Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of... Zobraziť viac
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.´ When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by... Zobraziť viac
Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful... Zobraziť viac
Sú to príbehy o láskach naplnených i nenaplnených, ale predovšetkým o neustálom hľadaní toho zvláštneho fenoménu, ktorý ľudstvo sprevádza už od samého počiatku... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the... Zobraziť viac
Lehce erotický deník mladého muže... Zobraziť viac
The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed... Zobraziť viac
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties , and a devastating expose of the Jazz Age . Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the... Zobraziť viac
The greatest love story ever told doesn't feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It features pain and confusion... Zobraziť viac
A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan... Zobraziť viac
It is 1984 and a small town somewhere in the east of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is in the firm grip of totalitarianism. Karolina, a teenage runaway who never knew her father and who grew up in an untraditional family full of strange women... Zobraziť viac
This is a new urban fantasy full of vampires, werewolves and shape-shifters from the bestselling author of "The Mortal Instruments Series". It was London, 1878... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return... Zobraziť viac
In these stories lives come into focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. The past, as Alice Munro's characters discover, is made up not only of what is remembered, but also what isn't... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Five people: four are living, three are strangers, two are sisters, one is dead. In her highly acclaimed... Zobraziť viac
'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory... Zobraziť viac
Every day I am someone else. I am myself - I know I am myself - but I am also someone else. It has always been like this. Each morning, A wakes up in a different body. There's never any warning about who it will be, but A is used to that.... Zobraziť viac
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence... Zobraziť viac
Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age. Often described as the "Great American Novel," F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and... Zobraziť viac
A collection of transformative stories that emphasize women's roles in society. The works of Kate Chopin were nearly forgotten for much of the twentieth century, but her popularity made a resurgence in the 1970s when readers and scholars turned their... Zobraziť viac
