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• Rok vydání 2019

“In his blue gardens, men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”\r\nIt’s…

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David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the…

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Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic,…

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An uncanny thriller from the acclaimed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMedical school students Fettes…

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Martin Eden is a semi-autobiographical tale from Jack London, following Martin Eden a destitute sailor with dreams of rising…

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• Rok vydání 1881

Tom Canty is poor boy who has always dreamed of a better life. One day he meets the Prince of Wales, Edward Tudor. In his…

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• Rok vydání 2022

When a family catastrophe strikes, Lucy Snowe leaves England to teach English in a small Belgian town. Immediately after…

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What would you get if you take Lewis Carroll's fairy-tale imagination and filter it through Edgar Allan Poe's terror-ridden…

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"Inferno" tells the story "of those who have rejected spiritual values", of those who are lost and are unable to find the…

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Set in London in 1594, 'Tarquin of Cheapside' is a cross between a whodunnit and a whodunwhat. We find Wessel Caxter reading…

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Basil Elton is a lighthouse keeper who has followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps – all of them have taken…

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Classic short story. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist,…

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Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes very important to Dudley –…

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"Please, speak softly, we might be overheard,"Two college friends run into each other in Paris and one tells the other of a…

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'Waverley' is among Walter Scott's first novels and one of the original Western historical novels. The sprawling story takes…

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Don is an experienced and esteemed Operator. His two Workers know how to satisfy his every need. But when a new Worker turns…

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The Partners’ duty is live together and raise the Belgrame children, Paidis, under the watchful eye of LeXuS. But when Ild…

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Sex, suicide, sensuality, affairs and a woman realising that life must hold much more than just being a wife and a mother.…

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You might be familiar with modern-day tragedies such as "The Atonement" by Ian McEwan, "Lord of the Flies" by William…

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Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–-a comic masterpiece that catapulted its…

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This is the historical play on King Richard's life and how he died, tracing his fall from power. As a young man, Richard…

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Having just endured the death of his son during the First World War, Delapore moves from the US to his ancestral property,…

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'Memoirs of a Madman' is a fascinating short following Poprishchin, a minor civil servant, as he descends into insanity.…

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Inspired by Poe's own tragic life, the short story clearly presages Freud's method of psychoanalysis. In a very…

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Kalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But while they are preparing…

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You can't move. You can hardly breathe. Your mind is the only escape you have. That's what Daniel Stranding discovers in San…

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'Lord Arthur Saville's Crime' is a darkly comic short story by Oscar Wilde. The story follows Lord Arthur, who is informed…

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A confession to a Catholic Priest leads to a terrifying judgement that Rudolph Miller had not foreseen.Originally intended…

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Unless you are rich, being charming is useless. Romance is a privilege of the wealthy, not a profession for the unemployed.…

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Suspicious King Leontes of Sicily accuses his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes,…

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Nikolai Gogol\'s novel Dead Souls is one of the best-known pieces of 19th-century Russian literature. Chichikov is a…

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Meet Antonio, an antisemitic merchant who treats his own flesh as property to secure a loan. Throughout the play, tangible…

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In this brilliant play by William Shakespeare, meet Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna. Setting out for a diplomatic mission, he…

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Literature loves a strong, protective mother. Whilst Molly Weasley, Catelyn Stark and Miss Honey might have had their own…

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Ivan Ilyich, a worldly high court judge, whose life is complete with all of the trappings of success — respectable family,…

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Joe Bronson a young, adventurous boy more interested in exploring than school is threatened with military school by his…

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• Rok vydání 1851

'Walking' (1851) is an essay by American naturalist, poet, essayist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, best known for his…

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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic revenge story where an insulted man, Montresor, exacts his vengeance upon the drunk…

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When a writer named Carter meets his friend Manton in a cemetery, they are about to discuss prose writing and horror. Is…

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He talks to bottles, collects strange stones and only "few know his real name". If the title of the short story is not…

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A salutary tale, 'The Baby Party' focuses on John and Edith Andros. John is at odds with himself over his attitude towards…

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Written by famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald, this short story relates the rocky relationship of married New York couple…

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With his sense of humor and ability to observe, Nikolai Gogol presents the world with stories of little the weak and fragile…

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Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Scheherazade had not ceased with her tales and told the king another…

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Charles Stuart just wanted to sit quietly in the audience and watch the play, but Mrs Robinson and her two friends in the…

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Originally published under a pseudonym, this tale set in Victorian Britain follows the journey of the simple and sweet…

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Dalyrimple is rich and arrogant and believes he stands above the standards of life itself. He can't find his place in…

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From the \"father of science fiction\", H.G. Wells, comes a tale of a near-death experience. In H.G. Wells\' short story…