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The poems of Emily Jane Bronte are passionate and powerful works that convey the vitality of the human spirit and of the natural world. Only twenty-one of her poems were published during her lifetime - this volume contains those and all others attributed to her. Many poems describe the mythic country of Gondal and its citizens that she imagined with Anne, and remain the only surviving record of their joint creation. Other visionary works, including Remembrance and No coward soul is mine , boldly confront mortality and anticipate life after death. And poems such as Redbreast early in the morning and The blue bell is the sweetest flower evoke the wild beauties of nature she observed on the Yorkshire moors, while also examining the state of her psyche.

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The startling originality of Emily Dickinson s style condemned her poetry to obscurity during her lifetime, but her bold experiments in prosody, her tragic vision, and the range of her intellectual and emotional explorations have since won her international recognition as a poet of the highest order.The Complete Poems is the only one-volume edition containing all of Emily Dickinson s verse. In this landmark edition, the editor, Thomas H. Johnson, has presented the poems in their original contexts; and where alternate readings were suggested, he has chosen only those which the poet evidently preferred. His introduction includes a brief explanation of his selection of texts as well as an outline of Emily Dickinson s career.

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Famous for seminal poems such as â ˜Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Nightâ ™, â ˜And Death Shall Have No Dominionâ ™ and â ˜A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in Londonâ ™, Dylan Thomas was the author of a substantial body of poetry, which he began writing as a teenager and continued to expand until the end of his short and troubled life.This is the most complete edition ever published of Dylan Thomas s poetry. The texts are based on the first published editions of the poems or on manuscript notebook versions. All of his Swansea Grammar School poems are here reproduced, many of them reprinted for the first time since their original appearance in the student magazine. For a precocious genius such as Thomas, they are important as they show his early interest in the ludic aspect of language and his rapid development into a more serious poet. The book contains over a thousand notes, with textual variants.

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The complete Cavafy poems ⠓ including the unfinished works ⠓ in a stunning new translation.From the acclaimed author of ⠘The Lost⠙, a translation that scales new heights in modern poetic rendering. With a masterful eye for irony and an ear for the music of Cavafy⠙s form, Daniel Mendelsohn⠙s translation brings to English the poet who won acclaim from generations of writers, E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot among them.Spanning the fall of Homeric heroes to the rise of the modern world, Cavafy⠙s poetry collapses the spectra of time, geography and age into intimately personal elegies. Works such as Waiting for the Barbarians and ⠜Ithica⠝, famed for their revival of the ancient worlds, continue to address the modern reader in terms of timeless relevance. Here they are accompanied by Cavafy⠙s unfinished poems, translated into English for the first time. From a highly respected classicist and social essayist, Daniel Mendelsohn⠙s edition is uniquely placed to become the fresh, definitive edition of Cavafy in English.

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Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land, Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats and Murder in the Cathedral. Each year Eliot s presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble. Ted Hughes

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With an Introduction by Paul Wright. What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and the two versions of the uncompleted epic Hyperion , and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama and comic verse.It all demonstrates the extent to which he tested his own dictum throughout his short creative life. That life spanned one of the most remarkable periods in English history in the aftermath of the French Revolution and this collection, with its detailed introductions and notes, aims to place the poems very much in their context. The collection is ample proof that Keats deservedly achieved his wish to be among the English Poets after my death

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With an Introduction and Notes by David Ellis, University of Kent at Canterbury.Lawrence s reputation as a novelist has often meant that his achievements in poetry have failed to receive the recognition they deserve. This edition brings together, in a form he himself sanctioned, his Collected Poems of 1928, the unexpurgated version of Pansies, and Nettles, adding to these volumes the contents of the two notebooks in which he was still writing poetry when he died in 1930.It therefore allows the reader to trace the development of Lawrence as a poet and appreciate the remarkable originality and distinctiveness of his achievement. Not all the poems reprinted here are masterpieces but there is more than enough quality to confirm Lawrence s status as one of the greatest English writers of the twentieth century.

