Celebrated novel involves a handsome young Londoner who sinks into a life of depravity. His body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recent portrait reflects the ravages of his crime and sensuality.
Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, "moral" life, standing for honesty and sincerity. Passion drives her to adultery, and this flies in the face of the corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. Meanwhile, the aristocrat Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion, espousing a Christian anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in.
An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York's high society in the 1870s - the world Edith Wharton grew up in - The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order." Here presented with extra material and annotations.
In the old Saxon town of Hamelin, a stranger appears with a magical fife. He promises to rid the town of its rats for the sum of 100 Rhine Ducats. When its desperate citizens agree to hire his services, he plays his fife and lures the rats to the river. But can Hamelin ever be truly void of all its vermin? Viktor Dyk's rendition of the Pied Piper legend masterfully blends lyrical prose with early twentieth century modernist perspective. For over a century, The Ratcatcher has held its own among the great works of Czech literature, but now this classic is introduced to us in English for the first time.
A collection containing some Jane Austen's earliest work - her hilarious brief History of England, illustrated by her favourite sister, which is a worthy forerunner of 1066 & All That, to the unfinished Sanditon, the novel of her maturity on which she was working at her death aged 42.
"The Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery." --Jack London. Sinclair's masterpiece is an honest, sometimes brutal, tour de force that opened America's eyes to the struggles and horrors many immigrants endured. Welcome to Chicago during the ea
A walk in the woods takes a sinister turn for police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and medical examiner Sara Linton when they stumble across the body of a young girl. Incarcerated in the ground, all the initial evidence indicates that she has, quite literally, been scared to death. But as Sara embarks on the autopsy, something even more horrifying comes to light. Something which shocks even Sara. Detective Lena Adams, talented but increasingly troubled, is called in from vacation to help with the investigation - and the trail soon leads to the neighbouring county, an isolated community, and a terrible secret...
The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. On the far side of darkness lies a world where two mighty forces are making ready for a war of kingdom against kingdom, warrior against witch, and honour against treachery. It is a world that beckons Edward Lessingham and is totally at odds with his Edwardian background. Torn by greater passions than mere mortals can know, the adventure-loving lords of Demonland are pitted against the cruel enchantments of the witch-king Gorice XII. As swords cross with clash of steel, they begin their odyssey in glory and terror. E.R. Eddison's masterpiece stands as one of the great prototypes of modern fantasy fiction. The intricately woven themes of high adventure, sorcery and the conflict between good and evil transport the reader to epic worlds beyond imagination.
Clyde Griffiths finds his social-climbing aspirations and love for a rich and beautiful debutante threatened when his lower-class pregnant girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.
Le premier tome du chef d'œuvre d'Alexandre Dumas. « Je suis fâché de vous avoir aidé dans vos recherches et de vous avoir dit ce que je vous ai dit, fit-il.– Pourquoi cela ? demanda Dantès.– Parce que je vous ai infiltré dans le cœur un sentiment qui n’y était point : la vengeance.»Edmond Dantès, jeune et brillant officier de marine, est sur le point d’épouser la belle Mercédès. Un bonheur qui fait des jaloux. Dénoncé à tort comme bonapartiste, Edmond est victime d’une lâche conspiration et enfermé au château d’If. Après plusieurs années de désespoir, sa rencontre avec un autre prisonnier, l’abbé Faria, va tout changer. Le vieillard lui parle d’évasion et d’un fabuleux trésor ; est-il fou, ou est-ce une chance inespérée de se venger de ceux qui ont précipité sa chute ?"La plus célèbre histoire d'évasion (...) Aujourd'hui encore, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo reste un récit d'aventures exaltant." RTLAlexandre Dumas (1802-1870) est l’auteur qui donne aux Français le goût de l’Histoire depuis bientôt deux siècles. De la cour des Valois à la Restauration, ses intrigues restent de grands succès populaires et ses personnages ont marqué durablement notre littérature. Ses ouvrages sont traduits dans le monde entier.
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIR ORFEOTHREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIENIt's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence.Arthur's brave favorite for the challenge is Sir GawainAccompanying Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this book are Sir Orfeo, a medieval version of the story of Orpheus and Euridice, a love so strong that it overcame death, and Pearl, the moving tale of a man in a graveyard mourning his baby daughter, lost like a pearl that slipped through his fingers. Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world.Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.R.R. Tolkien's vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals.This beautifully decorated text includes as a bonus the complete text of Tolkien's acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain.
Literally meaning "heart," the Japanese word "kokoro" can be more distinctly translated as "the heart of things" or "feeling." Natsume Soseki's 1914 novel, which was originally published in serial format in a Japanese newspaper, "Kokoro" deals with the
In the Burmese provincial town of Kyauktada, the world-weary John Flory - a thirty-something English teak dealer - leads a life of quiet disillusionment, hardly mixing with the natives or the expat community, and deriving some comfort only from his conversations with an Indian friend, Doctor Veraswami, and the attentions of his local mistress. His prospects seem to improve when he meets the orphaned niece of a timber merchant, Elizabeth Lackersteen, who appears to reciprocate his feelings of love - but the arrival on the scene of another suitor, the boorish police officer Verrall, and the scheming of a disgruntled local magistrate threaten to shatter Flory's dreams and put him on a path to tragedy. Based on the author's own experiences in Burma as a young officer in the Indian Imperial Police, Burmese Days - here presented in the version published in Britain in 1944, which follows the text of its first American edition - is George Orwell's debut novel, invaluable both as a faithful description of life in Burma during the twilight of the British Raj and as an expose of the failings of colonial rule.
One of the best sea novels ever written, "The Sea-Wolf" tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. Also in this volume are the stories "The Law of Life," "The One Thousand Dozen," "All Gold Canyon," and "Moon-Face." Includes a new Introduction and an Afterword written by award-winning author Bova. Revised reissue.
Molloy, the first of the three masterpieces which constitute Samuel Beckett's famous trilogy, appeared in French in 1951, followed seven months later by Malone Dies (Malone meurt) and two years later by The Unnamable (L'Innommable). Few works of contemporary literature have been so universally acclaimed as central to their time and to our understanding of the human experience.
The second of Trollope's Palliser novels tells of the career of a hot-blooded middle-class politician whose sexual energies bring him much success with women.
Los mejores libros jamás escritos «Quería hablar a menudo, pero, laverdad, no sabía qué decir. ¿Sabe usted?, en ciertos casos lo mejor es no decir nada.» Tras retratar magistralmente la figura del culpableen Crimen y castigo, Dostoievski ahonda en El idiota en el almatorturada de un hombre inocente. Después de pasar varios años en unsanatorio suizo, el joven y piadoso príncipe Mishkin regresa a suRusia natal para recibir una herencia y «mezclarse con la gente». Sinembargo, en San Petesburgo solo le aguarda una sociedad obsesionadacon el dinero, el poder y la manipulación que pondrá a prueba su moral y sus puros sentimientos. Antes de llegar a su destino conoce alinquietante Rogozhin, hijo de un acaudalado mercader, cuya fijaciónpor la hermosa Nastasia Filíppovna acabará por arrastrar a los tresprotagonistas a un fatal desenlace. La presente edición cuenta con latraducción magistral de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal. El estudio introductorio es de William Mills Todd III, catedrático de literatura y lenguas eslavas en la Universidad de Hardvard.
Under the Yoke is a novel by Ivan Vazov written in 1888. It depicts the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and is the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature. The tranquillity in a Bulgarian village under Ottoman rule is only superficial: the people are qu
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 432, Publishers: Royal Classics, Author: Charlotte Brontë, ISBN-13: 9781774760741, Date of issue: 2020
Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. Whether he is pursuing revenge and inspiration in Morocco, expounding on his notorious sex film on a TV chat show, or writing a hit musical based on the life and work of Shakespeare, Enderby emerges triumphant.
