Oscar Wilde’s brilliant short stories, from poignant fairy tales to daring experiments, offer wit, originality, and enduring charm. Discover a literary master at his most captivating. Zobraziť viac
This entirely new translation includes Petrarch`s short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux , and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere , Petrarch`s best-known work in Italian. Zobraziť viac
A new translation of one of the most important of all French novels, admired for its artistry and its impact on the history of the genre... Zobraziť viac
Nathaniel Hawthorne's romance concerns a group of American expatriates in mid-nineteenth century Italy, and their tragic encounter with the faun-like Italian count, Donatello. It is both a murder story and a parable of the Fall of Man, dominated by... Zobraziť viac
The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville`s translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid`s unique and elusive vision of reality.The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and... Zobraziť viac
Candide is the most famous of Voltaire`s `philosophical tales`, in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingnu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale... Zobraziť viac
How far is a mother prepared to go to secure her daughter's future? Madame Fontaine, widow of an eminent chemist, has both the determination and the cunning to bring young Minna's marriage plans to fruition, with dangerous consequences for anyone ... Zobraziť viac
As a journalist, historian and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United States, Henry Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and the country''s... Zobraziť viac
Iphigenia among the Taurians Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus The four plays newly translated in this volume are among Euripides' most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape and contrasting Greek and barbarian civilization,... Zobraziť viac
This volume contains English translations of: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard, with a new Introduction by Ronald Hingley. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest... Zobraziť viac
Ancient Mesopotamian myths, newly translated with scholarly notes and illustrations. Discover creation, flood, and epic quests for immortality. Zobraziť viac
Writing towards the close of the nineteenth century, Chekhov - himself a country doctor - recorded in his fiction the symptoms of a diseased society. The seven stories collected here are a bleakly savage indictment of a society paralysed by spiritual... Zobraziť viac
A prose translation of Homer's epic, praised for its rare skill in balancing narrative flow with formal, uncolloquial style. An outstanding version of a famous poem. Zobraziť viac
'The profoundest book there is, born from the innermost richness of truth, an inexhaustible well into which no bucket descends without coming up with gold and goodness.' Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885) was Nietzsche's own favourite among all his books... Zobraziť viac
'Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.' So wrote Melville of Billy Budd, Sailor, among the greatest of his works and, in its richness and ambiguity, among the most problematic. As the critic E. L... Zobraziť viac
Emma is considered by many to be Austen's finest and most representative novel. The story of Emma Woodhouse's matchmaking, and her awakening to the true feelings of others as well as herself, is told with consummate wit and humour. Zobraziť viac
The ultimate Romantic's poetry and prose, including major works and personal writings. Explore the essence of a passionate genius. Zobraziť viac
In the final years of the seventeenth century in a small New England town, the venerable Colonel Pyncheon decides to erect a ponderously oak-framed and spacious family mansion. It occupies the spot where Matthew Maule, `an obscure man', had lived in a... Zobraziť viac
A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St.... Zobraziť viac
