Svetovna klasika

Thomas Mann's first novel, Buddenbrooks, is drawn from his own life and experience. Subtitled The Decline of a Family, his story of a prosperous Hanseatic merchant family and their gradual disintegration is also an extraordinary portrayal of the tran ..

Thomas Mann erzählt nur wenig verschlüsselt die Geschichte seiner Familie und ihrer Stellung in der Vaterstadt Lübeck, soweit er sie nachvollziehen, in Einzelheiten überblicken konnte, ja sogar noch miterlebt hat. Verwandte, Honoratioren und markante ..

Buddenbrooks erschien 1901 und war Thomas Manns erster Roman. Bis heute zählt die bewegende Geschichte der Kaufmannsfamilie aus Lübeck zu den meistgelesenen Klassikern der deutschen Literatur.§Diese Ausgabe basiert auf dem Erstdruck von 1901 und gibt ..

Can't keep all your gods and goddesses straight? Wondering about mythological references in classic literature? „Bulfinch's Mythology“ offers approachable accounts of ancient legends in a compilation of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, banker and Latini ..

Kniha Burmese Days autora George Orwell vydaná v nakladatelství Alma Books Ltd. v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 352, ISBN-13: 9781847498809, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

Orwell draws on his experience in the Indian Imperial Police for his first novel, „Burmese Days“, a devastating indictment of British colonial rule (he resigned ‚to escape not merely from imperialism but from every form of man's dominion over man‘, a ..

In his National Book Award – winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America.§§It is the 1870 ..

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace…When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old la ..

The reputation of WILLIAM GODWIN as a social philosopher, and the merits of his famous novel, „Caleb Williams,“ have been for more than a century the subject of extreme divergencies of judgment among critics. „The first systematic anarchist,“ as he is call

Kniha Caliban Shrieks autora Jack Hilton vydaná v nakladatelství Random House v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, ISBN-13: 9781784878757, zařazení do kategorie: Lancashire, Greater Manchester (Velký Manchester), Merseyside.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and …he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest.‘ Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck ..

Kniha Call of the Wild and White Fang autora Jack London vydaná v nakladatelství Book Sales Inc v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 340, ISBN-13: 9780785839897, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.