Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin – serie
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Complete Saki
Av Saki, H. H. Munro
Häftad, 1998
338 kr
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The complete works of one of England's greatest Edwardian writersSaki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, …
Cannery Row
Häftad, 1994
218 kr
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Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival A Penguin Classic Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is : both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the …
Twenty-one Stories
Häftad, 1993
228 kr
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In 'The Basement Room' a small boy witnesses an event that blights his whole life. Like the other stories in this book (written between 1929 and 1954), it hinges on the themes that dominate Graham Greene's novels—fear, pity and violence, pursuit, betrayal and man's restless search for salvation. …
Wonderful World of Oz
The Wizard of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz
Häftad, 1999
260 kr
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This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a …
Omensetter's Luck
Häftad, 1997
209 kr
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"The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation." -The New RepublicNow celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, Omensetter's Luck is the masterful first novel by the author of The Tunnel, Middle C, On Being Blue, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories.Greeted as a …
Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
Av Jack London, Robert L. Fish
Häftad, 1994
228 kr
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London’s suspense thriller focuses on the fine distinction between state- justified murder and criminal violence in the Assassination Bureau—an organization whose mandate is to rid the state of all its enemies.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature …
Complete Poems
Häftad, 1994
203 kr
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“Teems with sharp observation, profound moral insight, high satiric wit, and all manner of aesthetic delight.” –The New York Times Book Review A Penguin Classic This definitive edition brings together all the works that Pulitzer Prize-winning Marianne Moore wished to preserve, covering more than …
Captain and the Enemy
Häftad, 1999
224 kr
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Victor Baxter is a young boy when a secretive stranger known simply as “the Captain” takes him from his boarding school to live in London. Victor becomes the surrogate son and companion of a woman named Liza, who renames him “Jim” and depends on him for any news about the world outside their door. …
Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays
Av J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
179 kr
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A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and …
Selected Poems
Häftad, 1997
284 kr
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A Penguin Classic A best seller in his lifetime though neglected in recent years, Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) is due to be restored to his rightful place in literary history as one of the first great American Modernist poets. His poetry was revolutionary, though it looked deceptively …
Selected Letters of Marianne Moore
Av Marianne Moore, Bonnie Costello
Häftad, 1998
398 kr
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Marianne Moore's correspondence makes up the largest and most broadly significant collection of any modern poet. It documents the first two-thirds of this century, reflecting shifts from Victorian to modernist culture, the experience of the two world wars, the Depression and postwar prosperity, and …
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Selected Poems
Häftad, 2000
253 kr
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This selection of more than forty poems from a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance includes both uncompromising indictments of racial injustice and celebrations of the triumphs of African-Americans. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in …
