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„Home, sweet home“ – wie nah ist die Familie Gant zuweilen ihrem Glück! Wenn sich die Kinderschar vollzählig an der üppig gedeckten Tafel einfindet, könnte das häusliche Leben kaum inniger sein. Doch der Schein trügt. Hinter den Ritualen der Zusammen ..

'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest…'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.Introducing Little Blac ..

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by th ..

„Lord of the Flies“ is a novel that has captivated schoolchildren ever since it was first published in 1954. A teacher himself, Golding clearly understood what excites and interests children. It is not only a gripping story, with strong, sympathetic ..

William Golding s unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lo ..

The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, a ..

El pequeño Nicolás cuenta con muchos amigos en el colegio, con los que se divierte, compite y se pelea. Alcestes siempre está comiendo,Agnan es el preferido de la maestra, Clotario es el último de laclase… Y todos juntos viven divertidas aventuras a diario.

La gran novela de Eça de Queirós, cumbre de la literatura portuguesa, en una nueva traducción de Antonio Jiménez Morato Publicada en 1888, Los Maia es una saga familiar que refleja el ambiente y las costumbres de la burguesía lisboeta y la sociedad c ..

Los mejores libros jamás escritos.«Un segundo de indecisión suelequitar el provecho que precisamente en aquel segundo ofrecía lafortuna.»Francia, abril de 1625. En la polvorienta villa de Meung secruzan los destinos de un joven gascón, una hermosa mu ..

Having already written seminal works of detective fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle became a pioneer of early science fiction with The Lost World. This classic novel helped establish the genre and has inspired, since its first publication in 1912, countless stories, novels and films.

These lively, varied and thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells) are linked by their imposing central character, the pugnaciously adventurous and outrageous Professor Challenger. The Lost World (forebea ..