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One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of Coleridge s best-known poems, from the nightmarish vision of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the opium-inspired Kubla Khan to the sombre passion of Dejection: An Ode and the medieval ballad Christabel . His meditative conversation poems, such as Frost at Midnight and This Lime-Tree Bower Mr Prison , reflect on remembrance and solitude, while late works, such as Youth and Age and Constancy to an Ideal Object , are haunting meditations on mortality and lost love.

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From the artistic passion of the St Petersburg poets and bohemians, to the collective suffering of a nation, Anna Akhmatova spoke to, and for, the soul of her people. This magnificent edition includes: more than 800 poems, half of them available in no other translated edition: translator s preface: biographical introduction by Roberta Reeder: more than 125 photographs, including a 65 page photo biography, and The Artist s Muse images of Akhmatova in art: memoir by Isaiah Berlin: comprehensive notes to the poems: index of first lines: bibliography.

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With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stephen Matterson, Trinity College, Dublin.Walt Whitman s verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of the land and the emergence of a sometimes troubled consciousness, communicated in language and idiom regarded by many at the time as shocking.Whitman s poems are organic and free flowing, fit into no previously defined genre and skilfully combine autobiographical, sociological and religious themes with lyrical sensuality. His verse is a fitting celebration of a new breed of American and includes Song of Myself , Crossing Brooklyn Ferry , the celebratory Passage to India , and his fine elegy for the assassinated President Lincoln, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d .

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A graphic novel that presents the story of Heathcliff and Catherine.

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A graphic novel that presents the story of Heathcliff and Catherine.

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Robert Burns is more than Scotland s national poet. With Shakespeare, Burns is an icon for the UK and Scotland he is a national symbol. This volume of poems and songs is a best selling, beautiful edition of his work.

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This is the definitive centenary edition of the work of one of America s greatest poets, recognised today as a master of her art and acclaimed by poets and readers alike. Her poems display honesty and humour, grief and acceptance, observing nature and human nature with painstaking accuracy. They often start outwardly, with geography and landscape - from New England and Nova Scotia, where Bishop grew up, to Florida and Brazil, where she later lived - and move inexorably toward the interior, exploring questions of knowledge and perception, love and solitude, and the ability or inability of form to control chaos.This new edition, edited by Saskia Hamilton, includes Bishop s four published volumes (North South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel and Geography III), as well as uncollected poems, translations and an illuminating selection of unpublished manuscript poems, reproduced in facsimile, revealing exactly how finished, or unfinished, Bishop left them. It offers readers the opportunity to enjoy the complete poems of one of the most distinguished American poets of the twentieth century.

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All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages... A selection taken from Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Whitman s works available in Penguin Classics are Leaves of Grass and The Complete Poems.

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⠜Though Earth and moon were gone,And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone,Every Existence would exist in Thee.⠝From the transcendent beauty of nature observed on the Yorkshire moors to fierce and forceful confrontations of mortality, Emily Brontë⠙s poems are powerful and passionate works that eloquently elaborate upon her sister Charlotte⠙s description of her as a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove⠝.While only twenty-one of Emily Brontë⠙s poems were published in her lifetime, her poetic oeuvre is rich and varied, and not only includes visionary poems such as ⠘No Coward Soul Is Mine⠙ and ⠘Remembrance⠙, but also features the poems that describe the imagined realm of Gondal and its inhabitants, which she created with her sister Anne.

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Enjoy the classic The Night Before Christmas and selection of other wonderful winter poems in this elegant hardback collection, complete with gilded page edges and full-colour illustrations.This fantastically festive collection showcases Clement Clarke Moore s timeless Christmas poem along with Arthur Rackham s illustrations from the classic 1931 edition. Inside, you will also find various other heartwarming works such as Ralph Waldo Emerson s The Snow-Storm , Emily Dickinson s Before the Ice is in the Pools and William Shakespeare s Blow. Blow, thou winter wind .Accompanied by charmingly vintage illustrations throughout, this pocket-sized gift edition is, presented with a foil embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and gilded page edges. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, this book makes a wonderful gift for any lover of these classic Christmas poems.

