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71A Slip Under the Microscope , H. G. Wells (2015)
I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return. ' three disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from wells… 107 руб72Bel Ami: Or, the History of a Scoundrel , Maupassant (2015)
With an Introduction by Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading Une Vie (1883) and Bel-Ami (1885) seem almost diametrically opposed in tone and temper. The'Life'of the first is poignantly restricted… 203 руб73The Wife of Bath , Chaucer Geoffrey (2015)
Those husbands that I had, Three of them were good and two were bad. The three that I call good were rich and old... One of the most bawdy, entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury Tales… 101 руб74The Great Fire of London , Pepys Samuel (2015)
With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops. A selection from Pepys'startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Introducing… 101 руб75The Figure in the Carpet , James Henry (2015)
Did she know and if she knew would she speak? The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as troubled artistic consciousness. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80… 101 руб76Devils , Fyodor Dostoevsky (2009)
With an Introduction by A. D. P. Briggs, translation by Constance Garnett. In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave small group… 239 руб77Lord Arthur Savile's Crime , Wilde Oscar (2015)
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'This selection includes three of Wilde's brilliant short stories, all… 91 руб78Leonardo Da Vinci , Vasari Giorgio (2015)
In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human. Often called the first art historian, Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and… 101 руб79A Week in December , Faulks, Sebastian (2014)
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER London, the week before Christmas, 2007. Seven wintry days to track the lives of seven characters: a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career… 899 руб80A Week in December , Sebastian Faulks (2010)
London, the week before Christmas, 2007. Seven wintry days to track the lives of seven characters: a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career; a professional footballer… 629 руб
