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111House of Hilton. From Conrad to Paris: A Drama of Wealth, Power, and Privilege , Jerry Oppenheimer (2007)
This intimate, shocking— and thoroughly unauthorized — portrait of the Hiltons chronicles the family’s amazing odyssey from poverty and obscurity to glory and glamour. From Conrad Hilton, the… 929 руб112As You Like It , William Shakespeare (1993)
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd. Its highly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men, a… 232 руб113Bleak House , Charles Dickens (1993)
Bleak House is one of Dickens'finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully… 222 руб114Don Quixote , Miguel de Cervantes (1992)
Cervantes'tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations… 222 руб115Irish Fairy Tales , Joseph Jacobs (2001)
The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as'Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel', and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as'How Cormac Mac Art went… 222 руб116Martin Chuzzlewit , Charles Dickens (1994)
Martin Chuzzlewit is Charles Dickens'comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into… 232 руб117Selected Short Stories , Joseph Conrad (1998)
This specially commissioned selection of Conrad's short stories includes favourites such as Youth, a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer, a thrilling psychological drama; An Outpost of… 219 руб118Selected Stories , Anton Chekhov (1996)
Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the… 222 руб119Tales from Shakespeare , Charles Lamb (1994)
The Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb were written to be an'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays… 212 руб120Tristram Shandy , Laurence Sterne (1996)
Laurence Sterne's "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" is a huge literary paradox, for it is both a novel and an anti-novel. As a comic novel replete with bawdy humour and generous… 222 руб
