Katherine Mansfield is widely regarded as a writer who helped create the modern short story. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, she came to London in 1903 to attend Queen's College and returned permanently in 1908. her first book of stories, 'In a German Pension', appeared in 1911, and she went on to write and publish an extraordinary body of work. This edition of The...

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Throughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make 'political writing into an art'. This collection brings together the best of his matchless political essays and journalism with his timeless satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. It includes articles on subjects from the corruption of language to the oppressive British Empire; his masterly wartime Socialist polemic, 'The Lion...

With this intensely moving short novel, Edith Wharton set out ‘to draw life as it really was’ in the lonely villages and desolate farms of the harsh New England mountains. Through the eyes of a visitor from the city, trapped for a winter in snowbound Starkfield, readers glimpse the hidden histories of this austere and beautiful land. Piecing together the story of monosyllabic Ethan Frome,...

One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered...

What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted...

How can you save your friend's life if she doesn't want to be rescued? In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues...

Jean... Qu est-ce que tu dirais si j avais fait quelque chose de grave ? » J avoue que cette question ne m avait pas alarmé. Peut-etre a cause du ton détaché qu elle avait pris, comme on cite les paroles d une chanson ou les vers d un poeme. Et a cause de ce : « Jean... Qu est-ce que tu dirais... » c était justement un vers qui m était revenu a la mémoire : « ... Dis, Blaise, sommes-nous bien...

START level 1, opowiada historię zwykłego człowieka, który nagle budzi się w innym świecie. Henry, początkowo wycofany ze społeczeństwa ma na celu jedynie przeżycie. Okazuje się, że nowy świat jest spełnieniem jego marzeń. Obowiązuje tam system gier, rozwijanie się poprzez zdobywanie doświadczenia. Cała książka opiera się na tzw. „boskiej grze”, według której kolejni bogowie przyzywają do...

During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson did not seek out recognition or attempt to change the world around her, even in the smallest way. A private but not antisocial person, she kept her life's work, and her innermost feelings, almost entirely to herself. Her life was rich in intellectual pursuits, and she had many friends with whom she exchanged witty and brilliant letters, but she rarely...

Poziom 1 - 300 słów. Wyścigi samochodowe to dawniej sport tylko dla mężczyzn, lecz nie w dzisiejszych czasach. Danica Patrick jest z USA, Mika Duno z Wenezueli, a Laleh Seddigh z Iranu. Wszystkie te kobiety biorą udział w rajdach samochodowych i ścigają się z mężczyznami, co najlepsze - wygrywają z nimi. Przeczytaj historię tych fascynujących kobiet.

70 lat temu, 1 sierpnia 1944 roku, do walki o wolność swojego miasta przystąpiło kilkanaście tysięcy słabo uzbrojonych powstańców. Dowództwo podziemnej Armii Krajowej, decydując o podjęciu jawnych działań zbrojnych przeciwko przeważającym siłom okupanta niemieckiego, planowało utrzymanie kontroli nad miastem przez tydzień, może 10 dni. Zakładano, że wkrótce do szturmu na Warszawę ruszy Armia...

When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida’s Camino Island, the Governor is quick to issue an evacuation order. Most residents flee but a small group of diehards decide to ride it out. Amongst them is Bruce Cable, proprietor of Bay Books in downtown Santa Rosa. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are levelled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people are...

David Newton, s'il en réchappe, se souviendra longtemps de la jolie Peggy Lister vue de dos, sur une plage, obstinément fascinée par le doux ressac des vagues... Un monument de candeur et de beauté, un appel a l'amour... Une menteuse aussi pour le pire des secrets. De ces vérités tragiques qui tournent inexorablement au cauchemar... Un grand classique du thriller psychologique par un maître...

THE postcard on the cover of this book says it all. The card was written by John Lennon and sent to his friend Chris Hutchins. On the card's photograph of the Beatles, John had drawn a fifth member - the founder of the group Stuart Sutcliffe who John went on to describe as the best friend he ever had. This is the kind of confidence John, Paul George and Ringo shared with writer Hutchins who...

When the wind is from the north the old woman manages my meals with fair regularity; but on the other days she often makes my tea at three o'clock instead of six. If I refuse it she puts it down to simmer for three hours in the turf, and then brings it in at six o'clock full of anxiety to know if it is warm enough.... The general ignorance of any precise hours in the day makes it impossible...

Monika Osiecka’s Mirror Fragments is a fascinating record of a woman’s experience, an artist’s self-reflection. It is an intimate diary composed of words, sculptures, and the author’s own photographs. Don’t be misled by the impression that the central focus of this unusual publication, this album, yet not album, is the image. Subtle nudes, female figures emerging out of stone, rugged...

According to Yeats the fear gorta walks the earth during times of famine, seeking alms from passers-by. In this version the fear gorta can be a potential source of good luck for generous individuals. If you are a stranger, you will not readily get ghost and fairy legends, even in a western village. You must go adroitly to work, and make friends with the children and the old...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever, they’re all together in one...

Depuis le XIIe siecle, Aliénor d’Aquitaine a sa légende. On l’a décrite libre, sorciere, conquérante : « le roi disait que j’étais diable », selon la formule de l’éveque de Tournai… Clara Dupont-Monod reprend cette figure mythique et invente ses premieres années comme reine de France, aux côtés de Louis VII. Leurs voix alternent pour dessiner le portrait poignant d’une Aliénor...