Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First published in 1914, "Dubliners" depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening. James Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which "The Dead" is probably the most famous. Considered at the time as a literary experiment, "Dubliners" contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine to ... |
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The production of this Reader in the 20th century British literature is a result of years of lecturing on the subject of English literature to the English Students undergraduates at the South Western University, and the cooperation of my students and colleagues as well as the support of the faculty bodies and administration. ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of a life in another country are just a few of Joyce's Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and disappointments of his characters. He also shows us turn of the century Dublin in fascinating detail. This selection of eight stories from Dubliners includes Eveline, Araby and a two-part adaptation of Joyce's ... |
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Influential and innovative, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) led the vanguard of 20th-century fiction. Sooner or later, most undergraduates encounter him, and many scholars devote their entire careers to his exuberantly eloquent prose. Joyce's experimental use of language and stream-of-consciousness techniques continues to captivate modern readers and writers, and this anthology offers a first-rate introduction to the Irish author's fiction and poetry. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", Joyce's coming-of-age novel, appears here in its entirety. Readers will also find the complete texts of the ... |
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Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day - 16th June 1904 - in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin: the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, the artist Stephen Dedalus and Bloom's wife Molly. Their peregrinations, thoughts and encounters form the basis of the narrative, which becomes a celebration of all human experience through the lives of specific individuals in a specific place at a specific time. Ulysses is both an experimental novel and a book intimately concerned with the events of modern life. A lively repository of ... |
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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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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... James Joyce 's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the "snares of the world", to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture his heart. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is an unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a lyrical evocation of life in Ireland over a century ago. It shocked readers on its ... |
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Джони Смит е обикновен млад мъж с приятна усмивка, талант да преподава и съвсем отскоро - с приятелка. Когато завежда Сара на панаира, животът не би могъл да е по-благосклонен към него. Но дали странният му шанс на Колелото на късмета наистина е за завиждане? След четири години и половина, прекарани в кома, Джони Смит открива, че у него се е пробудил необясним парапсихичен талант. Въпреки опита си да избяга от проклятието на пророческата си дарба, Джони разбира, че изборът вече не е негов. Отсега нататък разбулването на мистерии и непосилното бреме да вижда скритото за останалите ще бележи живота му и ще предопредели ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Детски шедьоври от велики писатели" на издателство "Лист". Книгата е преведена от Иглика Василева и илюстрирана от Чавдар Николов. ... В книгата "Котаракът и дяволът" са събрани две истории - "Котаракът и Дяволът" и "Котките на Копенхаген", които писателят Джеймс Джойс разказва в писма на 4-годишния си внук. Действието на първата се развива във френското градче Божанси, разположено на десния бряг на Лоара. Главни герои в него са Дяволът и местният кмет, който надхитрява Рогатия да построи мост над реката. Втората история, включена в книга, е & ... |
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Based on the story of Colin Dexter. Retold by Clare West. ... Chief Inspector Morse is drinking a pint of beer. He is thinking about an attractive woman who lives not far away. The woman he is thinking of is hanging, dead, from the ceiling of her kitchen. On the floor lies a chair, almost two metres away from the woman's feet. Chief Inspector Morse finishes his pint, and orders another. Perhaps he will visit Anne, after all. But he is in no particular hurry. Meanwhile, Anne is still hanging in her kitchen, waiting for the police to come and cut her down. She is in no hurry, either. Classics, modern fiction, non- ... |
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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |
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Имали ли сте чувството, че животът ви има по-дълбок смисъл? Понякога най-вълшебното пътуване е вътре в самите нас. Селестинското пророчество разкрива тайни, които вече променят нашия свят. Вековната мъдрост, скрита в древен перуански ръкопис, ни помага да разберем всичко, което ни се случва в живота и да предвидим това, което би ни се случило в бъдеще. Книгата се появява в момент, когато светът изпитва дълбока необходимост да чуе думите и. Деветте пророчества, разкриващи се едно след друго, ще ви въвлекат в завладяващ свят от приключения и откривателство и ще ви напътстват в едно просветляващо душата пътешествие. ... |
