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Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.? . The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He progressively reverts to a wild state in the harsh climate, where he is forced to fight to dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. . The story was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the summer of 1903; it was published a month later in book form. The book?s great popularity and success made a reputation for London. LIBRO.…

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Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.? . Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. Bennet, living in Longbourn. . Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of most loved books. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austens memorable characters or themes. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.? . Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered as Tales of Mystery and Imagination) is a popular title for posthumous compilations of writings by American author, essayist and poet Edgar Allan Poe and was the first complete collection of his works specifically restricting itself to his suspenseful and related tales. . The precursor to Tales of Mystery and Imagination was a collection of Poes works entitled Tales of Mystery, Imagination and Humor. The title Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first used by The Worlds Classics, London, and printed by Grant Richard. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.? . Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym A Lady. A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relatives property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. . . Jane Austen wrote the first draft of the novel in the form of a novel-in-letters (epistolary form) sometime around 1795 when she was about 19 years old, and gave it the title Elinor and Marianne. She later changed the form to a narrative and the title to Sense and Sensibility. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York.? . The Age of Innocence is Edith Whartons twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s, during the so-called Gilded Age. . The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couples impending marriage, and the introduction of the brides cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s New York society, it never develops into an outright condemnation of the institution. . The title is an ironic comment on the polished outward manners of New York society when compared to its inward machinations. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?I have just returned from a visit to my landlord?the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society.? . Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846. Although is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature; it was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day. . In 1801, Lockwood, a wealthy man from the South of England who is seeking peace and recuperation, rents Thrushcross Grange in Yorkshire. He visits his landlord, Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. There Lockwood finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house is in her mid-teens; and a young man seems to be a member of the family, yet dresses and speaks as if he is a servant. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?You should know first of all that Im called Lazaro of Tormes, and that Im the son of Tome Gonzales and Antona Perez, who were born in Tejares, a village near Salamanca. I was actually born in the Tormes River, and thats how I got my name.? . The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its heretical content. It was published simultaneously in three cities in 1554: Alcalá de Henares, Burgos and Antwerp. The Alcalá de Henares edition adds some episodes which were probably written by a second author. . Lázaro is a boy of humble origins from Salamanca. After his stepfather is accused of thievery, his mother asks a wily blind beggar to take Lazarillo (little Lázaro) on as his apprentice. Lázaro develops his cunning while serving the blind beggar and several other masters, while also learning to take on his fathers practice. . Besides its importance in the Spanish literature of the Golden Age, is credited with founding a literary genre, the picaresque novel. LIBRO.…

Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 01. My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me. . Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the travellers tales literary subgenre. It is Swifts best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. . The book became popular as soon as it was published. The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall. . Gullivers Travels has been the recipient of several designations: from Menippean satire to a childrens story, from proto-Science Fiction to a forerunner of the modern novel. LIBRO.…

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Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 1. ?It was the evening on which MM. Debienne and Poligny, the managers of the Opera, were giving a last gala performance to mark their retirement. Suddenly the dressingroom of La Sorelli, one of the principal dancers, was invaded by half-a-dozen young ladies of the ballet, who had come up from the stage after ?dancing? Polyeucte.? . The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910. It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century. . Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time, there are rumors of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. LIBRO.…

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Rustica (tapa blanda). Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nuevo. 01. Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one. . Persuasion is Jane Austens last completed novel, published posthumously. She began it soon after she had finished Emma and completed it in August 1816. . . As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814, Admirals and Captains of the Royal Navy are put ashore, their work done. Anne Elliot meets Captain Frederick Wentworth after seven years, by the chance of his sister and brother-in-law renting her fathers estate, while she stays for a few months with her married sister, living nearby. They fell in love the first time, but she broke off the engagement. . Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, with which Austen was familiar: the Royal Navy, in which two of Jane Austens brothers rose to the rank of admiral; and the superficial social life of Bath. It is portrayed extensively and serves as a setting for the second half of Persuasion. LIBRO. …

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