What does persuasion mean – a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napole ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.‘ Written at the end of the Napole ..

This title comes with an introduction by Lynne Truss. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne ..

Dieser in unmittelbarer Nachfolge von Gottfried Kellers Der grüne Heinrich stehende „Erziehungsroman“ hat mit seinen erfrischenden, allem Pathetischen abholden Naturschilderungen bis heute nichts an Charme und Farbe verloren.

Imaginez-vous perdu dans le désert, loin de tout lieu habité, et face ŕ un petit garçon tout blond, surgi de nulle part. Si de surcroît ce petit garçon vous demande avec insistance de dessiner un mouton, vous voilŕ plus qu'étonné ! Ŕ partir de lŕ, vo ..

The story that has captured the imagination of readers for a century, this world-renowned gothic novel, the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical, is now available in this striking Centennial Edition, featuring a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

"The story of the monster man whose horrible deformities cause fear and terror, his search for love and acceptance, and his haunting of the opera house in Paris is told in very simple language. Beautifully adapted, the story flows along so easily tha ..

The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' first novel and widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialised in monthly instalments, it quickly became a huge popular success with sales reaching 40,000 by the final p ..

Kniha Picture of Dorian Gray autora Oscar Wilde vydaná v nakladatelství HarperCollins Publishers v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 272, ISBN-13: 9780008465414, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

In „The Picture of Dorian Gray,“ Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Also included in the volume are three of the Irish master storyteller's short works: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Happy Prince The Birthbday of the Infanta

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, John Bunyan's masterful religious allegory, narrates the journey of an everyman hero, Christian, as he attempts to navigate the trials a ..

Including some of Oscar Wilde's most well-known and infamous plays, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, this collection of the infamous writer's works displays his brilliant, quick w ..