Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Shooting Party(2004) CHEKHOV, ANTONOlga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful relationships with the men in her life. Adored by Urbenin, the estate manager, whom she marries to escape the poverty of her home, she is also desired by the dissolVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mademoiselle de Maupin(2005) GAUTIER, THEOPHILEChevalier d'Albert fantasizes about his ideal lover, yet every woman he meets falls short of his exacting standards of female perfection. This book draws readers into the bedrooms and boudoirs of a French chateau in an exploration of desire and sexual intVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland (Penguin Classics)(2013)Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest and most important in the medieval world. This title brings together the finest comic stories from medieval Iceland. It examines how the stories satirised old-style sagas while exploiting their classic theVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Against Nature (Penguin Classics)(2003) HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARLDes Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature anVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio(2006) SONGLING, PUAct as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a schoVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Penguin Classics)(1996) POTOCKI, JANAlphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
The Confidence-man (Penguin Classics)(1991) MELVILLE, HERMANWritten by the author of "Billy Budd, Sailor" and "Moby-Dick", this novel is unfinished, although published in his lifetime. Set on April Fool's Day aboard a Mississippi steamer, the novel is a gloomy satire on American life and the state of distrust thatVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Max Havelaar (Penguin Classics)(1987) MULTATULIRoy Edwards's vibrant translation conveys the satirical and innovative style of Multatuli's autobiographical polemic. In his introduction, R. P. Meijer discusses the author's tempestuous life and career, the controversy the novel aroused and its unusual nVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Pierre and Jean(1979) MAUPASSANT, GUYThe fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house, to declare that an old family friend has bequeathed his entire fortune to Jean, this envy rapidly becomeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
History of the Thirteen (Penguin Classics)(1974) BALZAC, HONORE DEThe three short novels that make up this book are concerned in part with the activities of a rich, powerful, sinister and unscrupulous secret society in nineteenth-century France.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Betrothed (Penguin Classics)(1983) MANZONI, ALESSANDROA historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. FirVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Keeping Up Appearances(2022) MACAULAY, ROSERose Macaulay's novel, first published in 1928, offers a sharp and witty commentary on how we twist our identities to fit, delivered in an intelligent and innovative style.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dangerous Ages(2020) MACAULAY, ROSERose Macaulay takes a lively and perceptive look at three generations of women within the same family and the 'dangers' faced at each of those stages in life.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Which Way?(2021) BENSON, THEODORAClaudia Heseltine returns to this moment three times in a series of parallel narratives. This is an inventive novel, published in 1931, which contemplates the consequences of a single decision.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Tension(2021) DELAFIELD, E. M.Tension examines reputation and the persistence of gossip in relation to a woman's choice of work and domestic arrangements with a light touch of humour.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
