Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters... 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
The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman... Zobraziť viac
Dracula: Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University... Zobraziť viac
The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. As it was revealed, so it was committed to memory... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: 'I mean to show things really as they are, not as they ought to be'. wrote Byron (1788-1824) in his... Zobraziť viac
Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy’s most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer... Zobraziť viac
The generous selection in this volume represents the wide range of his writing, both poetry and prose... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions.: With an introduction by Anthony Briggs. Dostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day (1919), portrays the gradual changes in a society, the patterns and conventions of which are slowly disintegrating; where the representatives of the younger generation struggle to forge their own way, for ... Zobraziť viac
Human, All Too Human (1878) marks the point where Nietzsche abandons German romanticism for the French Enlightenment. At a moment of crisis in his life (no longer a friend of Richard Wagner, forced to leave academic life through ill health), ... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Bickley, The... Zobraziť viac
The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction, an inspiration for many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene... Zobraziť viac
Only the expansive imagination of H.P. Lovecraft could conceive the delicious and spine-tingling horrors you will find within the pages of this unique collection... Zobraziť viac
The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Grossmith, seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece... Zobraziť viac
The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal... Zobraziť viac
Wit, satire, and the macabre collide. Discover stories that expose societal follies with sharp humor and a chilling edge. A master storyteller's collection. Zobraziť viac
Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat. Cavalier and Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English Civil war and provide the background for this classic tale of four orphans as they face adversity... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Editions includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by David Blair. University of... Zobraziť viac
These five tales represent some of Le Fanu’s most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions – the book features both ghosts and vampires... Zobraziť viac
