The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions... Zobraziť viac
Based on lectures given at Cambridge colleges and first published by the Hogarth Press in 1929, A Room of One's Own is an extended essay about the predicament of female writers and a stirring call for autonomy and recognition... Zobraziť viac
It is June in 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare for the annual village pageant that will be held in its grounds that day. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods ... Zobraziť viac
Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, tracing his life from childhood, to Cambridge University, and to his early adult life in artistic London... Zobraziť viac
En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX Alaska fue el objetivo de muchas expediciones que buscaron fortuna con la explotación del oro. El Ártico es también el destino que le ha sido reservado a Buck, un formidable perro mestizo... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Every summer, the Ramsays visit their summer home on the beautiful Isle of Skye, surrounded by the excitement and chatter of ... Zobraziť viac
Im Juni des Jahres 1923 bereitet Clarissa Dalloway, die Ehefrau eines britischen Parlamentsabgeordneten, eine große Abendgesellschaft in ihrem Haus in London vor... Zobraziť viac
Powerful stories about the will to survive. In Call of the Wild, Buck, a domesticated dog, is stolen from his home in California and sold into sled dog slavery during the 1890s Klondike gold rush in Alaska... Zobraziť viac
A spellbinding novel looking at the harshness of life in the northern wilds, through nature's ruthless eyes... Zobraziť viac
When The Call of the Wild was published the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately and it is still one the best known stories written by an American author... Zobraziť viac
As Mrs Dalloway works on the preparations for a dinner party, her thoughts throughout the day wander from memories of the past to interrogations about the present and lead her to assess the choices she has made in life and love... Zobraziť viac
As Mabel Waring takes off her cloak and steps into the drawing room of Clarissa Dalloway, she immediately realizes that something is not right: her pale-yellow silk dress, which she has had specially made for the occasion... Zobraziť viac
The Waves is an astonishingly beautiful and poetic novel. It begins with six children playing in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience friendship, love, and grief at the death of their beloved friend Percival... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel of feminism, existentialism, and self-realization is an essential read for all lovers of classic literature... Zobraziť viac
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence... Zobraziť viac
Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, tracing his life from childhood, to Cambridge University, and to his early adult life in artistic London... Zobraziť viac
Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. The novel's opening section teems with the noise, complications, bruised emotions, joys and quiet tragedies ... Zobraziť viac
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Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness... Zobraziť viac
