Under the influence of rum, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor. Years later, the widowed wife returns to find her husband the Mayor of Casterbridge.
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Esta serie ofrece adaptaciones concisas y cautivadoras de obras maestras literarias de renombre mundial. Cada volumen presenta un relato clásico de diversas culturas en un formato accesible para lectores jóvenes. Sirve como una introducción excelente a la riqueza de la literatura universal, ampliando los horizontes de muchos. Estos libros actúan como una puerta de entrada a los textos originales, enriqueciendo tanto a estudiantes de idiomas como a lectores ocasionales.
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Mill on the Floss
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Why was this feeling of regret so familiar to her? Why must she always wish she had done something different?
Persuasión
- 296 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
"Persuasión" es la última novela de Jane Austen, publicada póstumamente en 1818. Narra el reencuentro de Anne Elliot con su antiguo amor, Frederick Wentworth, tras un compromiso roto por presiones familiares. Austen explora el rol de la mujer en el siglo XIX con su característico estilo mordaz e irónico.
Aladdin and his Magic Lamp
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Though Aladdin's childhood had been full of beauty, comfort and happiness, without any trace of sadness or sorrow, he entirely failed to learn the lessons of hard work and responsibility.
Time Machine, The
- 51 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Well's science fiction of time travel, and his protagonist's adventures in the future.
I had been given a simple but enormous task. This was the role for which I had spent my whole life preparing.
Kent, Inglaterra, finales del siglo XIX. El huérfano Pip vive una existencia humilde con su hermana y su cunado, a quien ayuda en su taller de herrería. Cuando la rica senorita Havisham requiere a Pip como acompanante de ella y de su bella hija, el joven se dará cuenta de las penurias de su clase social y deseará cada vez con más fuerza subir posiciones en el escalafón social. Pip recibirá entonces la visita de un abogado de Londres, quien le informará de que un benefactor anónimo le quiere convertir en un caballero. Sin embargo, Pip descubrirá que el valor de la amistad y de la moral no se puede comprar con dinero.
Tale of Two Cities, A
- 376 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
Set in London and Paris, 'A Tale of Two Cities' paints a story of economic and political unrest at the time of the French Revolution.
Hard Times
- 272 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
Novel depicting Victorian industrial society.
Quizá la novela más irónica y divertida de Jane Austen, maestra inigualable de la comedia de costumbres. Traducción de Isabel Oyarzábal Introducción de Marilyn Butler, profesora en las universidades de Cambridge y Oxford Publicada por primera vez en 1818, La abadía de Northanger narra la historia de Catherine Morland, una joven muy aficionada a las novelas góticas. Por ello, cuando los Tilney la invitan a pasar una temporada en su casa de campo, se pone a investigar tortuosos e imaginarios secretos de familia. Pero al comprender que la vida no es una novela, la inocente Catherine pondrá los pies en la tierra y encauzará su futuro según dictan las normas morales y sociales de la época. La presente edición incluye una detallada cronología de la autora, así como una introducción a cargo de Marilyn Butler, reputada crítica literaria, y autora del ensayo Jane Austen and the War of Ideas (1975). Hace las veces de colofón una nota biográfica escrita por el hermano de Jane Austen cinco meses después de su muerte, un documento inédito que aporta fragmentos de sus últimas cartas y deja entrever el perfil más humano de una de las autoras más apreciadas de la literatura inglesa.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
Picture of Dorian Gray, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Young, rich and handsome, Dorian Gray seems to have it all. So why do people who were once his friends, leave the room when he enters? Can there really be any truth in the dark tales that are told about him? And just why does he keep his portrait locked away in an attic room?
Riddle of the Sands, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
`It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we'll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not.'
Christmas Carol, A
- 52 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Dickens's classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Siddhartha Gautama
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security?
Baoyu has always believed that he will marry his childhood sweetheart, Daiyu. Daiyu is beautiful and talented, very sensitive, and physically fragile. It is a huge shock to him when he learns that his parents want him to marry Baochai instead, a healthy and considerate girl.
