Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to ... |
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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 - ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Inspired by his experiences as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer in the International Brigades fighting to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. After being ordered to work with guerrilla fighters to destroy a bridge, Jordan finds himself falling in love with a young Spanish woman and clashing with the guerrilla leader over the risks of their mission. One of the great novels of the twentieth century, "For Whom the Bell ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the flamboyance, the carelessness and the cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age. "The Great Gatsby" lives mysteriously in a luxurious Long Island mansion, playing lavish host to hundreds of people. And yet no one seems to know him or how he became so rich. He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero. People clamour for invitations to his wild parties. But Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them. He cares for one person alone - Daisy Buchanan, the woman he ... |
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Сборникът съдържа осемнайсет неиздавани, непознати или смятани за безвъзвратно изгубени разказа на легендарния писател. Писани в края на 30-те години на миналия век, те са били отхвърлени от редакторите заради провокативната си тема и стил или са потънали във водовъртежа на последните години от живота на Фицджералд. Дори когато се е нуждаел от пари и вниманието на критиците, писателят е предпочел да ги остави непубликувани, вместо да допусне редакторска намеса. Разказите показват Ф. Скот Фицджералд в различна светлина и затвърждават позицията му на една от знаковите фигури в историята на американската литература. В ... |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the consciences and hearts of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience. 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 Pat Righelato. Harriet Beecher Stowe shows us in scenes of great dramatic power the human effects of a system in which slaves were property - the break up of families, the struggles for freedom, and the horrors of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the stage is set for one of literature's most enduring romances. A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction's most unique and ... |
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Жан-Пол Сартр (1905 – 1980) е сред възловите френски интелектуалци на ХХ в., философ, белетрист, драматург и есеист, представител на екзистенциализма, автор на десетки творби. Най-знаменитите му произведения са "Битие и нищо", "Погнусата", "Стената", "Думите", "При закрити врата". През 1964 г. е удостоен с Нобелова награда, която отхвърля."Съществуването предшества същността.""За съзнанието има само един начин да съществува - да има съзнанието, че съществува.""Достатъчно е един човек да ненавижда друг - и ненавистта ще се пренася от съсед на ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... John Keats is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Romantic movement. But when he died at the age of only twenty-five, his writing had been attacked by critics and his talent remained largely unrecognized. 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 is edited and introduced by Dr Andrew Hodgson. This volume, "Selected Poems", reflects his extraordinary ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. 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 features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
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Юбилейно издание. ... "Публикувах романа "Мравки и Богове" преди 20 години, навръх 2000 година. Но в главата си и по хвърчащи листчета и бележници съм започнал да го пиша още през 60-те години на миналия ХХ век. Въпреки определението "Хроника на ХХ век", реалното действие в романа се развива в рамките на два дена, но се разиграват събития от преди Христа до бъдещата 2030 година. Благодаря на всички, които продължават да търсят и да четат този мой роман, докато някой ме чете - ще бъда жив. Ако не сме богове, поне да не се правим на мравки." Стефан Цанев ... |
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Всички щастливи семейства си приличат, всяко нещастно семейство е нещастно по своему... Произведението на Толстой е част от златния фонд на световната литература. От създаването на романа до днес е изминал повече от век, през който е претърпял стотици преиздания и е бил превеждан на множество езици. Образите и проблемите в него са вечно актуални и продължават да вълнуват читателите от различни възрасти и общества. "Ана Каренина" е задължителна част от личните библиотеки на всички истински ценители на художественото слово. ... |