"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." So begins Virginia Woolf's beloved fourth novel... Zobraziť viac
Jákob Flanders je citlivý mladík, jehož zrání v Angličana dobré pověsti působí v mnohém neobyčejně. Záleží ovšem, jak se... Zobraziť viac
Výběr z deníků významné anglické spisovatelky Virginie Woolfové... Zobraziť viac
Virginie Woolfová je považována za přední inovátorku anglického jazyka a její literární práce jsou uznávané nejen kvůli svému obsahu, ale také kvůli charakteristickému stylu psaní. Ve svých knihách prozkoumala techniku známou v literatuře jako proud... Zobraziť viac
Londýnské jitro, červen 1923. Paní Clarissa Dallowayová jde do květinářství pro výzdobu na svůj dnešní večírek. Než však... Zobraziť viac
Londýnské jitro, červen 1923. Paní Clarissa Dallowayová jde do květinářství pro výzdobu na svůj dnešní večírek. Než však tahle událost pro lidi z lepších kruhů nastane, strávíme v její společnosti obyčejný den... Zobraziť viac
First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman,then gallops through the centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's own time.Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer Vita Sackville-West, this... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1921 as part of her ground-breaking short-story collection Monday or Tuesday, Kew Gardens follows the thoughts of a set of characters walking past a flower bed in the royal botanic garden on a hot July day. Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's last novel, in equal parts a triumphant celebration and witty mockery of 'Englishness', Between the Acts is edited by Stella McNichol, with an introduction and notes by Gillian Beer in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
Jacob Flanders is a young man passing from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. From his boyhood on the windswept shores of Cornwall to his days as a student at Cambridge, his elusive, chameleon-like character is gradually revealed in a... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions... Zobraziť viac
This volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929, is a witty, ... Zobraziť viac
A Room of One's Own is Virginia Woolf's most powerful feminist essay, justifying the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, the essay is one of... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Clarissa Dalloway is a woman of... Zobraziť viac
Every summer, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey and their eight children vacation on Scotland’s idyllic Isle of Skye, surrounded by artist friends. They expect these summers will go on forever, but with the arrival of World War I... Zobraziť viac
Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness... Zobraziť viac
For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but, as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged... Zobraziť viac
Tracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for ... Zobraziť viac
'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...'At a dinner party in 1922... Zobraziť viac
Who better to serve as a guide to great books and their authors than Virginia Woolf? In the early years of its existence, the Times Literary Supplement published some of the finest writers in English: T. S. Eliot, Henry James and E. M. Forster... Zobraziť viac
