Táto séria ponúka podmanivé skrátené spracovania svetoznámych literárnych diel. Každá kniha predstavuje klasický príbeh z rôznych kultúr vo formáte dostupnom pre mladších čitateľov. Je to ideálny spôsob, ako sa zoznámiť s bohatstvom svetovej literatúry a rozšíriť si obzory. Séria slúži ako most k pôvodným textom a obohacuje jazykových študentov aj bežných čitateľov.
The Life And Death of a Man of Character
The moving, humane tragedy of a deeply flawed and self-destructive man, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the story of Michael Henchard, who sells his wife and baby daughter at a country fair in a fit of drunken anger.
Ďalší obľúbený román slávnej anglickej spisovateľky Jane Austenovej. Anna Elliotová je mladá, jemná, vzdelaná dáma, jedna z troch dcér váženého sira Waltera Elliota. Ľahkomyseľný, samoľúby otec a Annina márnivá sestra Elizabeth žijú veľmi nákladným životom a míňajú viac, ako si môžu dovoliť. A tak sir Elliot prenajme svoje vidiecke sídlo a spolu s Elizabeth odchádza do kúpeľného mestečka Bath šetriť a nadviazať kontakty s tamojšou smotánkou. Anna odcestuje k chorľavej sestre Mary, kde sa stretáva so svojím bývalým snúbencom kapitánom Wentworthom. Čoskoro zisťuje, že ani dlhých osem rokov na jej citoch voči kapitánovi nič nezmenilo. Ožije ich láska? Dajú jej ešte šancu, alebo karty zamieša mladý sir Elliot, ktorý si robí nárok na Annu aj strýkov majetok?
Though Aladdin's childhood had been full of beauty, comfort and happiness, without any trace of sadness or sorrow, he entirely failed to learn the lessons of hard work and responsibility.
Well's science fiction of time travel, and his protagonist's adventures in the future.
I had been given a simple but enormous task. This was the role for which I had spent my whole life preparing.
An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded however, and he must return home penniless.
In Hard Times, Dickens illustrates the condition of England through the fictional city of Coketown. Among its inhabitants are Thomas Gradgrind, the utilitarian headmaster who attempts to impose his rigid worldview on his family circle, and the uncaring businessman Mr Bounderby. Their materialist philosophies, as opposed to the world of fancy or imagination, are tested throughout the novel, which also explores workers’ conditions, trade unions and the spurious use of statistics. Perhaps the most polemical of his novels – in which hard-biting satire, moving drama and exuberant comedy find a very succinct and powerful expression – Hard Times is the ideal introduction to the world of Dickens.
Story follows the social and romantic trials of the book's heroine, Catherine Morland.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
`It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we'll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not.'
Dickens's classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security?
Román Jane Austenovej nás privádza do Anglicka 18. storočia. Dvanásťročná Fanny Priceová opúšťa svoj chudobný domov a odchádza na panstvo bohatých príbuzných s názvom Mansfield Park. Tam vyrastá u Sira Thomasa Bertrama s jeho dvoma dcérami a synom Edmundom. Pomaly dospieva a začína sa o ňu uchádzať Henry Crawford. Hoci ju srdce ťahá inam, Sir Thomas, ktorého bohatstvo je založené na utrpení čiernych otrokov, jej radí, aby si Crawforda vzala. Poslúchne napo-kon jeho radu, alebo sa jej život začne uberať celkom iným smerom?
Není pochyb o tom, že hrdinka románu Pýcha a předsudek, Lízinka, je sama Jane Austenová (1775-1817). Přestože prožila tak typicky nekonfliktní život (nikdy se neprovdala a jediné nabídnutí k sňatku prý během hodiny důrazně odmítla), neobráží se v jejím díle žádná osudová hořkost. Zdá se, že se ze své pozice dcery bez věna, a tudíž dívky bez zvláštních šancí na lepší sňatek, spíš nesmírně bavila – asi jako člověk, který v divadle sleduje zábavnou komedii. Přidáním ironického podtextu posunula románovou tvorbu ze sfér naivního realismu o několik generaci kupředu. Víc než půldruhého století je doba, která dovedla pohltit stovky literárních děl, jimž se při zrodu prorokovala nesmrtelnost; a byla to díla s daleko efektnějšími a vzrušivějšími náměty než Pýcha a předsudek. Jemné kouzlo Jane Austenové má svůj stálý vděčný okruh čtenářů a každá nová generace autorčin odkaz objevuje po svém, v nových barevných odstínech a v novém lesku.
Ikona Indie, otec a zakladateľ pojmu Satyagraha, jedna z najväčších postáv histórie, jednoduchý človek, ktorý svojou vytrvalosťou a húževnatosťou dokázal zmeniť pomery vo vtedajšej spoločnosti. Mohandás Karamčand Gándhí a jeho autobiografické dielo zachytavájúce Gándího pôsobenie do roku 1920, hlavne v Južnej Afrike kde bojoval za práva indických menšín.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
Here is a test, a puzzle for you. It is a faithful account of two most gruesome murders. Can you work out what actually happened in the early hours of one fateful morning in the Rue Morgue?
A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.
In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him protector of Xuanzang, a young and handsome monk determined to travel from China to India in search of the precious scriptures.
For David Copperfield, orphaned and with a cruel stepfather, the future looks bleak. But a new start beckons with the magnificent Mr Micawber, then with his eccentric aunt, Betsey Trotwood.
After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much longer than he expects.
Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery. This book also includes another Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Speckled Band.
Although Song Jiang is only a lowly local government official, he is loyal to the emperor and kind to all the citizens in his care. But Song is in trouble. A series of unfortunate incidents have led to him being arrested, and his political enemies are keen to see him sentenced to death.
The arrival of a gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure.
The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.
My darkness lifted, never to return. This man was truly the light of the world.
Makes a portrait of India. In this book, these unabridged observations of the British in India and Indian life were originally commissioned for The Civil and Military Gazette where the author worked as a journalist in the 1880s.
Catching fish. That's what I was doing on the day that changed my life for ever.
Úspešný román Jane Austenovej z prostredia anglickej "lepšej spoločnosti" 19.stor., kde čas plynie pomaly a porušenie spoločenských konvencií je neodpustiteľnou chybou , kde city a vzťahy medzi mladými ľuďmi výrazne ovplyvňuje výška majetku a ich zväzky sú často výsledkom osobných obetí a kompromisov. Hlavnou postavou je krásna a vzdelaná Emma Woodhousová.
A miser finds redemption through caring for an abandoned child.
A classic novel about the Chancery court and its cases while dwelling upon the romanic side of familiar things.
`Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'
Rachel opened the box and lifted out the diamond. She held it up in a ray of sunlight that poured through the window, and cried out in amazement.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
A storm, a shipwreck, an enchanted island ...