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The Bronte sisters lives and works have become modern-day cultural touchstones.Emily Bronte, best known for her novel WUTHERING HEIGHTS, began writing poetry first and, before her untimely death, wrote some of the most touching and emotive poems which often reflected the landscape of her Yorkshire home.Charlotte Bronte, whose novel JANE EYRE has had numerous TV and film adaptations, took responsibility for finding a home for their work. In her own words, We had very early cherished the dream of one day becoming authors .Anne Bronte, author of AGNES GREY, often used autobiographical elements in her poems, giving us a hints of the struggles and turmoil of her life.These poems offer glimpses of the joys and sorrows of the Brontes and are a beautifully compelling introduction to their writing and lives.

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Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s finest poems. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing. She scarcely left home, nor did she have many visitors. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime, submitted without her permission by friends. It was only after her death in 1886 that the scope of her work as a poet came to light—over 1,700 poems were discovered in a dresser drawer by her sister, Lavinia. Emily Dickinson’s poems reflect her loneliness, as well as her love of nature, the influence of the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth century England, and her strong Puritan religious beliefs. Yet, it is her use of language, form, and the deceptive simplicity of her verse that categorize her as an important force in nineteenth century American letters and, along with Walt Whitman, a founder of a distinctly American voice in modern poetry. PRELUDE THIS is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,— That simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty. Her message is committed To hands I cannot see; For love of her, sweet countrymen, Judge tenderly of me! The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.

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The literary masterpieces of the three Brontë sisters in one volume: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.This handsome leather-bound edition includes the most acclaimed novels of each of the Brontë sisters: Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Originally published under male pseudonyms in the 1840s, these three novels later helped give rise to the feminist literary movement of the late nineteenth century, in which women’s perspectives became more accepted by the mainstream reading public. A scholarly introduction provides an overview of the sisters’ childhood in northern England, their literary influences, and their enduring legacy.

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Emily Bronteová - Na Větrné hůrce. Dramatizace klasického díla světové literatury. Silný příběh nešťastné lásky, pomsty a bolesti. Do věčnosti zkamenělá návrší, zrádné slatiny a rozsáhlá vřesoviště, stejně jako dva sobě nepodobné domy se v polovině 19. století staly kulisami slavného románu Emily Brontëové Na Větrné hůrce.Do věčnosti zkamenělá návrší, zrádné slatiny a rozsáhlá vřesoviště, stejně jako dva sobě nepodobné domy se v polovině 19. století staly kulisami slavného románu Emily Brontëové Na Větrné hůrce. Tragický příběh nenaplněné lásky a pomsty posluchače přenese do kopcovité oblasti v anglickém západním Yorkshiru. Právě tam totiž Emily Brontëovou uchvacovaly ony bouřlivé výšiny, jak zní také jeden z překladů anglického názvu románu. Krajina nedaleko Bradfordu svou svíravostí naznačuje, kudy se musejí odebírat životy dvou zpočátku nevinných dětí, které si chvíli na lásku snad jen hrají, aby jejím poryvům nakonec podlehly. Počasí na Větrné hůrce a nedaleké usedlosti Drozdově jako by určovalo záhubu, které podléhá nalezenec Heathcliff, zpupná Kateřina i její přítel a pozdější manžel Edgar Linton. Jiskra křivdy nakonec přeskočí i na potomky těchto zatracených.Zuzana Slavíková - vypravěč/Nelly Petr Vaněk - Heathcliff Tereza Richtrová - Kateřina Klára Klepáčková - Katka Milan Holenda - Edgar Lukáš Král - Hareton Jiří Suchý - Linton Vendula Fialová - Isabela Petr Kubes - Hindley Vladimír Krátký - Earnshaw Albert Pazdera - mladý Hindley Martin Skopalík - mladý Heathcliff Alžběta Anna Mankovecká - mladá Kateřina

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The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte s Jane Eyre and Emily s Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. This title unites these two favourites.

