Мидълмарч е въображаемо градче с истински герои, които всеки среща. Доротея Брук има благородно сърце и то постоянно я подтиква към саможертви. Така тя попада в брак, който се оказва капан. Д-р Лидгейт пристига в Мидълмарч с мечти за открития в медицината, а намира... съпруга. Какви тайни крие Уил Ладисло и ще се впише ли в града? Колко струва дадената дума? Романът Мидълмарч e панорама на бурна епоха, свидетелство за живота в английската провинция през XIX век и битките за парламентарни реформи в страната на кралица Виктория. Джордж Елиът е литературният псевдоним на английската писателка, поетеса, журналистка и ... |
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Мидълмарч е въображаемо градче с истински герои, които всеки среща. Доротея Брук има благородно сърце и то постоянно я подтиква към саможертви. Така тя попада в брак, който се оказва капан. Д-р Лидгейт пристига в Мидълмарч с мечти за открития в медицината, а намира... съпруга. Какви тайни крие Уил Ладисло и ще се впише ли в града? Колко струва дадената дума? Романът Мидълмарч e панорама на бурна епоха, свидетелство за живота в английската провинция през XIX век и битките за парламентарни реформи в страната на кралица Виктория. Джордж Елиът е литературният псевдоним на английската писателка, поетеса, журналистка и ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. 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 of "The Mill on the Floss" features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. Maggie Tulliver and ... |
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With an introduction by Jenifer Egan. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. An eternal masterpiece of candid observation, emotional insight and transcending humour, "Middlemarch" is a truly monumental novel. Endlessly appealing to modern readers, "Middlemarch" has been adapted as BBC Radio 4 drama. 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 edition ... |
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Illustrated by Roberto Tomei. ... "The rain was still falling against the windows and the wind was blowing strongly. Inside the library, there was silence. Dorothea sat down on a couch in the middle of the room. Will sat down beside her and help her hand. "Oh, it is impossible!" Will cried. "We love each other, but we can never be married!" From the Book "Middlemarch" is George Eliot 's classic story of the lives and loves of people living in a small English town. The idealistic Dorothea, unhappy and bored with her marriage, begins a sensitive friendship with her husband's ... |
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This book is in British English. ... England - 1828 to 1840. Maggie Tulliver is beautiful and intelligent. But she is lonely and unhappy. Philip Wakem loves her. But she cannot meet him. The Tullivers and the Wakems are enemies. Then Maggie meets Stephen Guest. They fall in love. But Stephen is going to be married to Maggie's cousin. There are exercises at the end of the book. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test. ... |