Najbolje ocenjeni: Svetovna klasika

„Lord of the Flies“ is a novel that has captivated schoolchildren ever since it was first published in 1954. A teacher himself, Golding clearly understood what excites and interests children. It is not only a gripping story, with strong, sympathetic ..

Hermann Hesses Erzählung über den Gegensatz zwischen Geist- und Sinnenmenschen und ihre produktive Vereinigung im Künstler ist eine moderne Gestaltung des Don-Juanund Casanova-Motivs. Sie ist aber auch ein Loblied der Freundschaft, voller Abenteuer i ..

Als Findelkind im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt aufgewachsen, flüchtet sich der junge Oliver Twist aus den Fängen seines brutalen Lehrherrn nach London. Doch im Moloch der Großstadt gerät er bald an den skrupellosen Hehler Fagin, der ein selt ..

As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret.

This is the „Penguin English Library Edition“ of „Sense and Sensibility“ by Jane Austen. „The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!“ Jane Austen's novel tells the sto ..

This is the „Penguin English Library Edition“ of „Heart of Darkness“ by Joseph Conrad. 'The mind of man is capable of anything – because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotio ..

This is the „Penguin English Library Edition“ of „Gulliver's Travels“ by Jonathan Swift. 'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was ..

This is the „Penguin English Library Edition“ of „Tess of the D'Urbervilles“ by Thomas Hardy. "I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you, and get glimpses of you, and t ..

This is the „Penguin English Library Edition“ of „Dracula“ by Bram Stoker. ‚Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window‘. A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, „Dracula“ also ill ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.‘ Autobi ..

You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea – ‚the D's‘ – plan a race t ..

Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests, from the pu ..