Victor Tavares Knihy

Nikto by o nej nepovedal, že je to dievča bez rodičov. Pollyanna je stelesnenie dobrej nálady a nevyliečiteľného optimizmu...

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Iba za jednu búrkovú noc strávenú na hrade pri Ženevskom jazere dokázala Mary Shelley predstihnúť takých literárnych velikánov, ako boli Lord Byron a aj jej vlastný manžel, Percy Shelley. Zrodený z jednoduchej stávky sa príbeh Frankenstein, čiže moderný Prometeus stal románom, ktorý rezonoval Anglickom 19. storočia, podnecujúc mnoho debát o vede a usporiadaní sveta, v ktorom žijeme, zatiaľ čo svetovej literatúre táto kniha priniesla nový, vedecko-fantastický žáner.

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Victor Frankenstein dreams of doing what his scientific peers called impossible; creating life from death. As lightning flashes across the sky, his creature stirs. But will it be the perfect being he imagines, or a monster?

In the foggy alleys of Victorian London, Mr Utterson is seeking to uncover the secret of his friend and client, Dr Henry Jekyll. Just what is his connection to the vicious murderer Edward Hyde who stalks the city's streets at night?