Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Wives and Daughters(1996) GASKELL, ELIZABETHWhen seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson's widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather. She also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, Cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to everVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Felix Holt(1995) ELIOT, GEORGEWhen the young Harold Transome returns to England with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament as a Radical. But, after the idealistic Felix Holt also returns to the town, the difference betweeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Daniel Deronda(1995) ELIOT, GEORGEGwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes traVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Sylvia's Lovers(1996) GASKELL, ELIZABETHSet in 1790 in Monkshaven, where press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service in the Napoleonic wars. One of their victims is Charley Kinraid, who captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. But Sylvia's cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Way We Live Now(1994) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYAugustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility - using charm to tempt the weak into making foolish investments in his dubious schemes. Persuaded to put money into a notional plot to run a railroad from San Francisco toVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
He Knew He Was Right(1994) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYOn a visit to the Mandarin Islands, Louis Trevelyan falls in love with Emily, the daughter of the governor, and they are swiftly married and return to live in London.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Effi Briest(2015) FONTANE, THEODOREffi Briest is steered into marriage with a man twenty years her senior, and taken to live in a remote Baltic seaport. Isolated and bored, she drifts into an affair, which is quickly ended. Years later the past catches up with Effi, with profound consequeVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Chatterton Square(2020) YOUNG, E HA sophisticated, emotive novel, Chatterton Square concerns the complex web of relationships between two neighbouring families, the Blacketts and the Frasers, as the Second World War approaches.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Father(2020) ARNIM, ELIZABETH VONSince her mother's death Jennifer has devoted years of her life to her father, managing the family home and acting as his secretary. After the sudden announcement that he has taken a new wife, Jennifer, at 33, seizes the opportunity to lead an independentVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
My Husband Simon(2020) PANTER-DOWNES, MOLLIEPublished in 1931, Mollie Panter-Downes's book explores the different echelons of the increasingly self-conscious middle class and the ways in which the tensions and nuances of vocabulary, dress, occupation, politics, taste and, ultimately, the literary wVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Sally on the Rocks(2021) BOGGS, WINIFREDThis entertaining novel is full of acute and humorous observations of male and female attitudes to love and marriage. Sally is a spirited heroine, who is determined to settle into a comfortable life now that she is in her early thirties. But in securing hVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Doctor Thorne(1991) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYSon of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family's mortgaVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Sketches by Boz(1995) DICKENS, CHARLESdeals with the London the author knew at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Roderick Random(1995) BLEWETT, DAVID,SMOLLETT, TOBIASRoderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has left Scotland leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London whereVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Small House at Allington(1991) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYLily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor entrenched in the "Great House" at Allington. His sister-in-law lives at the adjacent "Small House" with her two daughters and the action centres on the relations between the two houses and on tVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Awkward Age(1987) JAMES, HENRYMaking her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competiVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Spoils of Poynton(1987) JAMES, HENRYMrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become engaged to the uncultured Mona Brigstock. As a family quarrel unfolds, Fleda is drawn in, yet she remains reluctant to captivaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Roderick Hudson(1986) JAMES, HENRYWhen Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius. He wishes to give the artist the opportunity to develop his talent. But Roderick soon loses his inspiration and Rowland loses controlVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Princess Casamassima(1987) JAMES, HENRYThe illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics heVezava: Mehka18,21 €
