbinder

Agnes Günther

Nataly von Eschstruth

Stolz und Vorurteil, Jane Eyre, Das Geschenk der Weisen, Die Heilige und ihr Narr, Das Heimchen am Herde, Gisela, Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen, Goldelse, Die Erlkönigin, Fata Morgana

Unter dem Mistelzweig: Die schönsten Liebesromane für die Weihnachtszeit

Diese Ausgabe wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert. Die Erlkönigin (Nataly von Eschstruth) Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Das Heimchen am Herde (Charles Dickens) Das Geschenk der Weisen (O.Henry) Die Heilige und ihr Narr (Agnes Günther) Gisela (Eugenie Marlitt) Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen (Eugenie Marlitt) Goldelse (Eugenie Marlitt) Fata Morgana (Elisabeth Bürstenbinder)

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