Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Gothic Tales(2000) GASKELL, ELIZABETHThe stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Return of the Native(1999) HARDY, THOMASAgainst the lowering background of Egdon Heath, fiery Eustacia Vye passes her days, wishing only for passionate love. She believes that her escape from Egdon lies in marriage to Clym Yeobright, home from Paris and discontented with his work there.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Laodicean(1997) HARDY, THOMASThe daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, Paula Power inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions George Somerset, a young architect, to undertake the work. Somerset falls in love with Paula but she, the LaodiceVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Love for Lydia(2008) BATES, H.ETells a tale of love and longing, set against the backdrop of 1920s decadence, and the fall of the English upper classes.Vezava: Mehka18,52 € -
Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories(2015) TOLSTOY, LEOIn these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death oVezava: Mehka10,68 € -
Open Door(2021) OLIPHANT, MARGARETThis newly edited volume collects six of her greatest ‘Seen and Unseen’ stories – Oliphant’s most popular series in her day – and includes a new introduction exploring the life of this pioneering novelist.Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
Chianti Flask(2021) LOWNDES, MARIE BELLOCFirst published in 1934, this exquisitely crafted novel blends the tenets of a traditional mystery with an exploration of the psychological impact of death, accusation, guilt and justice in the aftermath of murder.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
O, the Brave Music(2020) SMITH, DOROTHY EVELYNA female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Her young life is shaped by a series of tragedies, but also the warmth of enduring friendships, particularly with David, her dearest friend who shares hVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Beyond Time(2019)In this collection, featuring stories from the 1880s to the 1960s, we are taken to the remote future and back to the distant past. We are trapped in an eternal loop and met with visitors and objects from the future. We come face to face with our past selvVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Christmas Egg(2019) KELLY, MARYChief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes find the body of Princess Olga Karukhin, who fled from Russia at the time of the Revolution. Taking place in the three days leading up to Christmas, Nightingale's enquiry takes him to a gramophone shoVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Tree of Heaven(2020) SINCLAIR, M.The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joinsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Glimpses of the Unknown(2018)From the vaults of the British Library comes a new anthology celebrating the best works of forgotten, never since republished, supernatural fiction from the early 20th century.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Flight of Anja(2022) GORANSON, TAMARA‘Once again, Goranson channels the epics of the past to take the reader on a journey filled with adventure, danger, and forbidden love … I would highly recommend this book to fans of historical fiction, Viking tales, and mythology!’ ? ? ? ? ? reader revieVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Voyage of Freydis(2021) GORANSON, TAMARAThe Vinland Viking Saga: Book 1 History set her fate in stone…Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge(2016) RILKE, RAINER MARIAA landmark in the development of the twentieth-century novel, the Notebooks is the story of a young Danish aristocrat , told in a series of notes that explore Malte's life in Paris, childhood memories and reflections in highly crafted poetic prose. A radiVezava: Mehka11,87 € -
Black Beauty(2012) SEWELL, ANNAAnna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse' is a Victorian and children's classic. Written to expose and prevent cruelty to horses in Victorian England, the novel's appeal as animal story, horse-care manual, protest work, feminist text and slave narraVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Ghost Stories of M. R. James(2018)The second in a series of republished classic literature, The Ghost Stories of M. R. James collects the tales that best illustrate his quiet mastery of the ghost story form.Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
Spirits of the Season(2018)Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting the best Christmas ghost stories from the 1850s to the 1960s.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
