"Bah Humbug!" That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas—until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting ... Zobraziť viac
It was Friday night. Mr and Mrs Darling were dining out. Nana had been tied up in the backyard... Zobraziť viac
Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; ... Zobraziť viac
Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading ... Zobraziť viac
Rumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House, wreaking havoc, have long been rife among staff and performers. This Phantom also haunts the imagination of the beautiful and talented singer ... Zobraziť viac
The sixth volume of the adventures of red-haired Anne Shirley.... Zobraziť viac
With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. Poor Folk, ... Zobraziť viac
Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle ... Zobraziť viac
Macabre parties in isolated castles Gruesome bestial murders Talking ravens, hellish black pits, innocents buried alive... Zobraziť viac
Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense, in a beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition... Zobraziť viac
The four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. The girls embark on a series of adventures and endure ... Zobraziť viac
Dostoyevsky's great novel of damnation and redemption evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur. It tells the story of Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, ... Zobraziť viac
Brilliantly imaginative fiction or the shape of things to come? H.G. Wells's masterpiece still retains its power to provoke and enthral.In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, ... Zobraziť viac
Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works... Zobraziť viac
From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-si cle America, five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana's plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities... Zobraziť viac
These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed; 'The Selfish Giant', who learned to love little children; 'The Star Child', who suffered ... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1890, Oscar Wilde's story was regarded as dangerously modern in its portrayal of fin-de-siecle decadence. Dorian is a modern-day Faust; his tempter is Lord Wotton who lives selfishly for amoral pleasure, and ... Zobraziť viac
The vivacious Kate Croy finds herself torn between love and money, friendship and ambition; the crown of Henry James’s achievement. Now a critically acclaimed film... Zobraziť viac
