In the original story, the mathematically-minded Hornblower devises a plan by which he secures himself an " even chance " against a greater-skilled adversary.

* Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt ( This site is the only one to feature all of the Grimms ' notes translated in English along with the tales from Hunt's original edition.

E. T. A. Hoffmann followed with his own original fantasy tales, of which " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King " ( 1816 ) is the most famous.

In the mid-20th century the tales were used as propaganda by the Third Reich ; later in the 20th century psychologists such as Bruno Bettelheim reaffirmed the value of the work, in spite of the cruelty and violence in the original versions of some of the tales that were sanitized.

* Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt ( This site is the only one to feature all of the Grimms ' notes translated in English along with the tales from Hunt's original edition.

The stories proceed from this original tale ; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord.

Then, in Iraq in the ninth or tenth century, this original core had Arab stories added to it – among them some tales about the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

Still, even scholars who deny this version the exclusive status of " the only real Arabian Nights " recognize it as being the best source on the original style and linguistic form of the mediaeval work and praise the Haddawy translation as " very readable " and " strongly recommended for anyone who wishes to taste the authentic flavour of those tales ".

It appears, although the original tales are lost, that Fiachnae mac Báetáin ( d. 626 ), Dál nAraidi King of Ulster, was overlord of both parts of Dál Riata.

The heroic exploits of Wallace were passed on to posterity mainly in the form of tales collected and recounted by the poet Blind Harry, the Minstrel (?- 1492 ) whose original, probably oral sources were never specified.

The Annotated Alice is a work by Martin Gardner incorporating the text of Lewis Carroll's major tales: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as well as the original illustrations by John Tenniel.

Early on during Asimov's original world-building of the Foundation universe, he established within the first published stories a chronology placing the tales approximately 50, 000 years into the future from the time they were written ( c. 1940 ).

Geck observes that Alger's themes have been transformed in modern America from their original meanings into a Male Cinderella myth, and are an Americanization of the traditional Jack tales.

In 2011 Big Finish Productions, under licence from B7 Productions, announced that it would be producing a series of audio dramas called Blake ’ s 7: The Liberator Chronicles, which would be " ... a series of exciting, character-driven tales that remain true to the original TV series.

Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, as well as original works, many of which were by Serling himself.

Joyce wanted to read Norwegian works in the original language, including Peter Andreas Munch's Norrøne Gude-og Heltesagn ( Norse tales of gods and heroes ).

alii., author of Heptaméron ( 1559 )— seventy-two original French tales ( structured like The Decameron ).

Although the original tales were passed on orally, there were later a number of written stories of Twm Siôn Cati.

Prévert adapted several Hans Christian Andersen tales into animated or mixed live-action / animated movies, often in versions loosely connected to the original.

Fan letters on the pages of following issues were wildly enthusiastic about the revival of the original Flash, both from older fans who remembered the old JSA tales, and younger fans desperate to learn more of these new heroes.

Amadis de Gaula ( original Old Spanish and Galician-Portuguese spelling ) (, ;, ; " Amadis of Gaul ") is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales which were in vogue in 16th century Iberian Peninsula, and formed the earliest reading of many Renaissance and Baroque writers, although it was written at the onset of the 14th century.

Other inhabitants of Neverland are suggested by Barrie in his original novel, such as a " small old lady with a hooked nose ", " gnomes who are mostly tailors ", and princes " with six elder brothers " reminiscent of European fairy tales.

Other authors have also written Sherlock Holmes stories based on the same references within the original tales.

As in the original tales, Marlowe's lady in the lake is not what she first seems, and has a devastating effect on her lover.

From there it looked across at Westchester County and the Hudson River where the manor houses, estates, and big farms of the original ( non-Indian ) landowners began.

When the original digital signature generating software was turned over to the Atari community, development of new Atari 7800 titles began.

Construction began during summer 1853, on a site some north-west of the original building, which was considered to have a better outlook.

The trials began in 1960 about the time the original requirement expected the weapon to be in service.

However, after 1998, it began to describe the drink as Cuba Libre – literally translated as " Free Cuba " which is the original name of the drink and how it's mostly called in Latin America.

When Chicago was founded in 1833, most of the early building began around the mouth of the Chicago River, as can be seen on a map of the city's original 58 blocks.

In the late 1980s and increasingly through the 1990s, a revival of the original disco style began to emerge.

To support the intended process of nation building even further, a vague myth of some common Germanic original language developed, and German dialectology began to name dialect groups after presumed and real groups of historic tribes having existed from BC to about 600 AD, from which they were assumed to have descended.

Its use began to develop from this original sense when the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek ; in Ancient Greece the term διασπορά ( diaspora ) meant " scattering " and was used to refer to citizens of a dominant city-state who emigrated to a conquered land with the purpose of colonization, to assimilate the territory into the empire.

Turntablism, the art of using turntables not only to play music but to manipulate sound and create original music, began to develop.

Den and the original members of Ondekoza grew much of their own food, learned carpentry, studied Japanese classical and folk arts, and began a training regimen similar to professional athletes.

Music commented that Jones's death " hit so many people so hard " because " Monkees nostalgia cuts across generations: from the people who discovered the band during their original 1960s run ; to the kids who came of age watching 1970s reruns ; to the twenty-and thirtysomethings who discovered the Monkees when MTV ( a network that owes much to the Monkees ' influence ) began airing old episodes in 1986.

The original concept was called PERT / COST, but it was considered overly burdensome ( not very adaptable ) by contractors who were mandated to use it, and many variations of it began to proliferate among various procurement programs.

The original ethnic Franks ceased to be called by others and themselves Franks, whereas certain groups of people who were not Franks but were mostly ruled by Frankish nobility now began to use it as a term to describe their respective land and people.

Despite most Guatemalans ' attachment to the original ideals of the 1944 uprising, some private sector leaders and the military began to believe that Arbenz represented a Communist threat and supported his overthrow, hoping that a successor government would continue the more moderate reforms started by Arevalo.

Gerrymandering soon began to be used to describe not only the original Massachusetts example but also other cases of district-shape manipulation for partisan gain in other states.

which began in 1964 and the original version of The Match Game first aired in 1962.

In the United States, Home Improvement started to air in broadcast syndication in September 1995, distributed via Buena Vista Television ( now Disney-ABC Domestic Television ) and continued to be syndicated until 2007 ; in a manner similar to Seinfeld and The Simpsons after they began airing in broadcast syndication, episodes of Home Improvement were not aired in order of their production code number or original airdate.

Eastern Land ) was the original name for the Swedish realm's eastern part, but already in the 15th century Finland began to be used synonymously with Österland.

The " difficulty " of English as a written language thus began in the High Middle Ages, when French orthographic conventions were used to spell a language whose original, more suitable orthography had been forgotten after centuries of nonuse.

During this period, they also began to experiment with cutting-edge comedy concepts such as the original ( unreleased ) Filet of Soul and Jan & Dean Meet Batman.

In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs (" Urge for Going ," " Chelsea Morning ," " Both Sides, Now ," " The Circle Game ") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968.

Exports to the West began in 1974 ; under the original agreement with Fiat, the car could not be sold in competition with the 124 until its replacement ( the Fiat 131 Mirafiori ) had been released and all Fiat production of the 124 had ceased.

In December 2004, the four original members announced a reunion tour which began February 14, 2005, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Derrick Bostrom began a web site for the band about six months before the original trio stopped working together.