Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch is richer still in character, with two of the era's most enduring characters, Dorothea Brooke, trapped in a loveless marriage, and Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor.
Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's first and only published novel, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell; Bronte died the following year, aged 30.
North and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens.
In this collection you will find :Novels-The Time Machine-The War of the Worlds-The Invisible Man-The Island of Doctor Moreau-The Sleeper Awakes-A Modern Utopia-The Wheels of Chance-The First Men in the Moon -The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth-In the Days of the Comet-Ann VeronicaShort Stories-Tales of Space and Time-The Red Room-The Diamond Maker-Æpyornis Island-The Chronic Argonauts-The Flowering of the Strange Orchid-The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes-The History of Mr PollyThe World Set Free+++ H.
Mit Übersetzung der französischen PassagenErzählt wird die komische, gelegentlich ins Groteske abrutschende Geschichte einer Gruppe von Menschen, in der jeder für sich kurz vor dem finanziellen Ruin steht.
"Lucretia" von Edward Bulwer-Lytton führt den Leser in die fesselnde und komplexe Welt der Lucretia ein, einer Figur, deren dunkle Intelligenz und Ehrgeiz den Rahmen für eine Geschichte voller Intrigen und moralischer Zweideutigkeit bilden.
La presencia del espacio urbano de Madrid es un aspecto fundamental de esta novela; dicho espcaio acompana a los personajes en su pugna contra los estereotipos, el debate interior en torno a los valores eticos y morales transmitidos y el rechazo social a la mujer independiente.
Le 6 janvier 1482, jour de la fete des Fous, on donne dans la grande salle du Palais de Justice de Paris un mystere du poete Gringoire, alors que sur le parvis de Notre-Dame danse la bohemienne Esmeralda.
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who relates an incident that occurred during his service as an officer during World War I.
Dos hombres Mason y Malemute Kid, en compañía de la esposa india de Mason, atraviesan en trineo las tierras de Klondike a temperaturas de más de cincuenta grados bajo cero y con tanta escasez de comida que los perros están desfalleciendo y en algunos casos volviéndose peligrosos para los propios viajeros.
»Es ist eine Wahrheit, über die sich alle Welt einig ist, daß ein unbeweibter Mann von einigem Vermögen unbedingt auf der Suche nach einer Lebensgefährtin sein muß.
This is the annotated edition including* an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life* the original illustrations* two rare essays about Alice and her meaning for Carroll's lifeAlice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
Contents:Pyramus And ThisbeStill WatersA Change of HeartDaisy MillerTenantsDisengagedThe AlbumThe ReprobateGuy DomvilleSummersoftThe High BidThe Outcry
Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F.
Timon est un noble de d'Athenes, tres (trop) genereux avec ses amis qu'il invite regulierement a des festins somptueux, auxquels il offre des cadeaux hors de prix, a tel point qu'il se retrouve un jour sur la paille et ne peut plus payer ses creanciers.
Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War.
