Essential to Virginia Woolf's development as a novelist, these short stories are among the most interesting and accomplished fictions she wrote. Zobraziť viac
This new edition of Daniel Defoe's final novel, under Defoe's original title The Fortunate Mistress, provides an up-to-date introduction and extensive footnotes. Defoe's narrative provides vivid commentary on economics, sexuality, social class, the... Zobraziť viac
A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. For this edition, Peter Holland's... Zobraziť viac
A complete and accurate transcript of Austen's letters as known to date, offering an unparalleled and irresistible insight into her life. This 4th edition integrates recent new discoveries of Austen scholarship. Zobraziť viac
How does Macbeth turn so quickly from trusted military commander to murderous traitor? This compelling version brings readers into the heart of Shakespeare's drama, and includes carefully chosen quotations from the play itself. With fun activities... Zobraziť viac
A Sunday Times BestsellerChristopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a matchless writer, debater and humanist. Throughout his life he shone the light of reason and truth into the eyes of charlatans and hucksters, exposing falsehood and decrying hypocrisy... Zobraziť viac
Dan Sinykin explores how changes in the publishing industry have affected fiction, literary form, and what it means to be an author. Zobraziť viac
Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by Maylis Besserie shows us Samuel Beckett at the end of his life in 1989, living in Le Tiers-Temps retirement home. Zobraziť viac
A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare offers an enlightening and entertaining guide to the craft of thought-one that... Zobraziť viac
"As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin"A masterpiece of literary biography." - David PeaceThe first critical biography of a titan of American crime fiction. Love Me Fierce In Danger is the story of James Ellroy, one of the most... Zobraziť viac
A play that blends comedy and domestic tragedy with a dramatic retelling of the final days of Elizabeth Sawyer, whose execution for the crime of witchcraft in 1621 had caused a sensation. Zobraziť viac
A new, beautifully illustrated translation of Felix Salten’s celebrated novel Bambi—the original source of the beloved story Most of us think we know the story of Bambi—but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary... Zobraziť viac
Fitzsimons’s eye-opening biography brings new light to the life and works of famed literary icon E. Nesbit, in whom pragmatism and idealism, tradition and modernity worked side-by-side to create a remarkable writer and woman. Zobraziť viac
The son of one of the greatest writers of our time—Nobel Prize winner and internationally best-selling icon Gabriel García Márquez—remembers his beloved father and mother in this tender memoir about love and loss. Zobraziť viac
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been... Zobraziť viac
From the Booker-shortlisted author: one man's whirlwind weekend of self-destructive grief. Zobraziť viac
This 2010 edition provides the first full scholarly treatment of this important work for fifty years. The detailed introduction and explanatory notes address many previously unexplained issues. Texts have been fully collated and edited according to... Zobraziť viac
A stunningly important piece of criticism that asks us not to look away when our shared culture proves so appallingly limited but instead to look harder. To think smarter. To read better. Zobraziť viac
The first major English translation of the final book in the expansive and essential “Celia” series by Elena Fortún. Set during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), Celia in the Revolution is the last in a series of young adult novels written by... Zobraziť viac
