Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative ... |
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Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' ... |
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The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Българска класика" на издателство "Захарий Стоянов". ... Класическите произведения на българската литература са слънчевите стълбове, крепящи националното ни самосъзнание. Те са кристалните мостове на възторга, по които Отечеството ще премине през огън и страдание и ще пребъде в третото хилядолетие. Издателство "Захарий Стоянов" предлага специална поредица - най-доброто от високата българска класика. Всеки том е придружен от статии, анализиращи от различни гледни точки творчеството на българските класици. Изданието е насочено към ученици и студенти, както и към ... |
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Поредица "Шедьовър" представя на българския читател безсмъртни образци на световната литература. ... Шедьоврите на световната литература са кариатидите, които крепят огромното и невидимо мироздание на човешкия дух. Във всяко време, когато са поставени на изпитание нравствените устои на отделната личност или цели нации, великата творба е като спасителна слънчева стълба в безобидната на отчаянието, хаоса и неверието. В този том ви предстои среща с поредния велик роман на Фьодор Михайлович Достоевски - "Престъпление и наказание". Всичко ли е позволено на човека, мъртъв ли е неговият вътрешен бог? Всяко ... |
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Романът Тютюн на Димитър Димов е сред най-значимите творби на българската литература от XX век. Многопластов, мащабен и силно въздействащ, той обединява както драматизма на една епоха, в която обществото е раздирано от конфликти, така и дълбокия психологизъм в отношенията между няколко изключителни личности, които сякаш символизират залеза на тази епоха. И тук, както в по-ранните си романи Поручик Бенц и Осъдени души, Димитър Димов изследва връзката между личната съдба и историята. Тютюн може да се чете по много начини - като трагична любовна история, като семейна сага, като силен психологически роман за срещата на ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire ... |
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"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know." ... "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective to the readers Strand Magazine. The runaway success of this series promoted a second set of stories, "The Memoirs". In these twenty three tales, collected here in one volume, you have some of the best detective yarns ever penned. In his consulting room at 221B Baker Street, the master sleuth receives a stream of clients all presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries to unravel. There is, for ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... "Макбет" е четвъртата книга от новата двуезична библиотека "Английска поетична класика" на издателство "Изток - Запад". С нея продължава "Колекция Шекспир" на библиотеката, която включва в самостоятелни томове и останалите три големи трагедии на английския ренесансов поет - "Хамлет", "Отело" и "Крал Лир", всички в най-новия български превод на Александър Шурбанов, поет, литературовед и университетски професор с международна известност, преводач на "Кентърбърийски разкази" от Джефри Чосър ... |
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Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a "heroine whom no one but myself will much like", but Emma is irresistible. "Handsome, clever, and rich", Emma is also an "imaginist", "on fire with speculation and foresight". She sees the signs of romance all around her, but thinks she will never be married. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Judgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy, and the end is a triumph of understanding. ... |
