Maud Jackson Knihy

Búrlivé výšiny sú strhujúcim románom, v ktorom nás Emily Brontëová zavedie do pustých vresovísk yorkshirského panstva a zoznámi s obyvateľmi dvoch usadlostí a ich až prízračné prepletenými osudmi. Pán Lockwood, nájomca usadlosti Drozdovo, je prinútený jednej noci nájsť prístrešok v neďalekej usadlosti Búrlivé výšiny. Dozvedá sa o búrlivých udalostiach, ktoré sa udiali na panstve pred mnohými rokmi: o vášnivej láske najdúcha, mladého cigána Heathcliffa, a slečny Kataríny Earnshawovej, dcéry pána domu, ktorá ho zradila. Heathcliffova horkosť a pomsta sa stala kliatbou panstva a ďalšia generácia musí zápasiť, aby sa vymanila spod ťaživého dedičstva minulosti. Búrlivé výšiny sú napínavým mystickým príbehom plným vášne, zrady a pomsty Brontëová, ktorý odhalí tajomstvo lásky až za hrob a rozochvie nejedno ženské i mužské srdce.

"Since its publication in 1914, Dubliners has been arguably the most famous collection of short stories written in English. Through what James Joyce described as their "style of scrupulous meanness," the stories collectively present a direct, sometimes searing view of the city of Dublin in the twentieth century. This Norton Critical Edition is based on Hans Walter Gabler's scholarly edition and includes Gabler's edited text, his textual notes, and a newly revised version of his introduction, which details and discusses the complicated publication history of Dubliners. Explanatory annotations are provided by the volume editor, Margot Norris." ""Contexts" is a rich collection of materials intended to bring Dubliners to life for twenty-first-century readers. The Irish capital of a century ago is captured through photographs, maps, songs, newspaper items, and advertising. Early versions of two of the stories and Joyce's satirical poem about his publication woes provide additional background." ""Criticism" includes eight interpretive essays that illuminate some of the stories most frequently taught and discussed -"Araby," "Eveline," "After the Race," "The Boarding House," "Counterparts," "A Painful Case," and "The Dead." The contributors are David G. Wright, Heyward Ehrlich, Margot Norris, James Fairhall, Fritz Senn, Morris Beja, Roberta Jackson, and Vincent J. Cheng. A Selected Bibliography is also included."--BOOK JACKET.