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Covering the first half of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro''s career, these are some of the best, most touching and powerful short stories ever written.‘Munro can pack more into one of her stories - more subtlety, more grace, more tender twists of the human heart - than many novelists do’ IndependentThis first-ever selection of Alice Munro''s stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the façade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.This volume brings together the best of Munro''s stories, from 1968 through to 1994. The second selected volume of her stories, 1995-2009 is also published by Vintage Classics.‘Few writers capture the moral ambiguities, murkiness, messiness - and joy - of relationships with as much empathy and grace as Munro’ GuardianWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

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Covering the first half of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro''s career, these are some of the best, most touching and powerful short stories ever written.‘Munro can pack more into one of her stories - more subtlety, more grace, more tender twists of the human heart - than many novelists do’ IndependentThis first-ever selection of Alice Munro''s stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the façade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.This volume brings together the best of Munro''s stories, from 1968 through to 1994. The second selected volume of her stories, 1995-2009 is also published by Vintage Classics.‘Few writers capture the moral ambiguities, murkiness, messiness - and joy - of relationships with as much empathy and grace as Munro’ GuardianWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 200

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Covering the second half of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro''s career, these are some of the best, most touching and powerful short stories ever written.''Munro is still one of our most fearless explorers of the human being'' The TimesSpanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of Alice Munro''s stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight.Beautifully observed and remarkably crafted, written with emotion and empathy, these stories are nothing short of perfection. A masterclass in the genre, from an author who deservedly lays claim to being one of the major fiction writers of our time.Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 200

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Osm nových povídek přední kanadské prozaičky se důvěrně známým, a přece pokaždé fascinujícím způsobem věnuje především tématu lásky a vášně a s nimi spojených radostných i tragických životních zvratů. Mladé protagonistce titulní prózy, toužící opustit panovačného manžela, ale nakonec neschopné učinit osudový životní krok, nezkušené venkovské dívce vstupující do světa dospělých a zasažené poznáním mezí milostného citu i dalším autorčiným hrdinkám je souzeno zakusit nejen sílu milenecké či rodičovské lásky, ale také bolest, jakou její důsledky dokážou způsobit jejich blízkým i jim samotným. Tak jako v předchozích dvou knihách, i v nové sbírce nepřestává Munroová uchvacovat schopností citlivě vylíčit složitý vnitřní svět svých hrdinek a jejich příběhy, jež svou živostí tolik připomínají naše vlastní osudy.

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Každá povídka Alice Munroové je jako rozlehlé sídlo s mnoha místnostmi. A každý pokoj tohoto sídla je dokonale zařízený nábytkem a prodchnutý osobností tamních obyvatel. Je tu žena, která se po milování pohádá se svým milencem, a najednou se ocitá na hraně okamžiku, který pro vztah může znamenat absolutní konec, anebo jen začátek další etapy. Je tu dívka, která kvůli nehezké tváři a postavě platí chlapcům, aby se s ní vyspali, což se rychle obrátí proti ní, když ji začnou vydírat. Je tu vdova, která přijíždí na skotskou vrchovinu, a zjišťuje, že její manžel byl možná někým docela jiným, než si celý život myslela. Možná. To slovo je v tvorbě držitelky Nobelovy ceny Alice Munroové podstatné, její příběhy nejsou jednoznačné. Jsou plné náznaků, nedořečených věcí a tutlaných tajemství. Náhody, nečekaná setkání i všední události se v jejím nesentimentálním podání proměňují v tajemné komnaty lidských osudů.

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"Asi Vás překvapí, že Vám píše člověk, jehož neznáte a který si nepamatuje Vaše jméno," čte začátkem roku 1917 v dopisu, který má zásadně změnit její osamělý život, mladá knihovnice z ontarijského Carstairs. Náhlému zvratu, ohrožení nebo nutnosti přijmout novou životní roli čelí i další hrdinky nové knihy Alice Munroové. Příběhy lásky, kterou hledají, ztrácejí nebo znovu nalézají, či konfliktů spojených s temnějšími stránkami sexuality a mezilidských vztahů vůbec rozehrává autorka v nedávné i vzdálenější minulosti v důvěrně známém prostředí kanadského maloměsta, ale také méně obvyklých lokalitách Austrálie či Balkánu. Vliv náhody, nečekaného setkání, překvapivého odhalení nebo jen obyčejného plynutí času je v jejím mistrném podání proměňuje v dramata, ve kterých se všední životní události slévají v lidský osud uchvacující svou bohatostí, živostí a tajemností.

