In the 1840s, a young woman is employed as governess to two children in an English country house. The children are beautiful and charming, and – for a while – the young woman thinks her position is both easy and pleasant. Then she... Zobraziť viac
Catherine Sloper, an insignificant, plain girl, will one day inherit a substantial fortune from her father. When her overwhelming passion for a handsome fortune hunter transforms her dull existence, Catherine’s distinguished father... Zobraziť viac
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s The Five Orange Pips; in Charles Dickens’ Hunted Down a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in The Stir Outside the Café Royal by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks... Zobraziť viac
In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are... Zobraziť viac
In his first work since his best-selling <i>The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i>, Leslie S. Klinger returns with this spectacular, lavishly illustrated homage to Bram Stoker's Dracula... Zobraziť viac
When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children.... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. But it was not only the heart-rending sound that almost paralysed poor Mimi with terror.... Zobraziť viac
Henry James's heroine in Washington Square is the plain, shy heiress Catherine Sloper... Zobraziť viac
"Don´t you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I am trying to do?...To give... Zobraziť viac
Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men in a Boat, George, Harris and J. suffer a renewed... Zobraziť viac
Three Men in a Boat is a humorous book that will make you laugh while it gives you a view of Victorian England and the Thames... Zobraziť viac
Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London... Zobraziť viac
In der Nacht vor Weihnachten wird der Geizhals Ebenezer Scrooge von einer seltsamen Erscheinung überrascht: Ein Geist... Zobraziť viac
Ein unverbesserlicher Geizhals ist der alte Scrooge. Auch Weihnachten ist für ihn nichts als ein Ärgernis. Da erscheint ihm am Heiligen Abend sein verstorbener Kampagnon Marley, ... Zobraziť viac
John Leech’s original, magnificent illustrations to A Christmas Carol have been beautifully hand-coloured by Barbara Frith in this wonderful gift edition from Collector’s Library... Zobraziť viac
Dickens's tale of a miserable miser who transforms into a kind and caring benefactor after three ghosts pay him a visit on Christmas Eve is one of the best-loved works in the English language and a true celebration of the Yuletide spirit. This special poc Zobraziť viac
Jonathan Harker, incarcerated in a Transylvanian castle, has an alluring but terrifying dream of three women, eager to prey... Zobraziť viac
Set in Transylvania, London, and Whitby, it pits the sinister but seductive Count Dracula against a team of Vampire-hunters armed only with typewriters, phonographs, and syringes... Zobraziť viac
In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula a dark, lonely place, and at night... Zobraziť viac