Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Of Human Bondage(2015) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETPhilip's yearning for adventure takes him to Germany and later Paris where he tries to make his mark as an artist before returning to London to study medicine. Here, a tortured and one-sided love affair with Mildred, a vulgar yet irresistible waitress, chVezava: Trda23,82 € -
Betrothed(2013) MANZONI, ALESSANDROSet in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself.Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
Washington Square(2013) JAMES, HENRYWhen Catherine Sloper falls for Maurice Townsend, her father, a wealthy New York doctor, believes that Townsend is a fortune hunter after his daughter’s inheritance. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolisVezava: Trda15,41 € -
Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air(2011) ORWELL, GEORGEGeorge Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation iVezava: Trda25,22 € -
Unspeakable Skipton(2018) JOHNSON, PAMELA HANSFORDA wickedly funny novel about a self-proclaimed literary genius abroad.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Not George Washington(2014) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success and then for gratification.Vezava: Trda15,41 € -
Sunset At Blandings(2015) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Many old friends reappear to take their last bow: the Earl of Emsworth, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Beach the butler, the Empress of Blandings (Lord Emsworth’s prize pig), Freddie Threepwood (his son), G.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Prince and Betty(2015) WODEHOUSE, P.G.And so it is that, in the process of telling their story, published early in his career, Wodehouse constructs the critique of Europe versus America, privilege versus enterprise, decadence versus adventure, which was to underpin many of his later tales.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Mike at Wrykyn(2011) WODEHOUSE, P.G.This charming story of the Jackson cricketing dynasty describes the adventures of Mike Jackson at boarding school as he makes his way up the sporting ladder to the first eleven.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Monty Bodkin has returned to London from Hollywood, leaving Sandy Miller, his secretary there, heartbroken, because Monty loves English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick instead of her.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Mike and Psmith(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Mike is a seriously good cricketer who forms an unlikely alliance with old Etonian Psmith ('the P is silent') after they both find themselves fish out of water at a new school, Sedleigh, where they eventually overcome the hostility of others and their ownVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Tales of St Austin's(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.St Austin's school (as featured in The Pothunters) is the setting for twelve delightful early Wodehouse stories.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
Adventures of Sally(2011) WODEHOUSE, P.G.The Adventures of Sally is a transatlantic comedy set in worlds Wodehouse knew well: American theatres, English country houses, and the theatrical boarding-houses where young men and women dream of finding fame and fortune.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Bachelors Anonymous(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Much married American movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn depends on his friends at Bachelors Anonymous to keep him out of romantic entanglements on his trip to London.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Company For Henry(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Wendell wishes he could be rid of his embarrassing aunt Kelly, while Kelly wants to escape her financial dependence on Wendell. Henry's niece, Jane, needs to part from her glamorous but ghastly fiancé, Lionel, while Bill Hardy, who falls for Jane, needs nVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Head Of Kay's(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.It is the general view at Eckleton school that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. After the Summer Concert fiasco, Mr Kay resolves to remove Fenn from office and puts his house into special measures, co-opting Kennedy, second prefect of BlVezava: Trda21,03 €