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**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE****WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.‘She is so damn good’ Anne Enright‘Deep and surprising and unsparing’ Guardian

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''Superb'' Independent''Exact and unflinching'' GuardianCatching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she''s impatient for more.More than she can find in the encyclopaedias sold by her mother, or in the half-understood innuendos dispensed by best friend Naomi, or in the whispers of boys during Friday night dances.Just like the girls in the movies, she wants to get started on real life.In her only novel, Alice Munro turns her eye to the frustrations, embarrassments, glee and bewilderment of adolescence, and to the brushes with sex, death, violence and birth that shape the lives of girls and women.''In Munro''s work, nothing can be predicted. Emotions erupt. Preconceptions crumble. Surprises proliferate'' Margaret Atwoo

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid' Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. But Rose was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married Patrick. She was his Beggar Maid, 'meek and voluptuous, with her shy white feet', and he was her knight, content to sit and adore her. Alice Munro's wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel, following Rose's life as she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the world.

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Discover Alice Munro’s first mesmerising and atmospheric short story collection.‘A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity... A major talent is at work here’ Los Angeles TimesAlice Munro''s territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario.In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. And in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary men and women, she makes us aware of the universal nature of their fears, sorrows, and aspirations.Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 200

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In this collection, Alice Munro captures the lives of ordinary women; their passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface.‘One of the finest short-story writers of our time...absorbing and brilliant’ ObserverMunro explores women who are unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy, and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. The love of a good woman is not as pure and virtuous as it seems: as in her title story it can be needy and murderous.Here are women behaving badly, leaving husbands and children, running off with unsuitable lovers, pushing everyday life to the limits, and if they don''t behave badly, they think surprising and disturbing thoughts.Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

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''Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell slowly: they are made to last'' GuardianWhen her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge.Joyce Carol Oates has described Alice Munro''s work as ''tales of domestic tragicomedy that seemed to open up, as if by magic, into wider, deeper, vaster dimensions.'' Queenie is Munro at her subtle, heart-breaking best.''One of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time'' New York Times Book Review

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A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga.This volume includes nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl's window... After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing faces appear in the sky, some even featuring your own face... An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending... An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delectation of horror fans.An exciting addition to VIZ's Junji Ito library, containing Ito's best short stories as selected by the author himself.

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Nikolai Gogol''s short fiction, collected here as The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector and Selected Stories, deeply influenced later Russian literature with powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Ronald Wilks, and an introduction by Robert A. Maguire.This volume includes a selection of Gogol''s most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A hilarious and biting political satire, ''The Government Inspector'' has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play ever written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include ''Diary of a Madman'', an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; ''Nevsky Prospect'', a depiction of an artist infatuated with a prostitute; and ''The Overcoat'', a moving consideration of poverty.Edited and translated by Ronald Wilks, this new collection of Gogol''s shorter writings skilfully captures the savage wit of the original works. Robert Maguire''s introduction considers recurrent themes and explores Gogol''s influence on realism. This edition also includes detailed notes, a publishing history for each story and a chronology.Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite short story collection.**WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN FRANZEN**Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro''s writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before.‘The way to do it justice is to read it. Read Munro!’ Jonathan Franzen‘These stories are breathtaking - they leave you winded with their toughness and brilliance’ GuardianWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

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These dazzling and utterly satisfying stories explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental, and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk.‘Complete, complex, and brilliantly structured’ Daily TelegraphIn fact, Munro''s characters pulse with idiosyncratic life. Under the polished surface of these unsentimental dispatches from the small-town and rural front lies a strong undertow of violence and sexuality, repressed until something snaps, with extraordinary force in some of the stories, sadly and strangely in others.Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

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Open Secrets consists of eight luminous and poetic stories, each one as rich as a novel.''A superb collection... Marriage, gambles, disappearances, motiveless vandalism - it is the stuff of unremarkable lives, conveyed in a remarkable fashion'' Independent Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present, and from Canada to Brisbane, the Balkans and the Somme, these dazzling stories reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be contained.Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

