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111Much Ado About Nothing , William Shakespeare (1995)
Much Ado About Nothing has long been celebrated as one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. The central relationship, between Benedick and Beatrice, is wittily combative until love prevails… 212 руб112A Pair of Blue Eyes , Thomas Hardy (1995)
A Pair of Blue Eyes is celebrated for its central scene which shocked and stimulated Victorian readers. Forever after it caused Hardy to be embroiled in arguments concerning the sexual morality of… 219 руб113Walled Garden , Geddes-Brown Leslie (2007)
A celebration of walled gardens worldwide, from the Far-East to North America, and from Britain and Europe to North Africa. Includes the work of such celebrated designers as Gertrude Jekyll, Vita… 3521 руб114Tom Brown's Schooldays&Tom Brown at Oxford , Thomas Hughes (1993)
Lively and mischievous, idle 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 Alec Waugh (in"… 222 руб115Washington Square , Henry James (2001)
"Washington Square" marks the culmination of James’s apprentice period as a novelist. With sharply focused attention upon just four principal characters, James provides an acute analysis of… 219 руб116The Well-Beloved , Thomas Hardy (2000)
"The Well-Beloved" completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn… 232 руб117The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky , Fyodor Dostoevsky (2001)
This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in… 1141 руб118The House of Viktor&Rolf , Caroline Evans (2008)
Famed for their high-concept catwalk shows and extravagant collections, the radical Dutch design duo Viktor&Rolf have taken the fashion world by storm over the last 15 years. This sumptuously… 4428 руб119Stephen Fry in America , Fry Stephen (2009)
Britains best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephens account of his… 975 руб120In a Glass Darkly , Sheridan Le Fanu (2007)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814– 1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. "In a Glass Darkly"… 262 руб
