"La Dama de Espadas" es un relato del escritor ruso Alexander Pushkin. Fue escrito durante 1833 y publicado en 1834. Guermann, un ingeniero en la armada Rusa, se obsesiona con la historia de una vieja condesa que gana tres veces consecutivas en el juego Faraon. En dicha historia se supone que la condesa sabe el secreto para lograr tal hazana, que traera sin dudas gran fortuna a quien lo posea. La obsesion lo lleva a manipular a Lizaveta Ivanovna, que vive bajo la custodia de la condesa, para lograr entrar a su casa. Luego de lograrlo, Guermann sorprende y acosa a la vieja senora para que le...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. From the beginning of the novel, Twain makes it clear that Huck is a boy who comes from the lowest levels of white society. His father is a drunk and a ruffian who disappears for months on end. Huck himself is dirty and frequently homeless. Although the Widow Douglas attempts to "reform" Huck, he resists her attempts and maintains his independent ways. The community has failed to protect him from his father, and though the Widow finally...