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Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection reflects his remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. With a simplicity of style that masks complex philosophy, Maupassant can illuminate an entire cede of values by means of a few telling details. He exposes the brutality of war and the hypocrisy it spawns, and depicts the petty limitations, the dissimulations and the vanities inherent at different levels of society. His stories are linked by a trenchant irony and by a preoccupation with the frailty of human nature and the futility of so many lives. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

This is a fascinating selection of Kipling\'s most famous short stories, bringing together the very best of his work. Lifes Handicap reflects his experiences of India, and contains two horror stories which permeate the collection with an air of haunted destinies. Delusions and obsessions, past lives and the slums of London in 1890 are the fascinatingly diverse topics featured in Many inventions. While Traffics and Discoveries contains three tales in which the subject matter ranges from unexplained mystery and the super natural to an other-worldly house full of elusive but charming children. The Maltese cat is Kipling\'s well-loved story about a polo pony, These stories remind us once again that Kipling is an undisputed master of story-telling. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Delusions and obsessions, past lives and the slums of London in 1890 are the fascinatingly diverse topics featured in Many inventions. While Traffics and Discoveries contains three tales in which the subject matter ranges from unexplained mystery and the super natural to an other-worldly house full of elusive but charming children. The Maltese cat is Kipling\'s well-loved story about a polo pony, These stories remind us once again that Kipling is an undisputed master of story-telling. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. These stories remind us once again that Kipling is an undisputed master of story-telling. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

A year after the publication of The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas produced a sequel worthy in every respect of the original. In Twenty years After the much beloved D\'Artaganan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis reunite to fight the forces of evil. In the original novel they defeated Milady, a formidable foe: now they need to face her vengeful son Mordaunt, as well as countering the machinations of the sinister Cardinal Mazarin. Their adventures also take them to England, where Cromwell is about to topple Charles I. Meanwhile, they must overcome the obstacles which the passing of time has placed between them. Rediscovering strength in unity, they fight for Queen and country. The Musketeer novels were a huge success in Dumas\' own lifetime, and have lost none of their original appeal. Translated into many languages and adapted for cinema and television, they have helped to make Dumas arguably the most successful exporter of French culture to the wider world. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. The Musketeer novels were a huge success in Dumas\' own lifetime, and have lost none of their original appeal. Translated into many languages and adapted for cinema and television, they have helped to make Dumas arguably the most successful exporter of French culture to the wider world. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

This book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgliʾs parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the Black Panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.

This text contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running, which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera, Baloo and his other friends for the world of man.

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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about, said the author more than a hundred years ago. But this remark seems perhaps even more relevant to our present world where so many seek publicity at any cost. Wilde\'s well-turned phrases and spontaneous insults still cause much amusement and admiration. Most of us miss the opportunities for bon most, finding them long after the moments have passed, but the author seems never to have been short of suitable words - flattering, witty and on occasions savagely cruel. Many of the quotes in this book are taken from Wilde\'s plays, novels and essays which were also packed with witticisms amounting to an outrageous philosophy. Wilde\'s extravagance and unconventional behaviour earned him loyal friends but also bitter enemies and in 1895 after a series of unfortunate events and court cases he was gaoled for two years with hard labor for indecent behaviour. Though from prison ca me a few last brilliant works, Wilde was never to recover his health or standing in society. He died in Paris bankrupt, broken and alone. He is buried at Cimetière du Pere Lachaise - one of Paris\'s finest cemeteries - where today many pilgrims from all parts of the world come to pay their respects and leave tokens in recognition of his genius. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them trough the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as captain Hook explains liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of me. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band.Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park. Peters adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as captain Hook explains liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of me. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band.Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park. Peters adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park. Peters adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

Oscar Wildes Works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the hest-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, most notably with his masterpiece the importance of Being Earnest. His essays in particular De Profundis and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, most notably with his masterpiece the importance of Being Earnest. His essays in particular De Profundis and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Vea también la versión de esta obra en Rústica. Más información

Lively and mischievous, id le and brave, Tom Brown is both the typical boy of his time and the perennial hero celebrated by authors as diverse as Henry Fielding in Tom Jones and Alee Waugh in The Loom of Youth.The book describes Tom\'s time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman, to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. This classic tale of a boy\'s schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose\'s college, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. The book describes Tom\'s time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman, to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. This classic tale of a boy\'s schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose\'s college, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. This classic tale of a boy\'s schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose\'s college, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose\'s college, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: El contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare\'s greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of Imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra. She, variously generous and ruthless, loving and Jealous, petulant and majestic, emerges as Shakespeare´s most complex depiction of a woman: "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.\'"Unsurpassed in sumptuous eloquence and powerful characterisation. Antony and Cleopatra deservedly retains its popularity in the theatre, its insights into the corruptions of power and the ambiguities of desire remain timely. This volume is part of the new Wordsworth Classics\' Shakespeare Series, in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.\'"Unsurpassed in sumptuous eloquence and powerful characterisation. Antony and Cleopatra deservedly retains its popularity in the theatre, its insights into the corruptions of power and the ambiguities of desire remain timely. This volume is part of the new Wordsworth Classics\' Shakespeare Series, in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Unsurpassed in sumptuous eloquence and powerful characterisation. Antony and Cleopatra deservedly retains its popularity in the theatre, its insights into the corruptions of power and the ambiguities of desire remain timely. This volume is part of the new Wordsworth Classics\' Shakespeare Series, in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. This volume is part of the new Wordsworth Classics\' Shakespeare Series, in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información