Everyman
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Cizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The Patrick Melrose Novels hilariously dissect the English upper class, conjuring a world of decadence, amorality, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, but never without the possibility of grace. Taken together, they are one of the most…738 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
An extraordinary kind of autobiography in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and its starting-point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, science and personal record,…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Drama and Poetry, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States''s senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet produced. The present selection includes…660 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Auntie Katusha has just come from the Old Country, bringing poppy seeds to make cakes for a mischievous four-year-old boy named Andrewshek. A little neighbour, Erminka, who wears red boots which are too big for…413 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence, declaring that she will…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of St Austin''s is at stake,…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
THE RADETSKY MARCH is subtle and touching study of family life at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Writing in the traditional form of the family saga, Roth nevertheless manages to bring to his story…495 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Middle Grade
Although E. Nesbit regarded her poetry as her most important work, it is her children''s books (written ''to keep the house going'') that ensured her lasting fame and which are still enjoyed with such affection…429 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
This novel renews the Victorian family saga in a modern setting, tracing the history of the Brangwens through several generations. The book was banned when it first appeared in 1915 for its sensuous immediacy and…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction, Knihy
Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through…591 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
First published in 1961, The Severed Head is regarded is one of Iris Murdoch’s most entertaining works. A dark and ferocious comic masterpiece, the novel traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug,…561 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
Simone de Beauvoirová vynikající klasika feminismu a existencialismu. Prohloubte své znalosti o lidské svobodě a genderových studiích.660 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Would-be painter, George Finch, with lots of money and no talent, falls for lovely Molly Waddington who falls for him. Unfortunately, Molly’s snobbish stepmother, Mrs Sigsbee H. Waddington, New York society queen, has grander ideas…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
Included here are famous tales like 'Sound of Thunder', in which the carelessness of a group of time-travellers leads to disastrous consequences, and 'The Veldt', in which two seemingly innocent young children transform their nursery…738 Kč Koupit
Zobrazeno 286. – 300. z 317 výsledků