Eine Gruppe Teenager experimentiert in Palo Alto mit Lastern und Untugenden aller Art. Ihre Tage sind geprägt von Auseinandersetzungen, mit ihren Familien und untereinander. Sie sind selbstzerstörerisch, herzlos und nihilistisch. Verstörendes, eindrucksvolles und mitfühlendes Porträt der Grauzonen des Erwachsenwerdens einer Generation, ein Blick in die raue Welt der Jugend.Traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.
One of the greatest writers of the gothic fantastic, Poe's dark, masterful stories inspired a generation of writers. With his macabre twists of fate and fascination with science and invention his work led to the detective stories of Sherlock Holmes, the weird horror of H.P. Lovecraft and the grim, tortured tales of Stephen King.
Gigi Translated by Boger Senhouse, The Cat Translated by Antonia White. Gigi's days are filled with cigars, lobster, lace and superstitions: the education of a future courtesan. Bored and unconvinced by what she's taught, Gigi surprises all with her approach to love. In this classic turn-of-the-century novella, Colette unveils Gigi's journey into womanhood in rich and supple prose. This edition includes The Cat translated by Antonia White.
Captain Wentworth's letter to Anne Elliot remains one of the literature's most unforgettable confessions. It is the jewel at the heart of PERSUASION, Jane Austen's captivating story of second chances and enduring love. Throughout the story, letters, newspapers, maps, and other paper ephemera reveal the characters' deepest motivations and shape their destinies.Anne's snobbish father obsesses over a written history of their noble family, and a page from the Bath Chronicle reveals the elaborate social scene of the town where the lovers are finally reunited.This deluxe edition brings all of this and more to life. As you read the novel, you will find pockets throughout containing replicas of thirteen items from the story, re-created with exquisite calligraphy and painstaking attention to historical detail.For anyone who loves Jane Austen or still cherishes the joy of letter writing, this book deepens the experience of a favorite story in an entirely new way.
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the
Perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language, James Joyce's Dubliners is both a vivid and unflinching portrait of "dear dirty Dublin" at the turn of the twentieth century and a moral history of a nation and a people whose "golden age" has passed. His richly drawn characters-at once intensely Irish and utterly universal-may forever haunt the reader. In mesmerizing writing rich with evocative imagery, Joyce delves into the heart of the city of his birth, capturing the cadences of Dubliners' speech and portraying with remarkable realism their outer and inner lives. This magnificent collection of fifteen stories, including such touchstones as "Araby," "Grace," and "The Dead," and in the definitive text authorized by the Joyce estate-collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions of Dubliners to reflect the author's wishes-reveals Joyce at his most accessible and most profound.Featuring a new introduction by acclaimed writer Colum McCann and the stunning cover art and sumptuous packaging that are the hallmarks of the Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe series, this edition of Dubliners is worthy of the centennial of one of the twentieth century's most important books.
A reissue of Willa Cather's best-loved novel and a beautiful portrayal of frontier life in Nebraska with a new introduction by travel writer Sara Wheeler. When young orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska, he finds himself growing up alongside Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda.
Alors que Netflix diffuse une série inspirée des aventures d'Arsène Lupin, avec Omar Sy dans le rôle-titre, Archipoche publie, dans une élégante édition collector, les plus célèbres aventures du gentleman cambrioleur.Monocle, haut-de-forme, fleur à la boutonnière et revolver en poche : depuis son apparition en 1905, la silhouette d'Arsène Lupin a effrayé et diverti des générations de lecteurs. Dandy et bagarreur, scélérat et charmeur, ce gentleman a sévi dans plus d'une vingtaine d'œuvres, nées de l'imagination de Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941).Accusé de deux cambriolages et d'une escroquerie, il doit faire face en 1908 au redoutable détective Herlock Sholmès, venu d'outre-Manche faire la lumière sur ces affaires... au risque de causer sa perte !Dans L'Aiguille creuse, l'année suivante, il est cette fois confronté à la sagacité d'un jeune étudiant, Isidore Beautrelet, sur la piste du trésor des anciens rois de France. Une quête qui les mènera tous deux sur les falaises d'Étretat chères à Leblanc.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 128, Publishers: Dover Publications Inc., Author: Ernest Hemingway, ISBN-13: 9780486848969, Date of issue: 2021
The thirteenth book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by crime writer Natasha Cooper.
