Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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Лейди Сюзан е чаровна, изящна и остроумна. Природата щедро я е надарила с всичко необходимо, за да осъществи користолюбивите си стремежи. Дамата не се спира пред нищо, за да се добере до богатство и положение в обществото. Тя е в центъра на поредица от събития, балове и срещи, а настъпилата неочаквана развръзката доказва, че в този свят има възмездие и справедливост... Въпреки, че самата Джейн Остин скромно описва работата си като "малкото парченце слонова кост, не по-голямо от няколко сантиметра, което обработвам с толкова нежна четка, че въпреки огромните ми усилия, резултатът е почти незабележим", ... |
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The Juvenilia and shorter works of Jane Austen with an afterword by Kathryn White. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This rare collection is a must for all Jane-ites, representing what Richard Church regarded as Jane Austen's literary work-basket. It contains not only her hilarious History of England, illustrated by her favourite sister Cassandra, but the unfinished Sanditon, the novel of her maturity on which she was working at her death, aged 42. Also included are the two epistolary novels, "Lady Susan" and "Love and Friendship" [sic], and other, shorter works: "The Watsons", & ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager, was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes are floundering. Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future ... |
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This gorgeous boxed set of all of her classic romantic novels includes "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma", "Sense and Sensibility", "Mansfield Park", "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey", and each individual volume is beautifully designed and features a bespoke jacket, introduction or afterword, and Hugh Thomson's timeless, evocative illustrations. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Whether in the electrically charged chemistry of Elizabeth Bennett and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Connie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her. The explosive passion of Connie and ... |
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Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results, re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her. ... |
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Superb novel, autumnal and mellow in tone, concerns the lives and loves of the Elliot family and their friends and relatives, in particular the thwarted romance between Anne Elliot ( Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire and wonderful recreation of genteel life in the English countryside. ... |
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Федерален агент Арън Фолк се завръща в градчето Марали Вали, дълбоко в австралийската провинция, за кръщенето на новородения син на приятеля си Грег Рако. Мистериозните случаи обаче не спират да го преследват дори по време на почивка. През уикенда се навършва година от изчезването на Ким Гилеспи. В една топла пролетна нощ, по време на популярния местен фестивал на храната и виното, тя завива спящото в количката си бебе, оставя го до виенското колело и изчезва в тълпата. Оттогава никой не я е виждал. Разследващите намират маратонката ѝ в язовира, но така и не разкриват какво се е случило с младата жена. Фолк решава ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Nigel Cliff. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by three of her cousins, she finds her only comfort in the kindness of the fourth, Edmund. As they grow, their friendship develops into romantic love - until the arrival of Henry Crawford and his charming sister Mary causes an emotional upheaval that no one in the family expects. With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly ... |
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Ема Удхаус е красива, умна и богата, притежава изискан дом и жизнерадостен характер. Единственият й проблем е, че смята себе си за по-висша от другите, и се забавлява, като се опитва да режисира живота им. Резултатите, за съжаление, не винаги са по вкуса й."Ема" е може би най-добрият роман на Джейн Остин. Описвайки немирните планове и последвалото ги отрезвяване на мис Удхаус, знаменитата английска писателка не пропуска случай да отправи иронични стрели към обществото и нравите. Въпреки че самата авторка скромно описва работата си като "малкото парченце слонова кост, не по-голямо от няколко сантиметра, ... |
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A special edition featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from her own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperbacks are a must for all Jane Austen fans. From Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason and, above all, the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions. A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr. Darcy ... |
