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The Fortnight in September chronicles one family’s seaside holiday. Though they visit every year, the joy of the familiar is not without its challenges. R. C. Sherriff's writing is full of minute detail, capturing the sounds, smells and sights of everyday life for ordinary people. Every year...

The Irish troubles rage, but up at the 'Big House', tennis parties, dances and flirtations with the English officers continue, undisturbed by the ambushes, arrests and burning country beyond the gates. Faint vibrations of discord reach the young girl Lois, who is straining for her own freedom, and she will witness the troubles surge closer and reach their irrevocable, inevitable climax.

The Last September is set in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s, a time of political turmoil and social change. The story focuses on the Fall of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, symbolized through the life of 18-year-old Lois Farquar, who is living with her aunt and uncle at their country estate, Danielstown. Through Bowen’s rich, atmospheric prose, The Last September portrays the personal and cultural upheaval of the period, highlighting the impact of historical change on individual lives.

This curated collection brings together five iconic works from some of Ireland's greatest writers, each offering a distinct voice and vision that helped shape modern Irish literature. From gothic horror to modernist experimentation, biting satire to fading aristocracy, these novels capture the complexities of identity, society, and imagination across centuries.

طيور أيلول معرِض فنّي للقرية اللبنانيّة في شتّى مظاهرها. ولولا أنّ ترابكِ من تراب القرية، ثمّ لولا أنّك تملكين قسطًا كبيرًا من رهافة الحسّ، وسلامة الذوق، ودقّة الملاحظة، وعمق الشعور بالقيَم الكلاميّة والإنسانيّة والجماليّة، لما تأتّى لكِ أن تصوّري القرية ذلك التصوير

September - the ninth month of the year in our Gregorian calendar and with it arrives the autumn equinox and the first glimpses of the new season. there is much for our poets, including Browning, Kingsley, Yeats, Lanier, and Lindsay, to say and write about.

Der bekannteste Gedichtband von Thomas Brasch erschien 1980. Im selben Jahr wurde ihm der FAZ-Preis für Literatur verliehen, mit folgender Begründung: "...Diese Verse, die sich gleichermaßen durch hohe Musikalität wie durch scharfe Intellektualität auszeichnen, tragen zur Erneuerung traditioneller Formen der deutschen Lyrik bei, zumal des Lieds und der Ballade, und weisen Thomas Brasch als poetischen Sprecher seiner Generation aus."

The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio series created by Orson Welles, presented adaptations of classic literary works. These were performed by actors from Welles' celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann.

Zwölf historische Miniaturen über bemerkenswerte Geschehnisse und Augenblicke aus der Geschichte der Menschheit. Im ersten Teil Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit geht es um die Entdeckung des pazifischen Ozeans 1513 durch den Abenteurer und Desperado Nunez de Balboa, der dem Galgen der spanischen Krone zu entkommen sucht, indem er das Goldland der Inkas in Peru und den Zugang zum pazifischen Meer sucht. Er wird als dessen erster europäischer Entdecker unsterblich für die westliche Welt. Stefan Zweig erzählt die Absurditäten und Widrigkeiten dieser Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio series created by Orson Welles, presented adaptations of classic literary works. These were performed by actors from Welles' celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series ran from July to December 1938, after which the title was changed to The Campbell Playhouse.