Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'Doctor Watson,... Zobraziť viac
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There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it. After a... Zobraziť viac
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting "Ghost," Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a wary eye, he watches the vessel s abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, an enigma who can ... Zobraziť viac
Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck is stolen away from his comfortable life as a pet in California and sold to dog traders. He soon finds himself aboard a ship, on its way to Northern Canada. Surrounded by cruelty, ... Zobraziť viac
"Heart of Darkness is a devastating commentary on the corruptibility of humanity. Based on Conrad’s own 1890 trip up the Congo River, the story is told by Marlow, the novelist’s alter ego. It is a journey into darkness and horror—both literally, as the... Zobraziť viac
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirates chest in his parents inn he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confronts... Zobraziť viac
Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde But gradually he begins... Zobraziť viac
Revealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce’s Dubliners challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the ... Zobraziť viac
Three late - Victorian gentlemen, George, Harris and the writer himself as well as their fox terrier Montmorency take a trip... Zobraziť viac
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ... Zobraziť viac
Revealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce’s Dubliners challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the ... Zobraziť viac
In David Copperfield, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. Zobraziť viac
In the only novel Conrad set in London, "The Secret Agent" communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story... Zobraziť viac
Dickens’s story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The Call of the Wild is the story of Buck, a large dog who is betrayed, sold and cruelly forced to pull a... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body, this classic horror... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt... Zobraziť viac
