EUGEN KUMICIC, rodjen je u Brsecu 11. sijecnja 1850, a umro je 1904.godine. Hrvatski pisac i politicar, prvi hrvatski naturalist i socijalni pripovjedac. Potjece iz obitelji pomoraca. Gimnaziju je zavrsio u Rijeci, a studirao je najprije medicinu u Pragu, a zatim povijest, zemljopis i filozofiju u Becu. Sluzbovao je kao profesor u Splitu, Zadru i Zagrebu, no potpuno se posvetio knjizevnome i politickome radu. Godine 1875. odlazi u Pariz, gdje je proveo dvije godine upoznavsi francusku knjizevnost i kulturu. Niz godina bio je zastupnik u Hrvatskome saboru, a kao politicar isticao se...

Carlo Goldoni - The Mistress of the Inn - A comedy (6m,1f) "Mirandolina runs an inn in Florence alone with only the help of her loyal employee Fabricius, and all of her guests are in love with her. The wealthy but only newly aristocratic Count D'Albafiorita and the impoverished but noble Marquis di Forlipopoli vie for her affections while debating the respective value of wealth and nobility (and insulting each other a good deal along the way). The misogynistic Cavalier di Ripafratta scoffs at their shared infatuation and ridicules the idea of love, but will he too fall victim to the beautiful...

Arthur Schnitzler - La Ronde - A Play - (5m, 5f) La Ronde (the original German name is Reigen) is a play written by Arthur Schnitzler in 1897 and first printed in 1900 for his friends. It scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters (shown before or after a sexual encounter). By choosing characters across all levels of society, the play offers social commentary on how sexual contact transgresses boundaries of class. Schnitzler's play was not publicly performed until 1920, on 23 December 1920 in Berlin and 1 February...

The Summaries of 150 Classic Fairy Tales Collected and Edited by B. K. De Fabris Created as a much needed and vital resource guide for children, parents and teachers, the book contains summaries on a number of classic fairy tales collected from various sources. The summaries provided are no substitute for the actual stories. The following summaries are designed to give readers an idea of what each fairy tale is about. The intention is not to express all the meaning in the original stories, but just to deliver the basic plot. Summaries are listed in alphabetical order by story title so readers...

"Price iz davnine" temelje se na hrvatskoj mitologiji i usmenoj predaji koju je autorica vjesto preoblikovala i stvorila izvorno i mastovito umjetnicko djelo koje se odlikuje slojevitom pripovjedackom strukturom i profiliranim likovima.