Among the unforgettable descriptions are those of the Paris sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the fighting at the barricades during the July Revolution... Zobraziť viac
The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul ... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wilde's genius is to the fore in this witty, audacious comedy of Victorian manners... Zobraziť viac
Inspired by a stroll around Salisbury Cathedral, The Warden centres on Reverend Harding and his youngest daughter Eleanor... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Vladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing... Zobraziť viac
Into his story of a simple but beautiful country girl's seduction by another man which causes her husband to leave her on their wedding night and thereby precipitates a course of events that ends in murder, ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a... Zobraziť viac
An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, ... Zobraziť viac
The Woman in White is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body, this classic horror... Zobraziť viac
Although the Greek slave Aesop was executed over 2,000 years ago, his fables continue to exert a strong influence on readers of all ages... 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
Penguin Books Ltd: Moonfleet (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs,... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wilde´s audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot´s long-concealed secret. A... Zobraziť viac
Robert Louis Stevenson, famed author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, captures the spirit of childhood in this classic collection of children's verse... Zobraziť viac
Inspired by a stroll around Salisbury Cathedral, The Warden centres on Reverend Harding and his youngest daughter Eleanor... Zobraziť viac
Novela z prostredia aristokracie a "hight society", ktorá rozpráva o jednoduchých veciach vážneho života a o vážnostiach bezstarostného života. Zobraziť viac
'I aspire to give no more than a faithful account of men and things as they have mirrored themselves in my mind.'... Zobraziť viac
The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles and... Zobraziť viac
