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Mooi slim rijk en vrijgezel Emma Woodhouse is volkomen tevreden met haar leven en ziet geen behoefte aan liefde of huwelijk Niets verheugt haar echter meer dan zich te bemoeien met het romantische leven van anderen Maar wanneer ze de waarschuwingen van haar goede vriend Mr Knightley negeert en probeert een geschikte partij te arrangeren voor Harriet Smith

Constance Chatterley voelt zich gevangen in haar seksloze huwelijk met de invalide Sir Clifford. Omdat hij niet in staat is zijn vrouw emotioneel of fysiek te bevredigen, moedigt Clifford haar aan om een affaire te beginnen met een man uit hun eigen klasse. Maar Connie voelt zich juist aangetrokken tot de jachtopzichter van haar man.

Tells the story of an orphan named Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves.

Part of the "Clothbound Classics" series, this title collects sonnets of Shakespeare's that deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. It also includes the sonnet "A Lover's Comp

Shimamura is de drukke stad moe. Hij neemt de trein door de sneeuw naar de bergen aan de westkust van Japan om een geisha te ontmoeten van wie hij denkt dat hij houdt.

Boek Six Stories - Penguin Modern Classics, geschreven door Stefan Zweig, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boeken B.V., Literaire fictie algemeen

Presenting an account of the author's childhood in Czechoslovakia, this title features the tales of the his father's battle to provide for his family both in wealthy freedom and in terrifying persecution.

Lost during the author's lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S S Westminster: dr

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, this title shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their happiness.

Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still d

Presents the story of a young man's painful sexual and intellectual awakening that echoes Fitzgerald's own career.

A collection of stories such as: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; and, "The Lost Decade".

The short story is one of the most varied genres in American literature. This title brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, f

Features three essays that offer insights into Nietzsche's theories of morality and human psychology.

Harry Goldfarb, heroin addict and son of lonely widow Sara, cares only about enjoying the good life with girlfriend Marion and best friend Tyrone C Love, and making the most of all the hash, poppers and dope they can get. Sara Goldfarb sits at home w

The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture. This is an examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other.

Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, a man attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are

Collects together the range of the author's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. This title also includes: "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "The Mock Turtle's Song", "Father William" and more.

Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist w

The Cold War is over and Ned has been demoted to the training academy. He asks his old mentor, George Smiley, to address his passing-out class. There are no laundered reminiscences; Smiley speaks the truth - perhaps the last the students will ever he

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Se

West Germany, a simmering cauldron of radical protests, has produced a new danger to Britain: Karfeld, menacing leader of the opposition. At the same time Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than

When the Department - faded since the war and busy only with bureaucratic battles - hears rumour of a missile base near the West German border, it seems like the perfect opportunity to regain some political standing in the Intelligence market place.

Un groupe choisi de scientifiques et d'astronomes, dont le digne Astronome Royal, le Dr Marlowe qui fume la pipe, et l'excentrique rebelle Professeur Kingsly, s'engagent dans une course folle pour comprendre et communiquer avec le nuage, luttant contre des politiciens aux doigts faciles.

It is summer, 1929, and in a small German town a storm is brewing. The shabby reporter Tredup leads a precarious existence working for the "Pomeranian Chronicle" - until he takes some photographs that offer the chance to make a fortune. In Kruger's b

Schipbreukig en stuurloos geworpen Lemuel Gulliver wordt wakker en bevindt zich op Lilliput, een eiland bewoond door kleine mensen wier lengte hun ruzies over mode en roem belachelijk doet lijken.

Wanneer Jonathan Harker Transsylvanië bezoekt om Graaf Dracula te helpen bij de aankoop van een huis in Londen, doet hij een reeks gruwelijke ontdekkingen over zijn cliënt. Kort daarna ontvouwen zich diverse incidenten in Engeland: een ogenschijnlijk onbemande schip strandt voor de kust van Whitby en een jonge vrouw ontdekt vreemde steekwonden op haar nek.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputa

Écrit dans la douleur, ce livre présente une méditation élégiaque sur la création de la vie et de l'art.

Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his re-education mean?

Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assis

Boek King Jesus - Penguin Modern Classics, geschreven door Robert Graves, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., FICTION / General

À vingt-sept ans, Anne Elliot n'est plus jeune et a peu de perspectives romantiques Huit ans plus tôt, elle avait été persuadée par son amie Lady Russell de rompre ses fiançailles avec Frederick Wentworth, un beau capitaine de marine sans fortune ni rang

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Cra

During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and hor

A semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs.