Melissa pragnie zostać uznaną literatką. Ceni sobie niezależność, przyjechała do Londynu nie po to, by szukać męża, lecz skupić się na pisaniu i znaleźć wydawcę. Jest zachwycona, gdy poznany na prz...więcej »
Panny Wilkins, bogate Amerykanki, zostały wysłane do Anglii, by dobrze wyjść za mąż. Dwie odnalazły tu miłość, ale Violet zniechęca wszystkich zalotników. Jej pasją jest fotografia, marzy o ...więcej »
Panny Wilkins, bogate Amerykanki, zostały wysłane do Anglii, by dobrze wyjść za mąż. Dwie odnalazły tu miłość, ale Violet zniechęca wszystkich zalotników. Jej pasją jest fotografia, marzy o ...więcej »
Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman'. It has a full supporting cast of...więcej »
Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more stric...więcej »
Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more stric...więcej »
Joanne Rock – Nie mogę cię zapomnieć (The Rancher’s Plus-One)Levi potrzebuje specjalisty od PR-u, który mógłby przeprowadzić jego holding przez kryzys wizerunk...więcej »
The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about f...więcej »
Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England...więcej »
Notes from Underground and Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky’s short fiction. Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal his special sympathy for the solitar...więcej »
Książę Amadeo ma poślubić księżniczkę z rodu Fernandezów. Elsbeth, choć piękna, nie wzbudza jego zainteresowania. Wydaje mu się uległa i bez charakteru. Nie o takiej żonie marzył, ale dla do...więcej »
Adam szybko stracił głowę dla lady Kitty. Chociaż odwzajemniała jego uczucia, podjął trudną decyzję o rozstaniu. Architekt bez dorobku i tytułu nie był odpowiednim kandydatem na męża dla có...więcej »
Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his...więcej »
Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, d...więcej »
Translated by J.J. Graham, revised by F.N. Maude Abridged and with an Introduction by Louise Willmot.On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a P...więcej »
This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. ...więcej »
Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges n...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 magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red I...więcej »
‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan…’...więcej »