Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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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: Mehka10,68 € -
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: Mehka14,01 € -
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 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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 € -
Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders(1989) DEFOE, DANIELBorn in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll Flanders' drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief before her crimes catch up with herVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure(1985) CLELAND, JOHNForced by the death of her parents to seek her fortune in London, Fanny Hill is duped into prostitution by an old procuress. In Mrs Brown's bawdy-house the naive young woman begins her sexual initiation and soon embarks on her own path in pursuit of pleasVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Warden(1984) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYThe tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, findsVezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Barchester Towers(1983) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYAfter the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the son of the old bishop, Archdeacon Grantly, resentmeVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Pamela(1980) RICHARDSON, SAMUELFifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress' son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral sVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Three Gothic Novels(2006) WALPOLE, HORACE,SHELLEY, MARY,BECKFORD, WILLIAMThe Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: "The Castle of Otranto", published pseudonymouslyVezava: Mehka18,21 €
