Set in Hardy's fictional realm of Wessex, these four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound set, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the moving and
Meursault leads an unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and
'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'
Humbert Hum
A beautiful, moving story about a small Japanese café that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time, to find an answer to the question: what would you change if you could go back? For fa
When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the g
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
Humbert Humbe
A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.
Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of
A beautiful new Vintage Classics edition to celebrate the 15th anniversary, and 10 million copies sold worldwide, of this wise, blackly funny, radically imaginative novel
‘A superb achievement. He
Edgar Freemantle w ciężkim wypadku samochodowym traci rękę i równowagę psychiczną. Nękany niekontrolowanymi napadami szału, musi zacząć życie od początku. Za radą psychologa wyrusza na Duma Key, pięk
Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Malina is a staggering portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men.
'I was subordinate to h
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.
His wife is growing more distant every day.
Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.
As this compelling stor
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Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identi
A good life involves more than just pleasure. Suffering is essential too.
It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposite. And yet we are irresistibly drawn to a hos
For centuries, working hard and saving up diligently would have set you up for financial security and a comfortable retirement. Not anymore.
Over the last 50 years, we've entered a new financial w
Eight contestants. One killer. Can you find the traitor?
'Wow! What a page-turner. I'm a Celebrity meets Lord of the Flies.' Emma Curtis
‘The pace never slackens.’ Faith Martin
'Dark, distur
Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental i
WHAT DOES POWER SOUND LIKE? LOUD? BRASH? MASCULINE?
Here's the truth: if you're a woman, a person of colour, an immigrant or queer, there's often dissonance between how you speak and how we think
Czytamy w oryginale wielkie powieści to seria wydawnicza zawierająca adaptacje największych dzieł literatury anglojęzycznej. Dwujęzyczna adaptacja powieści `Moby Dick` to atrakcyjna pomoc dla uczącyc
„Czytamy w oryginale” to seria wydawnicza zawierająca adaptacje największych dzieł literatury światowej w wersji dwujęzycznej, przeznaczonej dla uczących się języka angielskiego.
Adaptacja powieśc
Pakiet, w którego skład wchodzą:
Przemiana / Metamorphosis - już pierwsze zdanie opowiadania wydanego w 1915 roku, wrzuca czytelnika w świat groteskowy, karykaturalny - i tym ciekawszy, że podany
"The new novel by the author of global bestseller The Alchemist. ALEPH marks a return to Paulo Coelho's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors e
To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. For years now the Rams
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and h