Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties , and a devastating expose of the Jazz Age . Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the... Zobraziť viac
Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: Includes introduction and notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter and Illustrations by... Zobraziť viac
<i>Franny and Zooey</i> is composed of two sections, which were originally published in the New Yorker magazine as two separate short stories. The first story or section, <i>Franny</i>, was published in the New Yorker in January 1955... Zobraziť viac
You and Me on Vacation is a love story for fans of When Harry Met Sally and One Day. Get ready to travel the world, snort with laughter and - most of all - lose your heart to Poppy and Alex. Zobraziť viac
Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that's ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus... Zobraziť viac
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague? Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it? For Mitch Albom, that person was... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: "The book is about finding out what is truly important to your real spiritual self rather than... Zobraziť viac
Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends and family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain wentworth because he lacks in fortune and rank. More than seven years later, when he returns home from the Navy, Anne realises she still has strong ... Zobraziť viac
Dover Publications Inc.: One of the great books of American letters and a masterpiece of reflective philosophizing. Accounts... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling novel of a search for truth The inspiration for... Zobraziť viac
CCV: "angry and affecting" --Independent on Sunday Guardian This mix of humour and stoicism in the face of... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster. Gaskell s last novel,... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive introduction by David Stuart Davies. The father of... Zobraziť viac
Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn't ju Zobraziť viac
"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again,"... Zobraziť viac
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a ... Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd - Book Description An early bestseller from the fabulous author of the Shopaholic series Zobraziť viac
Penguin: With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the... Zobraziť viac
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield. Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects... Zobraziť viac