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''I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of.'' Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf was not the only writer to admire Mansfield''s work: Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, and Elizabeth Bowen all praised her stories, and her early death at the age of thirty-four cut short one of the finest short-story writers in the English language.This selection covers the full range of Mansfield''s fiction, from her early satirical stories to the subtly nuanced comedy of ''The Daughters of the Late Colonel'' and the macabre and ominous ''A Married Man''s Story''. The stories that pay what Mansfield calls ''a debt of love'' to New Zealand are as sharply etched as the European stories, and she recreates her childhood world with mordant insight. Disruption is a constant theme, whether the tone is comic, tragic, nostalgic, or domestic, echoing Mansfield''s disrupted life and the fractured expressions of Modernism.This new edition increases the selection from 27 to 33 stories and prints them in the order in which they first appeared, in the definitive texts established by Anthony Alpers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Although he is best known for his exquisite novels, E.M. Forster also wrote remarkable short stories. He referred to his stories as ‘fantasies’ and his attraction to myth and magic is apparent in many of them. Like his novels, the stories – whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, and other places Forster visited, or in England itself – contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. Rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds, the stories often feature violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings that throw the characters’ perceptions and beliefs off balance. This volume includes all twelve stories published during Forster’s lifetime.

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A new selection of the much-loved Father Brown stories, now part of the Penguin English Library''No man''s really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be''With his round, unassuming face, his pipe and umbrella, the bumbling priest Father Brown makes for an improbable detective. Yet his innocent air hides a piercing understanding of the criminal mind, and a boundless knowledge of human nature. This selection brings together some of the best of G. K. Chesterton’s beloved stories, in which we see the clerical sleuth foiling a jewel thief in London, solving a macabre mystery in a Scottish castle and unravelling dark deeds in a sleepy English suburb. With a beautiful new cover design by award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith and presented in the delightful Penguin English Library series, this new selection brings together the very best of the Father Brown stories, inviting new readers to discover one of the most unforgettable characters in literature.

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''Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science''For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange, almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination. They are intimately associated with late Victorian and Edwardian society, yet curiously timeless in their appeal. The characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, together with their housekeeper Mrs Hudson and their address at 221B Baker Street are as familiar today as when they made their first appearance in the late 1880s. The stories have been endlessly interpreted, adapted, and modernized, but still it is to Arthur Conan Doyle''s originals that we return. This new selection of some of the best of them is designed to give readers a full sense of their world: the brooding fog of London, ruined heirs in creaking mansions, and hidden crimes in the farthest-flung corners of the British Empire. The stories take Holmes''s career from its early days to its close, and include the book-length Sign of the Four. Barry McCrea''s introduction investigates the currents that lie beneath their surface.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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This is the first paperback edition to bring out in one volume Kate Chopin''s extraordinary novel The Awakening (1899), along with the complete text of her two collections of short stories, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), and twelve uncollected tales.The Awakening is a strikingly modern, evocative story of self-discovery and female emancipation, set in the sensuous environment of Southern Louisiana, where the young Edna Pontellier reclaims her own individuality, refusing to be defined by her roles of wife and mother.Chopin''s stories are brilliantly observed, compassionate and often humorous, alert to the foibles, weaknesses and small triumphs of her characters. Overshadowed by the relatively recent fame of The Awakening, they contain some of the best work of this remarkably original author.

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With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University.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 reader''s imagination.This collection contains some of the most important of his earliest and shortest comic sketches, as well as examples of his great, mature works. Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays compassion for human suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects of the human condition.Chekhov sees and depicts life with unwavering honesty and truthfulness, although a clear moral sense can be detected beneath his apparent objectivity.

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Rudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. This new selection brings together the best of his short writings, following the development of his work over fifty years. They take us from the harsh, cruel, vividly realized world of the ''Indian'' stories that made his name, through the experimental modernism of his middle period to the highly-wrought subtleties of his later pieces. Including the tale of insanity and empire, ''The Man Who Would Be King'', the high-spirited ''The Village that Voted the Earth Was Flat'', the fable of childhood cruelty and revenge ''Baa Baa, Black Sheep'', the menacing psychological study ''Mary Postgate'' and the ambiguous portrayal of grief and mourning in ''The Gardener'', here are stories of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness and murder.

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Eighty stories that display O. Henry''s comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life''s realities. These stories about con men and tricksters and ''innocent'' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, they demonstrate O. Henry''s mastery of speech and place, and highlight his appreciation of life''s quirks.

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''Bowen''s stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them'' VogueSELECTED AND WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TESSA HADLEYA girl shares her secret den. A couple stroll through a ruined city. A man walks into a ladies'' hat shop. A teacher dreams of killing her pupil.Spanning the 1920s to the post-war years, this new selection brings Elizabeth Bowen''s finest short stories together for the first time. Elegant and subtle, they showcase Bowen''s ability to evoke ineffable emotions - grief, nostalgia, self-consciousness, dread - and combine remarkable psychological insight with vivid settings, from the countryside of Bowen''s native Ireland to the streets of her London home after the Blitz.Encompassing characters from many walks of life and a vast array of moods, these are intricate journeys of domesticity and discovery, of the homely and uncanny, of the mind and body.

