Prague Tales
Title | Prague Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Neruda |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 1993-04-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9633864658 |
This is a collection of Jan Neruda's intimate, wry, bittersweet stories of life among the inhabitants of the Little Quarter of nineteenth-century Prague. These finely tuned and varied vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth-century realist, the Charles Dickens of a Prague becoming ever more aware of itself as a Czech rather than an Austrian city. Prague Tales is a classic by a writer whose influence has been acknowledged by generations of Czech writers, including Ivan Klíma, who contributes an introduction to this new translation.
Prague and the Czech Republic
Title | Prague and the Czech Republic PDF eBook |
Author | David Farley |
Publisher | Travelers' Tales |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9781932361339 |
Featuring essays by Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose, "Travelers' Tales Prague" collects over 20 stories from the city that inspired compositions from Mozart and novels from Kafka. The pieces in this book are both a charming enticement for prospective travelers and a welcome companion for those already there.
Tales of the Prague Ghetto
Title | Tales of the Prague Ghetto PDF eBook |
Author | Siegfried Kapper |
Publisher | Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press |
Total Pages | 79 |
Release | 2022-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 8024649454 |
Trained in philosophy and medicine, the writer, translator, scholar, and political and cultural activist Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879) devoted significant effort to the advancement of Jewish culture in Bohemia, Jewish emancipation, and to the commitment of Jews to contemporary Czech society. The three stories in this collection, which first appeared in the press in the 1840s and were posthumously published as a collection at the end of the century, offer a Romantic and folkloric vision of Jewish culture in Prague. The first story, “Genenda,” displays Kapper’s operatic eye for detail and drama with its account of a dutiful rabbi’s daughter being swept away by a dashing young man, a Christian nobleman disguised as a Jew, a deceit that ends in tragedy. “The Curious Guest” is an intricate tale of a quest for wisdom and power that inevitably leads to the undoing of the arrogant protagonist. The final story, “Glowing Coals,” is a supernatural tale of romantic desire and revenge, displaying Kapper’s skill at deploying the tropes of folklore for dramatic literary effect. The collection not only provides a colorful snapshot of nineteenth-century Czech-Jewish culture but also resonates with universal human themes that transcend a single national experience.
Seventy-seven Prague Legends
Title | Seventy-seven Prague Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Alena Ježková |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 159 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Legends |
ISBN | 9788072521395 |
Old Prague Legends
Title | Old Prague Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Magdalena Wagnerová |
Publisher | Nakladatelství PLOT |
Total Pages | 134 |
Release | |
Genre | |
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29 tales of legends associated with several well-known sites of old Prague
Prague Tales
Title | Prague Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Neruda |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
This is a collection of Jan Neruda's intimate, wry, bittersweet stories of life among the inhabitants of the Little Quarter of nineteenth-century Prague. These finely tuned and varied vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth-century realist, the Charles Dickens of a Prague becoming ever more aware of itself as a Czech rather than an Austrian city. Prague Tales is a classic by a writer whose influence has been acknowledged by generations of Czech writers, including Ivan Klíma, who contributes an introduction to this new translation.
The Lights of Prague
Title | The Lights of Prague PDF eBook |
Author | Nicole Jarvis |
Publisher | Titan Books |
Total Pages | 406 |
Release | 2021-05-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1789093961 |
For readers of VE Schwab and The Witcher, science and magic clash in atmospheric gaslight-era Prague. In the quiet streets of Prague all manner of otherworldly creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against the tide of predators are the dauntless lamplighters - a secret elite of monster hunters whose light staves off the darkness each night. Domek Myska leads a life teeming with fraught encounters with the worst kind of evil: pijavica, bloodthirsty and soulless vampiric creatures. Despite this, Domek find solace in his moments spent in the company of his friend, the clever and beautiful Lady Ora Fischer - a widow with secrets of her own. When Domek finds himself stalked by the spirit of the White Lady - a ghost who haunts the baroque halls of Prague castle – he stumbles across the sentient essence of a will-o'-the-wisp captured in a mysterious container. Now, as it's bearer, Domek wields its power, but the wisp, known for leading travellers to their deaths, will not be so easily controlled. After discovering a conspiracy amongst the pijavice that could see them unleash terror on the daylight world, Domek finds himself in a race against those who aim to twist alchemical science for their own dangerous gain.