Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to…

• Rok vydání 1976

Includes various stories. In, Math Son of Mathonwy two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in Manawydan…

A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts,…

Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological…

Between 1920 and 1934, the author lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen. This book depicts his time there, evoking…

Le Carré shows espionage at its best and worst in this novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics…

• Rok vydání 2022

In 1982, on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday beneath the stifling heat of the midday sun, three children start a game that ends…

Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires…

'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is…

Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the…

Haunting stories from the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'A masterpiece of reportage'…

• Rok vydání 2022

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading…

10-year-old Marsha is in turmoil following the collapse of her parents' marriage, and the brutal murder of a local boy. When…

• Rok vydání 1983

After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the…

• Rok vydání 1916

In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named…

Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, this novel tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by…

Describes a Maharajah's eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court.…

In the Bible, according to author: In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the…

Recalls the author's working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London. This book describes the overcrowded tenements…

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A practical guide to the charms of the Gallic people - from their daily routines to their peerless gesticulations, from…

• Rok vydání 2018

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In the long hot summer of 1976, a group of young people are camping in Wyvis Hall. Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie…

• Rok vydání 2006

Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in…

From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan…

A selection of Roger McGough's finest, best-loved verse. This book represents the complete span of McGough's writing, from…

The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with…

Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India and…

• Rok vydání 2022

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First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and…

Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features…

• Rok vydání 2022

• Rok vydání 1963

Presents tales such as King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.…

• Rok vydání 1809

Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by…

One of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of…

• Rok vydání 2007

A play written during Brecht's exile to the United States and set in pre-Communist China. It is a parable of a young woman…

Tells the story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth.…

Features four tragedies, all of which focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt…

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Presenting a collection of simple verses gathered in themes such as 'awareness', 'fools' and 'old age', this title features…

• Rok vydání 2009

Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel…

• Rok vydání 2003

An accessible prose translation that is accompanied by a general introduction and individual prefaces to each play.…

• Rok vydání 1984

\nRandall Woodfield was every college girl\'s dream - and nightmare. He cruised an 800-mile-long northwestern highway, the…

• Rok vydání 1993

Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated,…

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• Rok vydání 2000

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrence - also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - of his…