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Anton Chekhov''s short stories were some of the most influential in modern literature. Relying on subtlety and clever characterisation rather than explicit action, his sketches of Russian life bring out comedy, tragedy and all aspects of human nature. This collection features some of Chekhov''s most celebrated stories, including ''Vanka'', ''The Lady with a Dog'' and ''Sleepy''.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

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Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics."I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more."This selection of works showcases the best-known, most chilling stories of H. P. Lovecraft, including Dagon, The Call of Cthulhu, The Thing on the Doorstep and Herbert West – Reanimator. They feature such deadly horrors as terrifying sea-creatures, menaces from outer space, evil-worshipping cults and unexpected murder by familiar hands. There is no place so frightful that Lovecraft did not venture there, and these tales will leave the imagination reeling, yet dare you to turn the page…

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Longlisted for the 2025 International Booker PrizeIn the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.

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With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.This selection of a hundred of O. Henry’s succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer.Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas.These stories are famed for their ''trick endings'' or ''twists in the tail'': repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry''s cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso’s command of language and allusion.This great collection offers delights for the mind, imagination and emotions.

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From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This collection gathers together the best of her Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including ''Pale Horse, Pale Rider'', where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiancé on his way to war, and ''Noon Wine'', a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. In all of the compelling stories collected here, harsh and tragic truths are expressed in prose both brilliant and precise.

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VINTAGE CLASSICS'' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' and ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.

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With his diamond-sharp prose and artfully handled intrigue, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented hard-boiled crime fiction. This omnibus edition includes four linked stories - ''The House in Turk Street'', ''The Girl with the Silver Eyes'', ''The Big Knockover'' and ''$106,000 Blood Money - featuring the Continental Op, Hammett''s anonymous tough-guy detective. In The Dain Curse, the Op takes on a wealthy young woman who appears to be the victim of a deadly family curse. And in The Glass Key - Hammett''s own favourite among his works - we encounter his most cynical, morally ambiguous hero and a hard-boiled version of a love triangle. In the works collected here, we can observe the process by which Hammett both stripped crime fiction down to its most subtle and searing essentials and elevated it to high literature.

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Five tales of social satire from a forgotten sensation of nineteenth-century Russian literature In 1830s and '40s Russia, A. F. Veltman's eccentric writings were a fixture on the bookshelves of the reading public. In his era, his work influenced writers including Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoevsky. The five stories collected here, united by themes of social satire, display Veltman's characteristic pivots between the tragic, comic, and grotesque. 'Erotida' riffs on the genre of the society tale with linguistic puns and a bizarre plot resolution. In 'Roland the Furious,' provincial officials mistake a traveler for a high-ranking government. 'Travel Impressions, and, among Other Things, a Pot of Geraniums' plays on the travelogue genre and includes what may be the first description in Russian literature of journey by railroad. “ A Traveler from the Provinces or, A Commotion in the Capital” parodies the Moscow literary salons of Veltman's day. Finally, 'It's Not a House, but a Plaything!' toys with yet another storytelling convention of the time - the Russian folkloric tradition of 'house spirits.'

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Lewis Carroll's beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima-designed with stunning full color artwork and several interactive features.Originally published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's exquisite Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass have remained revered classics for generations. The story of Alice, an inquisitive heroine who falls through a rabbit hole and into a whimsical world, has captured the hearts of readers of all ages. Perhaps the most popular female character in English literature, Alice is accompanied on her journey of trials and tribulations by the frantic White Rabbit, the demented and terrifying Queen of Hearts, the intriguing Mad Hatter, and many other eccentric characters.Lewis Carroll's beloved companion stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are reinvented on one volume by the talented design firm MinaLima, whose fey drawings of some of Western literature's most famous characters will delight and enthrall, In addition, they have created interactive features exclusive to this edition, including:Alice with extendable legs and armsThe rabbit's house which opens to reveal a giant AliceThe Cheshire cat with a pull tab that removes the cat and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Go down the rabbit hole with Alice in this brand-new edition of Lewis Carroll''s classic stories, Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Produced in association with the UK''s National Gallery, this handsome new hardback edition''s dustjacket features artwork from the gallery''s collection and includes expert notes on the art. The image is A Girl with a Kitten, probably by Jean-Baptiste Perroneau – an idealised portrait of a young girl with her pet which evokes Alice and her cat Dinah.Featuring the full original text of both Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, this striking edition is the ideal gift for anyone who loves the characters, wit and sublime silliness of Alice''s adventures.This volume is part of the new Masterpiece Classics series from Welbeck, which includes The Jungle Books.

