Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion, The House of Ulloa follows innocent and timid Father Julián Alvarez as he tries to turn the aristocratic owner away from drinking, womanizing and emptying the last of the family coffers. But his attempts end ... Zobraziť viac
Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant ... Zobraziť viac
Frost's early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial of "The Road Not Taken" A Penguin Classics Deluxe edition... Zobraziť viac
Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh... Zobraziť viac
Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience... Zobraziť viac
Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life's work... Zobraziť viac
In the Musketeers’ final adventure, D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways... Zobraziť viac
A sparkling translation that gives new life in English to Dante’s Vita Nuova, his transcendent love poems and influential statement on the art and power of poetry, and the most widely read of his works after the Inferno... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Virgil's Aeneid, inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, is an immortal poem at the heart... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilisation - an epic poem without... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Previously published as The Essential Rumi, Rumi's Selected Poems is translated by Coleman Barks with John... Zobraziť viac
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The Week, Tim Lott 'gusty and soulful...Bronte's masterpiece is written not only with consummate... Zobraziť viac
How our earliest experiences can shape our destiny is the theme that runs like a thread of revelation through these extraordinary stories. They explore the roots of love, of murder and of racial conflict... Zobraziť viac
Like his much-loved novels, E. M. Forster's short stories are rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds. Telling tales of violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings... Zobraziť viac
A seminal text in the history of modern art, from one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century... Zobraziť viac
A thrilling crime classic, from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express... Zobraziť viac
Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine," was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged thematically, this new edition of her work brings together... Zobraziť viac
Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again... Zobraziť viac
In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, a recluse known as 'Mole' retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests... Zobraziť viac
