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Memoirs from the House of the Dead - Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij

In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The inticate procedure…

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories - Howard P. Lovecraft

This handsome gift edition brings together 10 stories of Lovecraft's iconic Cthulhu mythos, beautifully presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages and gilded page edges. From the classic 'The Call of Cthulhu' to…

299 Kč

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Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskellová

''It''s the masters as has wrought this woe; it''s the masters as should pay for it.''Set in Manchester in the 1840s - a period of industrial unrest and extreme deprivation - Mary Barton depicts the…

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Dog's Heart - Michail Bulgakov

What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakov’s topsy-turvy world, the dog starts to walk on two legs,…

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Candide - Voltaire

Candide is an innocent young nobleman who leads an idyllic, sheltered life and has adopted the optimistic mindset promoted by his tutor Dr Pangloss. But after committing an indiscretion and being expelled from his family…

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Selected Works - Seneca

Seneca the Younger was a playwright, essayist, lecturer (and tutor to the emperor Nero) who remains one of the most important Stoic philosophers. Emphasizing both theory and practical advice, Seneca’s writing is perfectly suited to contemporary…

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In the Penal Colony and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

Dive into the surreal and absurdist world of Franz Kafka with this compendium containing some of his most captivating short stories. Including the deeply harrowing ''In the Penal Colony'' and his breakthrough tale, ''The Judgement'',…

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Pygmalion: 1941 version with variants from the 1916 edition - George Bernard Shaw

When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be…

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Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me? - William Shakespeare

'And when I shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars.' This collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, including both old favourites and lesser-known pieces, shows him at his dazzling best. One of 46 new…

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Confirmed Bachelor - Arthur Schnitzler

Following the death of his sister, middle-aged Dr Graesler leaves his winter home in Lanzarote for a health resort in Germany, where he practised medicine for many years. There he meets the Schleheim family, and…

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Sleeping Beauty & Other Grimm's Fairy Tales - Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Step into a wonderful world of magical adventure packed with sinister spindles, mysterious apples, and much more. First penned by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, this selection features some of their most famous stories, such as…

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