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Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the vital but turbulent north. Elizabeth Gaskell' ..

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition of North and South is presented with extra material and notes to the text.

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and t ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚Northanger Abbey! These were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest point of ecstasy.‘ Considered the most light-hearted and satirical of Auste ..

Jane Austen's superb pastiche of the gothic romance

‚…in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty.‘ Northanger Abbey is about the misadventures of Catherine Morland, young, ingenuous, and mettlesome ..

This title comes with an introduction by P.D. James. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne ..

While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he t ..

A new edition of the classic account of Dostoevsky's 4-year sentence for hard labour in the 1850s.

Notes from the Underground (1864) is one of the most profound works of nineteenth-century literature. A probing, speculative book, often regarded as a forerunner of the Existentialist movement, it examines the important political and philosophical qu ..

The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical ..

Showcasing Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate, this collection presents his compelling works „White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man“ and selections from „The House of the Dead.“  

This is a dual-language book with the Russian text on the left side, and the English text on the right side of each spread. The texts are precisely synchronized. A great book for learning both languages while reading a Russian classic masterpiece.

With an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa. Notes from Underground and Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky's short fiction. Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal ..

Kniha Novels, Tales, Journeys autora Alexander Pushkin vydaná v nakladatelství Everyman v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 616, ISBN-13: 9781841594187, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece. First published in 1859, Oblomov is an indisputable classic of Russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as Gogol's Dead Souls, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and D ..

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From an orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.

Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other – and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are d ..

Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, ‚Of Mice and Men‘ remains Steinbeck's most popular work. Reissue.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics ..

While the powerlessness of the laboring class in a recurring theme in this classic work, Steinbeck narrows his focus, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness–a parable about commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss.

They are an unlikely pair: George is „small and quick and dark of face“; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a „family,“ clinging together in the face of lonelinss and alienation.§Laborers in Californ ..

Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic.