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The little raccoon

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The little raccoon By: RICHARD PADRÓ MARTÍNEZ There was once, deep in the forest in a very tall tree there was a hole where a raccoon family lived. Mrs. Mapache had three babies that were hungry their mom decides to show them the world: -This is the grass- their mother tells them. The little children loved it, they shot, they romped and They even tasted the grass. One night, Mrs. Raccoon goes out with her children to look for food. His eyes shine like little lights. But mom only sees two pairs of eyes. Oh! The smallest has been lost! Go get it! Before the Fox finds it. Little one had stopped to say hello to a porcupine, I wanted to ask him why It has long thorns and not a soft fur like it. - How curious you are, son! - his mother says. Small come with me. -This is the water- said the mother. In it they saw tasty fish. Small gets excited, approaches and slips. Falls into the water How restless was Little! Why do you always do what you should
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Eugene O'Neill

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                                                    Eugene O'Neill American playwright Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated ... Wikipedia Born: October 16, 1888, Longacre Square Died: November 27, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Books: The plays of Eugene O'Neill, MORE Spouse: Carlotta Monterey (m. 1929–1953), Agnes Boulton (m. 1918–1929), Kathleen Jenkins (m. 1909–1912) Book Days Without End Summary Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee, Sebastian Barry's latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language. An intensely poignant story of two men and the makeshift family they create with a young Sioux girl, Winona, Days Without End is a fresh and haunting portrait of the most fateful years in American history and is a novel never to be forgotten. "I a
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Charles Bukowski

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                                                       Charles Bukowski American-German poet Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. Wikipedia Born: August 16, 1920, Andernach, Germany Died: March 9, 1994, San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Movies: Barfly, Factotum, Charles Bukowski: Bukowski at Bellevue, MORE Spouse: Linda Lee Beighle (m. 1985–1994), Barbara Bukowski (m. 1955–1958) Women Summary Henry Chinaski is an aging white male alcoholic who gains fame as a poet. He performs various readings, pursues alcohol with a vengeance, and meets various people along the way. Henry finds men largely uninteresting and chooses to focus nearly all of his attention on women and for Henry, women equate nearly entirely with sexual intercourse. Over the course of the novel Henry describes sexual relationships with a variety of women i
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Henry James Biography Henry James, OM was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Wikipedia Born: April 15, 1843, New York City, New York, United States Died: February 28, 1916, London, United Kingdom Relatives: Henry James Sr. (father), William James (brother), Alice James (sister) Education: Harvard Law School Movies: What Maisie Knew, The Bostonians, The Portrait of a Lady, and MORE. The Golden Bowl Summary Henry James' novel "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of the marriage of two couples and the impact the prior relationships of these couples have on each other. The story revolves around a beautiful, but cracked, golden bowl and the secrets this bowl allows to surface. Maggie, the heroine of the book, goes into full battle mode to keep her husband, but protect others from her knowledge of an a
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Washington Irving

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                                              Washington Irving Biography Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. Wikipedia Born: April 3, 1783, New York City, New York, United States Died: November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York, United States Resting place: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, New York Literary movement: Romanticism Movies: Sleepy Hollow, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and MORE. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving This story takes place in a small town in New York State. It is a folktale. The "legend" of sleepy hollow is that there is a headless horseman who rides around and disappears in a flash of fire. There is a cartoon movie that is based on this story that they always play around Halloween. MAIN CHARACTERS Ichabod Crane: He is the main dude of the story. He is this weak, ugly schoolteacher. He is well read. Katrina Van Tassel: A vo
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Stephen King

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Stephen King´s Biography Stephen King  was  born  on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine and later worked as a teacher while establishing himself as a writer. Having also published work under the pseudonym Richard Bachman,  King's  first horror novel, Carrie, was a huge success. Apr 27, 2017 Stephen Edwin King is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Wikipedia Born: September 21, 1947 (age 70), Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, United States Spouse: Tabitha King (m. 1971) TV shows: Rose Red, The Stand, Storm of the Century, MORE Short stories: 1922, The Mist, The Body, 1408, Children of the Corn. Misery Summary (Stephen King) Misery tells the suspenseful and often gruesome story of novelist Paul Sheldon, held captive by a psychotic fan. It also offers insight into the public role of a writer and the experience of writing itself. Misery establishes ch
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Tennessee Williams’ biography American playwright Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American playwright. Along with Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. Wikipedia Born: March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, United States Died: February 25, 1983, New York City, New York, United States Movies: A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll, MORE Books: Memoirs, The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams, MORE. Sweet Bird of Youth’s summary Sweet Bird of Youth opens on Easter morning in the bedroom of an old-fashioned grand hotel, the Royal Palms. Chance Wayne rises from bed, where Princess Kosmonopolis (the alias of actor Alexandra Del Lago) is sleeping uneasily. Fly comes to the door with coffee and recognizes Chance, who has just returned to his native St. Cloud. Fly leaves, but immediately another voice is heard outside the door; it is Scudder, who enters and wa
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