‘After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the... Zobraziť viac
H. James se narodil v Americe, téměř celý život však působil v Británii, jejíž občanství přijal až roku 1915. Častým námětem... Zobraziť viac
Novela Henryho Jamese z roku 1878, Daisy Millerová, pojednává o mladé ženě, která svým liberálním chováním pobuřovala... Zobraziť viac
Třiadvacetiletá Catherine Sloperová, dcera vyhledávaného newyorského lékaře, je podle morálky vrcholného „zlatého věku“ zralá na vdávání. Je ale na soužití v páru skutečně připravená? Když na večírku pozná sympatického Morrise Townsenda, propadne... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. Its her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things the ghosts of dead people... Zobraziť viac
She found herself, for the first moment, looking at the mysterious portrait through tears. Perhaps it was her tears that made it just then so strange and fair... Zobraziť viac
This brilliant satire of the women’s rights movement in America is the story of the ravishing inspirational speaker Verena Tarrant and the bitter struggle between two distant cousins who seek to control her... Zobraziť viac
Set in the countryside around Boston in the mid-nineteenth century The Europeans is concerned with the effect of Old World experience on New World innocence. Feckless, charming Felix and his sister Eugenia, the Baroness Münster... Zobraziť viac
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure... Zobraziť viac
Intelligent, beautiful and vivacious, Isabel Archer fascinates and intimidates the elite society of Albany, New York. Fiercely protective of her independence, she travels to England with her aunt to escape a persistent suitor but, upon inheriting... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman,... Zobraziť viac
This light-hearted masterpiece tells of the influence Eugenia and her brother Felix exert on their Bostonian cousins when they visit the New World... Zobraziť viac
Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage... Zobraziť viac
The vivacious Kate Croy finds herself torn between love and money, friendship and ambition; the crown of Henry James’s achievement. Now a critically acclaimed film... Zobraziť viac
Christopher Newman is an American expatriate in Paris; his fortune made, he has moved to the Old World to enjoy his wealth and find a wife. Newman soon falls for a young widow, the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde, ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: An American heiress newly arrived in Europe, Isabel Archer does not look to a man to furnish her with her... Zobraziť viac
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children.... Zobraziť viac
Henry James's heroine in Washington Square is the plain, shy heiress Catherine Sloper... Zobraziť viac
