Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves.... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.’.. Zobraziť viac
Published 2016... Zobraziť viac
The famous story of a young American boy who prefers adventure to school: he witnesses a crime in a graveyard, is a pirate for two days, gets lost in a cavern and even finds treasure. Among his friends are the ‘wild’ Huckleberry Finn and the ‘angel’, ... Zobraziť viac
Syuzhet romanu pochynayetʹsya 28 chervnya 1914 roku – dnya, yakyy nazavzhdy zminyv khid svitovoyi istoriyi. Pered heroyamy — i persh za vse Rilloyu, molodshoyu donʹkoyu Enn i Hilberta Blaytiv — chotyry vazhki y bolisni roky tryvohy Zobraziť viac
Postiyni y nemynuchi zminy v zhytti Hlena St. Meri. Sim'ya novoho pastora oselylasya poblyzu Inhlsayda - sam mister Meredit, yoho chetvero ditey i titka Marta. Dity Blit znakhodyatʹ u svoyikh novykh susidakh shchyrykh i dobrykh druziv... Zobraziť viac
Mark Twain war weit mehr als der Erfinder von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn. Was der vielgereiste amerikanische Schriftsteller sah und erlebte, fasste er in pointierte und höchst witzige Berichte und Erzählungen; Deutschland hatte es ihm dabei... Zobraziť viac
Ester Prynne aguarda en Boston la llegada de su marido, el médico Roger Chillingworth, procedente de Inglaterra. Durante la espera nace entre Ester y el reverendo Dimmesdale, pastor de la comunidad, una irrefrenable pasión amorosa... Zobraziť viac
Con Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (1835-1910) alcanzó su mayor logro literario. En ella, Huck Finn, el mejor amigo de Tom Sawyer, huye de su malvado padre y recorre el río Misisipi junto a un esclavo prófugo, Jim... Zobraziť viac
Alma Classics: Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck... Zobraziť viac
The demands made by a work of this nature upon the generosity of specialists are very numerous, and the Editor would be wanting in all title to the generous treatment he has received were he not willing to make the fullest possible acknowledgment ... Zobraziť viac
Following our successful publication of L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon series, we will publish the beloved Anne of Green Gables series in its entirety on the VMC list, with beautiful new covers. Zobraziť viac
A little boy escapes from a hungry tiger, and becomes part of a family of wolves. Mowgli grows up in the jungle, learning the animals' ways – but where does he really belong? ... Zobraziť viac
Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics... Zobraziť viac
One of the most popular books of all-time, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been both venerated and vilified since it was first published in 1885. The story of a young abused boy on the run and his friendship with a runaway slave is about... Zobraziť viac
With a beautiful cover and chapter-heading illustrations throughout from queen of colouring Johanna Basford. The Jungle Book tells the story of the irrepressible Mowgli, who is rescued as a baby from the jaws of the evil tiger, Shere Khan... Zobraziť viac
These witty stories were originally told by Kipling to his own children. In them, he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are... Zobraziť viac
A classic coming-of-age tale of a spirited heroine named Anne. Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who is mistakenly sent to a pair of siblings who had wanted to adopt a boy to help with the work on their farm in Prince Edward Island... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are expecting a young orphan boy to help them with farmwork at Green Gables... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she …? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower... Zobraziť viac