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, "The Moon and Sixpence" is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 824, Publishers: Royal Classics, Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky, ISBN-13: 9781774761243, Date of issue: 2021
Chris Riddell's brilliant full-colour illustrated Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There is a gorgeous edition of this much-loved and favourite classic, a perfect gift for families, children and all fans. First published by Macmillan more than 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll's iconic stories about Alice have been loved and enjoyed by generations of children the world over. Curious Alice's second story takes her through the looking-glass to a place even stranger than the Wonderland of her first adventure. Caught up in the great looking-glass chess game she sets off across the chequerboard landscape to become a queen on the final square. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by unusual, funny and nonsense characters who crop up, such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Humpty Dumpty. Some of them insist on reciting poems to her and these poems, such as The Walrus and The Carpenter and Jabberwocky, are now as famous as the Alice stories themselves. This edition presents Lewis Carroll's complete text, with illustrations from Costa Award- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Chris Riddell. Published 200 years after the birth of Alice's first illustrator, Sir John Tenniel, also an eminent political cartoonist of his time, Chris Riddell's illustrations set a new bar in terms of excellence, with his unique, rich and evocative interpretation of Carroll's world.
'the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact' Edward Waverley, a young English soldier in the Hanoverian army, is sent to Scotland where he finds himself caught up in events that quickly transform from the stuff of romance into nightmare. His character is fashioned through his experience of the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the unsuccessful attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy, represented by Prince Charles Edward. Waverley's love for the spirited Flora MacIvor and his romantic nature increasingly pull him towards the Jacobite cause, and test his loyalty to the utmost. With Waverley, Scott invented the historical novel in its modern form and profoundly influenced the development of the European and American novel for a century at least. Waverley asks the reader to consider how history is shaped, who owns it, and what it means to live in it - questions as vital at the beginning of the twenty-first century as the nineteenth. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
In this abridged retelling, the inimitable Ackroyd transforms Malory's 15th-century work into a dramatic modern story, vividly bringing to life a world of courage and chivalry, magic, and majesty.
BENEATH the shadow of St. Sulpice the ancient mansion of the d'Esparvieu family rears its austere three stories between a moss-grown fore-court and a garden hemmed in, as the years have elapsed, by ever loftier and more intrusive buildings, wherein, nevert
In this masterful account set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by Nazi troops, a small, peaceable town comes face to face with evil imposed from the outside--and betrayal born within the close-knit community.
Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels. This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.
La segunda entrega de la trilogía de J. R. R. Tolkien El Señor de los Anillos.Empieza tu viaje a la Tierra Media.Edición revisada.La misión parece abocada al fracaso, pero la aventura épica que se inició con La Comunidad del Anillo continúa?La Compañía se ha disuelto y sus integrantes emprenden caminos separados. Frodo y Sam avanzan solos en su viaje a lo largo del río Anduin, perseguidos por la sombra misteriosa de un ser extraño que también ambiciona la posesión del Anillo. Mientras, hombres, elfos y enanos se preparan para la batalla final contra las fuerzas del Señor del Mal.«Entre las grandes obras de ficción imaginativa del siglo xx.» Sunday Telegraph«Una historia magníficamente contada, con todo tipo de color, movimiento y grandeza.» New Statesman
Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service
The famous "Nick Adams" stories show a memorable character growing from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent -- a sequence closely paralleling the events of Hemingway's life.
