Alice Openshawová a Anne Leighová, hlavní hrdinky dvou novel z pera slavné anglické spisovatelky, mají mnoho společného. Do jejich celkem poklidných životů zasáhne událost, která všechno změní... Čítať ďalej
Druhý díl slavného románu anglické klasičky je již zcela ponořen do dusné atmosféry průmyslového Miltonu a vzpomínka na slunný Helstone kdesi na Jihu jen občas probleskne v myšlenkách přestěhovavší... Čítať ďalej
This is the -Penguin English Library- edition of -North and South- by Elizabeth Gaskell. 'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?' Elizabeth Gaskell's... Čítať ďalej
With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its... Čítať ďalej
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. A rich, comic... Čítať ďalej
The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic... Čítať ďalej
Follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the north. This book uses a love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a industrial society... Čítať ďalej
Forced to move from the rural tranquillity of southern England to the turbulent northern mill town of Milton, Margaret Hale takes an instant dislike to the dirt and noise that seems to characterize her new home and its... Čítať ďalej
