This lively new study covers the dramatic expansion of the press from the seventeenth century to the mid nineteenth century. Hannah Barker explores the factors behind the rise of newspapers to a major ... Zobraziť viac
Working with Texts is a well established textbook that introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through contemporary text examples. Covering a wide range of language areas, the book uses an interactive, ... Zobraziť viac
Basho stands today as Japan’s most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest... Zobraziť viac
Bold and experimental, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is a landmark in twentieth-century fiction and a book that gets better and better with every reading. On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway – fashionable, worldly, wealthy and an accomplished... Zobraziť viac
Part of the "Collector's Library" series, this book's Afterword is by the experienced book editor and well-known writer, Anna South. It features a brief biography of the author and a reading list. Zobraziť viac
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with poor, but ambitious, naval officer Captain Frederick Wentworth, a choice with which Anne's family was dissatisfied. Lady Russell, friend and mentor to Anne... Zobraziť viac
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to ... Zobraziť viac
Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join King's Louis XIII's elite guards, but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to... Zobraziť viac
A gorgeous edition of Jules Verne's landmark of science fiction and wonder, featuring full-colour art by Milo Winter... Zobraziť viac
Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine... Zobraziť viac
The first American novel to become an international best-seller, Stowe`s book charts the paths from slavery to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of American chattel slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties... Zobraziť viac
In this volume, fifteen scholars and poets, from Austria, Britain, Czechia, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, and Russia, explore the topic of things and objects in poetry written in a number of different languages and in different eras... Zobraziť viac
A young woman finds her quiet life disrupted by charming newcomers and the allure of the stage. She must navigate complex relationships and her own desires within a grand estate. Zobraziť viac
Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he... Zobraziť viac
A novel of high romance and great intensity, Jane Eyre has enjoyed popular success and critical acclaim ever since its first publication in 1847. Jane’s journey from a troubled childhood to independence ... Zobraziť viac
Emily Brontës Roman über unbändige Liebe, Leiden und Verwüstung ist ein Meisterwerk von intensiver, verstörender Kraft. Es beginnt in einem Schneesturm, als Lockwood... Zobraziť viac
Tato anglicky psaná publikace je určena především budoucím maturantům, ale jistě zaujme každého, kdo se zajímá o literaturu. Najdete zde 38 portrétů nejvýznamnějších autorů Velké Británie, Spojených států a dalších anglicky mluvících zemí... Zobraziť viac
Persuasion celebrates romantic constancy in an era of turbulent change. Written as the Napoleonic Wars were ending, the novel examines how a woman can at once remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future. Anne Elliot seems to have... Zobraziť viac
« Il y a beaucoup de gens dont la facilité de parler ne vient que de l’impuissance de se taire. » ... Zobraziť viac
Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature... Zobraziť viac