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... ever-present, phantom thing;My slave, my comrade, and my king Some of Emily Brontë s most extraordinary poemsIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Emily Brontë (1818-1848). Brontë s Wuthering Heights and The Complete Poems are available in Penguin Classics

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Audiokniha: Dramatizace klasického díla světové literatury. Silný příběh nešťastné lásky, pomsty a bolesti.Do věčnosti zkamenělá návrší, zrádné slatiny a rozsáhlá vřesoviště, stejně jako dva sobě nepodobné domy se v polovině 19. století staly kulisami slavného románu Emily Brontëové Na Větrné hůrce.Do věčnosti zkamenělá návrší, zrádné slatiny a rozsáhlá vřesoviště, stejně jako dva sobě nepodobné domy se v polovině 19. století staly kulisami slavného románu Emily Brontëové Na Větrné hůrce.Tragický příběh nenaplněné lásky a pomsty posluchače přenese do kopcovité oblasti v anglickém západním Yorkshiru. Právě tam totiž Emily Brontëovou uchvacovaly ony bouřlivé výšiny, jak zní také jeden z překladů anglického názvu románu. Krajina nedaleko Bradfordu svou svíravostí naznačuje, kudy se musejí odebírat životy dvou zpočátku nevinných dětí, které si chvíli na lásku snad jen hrají, aby jejím poryvům nakonec podlehly. Počasí na Větrné hůrce a nedaleké usedlosti Drozdově jako by určovalo záhubu, které podléhá nalezenec Heathcliff, zpupná Kateřina i její přítel a pozdější manžel Edgar Linton. Jiskra křivdy nakonec přeskočí i na potomky těchto zatracených.Režie Tomáš Soldán

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Although Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 2,000 poems, only a handful were ever published in her lifetime, and those anonymously. Today, she is recognized as one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, one whose unconventional use of language and rhyme anticipated the break with tradition of much modern poetry written after it. nbsp;The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson collects more than 150 of Dickinson s brief but memorable poems. Bursting with insights about life, love, nature, death, and immortality, these poems are among the best loved and most reprinted in English literature. nbsp;The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson is one of Barnes amp; Noble s Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world s greatest authors in an elegantly designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging.

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Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar is part of Barnes Noble s Leatherbound Classics. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe s fiction and poetry in a single volume.

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The Oxford ShakespeareGeneral Editor Stanley WellsThe Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the works for modern readers- a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings- on-page and facing-page commentary and notes explain language and allusions- detailed introductions consider the sonnets biographical and literary background, how the poems relate to the plays, dating and textual matters, and the mysteries of Mr W. H. and the Dark Lady - includes poems attributed to Shakespeare in the seventeenth century- full index to introductions and commentary- durable sewn binding for lasting use not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship. Times Literary Supplement 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 to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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This is the most comprehensive resource for trainees sitting the RCGPÂ’s new Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) exam, offering 60 roleplays that can be practised in pairs or small groups. With chapters seamlessly aligned to the new Blueprint groups, our 3rd edition of The Complete MRCGP Blueprint Casebook is designed to provide a HOW TO approach and give you as much help as possible as you prepare for the SCA exam. Whether using this book alone, to learn how to approach cases, or practising in pairs or small groups, The Complete MRCGP Blueprint Casebook is essential reading for preparation for the SCA Exam and will remain an invaluable resource for best practice after qualification.

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One of the great novels of the nineteenth century, Emily Brontë s haunting tale of passion and greed remains unsurpassed in its depiction of destructive love. Her tragically short life is brilliantly imagined in the major film, Emily, starring Emma Mackey in the title role.Part of the Macmillan Collector⠙s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of Wuthering Heights features an afterword by David Pinching.One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who ⠓ although desperately in love with her ⠓ is rejected in favour of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss.

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Rediscover Emily Bronte s powerful tale of love, violence and obsession. May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then Wuthering Heights is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children.Emily Bronte s novel remains a stunningly original and shocking exploration of obsessive passion. A dark and passionate tale of tortured but enduring love... Mesmerising GuardianVINTAGE CLASSICS BRONTE SERIES - beautiful editions, three iconic stories, three extraordinary women.

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You said I killed you - haunt me, then! Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine s father finds him wandering alone through the slave-trading port of Liverpool. After Mr Earnshaw s death, Heathcliff and Catherine find refuge in each other when the household falls into the hands of Catherine s dissolute older brother. Their bond deepens as they escape together from the violence and stern religion of their home to the Yorkshire moors. But the story of Catherine and Heathcliff s attachment transforms from intimacy to strife when Catherine marries the refined Edgar Linton. The ensuing story of violence and thwarted passion is one of the most powerful tales of the gothic tradition, a literary mode from which Emily Brontë wrings all of its terrifying potential. A regional novel with a global reach, a work of sensational effects with a startling ethical core, Wuthering Heights is both a romantic melodrama and wrenching study of the difficulty of escaping from the legacies of violence.This edition reproduces the authoritative Clarendon text, with revised and expanded notes and a selection from the poems of Emily Brontë.

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Emily Brontë s classic novel of love and revenge is presented here in a beautiful hardback edition with gold embossing and stencilled page edges. First published in 1847, this Gothic novel by Emily Brontë is a tragic tale of destructive love and obsession that will leave readers enthralled and captivated until the very end. When Heathcliff falls for his childhood companion Catherine Earnshaw, their conflicting personalities and societal constraints create obstacles that span generations. Set in the desolate Yorkshire moors, this is a haunting novel about the dangers of desire in a world that seeks to uphold traditions and civility.This Arcturus Decorative Classics edition with a beautiful, gold-embossed cover design, ivory pages, full-colour endpaper artwork and sprayed edges is the perfect gift for any Brontë lover.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Decorative Classics series brings together elegant hardcover editions of classic works, featuring Wibalin binding, stencilled page edges, foil accents and patterned endpapers. Beautifully crafted with a traditional design sensibility, this series will make a handsome collection in any home library.

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No poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge unforgettable connections between extremes of passion and mental energy. From satire to tender elegy, from sacred devotion to lust, he conveys an astonishing range of emotions and poetic moods. Constant in his work, however, is an intensity of feeling and expression and complexity of argument that is as evident in religious meditations such as Good Friday 1613. Riding Westward as it is in secular love poems such as The Sun Rising or The Flea . The intricacy and subtlety of his imagination are the length and depth of the furrow made by his passion, wrote Yeats, pinpointing the unique genius of a poet who combined ardour and intellect in equal measure.

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The tale of Heathcliff and Cathyâ ™s ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, shocked the bookâ ™s first readers, with even Emilyâ ™s sister Charlotte wondering whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff . Replete with unforgettable characters and situations that have seared themselves into our literary consciousness, Emily Bronteâ ™s intense masterpiece is one of the most haunting love stories in the canon of English literature.

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Tento román (zvaný také Bouřlivé výšiny) je jediným samostatným dílem Emily Brontëové. Vyšel tiskem v roce 1847, asi rok a půl předtím, než jeho autorka zemřela v pouhých třiceti letech. Poskytuje nám působivý a strašný obraz osudu, vášně a pomsty. Neobyčejně poutavě popisuje psychologické stavy osob, kterým osud dal do vínku utrpení

