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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Holly Golightly is a glittering socialite mover and shaker: generally upwards, sometimes sideways and, every now and then, down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. ,

Twelve enchanting and fantastical stories about the evolution of the universe from the giant of Italian literature, Italo Calvino. His characters - whether human, dinosaur or mollusc - disport themselves among galaxies.

Fantaskní příběh o rozkladu jednoho manželství nahlodávaného nezvladatelnými erotickými touhami inspiroval Stanleyho Kubricka k natočení filmu Eyes Wide Shut.

Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined, handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights and the Aegean sea

Zjednodušená četba pro úroveň Level 1 - Beginner. Součástí je audio CD s namluveným textem.

Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon.

Thirteen short tales from one of the most blistering and innovative writers of the twentieth century.

The small incidents of life become moments of inner revelation in the luminous writing of Clarice Lispector.

Lady Susan, novela v dopisech, kterou Jane Austenová nazvala podle hlavní postavy, se v mnohém vymyká nejen další autorčině tvorbě; a k titulní hrdince bychom marně hledali paralelu snad v celé literatuře devatenáctého století.

On sea, on land, at the edges of the colonial experience, Joseph Conrad's short stories offer a glimpse of the violence, the kindness, and the mystery at humanity's heart.

Magical books, infinite libraries, parallel worlds, mazes, labyrinths and philosophical paradoxes haunt these spellbinding tales by one of the most uniquely inventive short story writers of the twentieth century.

Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified.

Sbírka pětadvaceti naturalistických povídek o světě plném děsivých děr. Jak si povšimla Donna Tarttová, přední americká spisovatelka současnosti, titulní povídka je také hororová, ale v těch ostatních je hrozba více skrytá a ne zcela jednoznačná.

Arguably America's most influential short story writer, Edgar Allan Poe's tales of suspense never fail to spook and amaze.

Mladý a pracovitý obchodní cestující Řehoř Samsa, na jehož platu závisí fungování celé rodiny, se jednoho dne probudí a zjistí, že se změnil v jakýsi odporný hmyz a místo normálních slov se mu z úst linou jen zvláštní zvuky.

Often described as the father of the modern short story, there is perhaps no other writer more closely associated with the form than Guy de Maupassant.

Zachary Jing žije sám s matkou, která má dost práce s tím, aby vydělala peníze na živobytí. O Číně a jejím kulturním dědictví tedy Zachary skoro nic neví.

Georges Simenon's brilliant pipe-smoking detective, Jules Maigret, is one of the most beloved literary creations of the twentieth century.