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Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
€ 9,³⁰
The Sad End Of Policarpo Quaresma (Lima Barreto)
Policarpo Quaresma - fastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionary - is a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures, whether it is…
€ 13,³⁰
Early Greek Philosophy (Jonathan Barnes)
This reader presents a selection of important pre-Socratic writings. Extracts range from Democritus' atomic theory of matter to Pythagorean insights and Heraclitus' epigrams - all part of a revolution in human thought which relied…
€ 13,³⁰
Lost Illusions (Herbert hunt Honoré De Balzac)
Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in the Parisian literary circles of the early 19th century.
€ 19,⁹⁵
The Wild Ass's Skin (Honoré De Balzac)
Concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, this novel is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.
€ 15,⁹⁵
Eugenie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only…
€ 13,³⁰
The Black Sheep (Honoré De Balzac)
Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after…
€ 18,⁶⁰
A Harlot High And Low (Honoré De Balzac)
Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares…
€ 17,³⁰
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
A gripping tale of violent jealousy, sexual passion and treachery, Honoré de Balzac’s Cousin Bette is translated from the French with an introduction by Marion Ayton Crawford in Penguin Classics. Poor, plain spinster Bette is…
€ 14,⁶⁵
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around…
€ 10,⁶⁵
Ursule Mirouet (Honoré De Balzac)
In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the studies of human society that he had written. In this title, the twin themes of redemption and rebirth are illuminated by a…
€ 13,³⁰
Cousin Pons (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Pons (Honoré De Balzac)
€ 17,³⁰