'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the ...więcej »
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 he...więcej »
This Side of Paradise tells the story of Amory Blaine, the only child of wealthy parents, whose journey from adolescence to adulthood follows him from prep school through to Princeton University, w...więcej »
Complete and unabridged, this title comes with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, "Ulysses", t...więcej »
"War and Peace" is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his gr...więcej »
When The Forsyte Saga was shown on television in 1967 it was hugely successful. The nation was gripped by the masterful visual telling of the Forsyte family's troubled story and adapted its activit...więcej »
What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most ...więcej »
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas' celebrated foursome of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some ...więcej »
There are four of them - George, Harris, the writer himself and that dog, Montmorency - all participants in a boating expedition on the Thames. The difficulties and vicissitudes heaped upon these i...więcej »
One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his three friends...więcej »
First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of marit...więcej »
Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts,...więcej »
The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting i...więcej »
De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary ...więcej »
Pusta przestrzeń to kosmiczna opowieść przygodowa. Zaczynamy od następującego snu:Obcy instrument badawczy wielkości brązowego karła wisi pośrodku pustki, ponieważ chciano umieścić go w jedna...więcej »
Jaka jest różnica między Bogiem a neurochirurgiem? Bóg nie jest neurochirurgiem. Mathias pełni samotny nocny dyżur, kiedy na izbę przyjęć przywożą pacjenta. Niedoświadczone ręce...więcej »
Zazwyczaj to „Odyseja” była źródłem kłopotów sprowadzanych na Ziemię z głębi kosmosu, ale tym razem ten niesławny zaszczyt przypadł okrętowi Bloku Wschodniego. Za sprawą k...więcej »
Kiedy zapadła cisza to niezwykła powieść kryminalna dziennikarza Jessego Balla, niejednokrotnie porównywana do Procesu Franza Kafki. Japonia, 1977 rok. Z małego miasteczka w niew...więcej »
Dzielna dziewczyna musi przeciwstawić się imperium, aby ocalić swoją ojczyznę, w porywającej opowieści fantasy, która łączy szybką akcję z fascynująco nakreślonymi postaciami. Po śmierci ojc...więcej »