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81The Age of Innocence , Эдит Уортон (1999)
От издателя:Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton 039;s greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of… 91 грн (только Украина)82The Rover and Other Plays
Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and… 292 руб83Hard Times , Чарльз Диккенс (2000)
От издателя:Dickens 039;s widely read satirical account of the Industrial Revolution. Dickens creates the Victorian industrial city of Coketown, in northern England, and its unforgettable… 81 грн (только Украина)84The Steel Flea , Leskov Nikolay (2016)
The Steel Flea is an uproarious and alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black… 112 руб85Bel Ami&Une Vie , Maupassant Guy de (2016)
Une Vie (1883) and Bel-Ami (1885) seem almost diametrically opposed in tone and temper. The'Life'of the first is poignantly restricted within a woman's lot, while Bel-Ami is robustly masculine… 270 руб86The Night is Darkening Round Me , Bronte Emily (2015)
Some of Emily Brontes most extraordinary poems Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin… 91 руб87The Beautifull Cassandra , Austen Jane (2015)
She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them. A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women… 91 руб88Pantagruel - Gargantua
Rabelais's hilarious, scabrous and often scatological fantasy of life amonth the monks and friars of sixteenth-century France remains a satirical and comic classic. A great broth of a book in which… 224 руб89On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts , Thomas de Quincey (2015)
People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane... In this provocative and blackly… 91 руб90Femme Fatale , Guy de Maupassant (2015)
It is a selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday… 91 руб