In David Copperfield, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. Zobraziť viac
A timeless and celebrated children’s classic, Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows has delighted for nearly 100 years. In the idyllic English countryside, Mole, Badger, Rat and Toad ... Zobraziť viac
An epic study of provincial life at a time when England was facing rapid industrialization and increasingly fluid social mobility, Eliot’s depiction of the small community of Middlemarch weaves an intricate web of different ... Zobraziť viac
Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts... Self-serving... Zobraziť viac
In the only novel Conrad set in London, "The Secret Agent" communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story... Zobraziť viac
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When her family becomes impoverished after a disasterous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a... Zobraziť viac
A father's love for his daughters degrades into obsession, in an evocative novel of nineteenth-century French society that offers a commentary on wealth, human desire, ambition, and despair... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by... Zobraziť viac
Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck... Zobraziť viac
The stories collected in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours are linked by more than the exquisitely winding prose of their creator: Helen Oyeyemi's ensemble cast of characters slip from the pages of their own stories only to surface in another. The reader... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: After the death of her parents, Mary is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child, to live... Zobraziť viac
Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the Southwest of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a... Zobraziť viac
Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet... Zobraziť viac
Der Schimmelreiter", den Storm noch kurz vor seinem Tod vollendete, ist die herausragendste Novelle des Dichters. In ihr zeigt Theodor Storm den Aufstieg des Hauke Haien zum Deichgrafen. Dieser will seine Fähigkeiten durch den Bau eines neuartigen... Zobraziť viac
A heart-warming tale of love, sisterhood and hardship during the New England Civil War, LITTLE WOMEN tells the story of the lovable March family. Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy try to support their mother at home while their father is away ... Zobraziť viac
When Alice follows the White Rabbit down a hole, she enters a world of strange places and even stranger characters: Tweedle... Zobraziť viac
Whether you are a student, or an English language learner, or just looking for something great to read in English, the Word Power English Readers are a new series of books with abridged, retold texts that capture the best and key elements of the novels... Zobraziť viac
Jennifer L. Armentrout (also known as J. Lynn), New York Times bestselling author of the Wait for You saga, delivers a new novel of first love, second chances, and scorching chemistry.Eleven months ago, bartender ... Zobraziť viac
It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrouts breathtaking novel. Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldnt have foreseen the fateful ... Zobraziť viac
