The Penguin English Library Edition of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton'It was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation,that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions'A searing, shocking tale of women as consumer... Zobraziť viac
'Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest'The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories.... Zobraziť viac
Jane Austen's masterworks in a single beautiful Penguin English Library volume Few novelists have observed their society with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. This volume brings together her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and... Zobraziť viac
Celebrated as the writer of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde is equally beloved for his fairy tales, written ‘partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy’.... Zobraziť viac