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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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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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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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. ... This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including "The Raven", "Annabel Lee" and "Lenore", and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume also contains many overlooked tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies and hoaxes, such as "The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans Pfaall", " ... |
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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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През Втората световна война на страната на Германия се бият над 1 милион доброволци от други държави, организирани основно във Вафен СС. Може би най-известният от тях е валонецът Леон Дегрел, за когото Хитлер казва: "Ако имах син, бих искал той да бъде като него". Макар че е известен политик в Белгия, водач на рексиското движение и никога през живота си не е стрелял с пушка, той решава да се запише като доброволец още в първите дни на военната кампания на Третия райх срещу Съветския съюз. Мотивира го желанието му да защити християнска Европа от съветския болшевизъм, както сам казва в книгата. Дегрел започва ... |
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Пропуснати уроци от българската история. ... Сборникът от исторически есета предлага на просветената публика кратки разрези на отделни аспекти от българското минало, които не са натоварени с тежък академичен научен апарат, но това не означава, че поднесените факти и анализи са неверни или скалъпени. Напротив, те са плод на дълго и упорито издирване чрез най-разнообразни първични източници, както и на осмисляне на тенденции и процеси, които протичат под повърхността на уж добре известни и проучени периоди. Основната цел на автора не е да пише история заради самата история, т.е. да се ограничи в сухо, системно, скучновато ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. One of the great Victorian novels, "The Moonstone" has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders. Lady Verinder's uncle gives her the Moonstone - a magnificent diamond as large as an egg - ... |