Vanity Fair (Illustrated by Charles Crombie with an Introduction by John Edwin Wells), Paperback - William Makepeace Thackeray

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published serially from 1847 to 1848, "Vanity Fair" is William Makepeace Thackeray's most famous work in which the author reflects...

Publisher: Four Corners BooksAuthor(s): William Makepeace ThackerayIllustration(s): 40 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 848Publication date: 20...

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero - William Makepeace Thackeray

Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair ...

DescriptionThe classic novel of 'villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing', soon to be a major new...

DescriptionA masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature's best-loved characters, Becky Sharp.Ruthless social climber and irrepressib...

"Criticism" is a collection of nine essays written between 1900 and 1990 that reveal the developing response to Vanity Fair. William C. Brownell, D...

Reducere. With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull. Thackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairgr...

Reducere. A panoramic satire of English society during the Napoleonic Wars, Vanity Fair is William Makepeace Thackeray's masterpiece. At its center is one of...

'I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.' Becky Sharp is sharp, calculating, and determined to succeed. Craving wealth and a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareOther: Henry N. HudsonIntroduction by: Charles Harold HerfordConsidered by many as Shakespeare's masterp...

A tightly constructed drama which is regarded as one of the William Shakespeare's finest; "Othello" is the story of its titular character, a Mooris...

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DescriptionThe second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II, " "Henry IV, Part 2, " and "Henry V, " "Hen...

DescriptionBelieved to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story conc...

Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough ...

Reducere. Inovator la vremea sa, devenit astazi un reper al literaturii clasice si considerat capodopera scriitorului, Balciul desertaciunilor reprezinta o s...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1807, "Tales from Shakespeare" is the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays by brother and sister duo Charles and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles DickensIllustrator: Arthur RackhamIntroduction by: Hall CaineFirst published in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" is arguab...

Publisher: ELI s.r.l.Author(s): William M. ThackerayPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 198 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera far...

William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night, " is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is bel...

Reducere. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an at...

Reducere. Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a mont...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: SophoclesTranslator: E. H. PlumptreIntroduction by: John William WhiteThe second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus...

First published in 1842, "Dead Souls" is the story of Chichikov, a young middle-class gentleman who comes to a small town in Russia with a dubious ...

Reducere. The Praise Of Folly: Translated By John Wilson With An Introduction By Mrs. P. S. Allen This book is a result of an effort made by us towards makin...

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Balciul desertaciunilor (2 volume) - William Makepeace Thackeray

First published in 1850, "The Scarlet Letter" is the work that would establish Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary legacy. It is the story of Hester Pry...

Balciul desertaciunilor - William Makepeace Thackeray

Reducere. Very little is known about the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. His birth and death dates are based off of cross-referencing works...

Reducere. The history of the fable likely does not originate with Aesop; however it is with him that we associate the fable's most ancient of known origins. ...

In response to Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for the United States to have its own unique poetic voice, Walt Whitman rose to the challenge to create w...

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The three short novels in this collection, The Scorpion God, show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. And 'Envoy Extraordinary' is ...

Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilf...

Reducere. English poet John Milton's 17th century epic poem, "Paradise Lost, " is the work for which he is best known and which would solidify his reputation...

Inovator la vremea sa, devenit astazi un reper al literaturii clasice si considerat capodopera scriitorului, Balciul desertaciunilor reprezinta o s...

Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country...

The second volume of William Golding's Sea TrilogyIn a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Au...

From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- a...

William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her beli...

The third volume of William Golding's Sea TrilogyA decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off c...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Some of the most popular horror and mystery stories of all time are collected together here in "The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe." A maste...

The beloved cult classic from the winner of the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize: a novel of life-changing moments, incredible descriptions of landscape and t...

Reducere. Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a mont...

DescriptionFirst performed in 1882, Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" is the story of the animosity that can befall someone whose actions, wh...

"Antigone, " the first Theban play written by Sophocles yet chronologically last in the cycle, is a masterpiece of classical antiquity which examin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marcus AureliusTranslator: George LongIntroduction by: Alice ZimmernMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD and would be...