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Na statek jménem Drozdov přijíždí z Londýna, aby tu užil klidného života v ústraní, pan Lockwood a záhy se seznamuje s obyvateli nedaleké usedlosti: ponurého, osamělého místa zvaného Větrná hůrka. Jeho majitel, temný a prchlivý Heatcliff, tu žije ve společnosti dvou mladých lidí Katky a Haretona. Z vyprávění své služebné Nelly se pan Lockwood postupně dozvídá o dramatické historii obyvatel Větrné hůrky a lásce mezi Katčinou matkou Kateřinou a Heatcliffem. Jejich příběh, odehrávající se v nehostinné krajině yorkshirských vřesovišť, není pouhým romantickým setkáním dvou milujících lidí, ale především vášnivým vztahem dvou nespoutaných, komplikovaných osobností, jejichž vztah poznamená nerovné postavení, ctižádost, ale i touha po pomstě. Tento román je jediným dílem spisovatelky Emily Brontëové, a když byl v roce 1847 pod pseudonymem Ellis Bell vydán, nevzbudil žádný mimořádný ohlas, snad kvůli své nezvyklé a složité kompozici nebo možná nejednoznačností povah jeho hlavních hrdinů. Postupně si k němu ale čtenáři našli cestu a stal se jedním z vrcholných děl anglické literatury.

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him.As Heathcliff s bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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Yes, as my swift days near their goal,’Tis all that I implore;In life and death, a chainless soul,With courage to endure. In this new selection of Emily Brontë’s heart-rending poems, we uncover a soul unafraid to confront mortality, tragedy and the wild cruelty – and beauty – of nature. These verses capture her profound passion and indomitable spirit, plumbing the depths of the human heart and revealing the raw power of Brontë’s poetic genius.

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A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Emily Bronte’s extraordinary masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. This is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood.The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children. This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR’S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production.Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.

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The renowned gothic novel is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic fiction lovers, readers in high-school or college literature courses, and fans of reading challenges and Required Reading lists.The Wuthering Heights softcover edition:Presents Emily Brontë s famed gothic novel of the turbulent love affair between Catherine Earnshaw and the dark brooding Heathcliff, viewed by many literary scholars as one of the greatest novels ever written in English; its 1847 publication helped secure Brontë s place in literature s pantheon of great writers.Explores such important themes as romantic love, revenge, obsession, betrayal, and the complexities of social and class divisions.Is ideal for Brontë aficionados, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who love both the book and the cinematic adaptations it inspired.Whether you re buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable edition features:Beautiful softcoverDistinctive decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughoutPart of a 4-volume collection including Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice, Louisa May Alcott s Little Women, and Charles Dickens s A Tale of Two Cities.In this classic gothic story, Catherine Earnshaw is forced to choose between passionate, tortured foundling Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton. Catherine surrenders to the expectations of her class and sets off a domino effect with lasting consequences. As bitterness and vengeance at this betrayal are visited upon the next generation, Catherine and Heathcliff s innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the lovers tortured past.An affordable edition ideal for your favorite classic fiction lover, literature student, or fan of annual reading challenges.

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Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearPegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, Poetry Foundation, ChicagoRichard J. Finneran Award, Society for Textual ScholarshipBest Scholarly Edition Award, Modernist Studies AssociationThe Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot s poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over the full century in which Eliot has been so frequently printed and reprinted. The edition also presents many poems from Eliot s youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his lifetime, of which dozens are collected for the first time. To accompany Eliot s poems, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the creative activity that came to constitute each poem, calling upon drafts, correspondence and other original materials to provide a vivid account of the poet s working processes, his reading, his influences and his revisions. The first volume respects Eliot s decisions by opening with his Collected Poems 1909-1962 in the form in which he issued it, shortly before his death fifty years ago. There follow in this first volume the uncollected poems from his youth that he had chosen to publish, along with such other poems as could be considered suitable for publication. The second volume opens with the two books of poems of other kinds that he issued, Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats and his translation of Perse s Anabase, moving then to verses privately circulated as informal or improper or clubmanlike. Each of these sections is accompanied by its respective commentary, and then, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a comprehensive textual history recording variants both manuscript and published. The Poems of T. S. Eliot is a work of enlightening scholarship that will delight and inform all those who read Eliot for pleasure, as well as all those who read with pleasure and for study. Here are a new accuracy and an unparalleled insight into the marvels and landmarks from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land through to Four Quartets.

