Робърт Луис Стивънсън (1850 - 1894), романист, поет, есеист и автор на пътеписи, е най-знаменит с романа си "Островът на съкровищата" и повестта "Странният случай с доктор Джекил и мистър Хайд" - блестящ първообраз и неостаряващ образец на един жанр, който по онова време още не е бил именуван "трилър". ... |
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"Печатарят" е третият роман на Силвия Томова, с който тя категорично утвърждава мястото си в съвременната българска литература. Сериозен исторически роман, който ни пренася в едни от най-тъмните за България години, за да възкреси от мрака на XVI век образа на българина Яков Крайков, ренесансов човек и първият български печатар. Оскъдна фактология? Мисията невъзможна? Не и за талантливото перо на Силвия Томова, чиято емпатия одухотворява пред очите ни един "просветен и смел мъж" в невероятната атмосфера на Венеция. Мистерия и драма, потопени в красиво повествование. Силвия Томова е автор на два ... |
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In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late 19 th century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pocket and Joe Gargery, he comes to realize that his money is tainted and the girl he loves will not return his affections; happiness must be found in the things he gave up in pursuit of a more ... |
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Der seltsame Fall des "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde" ist eine der berühmtesten Kriminalgeschichten der Weltliteratur, eine spannende Doppelgänger-Erzählung, die bereits Oscar Wildes "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" und noch Bret Easton Ellis "American Psycho" inspirierte. Seit seiner Jugend weiß Doktor Jekyll um sein gespaltenes Ich, aber die dunkle Seite hat er zeitlebens verdrängt. Mit Hilfe eines geheimnisvollen Elixiers gelingt es ihm, seine Identität nach Belieben zu wechseln. Doch der mysteriöse Mr. Hyde wird immer mächtiger und droht das Gute zu ... |
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The story of a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. ... Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the "natural wonders" of their state, both Finch and Violet ... |
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Номинирана за "Ман Букър" 2011. ... Майката на мъртвото момче пазеше кръвта. Искаше тя да си остане там, личеше си. Дъждът напираше да плисне и да я измие, ама майката нямаше да му даде. Дори не плачеше, просто стоеше скована и озверяла, все едно това ѝ беше работата - да подплаши дъжда обратно горе в небето. Един гълъб се оглеждаше за манджа. Нагази право в кръвта. Даже и той беше тъжен - личеше си по това, където очите му бяха целите розови и мъртви. Цветята вече бяха клюмнали. Имаше снимки на мъртвото момче с униформата от училище. Пуловерът му беше зелен. "Моят пуловер е син. Моята униформа е по- ... |
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Произведението "Луди разкази" е илюстрирано от художника Николай Богдев. ... Неотдавна, в предходните две издания - "Инфлация на чувствата" и "Храна за върколаци" - читателите имаха удоволствието да се докоснат за първи път до трогателната любовна лирика на поета Добромир Славчев. Сега той ни е отправил нова покана - да станем свидетели на дебюта му и като разказвач. Сборникът "Луди разкази" включва четиридесет и четири истории, поднесени във форма̀та на късия разказ. Описаните типажи се отличават не само със свободата на ползваните изразни средства, но и с честното ... |
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Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. "Women in Love" is, however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The "progress" of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves "human"? On what grounds could we place ourselves above and beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our ... |
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James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly-allusive novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Scandalously frank, wittily erudite, mercurially eloquent, resourcefully comic and generously humane, Ulysses offers the reader a life-changing experience. ... |
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George Orwell 's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101. 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, ... |
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Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