Objev podobné jako Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

Balkónový set Alice tvoří čtvercový stůl a židle z tropického dřeva akácie odolného vůči povětrnostním podmínkám. Všechny komponenty jsou snadno skladovatelné díky rozkládací konstrukci. Židle jsou vybaveny pojistkou proti samovolnému složení pro zvýšenou bezpečnost.

• Snadno skladovatelný díky rozkládací konstrukci
• Odolné tropické dřevo akácie odolává povětrnostním vlivům
• Bezpečnostní pojistka na židlích zabraňuje samovolnému složení
• Minimalistický design s praktickým čtvercovým stolem

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Ward No. 6 and Other Stories 1892-1895 collects stories which show Anton Chekhov beginning to confront complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions in his short fiction. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Ronald Wilks, and an introduction by J. Douglas Clayton.These stories from the middle period of Chekhov''s career include - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor - ''Ward No. 6'', a savage indictment of the medical profession set in a mental hospital; ''The Black Monk'', portraying an academic who has strange hallucinations, explores ideas of genius and insanity; ''Murder'', in which religious fervour leads to violence; while in ''The Student'', Chekhov''s favourite story, a young man recounts a tale from the gospels and undergoes a spiritual epiphany. In all the stories collected here, Chekhov''s characters face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence.This is the second in three chronological volumes of Chekhov''s short stories in Penguin Classics. Ronald Wilks''s lucid translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the increasingly experimental style of Chekhov''s writing during this time. This edition also contains an annotated bibliography, chronology and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 - Chekhov Anton

Greatest Horror Stories from Around the World is a spine-chilling anthology featuring classic tales of terror from literary giants like Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Guy de Maupassant, and more. From psychological suspense to supernatural horror, this collection delves into the darkest corners of human fear, making it a must-have for horror enthusiasts and anyone eager to explore the genre's timeless and diverse traditions. Tales that will linger long after the last page is turned! - Offers a taste of the world's best horror literature. - The stories explore universal fears that resonate across cultures and time periods. - Includes a variety of short stories like The Horror of the Heights, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cats of Ulthar, and more. - Carefully selected stories that represent different periods, regions and styles. - The stories explore deep psychological and existential themes that provoke thought and introspection.

Objev podobné jako Greatest Horror Stories from Around the World (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) - kolektiv autorů

Archivační krabice Leitz WOW Click & Store CD je vyrobena z pevného kartonu s laminovaným povrchem a kovovými rohy. Skládací konstrukce a možnost uložení do víka šetří místo. Pojme 30 standardních CD obalů, 60 úzkých obalů nebo 160 CD v papírových obálkách.

• Skládací konstrukce pro úsporu místa při skladování
• Kovové rohy a laminovaný povrch zvyšují odolnost
• Pojme až 30 standardních CD obalů
• Samostatné víko umožňuje snadný přístup

Objev podobné jako LEITZ WOW Click & Store CD 14.3 x 13.6 x 35.2 cm, ledově modrá (60410051)

Dárkový set STOR Harry Potter obsahuje keramickou misku na ramen o objemu 530 ml a jídelní hůlky. Miska není vhodná do myčky ani mikrovlnné trouby. Set je určen pro děti od 6 let a nabízí stylové stolování v duchu světa Harryho Pottera.

• Autentický Harry Potter design pro fanoušky
• Praktický set misky a jídelních hůlek v jednom
• Vhodné pro děti od 6 let
• Objem 530 ml ideální pro polévky a nudle

Objev podobné jako STOR Harry Potter ramen miska a hůlky, dárkový set

Skleněná láhev Stor S.L. s motivem Deadpool má objem 1030 ml a je určena dětem od 6 let. Uzávěr zajišťuje ochranu proti rozlití nápoje. Produkt je dodáván v dárkovém balení.

