Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. ... |
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This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their "trick endings" or "twists in the tail": repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry's cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso&# ... |
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The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions. Our edition ... |
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Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative ... |
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Sometime the people we meet change our lives for ever. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers. It's the third of November, and it's Friday, and it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favorite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is desperate for Timothy's help because Timothy is very tall, six feet six inches. Timothy has never had a job before - or no work that he's kept for more than a day. But when Timothy and Charlie have to collect money from a local ... |
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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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Will your past always catch up with you? ... Tessa Dannall is excited and happy when her daughter, Nia, arrives at their family's tropical beach resort to get married. Tessa is also trying to forget the last time she went to a wedding on this beach and how that day changed her life for ever. But as the big day draws near, Tessa realises she must face the deadly ghosts from her past - or they may ruin her daughter's future. "Terrifically addictive" Good Housekeeping "Beautifully written" Closer "Koomson just gets better and better" Woman and Home ... |
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Sometimes divorce can be deadly. ... Kate wants a clean break from her husband Jack. They can still be friends. She just doesn't want to stay married to him. But Jack doesn't want a friend. He wants a wife. He wants Kate. And he will do anything to keep her. Jack remembers his wedding vow: "Till death do us part". He always keeps a promise. ... |
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Лежерният самоучител за учащи с начални познания покрива нивата A1 - A2. Поредицата "Самоучител в разкази за начинаещи" съдържа забавни, романтични, криминални - кратки разкази за всеки вкус, с които да проверите себе си и да разширите познанията си. С помощта на граматичните правила и разнообразните упражнения затвърждавате наученото. Отличен избор за всеки, който обича книгите и предпочита да учи езика, без да зубри правила. ... |
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Преди да замине за Сиена, за да участва в курс по История на изкуството, Макс прекарва един уикенд във Флоренция. Щом пристига там, той се натъква на мистериозната Беатрис, която го въвлича в зрелищен лов на съкровища. "Un fine settimana" е колекция от адаптирани разкази, с помощта на чиито интересни истории ще откриете и научите любопитни факти за италианските градове. В книгите ще откриете: бележки за пътуването с обща информация и културни забележителности; упражнения за практикуване на слушане с разбиране и речник; речници на английски, френски, немски и нидерландски. Аудиозаписите са достъпни за ... |
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Понякога най-искрените думи могат да бъдат написани само в писма до нечия майка. Това е вълнуваща история за едно момиче, израснало в дом за деца без родители, за приятелството, за загубата, за анорексията и, разбира се, за мечтите."Ръка за ръка, двама на сивия цимент, той и аз. А ние, мамо... Ние просто искахме ванилов сладолед с парченца шоколад. Ние не искахме нищо повече от живота, но той ни изненада." Из книгата ... |
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"Сказанието е дългоочакваната трета част от сагата Задругата и задмина всичко написано досега. Добри Божилов впечатляващо израства като автор, и всяка следваща негова книга надгражда и то с много, предходните. Сказанието е далечна предистория на идеята за Задругата, тя се връща към корените на онова познание, което стои в основата не само на Шишмановия замисъл, но и на самото създаване на Българската държава. Книгата е свързана с историята, чрез главния Протагонист на очакваната Четвърта част, който ражда в последната глава на Втората. Синеокият. Но той е просто четящ, и наблюдател, на древно познание, точно както ... |
