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The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip and slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long.Wharton charts the course of Lily's life, providing, along the way, a wider picture...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Si...

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series, with Henry V as its inaugral volume, presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing endeavours to take account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.Henry V is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare's history plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded down the ages, gaining eloquent expression in Laurence Olivier's renowned film. Henry himself, astute and charismat...

In Henry IV, Part 1, the King is in a doubly ironic position. His rebellion against Richard II was successful, but now he himself is beset by rebels, led by the charismatic Harry Hotspur. The King's son, Prince Hal, seems to be more concerned with the pleasures of the tavern world and the company of the fat rogue, Falstaff, than with concerns of state. Eventually, however, Hal proves a courageous foe of the rebels.This history play is lively in its interplay of political intrigue and boisterous ...

Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It has been filmed and televised several times. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. When she is sent to live in a city, comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. Together she and her friend Peter, the goat-herd, achieve wondrous changes in...

Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage.She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However,...

"Prefer sa ma gândesc la fotografi nu atât ca la niste documentaristi, cât ca la niste clar-vazatori – cu dubla semnificatie cuprinsa în acest termen”. Sunt vrajit de fotografia argintariei dintr-un sertar de bucatarie a lui Wright Morris. A mai facut cineva asta înaintea lui, iar daca da, a facut-o macar aproape la fel de bine? Running White Deer a lui Paul Caponigro este o fotografie minunata. La fel si Pepper No. 30 a lui Edward Weston, dupa care toti...

Gantera hexagonala Sportmann este potrivita pentru persoanele care doresc sa isi dezvolte musculatura bratelor, a pieptului si a spatelui. Aceasta gantera este fabricata din materiale de calitate, manerul solid este realizat din fier, iar greutatile sunt acoperite cu cauciuc rezistent. Gantera are forma hexagonala, fiind mai usor de depozitat. Manerul ganterei hexagonale Sportmann are forma ergonomica si prezinta striatii pe suprafata sa pentru o prindere sigura a ganterei in mana, impiedicand...

Kim is Rudyard Kipling's finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing priest; and both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him, the lama seeks redemption from the `Wheel of Life'. Kim becomes involved in the `Great Game':, undertaking espionage for the British rulers.This en...

Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped remains one of the most exciting stories ever written. Young David Balfour, orphaned then betrayed by his Uncle Ebenezer, his so-called guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Shipwreck, murder and dramatic escape through the Highlands are just a few of the ingredients of this highly charged tale of intrigue, action and adventure.Catriona, the lesser-known sequel, immediately continues David's story. Back ...

Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots, how the Elephant's Child on the banks of the great grey-green Limpopo acquired his trunk with the help of the Crocodile, and the beginning of the Armadillos. Beautifully illustrated in black-and-white by the author, these delightful tales will hold the reader and listener spellbound.

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle. The Second Jungle Book contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, ...

Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked.The cry `Peace, freedom and liberty!' is used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint public actions. Rich in characterisation and replete with eloquent rhetoric, Julius Caesar remains engrossing and topical: a play for today. An apariti...

În materie de fotografie, Bill Jay era în mod cert un connaisseur, unul dintre cei mai adevarati si mai rafinati pe care i-am întâlnit. Ca un îndragostit incurabil, a gândit, a declansat si a scris despre acest mijloc de expresie vreme de 50 de ani (peste 400 de articole si 20 de carti nu sunt putin lucru).Scrisul lui Bill Jay e încântator, chiar si atunci când este incomod si, pe alocuri, taios. Desfiinteaza cu nonsalanta retetele, presupuse...

Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining, and when tragedy occurs, Sue has no resilience and Jude is left in despair.Hardy's portrait of Jude, the idealist and dreamer who is a prisoner of his own physical natu...

The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions on a thrilling and dramatic expedition as they travel down a secret tunnel in a volcano in Iceland on a journey which will lead them to the centre of the earth. Along the way they encounter various hazards and witness many incredible sights such as the underground forest, illuminated by electricity, the Great Geyser, the battle between prehistoric monsters, the stra...

Traducere si note de Mircea Ivanescu Ingrijire de editie, prefata, cronologie si note de Ioana Zirra Ulise, caruia ia sarbatorim centenarul, a crescut mereu in importanta in decursul celor 100 de ani de la publicare, pe 2 februarie 1922 la Paris, ajungand sa fie considerat unul dintre cele mai bune romane scrise vreodata. „In Ulise gasesti terenul perfect pentru testarea oricaror teorii. Istoricilor le ofera imaginea fascinanta a Dublinului intr-o vreme de relativa pace, doar cu semne v...

Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals.The other two stories in this book ...

Caracteristici:Dobok creat special pentru tinerii practicanti de taekwondo, fiind aprobat ITF (International Taekwondo Federation). Vine la pachet cu centura alba, tot Adidas, adaptata dupa inaltimea dobok-ului. Conceput din material usor, permite sportivilor incepatori dar si celor de nivel mediu, sa invete corect miscarile de lupta. Detalii tehnice:Material 90% poliester si 10 % bumbac.Bluza este in format traditional ITF cu inchidere cu scai.Pantalonul este prevazut cu banda elastica si snur ...

Sort Adidas creat special pentru practicantii de sporturi de contact, indiferent de nivelul lor de pregatire (incepatori, avansati, etc).Sunt conceputi sa ofere libertate de miscare si lejeritate in folosire datorita croielii lejere si a materialor folosite in fabricatie , oferind in acelasi timp un aspect modern. Detalii tehnice: Sort confectionat din poliester „Micro Diamond Fabric” si spandex, flexibil, placut si usor.Banda lata de elastic + snur pentru maxim confort.Logo adid...