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Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard Oxford World´s ClassicsFive Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- A. Chekhov
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 336
- 2008
Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. All are presented in this...
No Name Oxford World´s ClassicsNo Name Oxford World´s Classics
- W. Collins
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 784
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose...
Therese Raquin Oxford World´s ClassicsTherese Raquin Oxford World´s Classics
- E. Zola
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Paris. Zola's dispassionate dissection of the...
Masterpiece Oxford World´s ClassicsMasterpiece Oxford World´s Classics
- E. Zola
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 464
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris and is conquered by the flaws in...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Oxford World´s Classics
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 448
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity...
The Hound of the Baskervilles Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Hound of the Baskervilles Oxford World´s Classics
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 240
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of...
Tom Jones Oxford World´s ClassicsTom Jones Oxford World´s Classics
- H. Fielding
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 968
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Tom Jones (1749) is rightly regarded as Fielding's greatest work, and one of the first and most influential of English novels. At the center of one of the most ingenious plots...
Far from the Madding Crowd Oxford World´s ClassicsFar from the Madding Crowd Oxford World´s Classics
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- Thomas Hardy
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 496
- 2008
Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the...
Jude the Obscure Oxford World´s ClassicsJude the Obscure Oxford World´s Classics
- T. Hardy
- Oxford University Press
- 464
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused much outrage when it was published in 1895. Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the...
The Mayor of Casterbridge Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Mayor of Casterbridge Oxford World´s Classics
- T. Hardy
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 432
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Set against the backdrop of peaceful south-west England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting...
Tess of the D´Urbervilles Oxford World´s ClassicsTess of the D´Urbervilles Oxford World´s Classics
- Thomas Hardy
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 492
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her familys fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic dUrbervilles. But Alec dUrberville is a rich wastrel who...
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future Oxford World´s ClassicsBeyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future Oxford World´s Classics
- F. Nietzsche, M. Faber
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 240
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil considers the origins and nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmatism and beginning of...
The Oxford Shakespeare: All´s Well That Ends Well Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Oxford Shakespeare: All´s Well That Ends Well Oxford World´s Classics
- William Shakespeare
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Usually classified as a problem comedy, Alls Well that Ends Well is a psychologically disturbing presentation of an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by...
The Oxford Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part II Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Oxford Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part II Oxford World´s Classics
- William Shakespeare
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 304
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
This edition offers a fully modernized text of one of Shakespeares most fascinating plays. Henry IV, Part 2 is the only play in the canon whose structure almost exactly mirrors...
Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text Oxford World´s ClassicsFrankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text Oxford World´s Classics
- M. Shelley
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 336
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Shelley's enduringly popular and rich gothic tale confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism and science--topics such as degeneracy, hereditary disease, and...
Lives of the Artists Oxford World´s ClassicsLives of the Artists Oxford World´s Classics
- G. Vasari
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 616
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented...
Man in the Iron Mask Oxford World´s ClassicsMan in the Iron Mask Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 656
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Alexandre Dumas was already a best-selling novelist when he wrote this historical romance, combining (as he claimed) the two essentials of life--laction et lamour. The Man in...
Twenty Years After Oxford World´s ClassicsTwenty Years After Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas, D. Coward
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 880
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed...
Tom Brown´s Schooldays Oxford World´s ClassicsTom Brown´s Schooldays Oxford World´s Classics
- T. Hughes
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 466
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
One of the classics of English children's literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, this novel's steady popularity has given it an influence well...
Alchemist and Other Plays - Oxford World´s ClassicsAlchemist and Other Plays - Oxford World´s Classics
- B. Jonson, B. Campbell
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 560
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this...
The Koran Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Koran Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- A. J. Arberry
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 688
- 2008
The Koran is a book apart, not only as Holy Scripture for Muslims, but as the supreme classic of Arabic literature. In its 114 Suras, or chapters, it comprises the total of...
Le Morte Darthur: The Winchester Manuscript Oxford World´s ClassicsLe Morte Darthur: The Winchester Manuscript Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- Thomas Malory
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 616
- 2008
The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte DArthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, knight prisoner. This edition is the first designed...
Selected Stories Oxford World´s ClassicsSelected Stories Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- K. Mansfield
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 448
- 2008
'I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of.' Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was not the only writer to admire Mansfield's work: Thomas Hardy, D....
Metamorphoses Oxford World´s ClassicsMetamorphoses Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- Ovid
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 528
- 2008
The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and legend. On this ostensibly unifying thread Ovid strings together a vast and...