Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Monkey(1973) CH'ENG-EN, WUWu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result is a jumble of the absurd and the profound, of religion and history, of anti-bureaucratic satire and pureVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Eugenie Grandet(2004) BALZAC, HONORE DEIn a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he wilVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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: Mehka12,61 € -
Journal of the Plague Year(2003) DEFOE, DANIELThis work follows Daniel Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague through the streets of London. Here we see a city transformed - some of its streets suspiciously empty and some overwhelmingly full of the sounds and sVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Bostonians(2000) JAMES, HENRYBasil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer arrives to Boston in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer. Olive hopes to win the girl over to the feminist causeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Uncle Silas(2000) LE FANU, J.Maud Ruthyn is a 17 year old orphan left in the care of her fearful uncle, Silas. Together with his boorish son and a sinister French governess, Silas plots to kill Maud and claim her fortune.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Phineas Redux(2003) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYIn the fourth "Palliser" novel, Anthony Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is thrown under suspicion and eventually finds himself standing trial at the Old BVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Last Chronicle of Barset(2002) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYWhen Mr Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, is falsely accused of theft he suffers bitterly with his family. Crawley is an ambiguous character however, and he himself seems to bring about most of his suffering.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Under the Greenwood Tree(2013) HARDY, THOMASThis edition presents a critically established text based on comparisons of every revised version. Hardy placed this tale among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group which is held to include his most characteristic work.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Scenes of Clerical Life(2015) ELIOT, GEORGEScenes of Clerical Life consists of three short novellas in which the lives of ordinary men and women in a provincial Midlands town are portrayed with tender sympathy and understanding. Eliot brought a new level of literary realism to her tales of Amos BaVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Heart of Darkness(2021) CONRAD, JOSEPHExam board: Edexcel Level & Subject: AS and A Level English Literature First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: 2025Vezava: Mehka6,06 € -
Anna Livia Plurabelle(2017) JOYCE, JAMESAs James Joyce was working on Finnegans Wake, he asked his friend T.S. This celebrated episode, Anna Livia Plurabelle, was the first part of Joyce's extraordinary text to be published in England, printed in pamphlet form in 1930.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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: Mehka14,01 € -
Diary of a Nobody(1999) GROSSMITH, GEORGE,GROSSMITH, WEEDONMr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Adam Bede(2008) ELIOT, GEORGECarpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthur's seductive charm and they begin to meet in secret. The relationship is toVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Guy Mannering(2003) SCOTT, WALTERGuy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position. But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and in which each socVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Kenilworth(1999) SCOTT, WALTERIn the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is favoured above all the noblemen of England. It is rumoured that the Queen may chose him for her husband. This story is a depiction of intrigue, power struggles and superstition in a bygoneVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Miss Marjoribanks(1998) OLIPHANT, MARGARETReturning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla isVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Martin Chuzzlewit(1999) DICKENS, CHARLESThe greed of Patricia Ingham's family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed chaVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dombey and Son(2002) DICKENS, CHARLESOffers a compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, it explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family and on society as a whole. This title also discusses the character of Paul Dombey, business and famiVezava: Mehka15,41 €
