Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Lady Audley's Secret (Penguin Classics)(1998) BRADDON, MARY ELIZABETHDraws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Desperate Remedies (Penguin Classics)(1998) HARDY, THOMASA tale of mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity in which Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer, Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousinVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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East Lynne(2008) WOOD, ELLENWhen the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution. This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Four Gothic Novels(1994) WALPOLE, HORACE,BECKFORD, WILLIAM,LEWIS, MATTHEW,SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTEach of these four Gothic stories reveals a psychological tale of isolation and monomania. H. Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' is filled with terror and ghostly interventions. William Beckford's 'Vathek' alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exoticVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Trilby(2009) DU MAURIER, GEORGEFirst published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mesmeric mentor, Svengali, has entered the popular imagination. George Du Maurier's drawings for the novel form part of its appeal - this edition includes his most significant illustrVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Late Victorian Gothic Tales(2009)This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The inVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Doctor's Wife(2008) BRADDON, MARY ELIZABETHThe Doctor's Wife is Mary Elizabeth Braddon's rewriting of Flaubert's Madame Bovary in which she explores her frustrated heroine's sense of entrapment and alienation in middle-class provincial life. This is the only edition of a fascinating work, and reprVezava: Mehka18,21 €
