The Aspern Papers and Other Tales (James Henry)(Paperback)

The Aspern Papers and Other Tales (James Henry)(Paperback)

An impressive new selection of Henry James's short stories, edited by Pulitzer Prize-nominated James biographer Michael Gorra This volume gathers seven of the very best of Henry James's short stories, all exploring the relationship between art and life. In the title story, 'The Aspern Papers,' a

The Aspern Papers and Other Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

'There's no baseness I wouldn't commit for Jeffrey Aspern's sake.' The Aspern Papers is one of James's best-known and most accomplished novellas, whose plot foreshadows the modern cult of the writer as celebrity, and the hunger to uncover previously unseen writings. Indeed, in all four stories

Daisy Miller and Other Tales (James Henry)(Paperback)

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines: a young, independent American traveling in Europe, whose flouting of social conventions has the potential to lead to catastrophe. Her story is here accompanied

Daisy Miller and Other Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succ�s de scandale; and it has remained one of Jamess most popular short stories. Like the others collected here--'Pandora, ' 'The Patagonia, ' and 'Four Meetings'-- it describes a confrontation between

The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

A chilling new collection of Henry James's short stories exploring the uncanny, including 'The Turn of the Screw,' the basis for the new Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor In 'The Turn of the Screw,' one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the

Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories (Henry O.)(Paperback / softback)

O. Henry was a master of the short story and one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century. This selection of tales from across his writing career ranges from New York apartments to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men, clerks, hustlers, shop assistants, tramps and

The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, or simply as 'the most hopelessly evil story we have ever read,' The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous of ghostly tales and certainly the

The Turn of the Screw: And Other Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. At first Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess begins to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets hidden in the house, she is

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Elektronická kniha The Happy Prince and Other Tales:The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde containing five stories, The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket

The Portrait of a Lady (James Henry)(Paperback)

Henry James is one of the giants of American literary history. From the novella 'Daisy Miller' and classic short stories such as 'The Turn of the Screw' to the popular short novel Washington Square and intricately woven and highly complex later novels such as The Golden Bowl and The Ambassadors,

The Enchanted Moccasins and Other Native American Legends (Schoolcraft Henry R.)(Paperback)

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Henry R. Schoolcraft immersed himself in the legends and lore of Native American Indians. For thirty years he lived among Indian tribes in the West and around the Great Lakes, where night after night he listened to master storytellers weave spellbinding

Sleep No More - Six Murderous Tales (James P. D.)(Paperback / softback)

The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed stories, and this companion volume contains a further six, published here together for the first time. As the six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of

Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

Includes seven tales of the bizarre and unexpected

Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Poe Edgar Allan)(Paperback / softback)

This is the 'Penguin English Library Edition' of 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales' by Edgar Allan Poe. '...an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity...' Horror, madness, violence

The Bostonians (James Henry)(Paperback)

Daisy Miller and an International Episode (James Henry)(Paperback)

'An inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence' This unique edition reunites two tales which James intended to be complementary --'Daisy Miller' and 'An International Episode.' Young Daisy Miller perplexes, amuses, and charms her stiff but susceptible fellow-American, Frederick Winterbourne

The Portrait of a Lady (James Henry)(Paperback)

Regarded by many as Henry James's finest work, and a lucid tragedy exploring the distance between money and happiness, The Portrait of a Lady contains an introduction by Philip Horne in Penguin Classics. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt

Between Two Worlds: Lessons from the Other Side (Henry Tyler)(Paperback)

From Tyler Henry, clairvoyant and star of E!'s hit reality series Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, comes Between Two Worlds, a captivating memoir about his journey as a medium thus far. 'Dying doesn't mean having to say goodbye.' Tyler Henry discovered his gift for communicating with the departed

Washington Square (James Henry)(Paperback)

One of the most instantly appealing of James's early masterpieces, Washington Square is a tale of a trapped daughter and domineering father, a quiet tragedy of money and love and innocence betrayed. Catherine Sloper, heiress to a fortune, attracts the attention of a good-looking but penniless young

Henry VI, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Henry VI: Part One is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists. It depicts the fractious instability of the court and nobility of fifteenth-century England, and their squabbles with their French counterparts.Despite its debut performance in 1592, however,

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Quiroga Horacio)(Paperback)

Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American master storyteller Horacio Quiroga. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and Jack London, Quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in

The Princess Casamassima (James Henry)(Paperback)

Henry James conceived the character of Hyacinth Robinson--his 'little presumptuous adventurer with his combination of intrinsic fineness and fortuitous adversity'--while walking the streets of London. Brought up in poverty, Hyacinth has nevertheless developed aesthetic tastes that heighten his

The Guardians of Iceland and other Icelandic Folk Tales (Herman Heidi)(Paperback)

This collection of Icelandic fairy tales and legends comes from the days of the Vikings. These stories of trolls, magic, Hidden People, and creatures from the sea were passed down from generation to generation, told on cold winter nights in front of the fire before being written down a hundred

How to Be a Man: (And Other Illusions) (McKagan Duff)(Paperback)

The cofounder of Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, and Walking Papers shares what the hard-knock rock life has taught him about how to be a good dude (in spite of it all). One wouldn't usually turn to a veteran of Guns N' Roses for advice on how to live, but Duff McKagan is not a typical rock