Soubor povídek slavného amerického autora s výraznými autobiografickými rysy. Výbor začíná cyklem povídek o mladíkovi jménem Basil Duke Lee, který je vlastně ztělesněním Fitzgeraldova dětství. I on pochází z méně majetných poměrů... Zobraziť viac
Slavná povídka z Fitzgeraldovy knihy Příběhy jazzového věku... Zobraziť viac
Zjednodušená verze románu War of the Worlds v této knize je určena pro mírně pokročilé studenty anglického jazyka. Účelem je především rozšířit slovní zásobu, ale také schopnost rychle a bezpečně porozumět mluvené angličtině... Zobraziť viac
Soubor povídek slavného amerického autora s výraznými autobiografickými rysy. Výbor začíná cyklem povídek o mladíkovi jménem Basil Duke Lee, který je vlastně ztělesněním Fitzgeraldova dětství. I on pochází z méně majetných poměrů... Zobraziť viac
Brought together for the first time in this new Wordsworth edition, The Invisible Man and The Food of the Gods are two of Wells's most entertaining and thought-provoking works. Zobraziť viac
He was the first to popularize the concept of time travel. He disturbed—and fascinated–us with a frightening doctor’s island. He wrote of an invisible man, of men on the moon, and of a war of the worlds. He has influenced countless other writers, art Zobraziť viac
Contains The Time Machine; When The Sleeper Awakes; The Chronic Argonauts. In these 'scientific romances,' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present; his aim is to provoke rather than predict... 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
Scott Fitzgerald blends wit and cynicism in his satirical portraits of the swinging Jazz Age. The stories capture a glittering whirl of dancing, laughter and champagne, and the gods that are worshipped are glamour, wealth and social status. Zobraziť viac
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the... Zobraziť viac
Set on the French Riviera in the 1920s, American Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are the epitome of chic, living a glamorous lifestyle and entertaining friends at their villa. Young film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives in France and ... Zobraziť viac
rom the author of The Great Gatsby, a tale of marriage and disappointment in the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald’s rich and detailed novel of the decadent Jazz Era follows the beautiful and vibrant Anthony Patch and his wife ... Zobraziť viac
It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, ... Zobraziť viac
The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed... Zobraziť viac
Now the subject of a major new film from director Baz Luhrmann (Romeo+Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of... Zobraziť viac
