A historical romance, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of seventeenth century France are vividly played out in the background.
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The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.
Book De*ion The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win the hand ofplain Catherine Sloper--even if it means pretending that he lovesthe homely ingenue, not her opulent wealth. Includes a newAfterword by the author of "The Hours." Reissue.
The epic tale of Don Quixote and his faithful squire, SanchoPanza, and their picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenthcentury Spain, form the basis of one of the great treasures ofWestern literature - a book that is both a hilarious satire of thechivalric code and a biting portrayal of an age in which nobilitycan be a form of madness. This brand-new, thoroughly moderntranslation, and the extensive introduction and footnotes, makeCervantes' masterpiece more delightful and accessible to Englishreaders than ever before.
A sparkling love story set at a seaside resort-now in a newpackage When the man whose proposal she rejected returns from his longmilitary tour at sea, Anne Elliot is forced to face the decisionshe made eight years ago-along with the man she's never stoppedloving.
Alex Jennings will be the reader for this unabridged recordingof the The Sonnets. --This text refers to the AudioCassette edition.
Spirited Elizabeth Bennet matches wits and wiles of the heartwith the arrogant Mr. Darcy in this entertaining portrait ofmatrimonial rites and rivalries in Regency England.
Play in three acts by Luigi Pirandello, produced and publishedin Italian in 1921 as Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore. IntroducingPirandello's device of the "theater within the theater," the playexplores various levels of illusion and reality. It had a greatimpact on later playwrights, particularly such practitioners of theTheater of the Absurd as Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and JeanGenet, as well as Jean Anouilh and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Includes: The Tempest - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Winter's Tale - Much Ado About Nothing - AsYou Like It - Cymbeline - The Two Gentlemen ofVerona - The Merchant of Venice - King Lear - Macbeth - All's Well that Ends Well - The Tamingof the Shrew - The Comedy of Errors - Measure forMeasure - Twelfth Night - Timon of Athens - Romeo and Juliet - Hamlet - Othello - Pericles
Picking up where Henry IV, Part One left off after theBattle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV, Part Two is the story ofEngland's King Henry IV during his final months of life, hisreconciliation with his wayward heir, and his eventual death.
The master storyteller-in short form Famous for his novels, Hawthorne was first a short story writer.This collection includes his most powerful and penetrating stories,including "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's BlackVeil."
The adventures of Mowgli, a man-child raised by wolves in thejungle, have captured the imaginations not just of children, but ofall readers, for generations.
Troilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's mostphilosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and timehas seemed peculiarly relevant since the First World War. Fineproductions have demonstrated the play's theatrical power, andcritics have explored and illuminated its ideas and itsexceptionally complex language. Kenneth Muir, in his introduction,sets the play in its historical context, discusses its odd careerin the theatre, examines Shakespeare's handling of his multiplesources, and assesses the contribution of interpretative criticismto a deeper understanding of this sombre examination of a fallenworld. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailableedition of this title.
This novel's unsentimental evocation of childhood in theEnglish countryside stands as an enduring triumph; but equallymemorable are its portrayal of a narrow, tradition-bound society,its striking, superbly drawn heroine, Maggie Tulliver, and itsdramatic unfolding of tragic human destiny.
在线阅读本书 Book De*ion To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of AlanJay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's "My Fair Lady," this specialedition contains Shaw's original play and the * and lyrics forthe Tony(- and Academy Award(-winning musical. Revisedreissue. Book Dimension length: (cm)16.8 width:(cm)9.9
在线阅读本书 The story of an Ancient Roman soldier whose political machinationsand military might gain him heroic status, but ultimately lead tohis assassination.
Lush de*ions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweavewith the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the twentiethcentury, in an epic novel that chronicles America's past.
在线阅读本书 The original American satirist Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut,Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Brandedby Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, thegrim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resoundas clearly now as when it was written