Литературоведение

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in …

"Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the peopl…

The Egyptians are disillusioned, disappointed, fatigued and silent. Caught between power and powerlessness. Their 'revolution' has failed. Once again they're enjoying being governe…

Adam Brown, a British army Major in command of security for the British embassy in Beijing, learns of an impending Chinese nuclear strike against America. As all communications are compromised, A…

Set in 1914, during World War I, «The Thirty-Nine Steps» is a novel by Scottish novelist, historian, biographer John Buchan (1875 – 1940): Richard Hannay, the protagonist and narrator and an expa…

A dangerous affair: Revenge for justice. Power and control. Set among the power games of the Mafia and the rich and beautiful of Italy, on the island of Ponza, in Ferrara and in London. Corruptio…

Literary Thoughts edition <br/> presents <br/> The Island of Captain Sparrow by S. (Sydney) Fowler Wright <br/> <br/> <br/> – <br/> <br/> <br/> &quot;The Island of Captain Sparrow" by author S. (…

More than a quarter of a century living away from the country she grew up in, the author finds she is constantly revisiting her native land, when often only inside her head. It is a journey which…

&quot;Robin Hood assured them that he had detached a party in the direction of the road they were to pass, who would not fail to discover and apprize them of any secret ambuscade; and that he had…

&quot;Robin Hood assured them that he had detached a party in the direction of the road they were to pass, who would not fail to discover and apprize them of any secret ambuscade; and that he had…

&quot;The Second Jungle Book" is a sequel to «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in I…

&quot;No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man&apos;s and yet as mortal as his…

&quot;The Twilight of Magic" was written in 1931 by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), telling about the Middle Ages, when adults and children alike still believed in magic. The tale is full of castles, k…

This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines a series of issues that are central to the question of the postcolonial. The postcolonial paradigm, and the more recent decolonial p…

In this study of three of Barbara Pym’s novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of women’s humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others, shows how the humorous female discour…

The famous Fairy Tales written by the Brothers Grimm. Over 50 well-known and less well-known fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in one volume! The book includes classics like Rapunzel, Mother Holl…

&quot;Ich bin durch und durch Rationalistin, Atheistin, mit achtzehn aus der Kirche ausgetreten. Ich habe mich nie für Mystik, Okkultismus, Telepathie oder dergleichen interessiert. Wenn es um ir…

This fascinating account, envisages as a virtual film, Alexander the Great&apos;s early life tracing events from his birth, through to his boyhood and thence to the brink of manhood. He inherited…

&quot;Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" is a collection of 23 essays by George Orwell. <br/> Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an E…

Literary Thoughts edition <br/> presents <br/> Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham <br/> <br/> <br/> – <br/> <br/> <br/> &quot;Christmas Holiday" is a novel written in 1939 by W. Somerset Ma…