Mansfield Park
- 616 páginas
- 22 horas de lectura
Orgullo y prejuicio
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
La emoción de algunas escenas no solo es un dato biográfico, sino que además revela que ya no temía contarlo
Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches, wt: 1 Lb. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
Here is a test, a puzzle for you. It is a faithful account of two most gruesome murders. Can you work out what actually happened in the early hours of one fateful morning in the Rue Morgue?
Woman in White, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.
Journey to the West
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him protector of Xuanzang, a young and handsome monk determined to travel from China to India in search of the precious scriptures.
David Copperfield
- 174 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
La huella autobiográfica que Charles Dickens dejó en David Copperfield, una de sus obras más importantes, convirtió este libro en el más cercano a su corazón. David, como Dickens, vivió una infancia feliz leyendo y asistiendo a la escuela hasta que su suerte cambió. La transmutación íntima de ambos, protagonista y autor, fue compleja y sutil. Aunque ficción y realidad no siempre coinciden, las desdichas de la ninez, el trabajo en la abogacía, la condición de escritor y varios de los personajes responden a la experiencia personal de su autor. Narrada desde la distancia del adulto, la vida de David Copperfield encierra sátira y humor irónico, luto y angustia, pero también mucha alegría.Dickens es algo más que un escritor famoso, es un género en sí mismo, una forma de mirar la vida, de escribir o de jugar.
Odyssey, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much longer than he expects.
Study in Scarlet, A
- 52 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery. This book also includes another Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Speckled Band.
Heart of Midlothian
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
New Title from the highly acclaimed series introducing children to the world's classic literature.
Old Curiosity Shop, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
`Why bless you, Little Nell! What if I had lost you?'
Although Song Jiang is only a lowly local government official, he is loyal to the emperor and kind to all the citizens in his care. But Song is in trouble. A series of unfortunate incidents have led to him being arrested, and his political enemies are keen to see him sentenced to death.
Gold-Bug, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
The arrival of a gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure.
Pit and the Pendulum, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.
My darkness lifted, never to return. This man was truly the light of the world.
The classic story of Amy Dorrit, who lives much of her life at the Marshalsea prison where her father is imprisoned for debt, earning meager wages at jobs outside the prison walls, including seamstress work for Mrs. Clennam, whose son Arthur takes an interest in her plight.
Catching fish. That's what I was doing on the day that changed my life for ever.
Emma
- 596 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
Historia de una inteligente y laboriosa joven empeąda en hacer de Celestina de todas sus amistades. Cuando su institutriz, amiga y confidente decide contraer matrimonio, Emma Woodhouse se queda sola con sus propios sentimientos y se enfrenta al vaco̕ de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los dems̀ lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya
Hound of the Baskervilles, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Upon the ground around the body were the footprints of a gigantic hound!
Esta obra forma parte de la linea TREDITION CLASSICS en la cual la editorial tredition de Hamburgo esta publicando obras de los ultimos dos milenios que ya estan descatalogadas y solo pueden encontrarse en anticuarios. Esta linea quiere preservar la literatura y proteger la cultura para que miles de libros no se pierdan en el olvido. Con la linea TREDITION CLASSICS nos hemos propuesto reeditar miles de escritores clasicos de la literatura mundial en diversos idiomas para hacerles disponibles universalmente.
Bleak house
- 128 páginas
- 5 horas de lectura
zjednodušená anglická četba, vhodná při přípravě na zkoušku FCE jako doplňkový materiál ( úroveň B2 - Upper-Intermediate, slovní zásoba 2 200 slov)věk 16+
Les Miserables
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
`Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'
Moonstone, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Rachel opened the box and lifted out the diamond. She held it up in a ray of sunlight that poured through the window, and cried out in amazement.
Mahabharata: The Final Battle
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
Tempest, The
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
A storm, a shipwreck, an enchanted island ...