• Objem 1030 ml pro celodenní pitný režim
• Bezpečný uzávěr proti rozlití
• Atraktivní motiv Deadpool pro děti
• Dárkové balení vhodné k okamžitému darování

Objev podobné jako Stor S.L. Skleněná láhev 1030 ml, Deadpool

Hudební CD - Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop Rock 'n' Roll / Go Man Go / Our Love Will Change The World / Social Debris / $1000 High Heel Shoes / Hail Mary / Detroit City 2021 / Drunk And In Love / Independence Dave / I Hate You / Wonderful World / Sister Anne / Hanging On By A Thread (Don't Give Up) / Shut Up And Rock / East Side Story

Objev podobné jako Cooper Alice: Detroit Stories / Digipack - CD (4029759139447)

LP vinyl - Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Rok vydání : 2021 Barva LP : černé Seznam stop Rock 'n' Roll / Go Man Go / Our Love Will Change The World / Social Debris / $1000 High Heel Shoes / Hail Mary / Detroit City 2021 / Drunk And In Love / Independence Dave / I Hate You / Wonderful World / Sister Anne / Hanging On By A Thread (Don't Give Up) / Shut Up And Rock / East Side Story

Objev podobné jako Cooper Alice: Detroit Stories (2x LP) - LP (4029759154006)

Hudební CD - Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Detroit Stories je 21. sólové album Alice Coopera. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop Rock 'n' Roll / Go Man Go / Our Love Will Change The World / Social Debris / $1000 High Heel Shoes / Hail Mary / Detroit City 2021 / Drunk And In Love / Independence Dave / I Hate You / Wonderful World / Sister Anne / Hanging On By A Thread (Don't Give Up) / Shut Up And Rock / East Side Story

Objev podobné jako Cooper Alice: Detroit Stories - CD (4029759156970)

With an Introduction and Notes by Professor Emeritus John Chapple, University of Hull.The sheer variety and accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell''s shorter fiction is amazing. This new volume contains six of her finest stories that have been selected specifically to demonstrate this, and to trace the development of her art. As diverse in setting as in subject matter, these tales move from the gentle comedy of life in a small English country town in Dr Harrison''s Confessions, to atmospheric horror in far north-west Wales with The Doom of the Griffiths.The story of Cousin Phillis, her masterly tale of love and loss, is a subtle, complex and perceptive analysis of changes in English national life during an industrial age, while the gripping Lois the Witch recreates the terrors of the Salem witchcraft trials in seventeenth-century New England, as Gaskell shrewdly shows the numerous roots of this furious outbreak of delusion. Whimsically modified fairy tales are set in a French chateau, while an engaging love story poetically evokes peasant life in wine-growing Germany.

Objev podobné jako Cranford & Selected Short Stories - Elizabeth Gaskellová

Witty, whimsical, and often nonsensical, the fiction of Lewis Carroll has been popular with both children and adults for over 150 years. The newest edition to the Leatherbound Classics series from Canterbury Classics, Lewis Carroll takes readers on a trip down the rabbit hole in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, where height is dynamic, animals talk, and the best solutions to drying off are a dry lecture on William the Conqueror and a Caucus Race in which everyone runs in circles and there is no clear winner. Through the Looking Glass begins the adventure anew when Alice steps through a mirror into another magical world where she can instantly be made queen if she can only get to the other side of the colossal chessboard. Fans of Carroll will also delight in the inclusion of Alice's Adventures Underground, the original unpublished manuscript written for the three daughters of a family friend that would later be transformed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Complete with the original drawings by John Tenniel, this luxurious leather-bound edition is a steal for new readers and Carroll fans alike. Lexile score: 940L

Objev podobné jako Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories - Lewis Carroll

"Chekhov''s stories are as wonderful (and necessary) now as when they first appeared. [...] stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish" - Raymond CarverThis elegant pocket edition brings together 25 celebrated short stories by Anton Chekhov, featuring silver cover embossing and gilded page-edges.Chekhov''s short stories were some of the most influential in modern literature. Relying on subtlety and clever characterization rather than explicit action, his sketches of Russian life bring out comedy, tragedy and all aspects of human nature. This beautiful collection features some of Chekhov''s most celebrated stories, including ''Vanka'', ''The Lady with a Dog'' and ''Gooseberries'', using the classic translation by Constance Garnett.This beautiful gift edition is presented with gilded page edges, foil cover embossing and patterned endpapers, making a wonderful collectible edition for any lover of classic literature.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautiful pocket editions of iconic literary works from across history. Presented with striking foil cover embossing, gilded page edges, and deluxe ivory paper, these editions make the perfect gift for lovers of classic literature.

Objev podobné jako Anton Chekov's Selected Short Stories - Chekhov Anton

Alice Meynell was a major British author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is the first anthology of her verse and prose to be published for over seventy-five years.

Objev podobné jako Selected Poems and Essays - Alice Meynell