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Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902301ISBN 13: 9780007902309
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The better part of valour is discretion.' King Henry IV's son, Prince Harry is quick-witted yet idle and irresponsible and lives a roguish existence keeping dubious company. However, when the kingdom is threatened, Prince Harry shows his true worth and heroism and begins a journey of transformation from layabout to noble leader. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007449399ISBN 13: 9780007449392
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.' Autobiographical in tone, Joyce's tale of Stephen Dedalus' journey into adulthood explores the intellectual and moral development of an artist as he struggles to overcome the ingrained Catholic consciousness of his childhood - a family life governed by Irish history, religion and politics. Realistic and innovative in its approach, the style of writing proved controversial upon publication in 1916 and the character of Stephen on a quest for his identity did not appeal to readers.However, Joyce expertly encapsulates the development of individual consciousness and the role of the artist in society in what is considered one of his greatest works. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902093ISBN 13: 9780007902095
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.' Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante's Inferno begins on Good Friday in the year 1300. As he wanders through a dark forest, Dante loses his way and stumbles across the ghost of the poet Virgil. Virgil promises to lead him back to the top of the mountain, but to do so, they must pass through Hell, encountering all manner of shocking horrors, sins and evil torments along the way, evoking questions about God's justice, human behaviour and Christianity. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902344ISBN 13: 9780007902347
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.' Considered one of Shakespeare's most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius is both powerful and complex. As Hamlet tries to find out the truth of the situation, his troubled relationship with his mother comes to the fore, as do the paradoxes in his personality. A play of carefully crafted conflict and tragedy, Shakespeare's intricate dialogue continues to fascinate audiences to this day. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902336ISBN 13: 9780007902330
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!' Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a king's demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events. 160 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007420072ISBN 13: 9780007420070
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.' Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims. Responsible for the widely-used phrase 'Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day. 146 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902409ISBN 13: 9780007902408
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.' Dramatic and powerful in its scope, Othello explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello, a revered soldier, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events. 160 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902220ISBN 13: 9780007902224
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.' Including some of Oscar Wilde's most well-known and infamous plays, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, this collection of the infamous writer's works displays his brilliant, quick wit to its full glory. Wilde's pithy social comedies dissect the morals and idiosyncrasies of society in the 1890s and offer a view of the sexual politics of the time. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902107ISBN 13: 9780007902101
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not eating death;' Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan's attempts to mislead Eve into disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, by eating from the tree of knowledge. His interpretation of the biblical story of Genesis is vivid and intense in its language, justifying the actions of God to men. In his sequel poem, Paradise Regained, Milton shows Satan trying to seduce Jesus in a similar way to Eve, but ultimately failing as Jesus remains steadfast. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007449488ISBN 13: 9780007449484
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Collins Classics and the author of 'The Great Gatsby' a marriage unravels in this autobiographical tale. 'Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.' Set on the French Riviera in the 1920s, American Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are the epitome of chic, living a glamorous lifestyle and entertaining friends at their villa. Young film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives in France and becomes entranced by the couple. It is not long before she is attracted to the enigmatic Dick, but he and his wife hold dark secrets and as their marriage becomes more fractured, Fitzgerald laments the failure of idealism and the carefully constructed trappings of high society in the Roaring Twenties. 434 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007420102ISBN 13: 9780007420100
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''For,' said he, 'there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth.'' A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton's most well-known translation of Arabian Nights brings together ancient folklore and stories passed down from generation to generation. Featuring tales about love, history, tragedy and comedy as well as fables and fairy tales, this edition remains a well-loved collection of exotic and evocative stories. Fantastical and curious customs are bought to life by Burton's translation in stories such as 'The Lovers of Bassorah', 'The Concubine of Al-Maamun' and 'The Hunchback's Tale'. 415 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902204ISBN 13: 9780007902200
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'He felt that in this crisis his laws of life were useless. Whatever he had learned of himself was here of no avail. He was an unknown quantity.' Following one soldier's journey from naive recruit to hardened survivor, The Red Badge of Courage is a vivid and powerfully psychological take on the American Civil War. Fighting for the Union army, Henry Fleming is thrown into a bloody war where the harsh realities and horrors of battle quickly become evident. Fearful, occasionally vain, but always viewing the war with honest eyes, Henry eventually comes to thrive as a soldier in combat, and it is with a a new conscience and outlook that he matures into manhood. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902166ISBN 13: 9780007902163
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '.when the Green Dragon tore shrieking out of the mouth of its dark lair, which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.' When their father is mysteriously sent away, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis have to leave London with their mother to live in a cottage in the countryside. Finding comfort in the nearby railway station and friendship in Perks the Porter and the Station Master, the children watch every day for the passing London train. Every day they wave at the same old Gentleman on the train, not knowing that he may hold the key to their father's whereabouts. 252 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007902247ISBN 13: 9780007902248
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The wolf thought to himself, 'What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful - she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both.'' Collected by the German Grimm brothers, these folk tales have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike since they were first published in 1812. The best-known stories such as The Golden Goose, Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, and Snow-White and Rose-Red remain as popular today as when first told, although there is an underlying darkness and violence to the original stories that has softened over time. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007449402ISBN 13: 9780007449408
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.' Revealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce's Dubliners challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the inhabitants of Joyce's native city, he offers a subtle critique of his own town, imbuing the text with an underlying tone of tragedy. Through his various characters he displays the complicated relationships, hardships and mundane details of everyday life and the desire for escape - a yearning that so closely mirrored his own experiences. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Harpercollins UK, William Collins Mär 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0007449445ISBN 13: 9780007449446
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Full wise is he that can himselven knowe.' Written at the end of the fourteenth century, the poet Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories told in Middle-English. Thirty pilgrims leave Southwark to travel to a shrine in Canterbury and become the narrators, telling each other stories of chivalrous romance, fable, parable, debate and comedy as they journey. Their accounts of the human condition remain as resonant today as when they were first written. 192 pp. Englisch.