The plays in this volume, each written a decade apart, demonstrate different sides of Henrik Ibsen& genius, but all deal with themes of alienation from society and the breaking down of convention. A Doll?s House (1879) portrays a woman questioning he...
This epic tale of heroism is considered the most important Old English poem. Though it's composition was completed in England in the eighth century, ,,Beowulf" is set in the heroic societes of fifth-century Scandinavia. Against a background of feuding and feasting, the hero Beowulf battles to the
Tamsin and her best friend Michelle have been inseparable since they were teenagers. Even now they spend all their time together, along with Patrick, Michelle's handsome husband. So when Tamsin hears a rumour that Patrick is having an affair, she is furious. Unwilling to ignore it, Tamsin plots a
Benjamin Lebert introduces himself on the first day at his new school: Hi, I m Benjamin Lebert, I m 16 and a cripple. Just so you know... He is paralysed down his left side, but nevertheless lives his life to the full as a rebellious schoolboy, smoking, drinking, running away, meeting girls and
Being eaten alive by vermin and roasting under a tropical sun, Narciso Rich wondered what had induced him to agree to leave the comfortable law courts of Arragon for the rigours of Columbus's voyage to the Indies. It had been King Ferdinand's wish, after the second disastrous expedition in search
„The Diverting History of John Gilpin” to ballada komiczna Williama Cowpera napisana w 1782 roku. Ballada opowiada o sukienniku nazwiskiem John Gilpin, który jeździł na koniu jeździeckim. Cowper usłyszał tę historię od Lady Anny Austen w czasie kiedy przechodził ciężką depresję. Opowieść ucieszyła
Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love is one of the funniest, sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written. 'Obsessed with sex!' said Jassy, 'there's nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I'm a pygmalionist.' In the end we got more information out
A historical story of love and survival at the time of the American Civil War from international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse One good deed takes her into another world . . . Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a
The tables have turned. Now I have the power—and it’s his turn to beg… Everyone wants to be me. Maybe it’s the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don’t care. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can’t stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones,
