On the Eve (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

On the Eve (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets

First Love (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Isaiah Berlin's translation of the legendary Russian novella of growing up and heartbreak When the down-at-heel Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the country estate of Vladimir Petrovich's parents, he instantly and overwhelmingly falls in love with his new neighbour's daughter, Zinaida. But the

Virgin Soil (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Turgenev's final novel, Virgin Soil traces the destinies of several middle-class revolutionaries who seek to 'go to the people' by working on the land and instilling democratic ideas in the countryside's locals. They include the daydreaming impoverished young tutor Nezhdanov - employed by the

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Novellas (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Driven to his deathbed by an incurable disease, the thirty-year-old impoverished gentleman Chulkaturin decides to write a diary looking back on his short life. After describing his youthful disillusionment and his family's fall from grace and loss of status, the narrative focuses on his love for

A Nest of the Gentry (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Coming back to the 'nest' of his family home in Russia after years of fruitless endeavours away from his roots, Lavretsky decides to turn his back on the vacuous salons of Paris and his frivolous and unfaithful wife Varvara Pavlovna. On his return he meets Liza, the daughter of one of his cousins,

Fathers and Sons (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Turgenev's timeless tale of generational collision, in a sparkling new translation When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, na ve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has

Love and Youth: Essential Stories (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

From the most romantic of the Russian greats, an enthralling selection of short stories and novellas An icon of Russian literature, Turgenev was able to contain the narrative sweep of a novel in a single short story. His protagonists experience the joy and painful turbulence of first love, the

Sketches from a Hunter's Album: The Complete Edition (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Turgenev's first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches: the observations and anecdotes of the author during his travels through Russia satisfying his passion for hunting. His album is filled with moving insights into the lives of those he encounters - peasants and landowners, doctors

Fathers and Sons (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

When a young graduate returns home he is accompanied, much to his father and uncle's discomfort, by a strange friend 'who doesn't acknowledge any authorities, who doesn't accept a single principle on faith.' Turgenev's masterpiece of generational conflict shocked Russian society when it was

First Love and Other Stories (Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich)(Paperback)

Bringing together six of Turgenev's best known stories in volume, this collection includes 'First Love,' 'Asya,' 'Mumu,' 'The Diary of a Superfluous Man,' 'Song of Triumphant Love,' and 'King Lear of the Steppes.' About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the

Faust: New Translation (Turgenev Ivan)(Paperback / softback)

This lesser-known novella by one of the great masters of Russian literature and the author of Fathers and Children, now available to English readers in Hugh Aplin's lucid translation, is presented here with 'Yakov Pasynkov', another story exploring the nature of love and human

Poslední schůzka - Ivan Sergejevič Turgeněv - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Z komentáře Miloslava Jedličky k původnímu LP albu 1218 0459 ' Poslední schůzka' s básněmi v próze Ivana Sergejeviče Turgeněva vydanému Supraphonem v roce 1982 a nyní vycházejícímu poprvé digitálně: | Básněmi v próze vyvrcholila a uzavřela se tvorba Ivana

Killing Eve: Die For Me - The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series (Jennings Luke)(Paperback / softback)

The concluding novel in the thrilling Killing Eve

Eve Illusion (Fletcher Giovanna)(Paperback / softback)

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING EVE OF MAN TRILOGY AND NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - EVE AND BRAM HAVE ESCAPED, BUT CAN THEY SURVIVE?'An apocalyptic nightmare, a daring escape and a passionate love story' Sunday Times________Eve - the last girl on Earth - is finally free . . .After sixteen

Hollywood's Eve - Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. (Anolik Lili)(Paperback / softback)

Lovcovy zápisky - Ivan Sergejevič Turgeněv - e-kniha

eBook: Soubor 25 povídek, které se odehrávají v ruské Orelské gubernii v 19. století. Nádherně popisují život, krajinu, lidi i zvířata na ruském venkově očima lovce. Citlivé dílo vnímavého pozorovatele. Autor do tohoto díla promítá i svoji obří lásku k lovu. Proto

Tendencies (Sedgwick Eve Kosofsky)(Paperback)

Tendencies brings together for the first time the essays that have made Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 'the soft-spoken queen of gay studies' (Rolling Stone). Combining poetry, wit, polemic, and dazzling scholarship with memorial and autobiography, these essays have set new standards of passion and

Eve of Man (Fletcher Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.They called her Eve.Eve lives alone in the Tower under the strict gaze of the Mothers. She is prized and protected, because she is the last girl on earth.Eve has always understood that the survival of the human race is in her hands

Mum's the Word: The High-Flying Adventures of Eve Branson (Branson Eve)(Paperback)

Eve Branson's life reads like a fast-paced adventure novel. A classically trained ballet dancer, she appeared in racy West End productions, disguised herself as a boy to take glider lessons, enlisted in the Women's Royal Navy Service, and then embarked on a series of harrowing adventures as a

Three Daughters of Eve (Shafak Elif)(Paperback)

Set across Istanbul and Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith and friendship, tradition and modernity, love and an unexpected betrayal.Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife and mother, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in

Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle - The basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series (Jennings Luke)(Paperback / softback)

The basis for Killing Eve, now a major BBC TV series (Killing Eve series) The breakneck thriller that inspired TV sensation Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh, 'unlike any other spy drama you've seen.' - Daily Beast Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. A

Tajemné příběhy o životě a smrti - Ivan Sergejevič Turgeněv, Alexej Konstant Tolstoj - e-kniha

eBook: Publikace představuje tři krátká díla ruských klasiků, která spojuje téma mystiky a tajemství v lidském životě. Je určena mírně pokročilým studentům ruštiny, kteří chtějí nevšedním způsobem rozšířit své jazykové znalosti. Kniha obsahuje upravené verze

Ivan the Terrible (Payne Robert)(Paperback)

Passion Of New Eve (Carter Angela)(Paperback / softback)

THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English