Příběh mladé Američanky z vyšší společnosti 70. let 19. století, odehrávající se v Anglii a následně v Itálii. Isabel odmítá manželství z rozumu a získává velký majetek, který ji umožňuje žít podle svých představ... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Ian F.A. Bell, Professor of... 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
Henrymu Jamesovi je v Anglii dobře, tak dobře, že ji poctil magií výřečnosti, v níž svého času nenašel mezi Američany konkurenta. Při objevování krás země, kterou coby odchovanec měšťanského New Yorku na sklonku života přijal za náhradní vlast, se jeho by 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
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When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square... Zobraziť viac
Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text,new illustrations and language learning exercises,the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online... 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
The inspiration of James`s Washington Square (1881) was an anecdote told him by Fanny Kemble about a jilted heiress. The only child of a rich New York physician, shy, unattractive Catherine Sloper falls an easy victim to the attentions of a good-... 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
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
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
Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the new edition of the series... 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
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
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman,... Zobraziť viac
