Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Kim (Penguin Classics)(2011) KIPLING, RUDYARDKim, orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white mother, and the lama, an old ascetic priest, are on a quest. Kim was born and raised in India and plays with the slum children as he lives on the streets, but he is white, a sahib, and wants to play tVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Maples Stories(2009) UPDIKE, JOHNOffers a nuanced portrait of two deeply flawed but moving characters, Joan and Richard Maple and their entwined lives. This book traces the decline and fall of a marriage, they also illumine a history in many ways happy, of growing children and a millionVezava: Trda18,21 € -
Middlemarch(1991) ELIOT, GEORGEMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, published 1871-2, is set in the imaginary county of Loamshire during the years of unrest preceding the 1832 Reform Bill. With its complex plot, broad canvas and huge cast of characters, it has long been recognizedVezava: Trda26,62 € -
Buddenbrooks(1994) MANN, THOMASThomas Mann's first great novel, written at the age of 25, is an epic study of decadence among the merchant families of Hamburg at the end of the nineteenth century. The novel is based on Mann's own experience as the son of a German merchant prince, but iVezava: Trda28,04 € -
Far From The Madding Crowd(1991) HARDY, THOMASBathsheba Everdene is a strong, confident woman who becomes a powerful farmer. But her emotional life descends into chaos as she becomes involved with three very different men.Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
He Knew He Was Right(2008) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYWidely regarded as one of Trollope's most successful later novels,He Knew He Was Right is a study of marriage and of sexual relationships cast against a background of agitation for women's rights.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Daniel Deronda(2000) ELIOT, GEORGEGeorge Eliot’s last novel, published in 1876, weaves together two stories, one about Gwendolen Harleth, the spoilt beauty who marries for money, the other concerning the mysterious hero of the title whose search for his true destiny leads him towards ZionVezava: Trda21,02 € -
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Custom of the Country(2008) WHARTON, EDITHEdith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, as she pursues her schemes and social ambitions in a world of shiftiVezava: Mehka10,68 € -
Can You Forgive Her?(2012) TROLLOPE, ANTHONYThe first of Trollope's six Palliser novels, Can You Forgive Her? explores the dilemma of Alice Vavasor, torn between two suitors, and the choices faced by two other independent women. The tensions within Victorian society highlighted by the plot are illuVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Report(2012) KANE, JESSICA FRANCISAn evocative and moving debut novel - based on the true story of the worst UK civilian disaster of the Second World War, when 173 people were crushed to death at Bethnal Green tube station during the Blitz.Vezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Small Circus(2013) FALLADA, HANSIt is summer, 1929, and in a small German town a storm is brewing. The shabby reporter Tredup leads a precarious existence working for the "Pomeranian Chronicle" - until he takes some photographs that offer the chance to make a fortune. In Kruger's bar, tVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Breaking Point(2009) DU MAURIER, DAPHNEA collection of eight chilling stories by the author of The Birds and Don't Look Now, introduced by Sally Beauman.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
