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Man Upstairs(2010) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Wodehouse's well-known gift for satisfying plots and comic surprises is evident on every page, but there are also signs of his debt to earlier writers in the realistic tradition.Vezava: Trda18,05 € -
Something Fresh(2005) WODEHOUSE, P.G.The first of the Blandings Castle novels, introducing Lord Emsworth, his family, his secretary – the Efficient Baxter – and the mandatory Wodehouse cast of butlers, aunts, younger sons, detectives, lovers and imposters. Take the 4.15 from Paddington StatiVezava: Trda20,84 € -
Old Reliable(2011) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, Adela Cork buys her Hollywood house.Vezava: Trda18,05 € -
Fox, The Captain's Doll, The Ladybird(2006) LAWRENCE, D. H.Two young women living during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted. There exists a complex relationship between a German countess and a married Scottish soldier. A wounded prisoner of war has a disturbing influence on an Englishwoman.Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Midnight's Children(1995) RUSHDIE, SALMANA history of India since independence seen through the eyes of characters born on that independence was granted.Vezava: Trda25,00 € -
Caleb Williams(2005) GODWIN, WILLIAMWhen honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a terrible secret.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Wapshot Chronicle(1998) CHEEVER, JOHNMeet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on Cheever's adolescence in New England, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the finVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Odyssey of Homer(2007) LATTIMORE, RICHMONDOdysseus survives a storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and hVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
David Copperfield(2008) DICKENS, CHARLESWhen David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal.Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Moby-Dick(2007) MELVILLE, HERMANWhen Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the grip of an obsession to hunt down the famous white whale,Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Bleak House(2008) DICKENS, CHARLES'Jarndyce and Jardyce' is an infamous lawsuit that has been in process for generations. Nobody can remember exactly how the case started but many different individuals have found their fortunes caught up in it. Esther Summerson watches as her friends andVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Great Expectations(2008) DICKENS, CHARLESPip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. Pip's desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted EstVezava: Mehka11,11 € -
Hard Times(2003) DICKENS, CHARLESThe Northern mill-town of Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds.Vezava: Mehka11,11 € -
Just So Stories(2008) KIPLING, RUDYARDWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP PULLMAN Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? Rudyard Kipling's witty and beautifully written stories explain these secrets and many more and introduce such memorable characterVezava: Mehka12,50 € -
Tale of Two Cities(2008) DICKENS, CHARLES'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille.Vezava: Mehka9,72 € -
Our Mutual Friend(2011) DICKENS, CHARLESThe great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental' William BoydWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but haVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Christmas Carol(2009) DICKENS, CHARLESRead the ultimate Christmas story of hope and redemption behind the recent BBC TV adaptationEbenezer Scrooge despises Christmas.Vezava: Mehka11,11 € -
Hard Times(2009) DICKENS, CHARLESThe children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard to come by and resentments run deep.Vezava: Mehka9,72 € -
Mystery of Edwin Drood(2002) DICKENS, CHARLESEdwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement.Vezava: Mehka12,50 € -
Old Curiosity Shop(2001) DICKENS, CHARLESLittle Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the sVezava: Mehka13,88 €
