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Story of a Nobody (Buch)
Anton Chekhov (Autor), Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Autor), Anton Tschechow (Autor)
Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, The Story of a Nobody bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juli 2011 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.90
Mansfield Park (Buch)
Jane Austen (Autor)
Born into a poor family, Fanny Price is raised amid the daunting splendour of Mansfield Park by her rich uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Treated as an inferior by most of the family, Fanny forms a close attachment to her cousin Edmund, the only person to show her kindness.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Februar 2009 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.50
Tragedy of the Korosko (Buch)
Arthur Conan Doyle (Autor), Arthur C. Doyle (Autor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Autor), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Autor)
Written towards the end of the Victorian era and permeated with a sense of fear and uncertainty, The Tragedy of the Korosko calls into question the moral authority of Europe's presence in the Arab peninsula and the cultural supremacy of British colonialism, all the while [...]
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: August 2011 / Lieferfrist: 3-5 Wochen
CHF 14.90
Poor People (Buch)
Fyodor Deostoevsky (Autor), Fyodor Dostoevsky (Autor), Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Autor), Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski (Autor), Fjodor M. Dostojewskij (Autor)
Introducing the first in a long line of undergroundA" characters, Poor People, Dostoevsky's first full-length work of fiction, is a poignant, tragi-comic tale which foreshadows the greatness of his later novels.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juli 2011 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.90
Hadji Murat (Buch)
Leo N. Tolstoi (Autor), Leo Tolstoy (Autor)
Tolstoy knew as he was writing Hadji Murat, his last work of fiction, that it would not be published in his lifetime, and so gave an uncompromising portrayal of the Russians' faults and the nature of the rebels' struggle. In the process, he shows a mastery of style and an [...]
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juli 2011 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.90
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Buch)
Leo N. Tolstoi (Autor), Leo Tolstoy (Autor), Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Autor)
'The Death of Ivan Ilyich - is usually regarded as an amazing narrative of the experience of dying, a search for the meaning of death. It is all that, and more: it's a great questioning of what is and what ought to be in a human life.' Nadine Gordimer
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juli 2011 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 16.50
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Buch)
Mark Twain (Autor)
One of the most popular and influential American novels, Mark Twain's masterpiece is at the same time a highly entertaining romp which celebrates youth and freedom and a more profound investigation of his times, touching on themes such as race, revenge and slavery.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: September 2011 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.50
Persuasion (Buch)
Jane Austen (Autor), Jane Austin (Autor)
Narrates the emotional journey of its protagonist Anne Elliot, who chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was persuaded to reject seven years earlier, and is made to reflect on her past decisions and contemplate her marital future.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: 15.01.2009 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 14.50
Oliver Twist (Buch)
Charles Dickens (Autor)
The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and [...]
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Oktober 2011 / Lieferfrist: 3-5 Wochen
CHF 15.50
The Beautiful and Damned (Buch)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (Autor), F.Scott Fitzgerald (Autor), Scott F. Fitzgerald (Autor)
Anthony Patch discovers that the excesses of his financially-secure world prevent him from finding married happiness.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Februar 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 13.50
This Side of Paradise (Buch)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (Autor), F.Scott Fitzgerald (Autor)
A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juni 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 13.50
Dubliners (Buch)
James Joyce (Autor)
James Joyce's first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for the understanding of the author's development as a writer and endures as a masterly example [...]
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Februar 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 13.90
Ulysses (Buch)
James Joyce (Autor)
A lively repository of literary allusion and colloquial realism, this dazzlingly innovative, ambitious novel is here presented in its 1939 version, which contains notable textual differences from the standard editions currently in print. Includes and introduction and over [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: März 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 27.50
To the Lighthouse (Buch)
Virginia Woolf (Autor)
Rich in symbolism, daring in style, elegiac in tone, and encapsulating Virginia Woolf's ideas on life, art and human relationships, To the Lighthouse is a landmark of twentieth-century literature and one of the high points of early modernism.
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Februar 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 13.50
The Idiot (Buch)
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Autor), Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Autor), Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski (Autor), Fjodor M. Dostojewskij (Autor), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Autor)
'Only beauty can save the world', proclaims Prince Myshkin. But in the brutally materialistic world of late nineteenth-century Petersburg, infested with greed and vulgarity, Prince Myshkin's naive beliefs can only be the subject of mockery and ultimately lead to failure and [...]
Englisch; Taschenbuch
Erschienen: Juni 2010 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Tage
CHF 19.50