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Serie: Penguin clothbound classics
paperbackEngels9780141198415
3-11-2011
2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most important novelists, Charles Dickens. This title includes six of his works. Meer
gebondenEngels400 blz.9780141199573
25-9-2024
When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Meer
gebondenEngels1056 blz.9780241347768
23-8-2024
The canonical Spanish classic, now in a beautiful hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. Meer
gebondenEngels448 blz.9780141394626
1-10-2024
Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as Bagheera, the graceful black panther, and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes. Meer
gebondenEngels336 blz.9780241638439
23-8-2024
Vladimir Nabakov's shocking masterpiece, now in a beautifully designed clothbound edition
'Lolita is comedy, subversive yet divine' Martin Amis
Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Meer
gebondenEngels560 blz.9780141394657
17-9-2024
Centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. This book presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. Meer
gebondenEngels512 blz.9780140433340
23-8-2024
Features Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense. This edition includes all of Austen's juvenilia, including her 'History of England', and the novella 'Lady Susan', in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society. Meer
gebondenEngels288 blz.9780141393407
24-9-2024
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. Meer
gebondenEngels128 blz.9780141394688
24-9-2024
When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Meer
gebondenEngels480 blz.9780141393384
23-8-2024
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Meer
gebondenEngels864 blz.9780141199610
26-8-2024
Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Meer
gebondenEngels608 blz.9780141192499
23-8-2024
Tells the story of an orphan named Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves. Meer
gebondenEngels720 blz.9780241347683
7-3-2025
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, commits a random murder, imagining himself to be a great man far above moral law. But as he embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with police, his conscience begins to torment him and he seeks sympathy and redemption from Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute. Meer