We have some wonderful mosaics in Pompeii, but I've never seen a better one than this!' After the young Roman mosaic designer Felix starts work in Pompeii, his whole life changes. There he falls in love with the beautiful Greek slave Agathe, who can see into the future. When the volcano Vesuvius sends hot ash over the city, Felix - and Agathe's brother Alcander - ride to the port of Misenum for help. But will they reach admiral Gaius Plinius in time, and will they ever see Agathe alive again?
Once upon a time there was a King with 12 lovely daughters. The King noticed that every morning when his daughters woke up their shoes were worn completely through. The King hires a poor soldier named Felix to find out how his daughter~{!/~}s shoes get so worn out. With the help of a magic cloak Felix discovers their secret. And what a secret it is!
An evil magician holds the little fairy his prisoner, but luckily Felix and his friends are there to help. Follow Felix in his adventure and find out how he manages to set the fairy free.
The genius of Thomas Mann is seen in his ability to transform his pervasive irony into a thousand things. Irony in Mann is a composite metaphor for all of his ambivalence towards both self and society. Study his works with this text, including Death in Venice, Mario and the Magician, Tonio Kröger, "Felix Krull," and "Disorder and Sorrow."
The author of this book was Clement Clark Moore (1779-1863). This is a fun and wonderfully illustrated version of Night Before Christmas. Illustrated from drawings by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888). Published in 1862.
