`I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one' Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at boarding school. Luckily Sara always dreams up wonderful things... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. He also has good friends like Iago, another soldier. So when Iago tells him terrible stories about his wife, Desdemona, who should Othello believe... Zobraziť viac
Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains... Zobraziť viac
Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and still single, seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth, she broke off an engagement to penniless Captain Wentworth at the insistence of her friend Lady Russell, acquiescing to the demands of her class at the expense... Zobraziť viac
A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, ... Zobraziť viac
Persuasion narrates the emotional journey of its protagonist Anne Elliot, who chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was persuaded to reject seven years earlier, and whose reappearance causes... Zobraziť viac
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that... Zobraziť viac
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall... Zobraziť viac
As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag... 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
Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text, new, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online... 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
CCV: Book Description My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the... Zobraziť viac
Culture/Metaculture is a stimulating introduction to the meanings of 'culture' in contemporary Western society. This essential survey examines... Zobraziť viac
Monografie analyzuje dějinné a literární podmínky vzniku literárního hnutí husarů (Nimier, Blondin, Déon, Laurent) v poválečné Francii a sleduje jeho rozvoj v kontextu 40. a 50. let 20. století. Charakterizuje jednotlivé aspekty jejich... Zobraziť viac
Autor známy svojimi štrukturalistickými teóriami o kritikovi a umelcovi sa v tejto knihe venuje problematike metalepsy v priestore fikcie a na príkladoch literárnych diel, píše o rozširovaní možností rozprávania, ako aj interpretácie sveta. Zobraziť viac
Výber z esejí a štúdií kritika a teoretika literatúry, ktorý prináša rovnako filozofické aj spoločenskokritické posolstvo. Zobraziť viac
Kniha bola napísaná v znamení straty: rozsiahly cyklus, resp. eón ruskej literatúry dvadsiateho storočia, počnúc avantgardou a socialistickým realizmom až po soc-art a koncepturalizmus je dovŕšený a nezanechal po sebe nič okrem rozpakov... Zobraziť viac
Román, ktorý nepochybne patrí medzi najčítanejšie diela anglickej literárnej klasiky. Zobraziť viac
