Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the man's identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both. A smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England ... |
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В историята на Османската империя имаше твърде много творци, които бяха споменавани с подобни прозвища, а и множество владетели, пишещи стихове, използваха псевдоними. Но нито едно име не се беше сраснало дотолкова с притежателя си... "В градините с лалета сянката ми броди" се уповава на историческата истина, в която майсторски е втъкана нишката на въображението. Действието се развива през XVIII век в Истанбул по време на период, известен като "Епохата на лалетата". Пищният дворец Топкапъ сарай е място, където човешка слабост, любов, похот и най-вече алчност ръководят живота на султан, художник, велик ... |
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Допълнено издание. ... В това допълнено луксозно издание е включена глава със спомени на големия режисьор Въло Радев и снимки, които се публикуват за първи път. В бележките си той разказва за сложния път, който е трябвало да извърви, за да убеди киногилдията през 60 -те години, че единствено възможната актриса за ролята на Елисавета е Невена Коканова. Тази книга е разказ за необикновен живот и вълнуваща кариера. Невена Коканова продължава да е загадка и вълнение. Актриса, която публиката помни. Обичана жена. Как ли щяха да изглеждат очите ѝ, лицето ѝ, душата ѝ сега? ... |
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В "Пет малки прасенца" Агата Кристи поставя пред Поаро необичайно предизвикателство - той няма достъп до местопрестъплението! - Човек не използва само мускулите си - отбеляза Поаро. - На мене не ми е нужно да превивам гръб и да измервам отпечатъци от обувки, да събирам фасове или да ровя из стъпканата трева. Достатъчно е да се отпусна в креслото си и да мисля. Ето това - и той потупа леко яйцевидната си глава, - това е, което функционира. Страстта на Еймиъс Крейл към рисуването и жените го прави известен. А смъртта му го опозорява. Неговата ревнива съпруга е обвинена в убийството му и е осъдена на доживотен ... |
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This collection contains fifteen of O. Henry's short stories. "The Gift of the Magi" is the most famous of his classic tales, but the stories that follow here give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling art. The text has been simplified and made easier to read for the enjoyment of readers who study English. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. О.Henry (1862 - 1910) was a widely popular American short story writer, famous for his dry humor, wordplay and clever surprise endings. "O. Henry's finest work... reveal such a depth of understanding of the ... |
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Вълшебни коледни истории е сборник, който събира на едно място класически произведения от едни от най-значимите имена в световната литература. Това е богато литературно преживяване за читатели, които ценят дълбочината, моралните внушения и красивия език. В изданието ще откриете творби на автори като Чарлз Дикенс, Ан Бронте, Николай Гогол, Лев Толстой и други, представени в техния оригинален, неподправен стил. Коледната тема в тези разкази не е просто фон - тя е художествен инструмент, който подчертава човечността, прошката, истинските ценности и магията на промяната. Историите преливат от атмосфера, драматизъм, топлина и ... |
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Introduced by Joanna Trollope. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A complex and truly timeless emotion, love - whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verse of outstanding beauty. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by bestselling author, and Romantic Novelist Association prize-winner, Joanna ... |
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Selected Short Stories. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Lord Peter Wimsey, wealthy, charming and charismatic, is one of the most famous amateur detectives of the golden age of crime. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates is introduced and edited by crime writer David Stuart Davies. The fifteen short stories in this lively and witty ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of "The Mill on the Floss" features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. Maggie Tulliver and ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
