Everyman
Zobrazeno 256. – 270. z 375 výsledků
Cizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Gussie Fink-Nottle simply must marry Madeline Bassett or Bertrand Wooster will be obliged to proffer the ring in his stead. In a daring attempt at securing the engagement, Jeeves and Bertie visit a rural leper…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
Stories from the Kitchen is a mouth-watering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, by a rich variety of authors from Dickens, Chekhov and Saki to Isak Dinesen, Jim Crace and Amy Tan.…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi''s enchanting ''Books and Roses''); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Elizabeth McCracken''s eccentric library did not happen in…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
This wide-ranging anthology pays tribute to fathers young and old. At one end of the spectrum, a touching story by Ann Packer tells of a man preparing for the wonder and terror of his first…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
In this beautifully packaged anthology A. S. Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm TóibÃn, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
Trees have starred in stories ever since Ovid described the nymph Daphne''s metamorphosis into a laurel, and the landscape of literature has long been enlivened by wild woodlands, sacred groves, and fertile orchards. This delightful…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The Honourable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoirs and England''s aristocrats are all diving for cover, not least Galahad''s formidable sister Lady Constance Keeble who fears that her brother will ruin the family…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Sir Buckstone Abbot owns what is possibly the ugliest stately home in England, and he is naturally eager to dispose of it to an American heiress, Princess Dwornitzchek. But the sale is complicated by the…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
In Wodehouse’s final novel, unfinished at his death, the author returns to his favourite part of England for one last time. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiancé, Jeff Bennison, which…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his forte and in later life he responded to the dark stimulus of Poe's…370 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
St Austin''s school (as featured in The Pothunters) is the setting for twelve delightful early Wodehouse stories. The familiar ingredients - and some of the same characters - are present: cricket and rugby loom large,…429 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The stories in this collection reflect Wodehouse’s own happy schooldays at Dulwich College but they also do a good deal more. Although among his earliest attempts at fiction they give fascinating glimpses of a time…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
While pursuing the love of his life, American heiress Pauline Stoker, Lord 'Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves, the perfect gentleman's gentleman. But when Chuffy finds out that Jeeves's employer, Bertie Wooster, was once…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The illegitimate son of a landowner and his common-law peasant wife, Arkady Dolgoruky has scarcely seen these parents during his nineteen years of life. In a narrative combining farce and pathos, Dostoevsky describes Arkady''s visit…561 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
The Aeneid is a journey of Aeneas, a survivor of the siege of Troy. The themes within this classic work include piety, respect, destiny, war and peace. The city of Rome and its empire, its…561 Kč Koupit
Zobrazeno 256. – 270. z 375 výsledků