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. This elegant edition features an afterword by Dr Keith Carabine, specialist in American literature and former chair of the Joseph Conrad society. One night on the Thames, Charles Marlowe tells his fellow sailors the vivid and brutal tale of his time as a riverboat captain in the Belgian Congo. From the mists of London we are whisked to the darkness of Africa's colonial heart - and into the thrall of the ... |
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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. An unforgettably powerful tragedy, Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" is one of the great classics of the late nineteenth century. This edition features illustrations by Sir Hubert von Herkomer and Joseph Syddall, and an afterword by Philip Mallett, editor of the Thomas Hardy Journal. Tess Durbeyfield's father ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pocket and Joe Gargery, he comes to realize that his money is tainted and the girl he loves will not return his affections; happiness must be found in the things he gave up in pursuit of a more ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "To love makes one solitary, she thought." On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway - fashionable, worldly, wealthy, an accomplished hostess - sets off to buy flowers for the party she will host that evening. She is preoccupied with thoughts of the present and memories of the past, and from her interior monologue emerge the people who have touched her life. On the same day, Septimus Warren Smith, a shell-shocked survivor of the Great War, commits suicide, and casual mention of his death at the party provokes in Clarissa thoughts of her own ... |
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В търсене на неизгубеното време. ... "Поезията на Валери Вергилов в "Не си отивам кротък" е не само преобърната метафизика на словото, тя е и разчленен на несъставни части език, и овална изящност, откъртена от самотно сражаващата се душа на своя автор. Скъп ми е, мил ми е и знам колко трудно се надживява (ако въобще е възможно) орисията на клетките, събрани в тленно тяло и споени с временните енергии на душа, дух и нагон. Стиховете са възторжено-тъжни философски песни, изваяни с вещина. Мъдри са и дълбоки, тътнат като прииждаща вода с бучащия си ритъм от думи и рими. Разтърсваща поезия! Напомня ми на ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First published in 1914, "Dubliners" depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening. James Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which "The Dead" is probably the most famous. Considered at the time as a literary experiment, "Dubliners" contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine to ... |
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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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С дъх на море... ... "Морски записи" са уловените частици, мисли, образи, места и ситуации, които са полепнали по пръстите ми. Те разказват за пясък и сол, рибари и дракони, хазяйки и туристи, потъване и изплуване. "Морски записи" са леки и неангажиращи, но често вълнуващи и променливи. И ако им се доверите, поне за кратко "Морски записи" ще ви дадат едно познато чувство. Подобно на онова, което човек изпитва, когато гледа към хоризонта над морето след залез и усеща лекота и в същото време някаква странна мъдрост, без да има каквато и да е реална причина за това. ... |
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Пенсионираният полковник Себастиано Проколо получава в наследство част от огромна гора в планината. По-хубавият дял обаче отива при неговия племенник, 12-годишния сирак Бенвенуто, което предизвиква неприязънта на полковника, а тя на свой ред отключва ред странни, страшни и вълнуващи събития. Освен вековните ели, в "Тайната на Старата гора" има горски духове, ветрове с труден характер, гъсеници вандали, отряд кошмари, птичо съдилище, сърдита сянка... Плюс козни, мистерии, приключения, приятелства, предателства, саможертва и изкупление. И много от вечната и тленна, възхитителна и безмилостна природа. "Тайната ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... Set in rural Nebraska, Willa Cather's My Antonia is both the intricate story of a powerful friendship and a brilliant portrayal of the lives of rural pioneers in the late-nineteenth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by Bridget Bennett and original illustrations by W. T. Benda. Antonia and her family are from Bohemia and they must endure real hardship and loss to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... 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. Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday ... |
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Introduced by Paul Theroux. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Poems for Travellers" transports the reader to lands far and near in the company of some of our greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. As internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux writes in his introduction, Here is a collection of travel poetry composed by real ... |
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