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
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
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
Nabokov said of his chess-playing genius Luzhin, that despite his coarseness and grubby plainness, he is a lovable creation... 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
The myth that has grown up around Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest popular poet, has sometimes obscured his original poetic gifts... 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
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
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
A classic tale of mystery and high adventure in a Dorset smuggling village... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wilde's genius is to the fore in this witty, audacious comedy of Victorian manners... 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
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
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. 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
Novela z prostredia aristokracie a "hight society", ktorá rozpráva o jednoduchých veciach vážneho života a o vážnostiach bezstarostného života. Zobraziť viac
Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy... 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
