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Includes detailed notes to complement the analysis of religion, and a chronology. The author expounds his personal view of religion through a discussion of the scene in Genesis in which Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command.

Considering the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness, the author focuses on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers; 'civilized' sexual morality, he asks, does repression compromise our chances of happiness?

Provides the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. This book continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class.

One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, s

Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, this title is one of the feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Carlotte Bronte, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. It justifies the nee

Zwervers op zoek naar werk George en zijn simpele vriend Lennie hebben niets in de wereld behalve elkaar en een droom Een droom dat ze op een dag wat land voor zichzelf zullen hebben Uiteindelijk vinden ze werk op een ranch maar hun hoop is gedoemd als Lennie een slachtoffer wordt van zijn eigen kracht

Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments, a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects i

Helps you address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity.

In 1962 de Andrade published Antologia Poetica, a personal anthology of poems from his first ten books. This selection draws on de Andrade's anthology to encompass his finest works within his chosen areas of interest: The Individual, Minas Gerais, Fa

Helps you celebrate the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-c

Helps you celebrate the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-c

Includes stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height.

Presenteert het horrverhaal dat negentiende-eeuwse lezers schandaliseerde met de weergave van een vrouw die gek wordt omdat ze letterlijk niets te doen heeft

Offers a selection from author's startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire.

Tells the story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine.

Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927).

Celebrates the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have

Offers a selection taken from Walt Whitman's (1819-1892) Leaves of Grass.

Introducing a collection of book from around the world and across many centuries. The books in this collection features stories, poems, essays and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. It also includes stories set in the Parisian beau monde a

Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. This book features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and

Containing more than a hundred poems, accompanied by original photographs, and spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book focuses on the sprawling oeuvre.

Obsessed by creating life itself, Frankenstein plunders graveyards for material to fa

Wanneer Elizabeth Bennet de geschikte vrijgezel Fitzwilliam Darcy voor het eerst ontmoet, vindt ze hem arrogant en ijdel. Hij staat onverschillig tegenover haar goede uiterlijk en levendige geest. Wanneer ze later ontdekt dat Darcy zich heeft bemoeid met de gecompliceerde relatie tussen zijn vriend Bingley en haar zus Jane, is ze vastbesloten hem meer dan ooit te verafschuwen.

A terrifying encounter with the escaped convict Abel Magwitch in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decrepit Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella at Satis House; the sudden generosity of a myster

Emma Woodhouse, knap, slim, rijk en fel onafhankelijk, 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

The Northern mill-town of Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds.

Anne Elliot, vingt-sept ans et toujours célibataire, semble destinée au célibat. Dans sa jeunesse, elle a rompu un fiançailles avec le capitaine Wentworth, sans le sou, à l'insistance de son amie Lady Russell, accédant aux exigences de sa classe sociale au détriment de son bonheur.

Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "T

Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole without giv

New chronology and further reading; Tony Tanner's original introduction reinstated Ed

Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe", regarded by many to be first novel in English. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing "Robinson Crusoe" as a pioneering w

Wanneer Jonathan Harker Transsylvanië bezoekt om Graaf Dracula te helpen een huis in Londen te kopen, doet hij afschuwelijke ontdekkingen in het kasteel van zijn cliënt. Kort daarna ontvouwen zich verontrustende incidenten in Engeland: een schip strandt op de kusten van Whitby, de bemanning is verdwenen en de krankzinnige Renfield raast over de naderende komst van zijn meester.

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea pr

Boek Maurice, geschreven door E.M. Forster, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boeken B.V., Literaire fictie algemeen

Maggie Verver, een jonge Amerikaanse erfgename, en haar weduwnaar Adam, een miljardair en verzamelaar van kunstobjecten, leiden een leven van rijkdom en verfijning in Londen. Ze gaan beiden trouwen: Maggie met Prins Amerigo, een verarmde Italiaanse aristocraat, en Adam met de mooie maar arme Charlotte Stant, een vriendin van zijn dochter.

After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by her selfish mother, Ida, and her vain father, Beale, who value her only as a means of provoking one ano