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Get exam-ready with the SnapRevise Selected Poems (Emily Dickinson) Text Guide! Featuring detailed poem analysis, key themes, a comprehensive quote bank, vocabulary highlights, and sample essays with commentary, this guide gives you the tools to understand Dickinson s poetry and write confident, top-scoring essays.

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Bring a little joie de vivre to your next gathering with this irresistible collection of cocktail recipes, inspired by the hugely popular Netflix series. Sip your way through Paris with 50+ recipes for drinks, from classic cocktails to contemporary non-alcoholic refreshers. Enjoy a taste of Emily’s glamorous life with favorites such as the Sancerre Breakfast Wine Cocktail and the Champagne Spray. Stir up classic French staples such as the French 75 and the Boulevardier, or imbibe with new nonalcoholic twists on old favorites. Featuring lavish photos from the show, fan-favorite quotes; and tips for throwing cocktail fêtes, viewing parties, and drinking games, fans of Emily in Paris, Francophiles, and home bartenders alike can celebrate the hit series and French culture with this must-have cocktail book. 50+ RECIPES INSPIRED BY EMILY IN PARIS: With a broad selection of French classics, elegant wine cocktails, fan-inspired drinks, and more, The Official Emily in Paris Cocktail Book celebrates classic and contemporary libations inspired by the Netflix series RECIPES FOR EVERY OCCASION: Whether you’re shaking up nonalcoholic sippers perfect for the beaches of Southern France, stirring together a batch of punch for a watch party, or pouring pitchers of brunch margs for the gals, The Official Emily in Paris Cocktail Book is a priceless guide to entertaining and imbibing for every occasion NOT JUST COCKTAILS: Includes tasty mocktail recipes as well. THE FIRST OFFICIAL EMILY IN PARIS COCKTAIL GUIDE: The only cocktail volume with recipes officially from the set of Emily in Paris. The perfect gift for the Emily in Paris fan in your life INSPIRING IMAGES: Filled with beautiful full-color photography of the drinks to help ensure success

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The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems is a hilarious anthology of the most giggle-worthy children s poems from one of the nations most celebrated children s poets, Brian Moses. Perfect for gifting and for reading aloud, you ll be chortling along with Brian as he shows you the funniest poems in the world! Explore chucklesome poems about pets, funny creatures, school, family, fantasy and fairy-tales, dinosaurs and dragons, space, and just plain SILLY poems.With poets such as Brian Bilston, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Pie Corbett and Paul Cookson next to Liz Brownlee, Mike Jubb, James Carter and Rachel Rooney, this is the ultimate collection of rib-tickling poems guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

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Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi expressed the deepest feelings of the heart through his poetry. This volume consists of new translations edited by Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich mood and music of Rumi s love poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing ecstasy, and consuming desire emerge from these poems as powerfully today as they did on their creation more than 700 years ago. These poems reflect the deepest longings of the human heart as it searches for the divine. They celebrate love. Each poetic whisper is urgent, expressing the desire that penetrates human relationships and inspires intimacy with the self, silently nurturing an affinity for the Beloved. Both Fereydoun Kia, the translator, and I hope that you will share the experience of ravishing ecstasy that the poems of Rumi evoked in us. In this volume we have sought to capture in English the dreams, wishes, hopes, desires, and feelings of a Persian poet who continues to amaze, bewilder, confound, and teach, one thousand years after he walked on this earth - Deepak Chopra

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Since its release in 2020 Emily in Paris has received some criticism from journalists and Parisians for being ridiculously unrealistic...nevertheless, its global popularity has established it as a flagship Netflix show, which narrates most entertainingly the fairytale of Emily Cooper, a Millenial/Gen Z American in Paris, played by Lily Collins. One could say that Emily has the size and charm of Audrey Hepburn and the irreverent style of the girl from Chicago. The Emily in Paris series is a visual feast that unveils all the Parisian codes: must-see iconic sites, trendy “m’as-tu vu?” spots, haute couture and snobbery, and, of course, exquisite food! Aerial views, night shots of the City of Light, rooftops and café terraces place Paris as the central character along with Emily of course. Thanks to Paris, Emily’s life is about to bloom. She’ll take her Parisian sexual awakening and career development into her very own American hands! In this book, you will find the best quotes from the first three series, and the wit and charm will stylishly inspire you and make you smile. This is the perfect gift for any fans of the hit Netflix series!

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No poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as ‘the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet’ by T.S. Eliot, he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes. In iconic poems like ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’, simple images summon the rural landscape of New England, and Frost unfailingly moves the reader with his profound grasp of the human condition. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative volume of Frost s verse available, comprising all eleven volumes of his poems, meticulously edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Review The most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet now living (T. S. Eliot) Frost was the first American poet who could honestly be reckoned a master-poet by world standards (Robert Graves) Robert Frost has passed into the poetic pantheon (Independent) Of all the poetry written in our generation, Frost s is most likely to stand the test of time (Lewis Gannett) About the Author Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874. After the death of his father he moved with his mother and sister to Massachusetts. His first collection, A Boy s Will, was published in 1913. In 1924 he won the first of four Pulitzer Prizes for his fourth book, New Hampshire. In the 1930s, as he became ever more revered, he suffered a series of family tragedies: his youngest child Marjorie died in 1934, his wife Elinor in 1938, and his son Carol in 1940. Another daughter, Irma, suffered from mental illness. Frost s last major collection, A Witness Tree (1942), contains a number of poems reflecting these disasters. In 1957 Robert Frost received honorary degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He died in January 1963.

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“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed.” —William ShakespeareArm yourself with this volume from the Knickerbocker Classics series, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including 17 comedies, 10 histories, 10 tragedies, and all the poems and sonnets of the world s most influential writer. This collection includes poems and plays that were not included in Shakespeare s First Folio of 1623 to make one complete, authentic collection. For Shakespeare and poetry fans worldwide, this stunning hardcover edition with its elegant cover is perfect for gift giving.The Complete Works of William Shakespeare contains essential reading like Hamlet, Romeo Juliet, King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Henry V alongside many lesser-known gems for a complete Shakespearean education. The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.Other titles in the series include: The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Tales Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft.

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Rumi: Unseen Poems â “ the second volume of Rumi in the Everyman Pocket Poet series â “ is a treasury of poems which have never been translated before, researched and translated by Rumi biographer Brad Gooch and the Iranian writer Maryam Mortaz.The thirteenth-century Persian poet Rumi was trained in Sufism, a mystic tradition within Islam. He founded the Mevlevi Order, often known as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. His poetry combines the sacred and the sensual, expressing both rapturous divine love, and aching human love for his companion and teacher, Shams of Tabriz. It has long been popular in the West, never more so than in the last twenty-five years, when a new wave of free translations introduced him to an ever-widening audience. However, some of these recent translations have been more in the nature of interpretations by writers who are not Persian speakers. Cultural and Islamic references central to an understanding of Rumi s poetry have been toned down or omitted. And so vast was Rumi s output that earlier scholarly translators were obliged to be selective, leaving a rich vein of verse still unmined. From this Gooch and Mortaz have made a selection of ghazals (short lyric poems) and rubaiyat (quatrains), aiming in their own translations to achieve fidelity to the originals while preserving all Rumi s lyric exuberance.This book makes a perfect companion to the first Everyman volume of Rumi, which presents the very best of the twentieth-century translations.

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Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics and class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late eighteenth century. The novels included in this collection from the elegant Knickerbocker Classics series—Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan—represent all of Austen #39;s complete novels, and provide the reader with an entrance into the world she and her memorable characters inhabited. With witty, unflinching morality, Austen portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close and the nineteenth century began. Austen #39;s heroines find happiness in many forms, each of the novels is a story of love and marriage—marriage for love, financial security, and for social status. In a publishing career that spanned less than ten years, her work brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime. It wasn #39;t until the 1940s that she became widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a fan culture. Austen #39;s works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today. The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection. Other titles in the series include: The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Tales Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

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