Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the "Fair Youth", while others are directed at a "Rival Poet", and a "Dark Lady". This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition contains all of the poems, which explore many ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although desperately in love her - is rejected in favor of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss. One of the great novels of the ... |
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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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Публикуваната през 1798 г. стихосбирка "Лирически балади" си е извоювала запазено място в историята на английската литература. Става дума за книга- манифест, която си поставя за цел да прокара нови идеи за това, как и защо се пише поезия. Романтическият опит за демократизация на литературата, без да се жертва мощта на индивидуалното поетическо въображение, до голяма степен определя идеологиите на литературното творчество и до днес. Стиховете на Уордзуърт и Колридж посягат едновременно към тукашното и към отвъдното, към всекидневното и към свръхестественото. Макар и да не се радва на същата световна популярност, ... |
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Двуезично издание на английски и български език. Съставител: Весела Гайдарова. ... С "Езерната школа" се свързват имената на трима големи английски поети от края на XVIII и началото на XIX век - Уилям Уърдсуърт, Самюел Колридж и Робърт Сауди, чието творчество поставя началото на принципно нови естетически търсения. "Лейкистите" са първото поколение английски романтици, а сборникът на Уърдсуърт "Лирически балади" (1798) се приема за начало в периодизацията на английския романтизъм. Наред с поетическите си шедьоври, тримата поети имат значителен принос за теоретичната обосновка на основни ... |
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Адаптирани разкази на английски език. ... "Поредицата "Adapted stories" на издателство "Веси" е предназначена за читатели, които са средно напреднали или напреднали (III - VI ниво) в обучението си по английски език. Тук оригиналният текст не е адаптиран в общия смисъл на понятието. Вместо да бъдат извадени относително сложните думи и изрази, те са допълнително обяснени. Идиоматичните, фразеологичните и някои по-особени лексикални форми са преведени под черта. За научните понятия (исторически, географски, митологични и пр.) са дадени обяснителни бележки. А евентуално непознатите за читателите думи ... |
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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. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, "Lady Windermere's Fan", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salome, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays continue to pack theatres, and have been adapted for every kind of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, "Romeo and Juliet" has spawned a host of imitators on stage and screen and been adapted countless times. A young man and woman meet by chance and instantly fall in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition is ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the man's identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both. A smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England ... |
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Shelley's short, prolific life produced some of the most memorable and well-known lyrics of the Romantic period. But he was also the most radical writer in the English literary tradition of his day, a fiery political visionary committed to social change and progress. The generous selection in this volume represents the wide range of his writing, both poetry and prose. Arranged chronologically, the accompanying introductory essays set Shelley's works in their historical, social and political context. They provide a vivid insight into the life and times of this volcanic spirit whose inspiring voice called on the ... |
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Според официалната история на Византия император Константин XI Палеолог загива в бой при крепостните стени на столицата си, докато се сражава с меч в ръка срещу османците. Някои историци обаче твърдят, че в последния момент се е спасил от турците, качвайки се на борда на последния отплавал генуезки кораб. След падането на Константинопол тялото на императора не е намерено. 555 години след завладяването на Истанбул трима загадъчни мъже се свързват с млад университетски преподавател, живеещ в Галата. Те са членове на тайна организация, чиято цел е да изпълни волята на последния византийски император, починал в Италия през ... |
