Bret Harte

Legends and Tales (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Legends and Tales is a collection of short stories and folklore-inspired narratives by Bret Harte, showcasing his talent for blending regional color, humor, and moral insight. Set primarily in the American West and mining towns of California, the tales feature larger-than-life characters-gamblers, outcasts, pioneers, and dreamers-whose lives are shaped by fate, fortune, and the rugged frontier landscape. Drawing on oral traditions and local legends, Harte weaves stories rich in sentiment, irony, and vivid atmosphere. Themes of loyalty, justice, and human resilience echo throughout, capturing the spirit of a bygone era. This lesser-known but compelling collection further cements Harte's role as a master storyteller and chronicler of the Old West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Max Bollinger
• Seitenzahl: 54
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781911535119
• Artikelnr.: 56820826

Autorenporträt

Francis Bret Harte (1836 - 1902) was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted and admired.