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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Robert Louis Stevenson''s immortal tale of personality and evil, now in a wonderful new clothbound edition ''All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil'' Published as a ''shilling shocker'', Robert Louis Stevenson''s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll''s strange association with ''damnable young man'' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde''s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity''s basest capacity for evil.

DKK 168.00
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ''All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil'' Published as a ''shilling shocker'', Robert Louis Stevenson''s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll''s strange association with ''damnable young man'' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde''s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity''s basest capacity for evil.This edition also includes Stevenson''s chilling story ''The Bottle Imp''.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

DKK 107.00
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Mob Rules - Louis Ferrante - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Mob Rules - Louis Ferrante - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It pours out spicy tales of Mob lore to make its management points, an approach most execs couldn t refuse. New York Post Former mobster Louis Ferrante reveals the surprisingly effective management techniques of organized crime and explains how to apply them in any legitimate business. As an associate of the Gambino Family, he was part of some of the biggest heists in mob history. His talent for management led bosses like John Gotti to rely on him. Now he offers time-tested Mafia wisdom based on true stories, such as: Three can keep a secret (if two are dead): Build trust with your colleagues. You don t always need a gun to hit a target: Lead people without force. It s never personal: When circumstances demand it, never hesitate to pull the trigger.

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Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson''s Treasure Island is edited with an introduction by John Seelye in Penguin Classics.When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map among the dead man''s possessions. But Jim soon becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map''s existence, and his bravery and cunning are tested to the full when, with his friends Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey, he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down the treasure. With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - Blind Pew and Black Dog, the castaway Ben Gunn and the charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson''s tale of pirates, treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure stories.In his introduction John Seelye examines Stevenson''s life and influences and the novel''s place within adventure fiction. This edition also includes Stevenson''s essay on the composition of Treasure Island . Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson''s Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1893).If you enjoyed Treasure Island , you might like Daniel Defoe''s Robinson Crusoe , also available in Penguin Classics.

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Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Robert Louis Stevenson''s Kidnapped is at once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Donald McFarlan and a foreword by Alasdair Gray.Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. When the ship is wrecked, David, along with the fiery rebel Alan Breck, makes his way back across the treacherous Highland terrain on a quest for justice. Through his powerful depiction of the two very different central characters - the romantic Breck and the rational Whig David - Stevenson dramatized a conflict at the heart of Scottish culture in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion, as well as creating an unforgettable adventure story.This new edition includes a foreword by Alasdair Gray discussing Stevenson''s life and literary career and how he came to write Kidnapped . In his introduction, Donald McFarlan considers the novel''s realism and a depiction of Scotland. This volume also includes a historical note, a map, notes, new further reading and a glossary.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson''s Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1893).If you enjoyed Kidnapped , you might like Jack London''s The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories , also available in Penguin Classics.

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An Apology for Idlers - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

An Apology for Idlers - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life''s simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson''s witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are

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The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon - Colin Jones - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon - Colin Jones - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

There can be few more mesmerizing historical narratives than the story of how the confident monarchy left by Louis XIV in 1715 became the discredited failure toppled by revolution in 1789. This brilliant new book is the first in forty years to describe the whole period, from the last days of the “Sun King” to the wars of Napoleon. In a groundbreaking work of scholarship, Colin Jones argues that, contrary to popular belief, the house of Bourbon’s downfall was hardly a foregone conclusion. Producing an illuminating account of a society torn apart from within, he recounts the saga of how a dynamic French society—the heart of the Enlightenment—fell prey to the debt and humiliation of its wars against Britain.

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Selected Poems - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Selected Poems - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is known all over the world as a master storyteller, yet his achievements as a poet have been strangely neglected. This book reveals how much we have been missing. Fascinated by a wide variety of verse techniques, Robert Louis Stevenson produced superb work in styles ranging from folk ballads to witty conversational offerings for his friends. Pieces using Robert Burns''s stanza form and dialect rank among the most attractive Scots poetry of the nineteenth century. Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from the published collections and the complete Child''s Garden of Verse (1885), an extraordinarily evocative picture of childhood loneliness, visions and fears. Far more than in his famous novels, it was here that Stevenson felt able to give direct expression to his deepest feelings about friendship, love and nostalgia; this definitive anthology captures a compelling and utterly individual voice.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

His innovative thriller, as shocking now as when it was first published, the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson''s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror is edited with an introduction by Robert Mighall.Published as a ''shilling shocker'', Robert Louis Stevenson''s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll''s strange association with the ''damnable young man'' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde''s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity''s basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson''s inventiveness within the Gothic tradition: ''Olalla'', a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and ''The Body Snatcher'', a gruesome fictionalisation of the exploits of the notorious Burke and Hare.This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the story''s London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson''s Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1893).If you enjoyed The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , you might like The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner , by James Hogg, also available in Penguin Classics.''Every bit as claustrophobic, creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago''Ian Rankin

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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the Amateur Emigrant - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the Amateur Emigrant - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a notebook, which he later transformed into Travels with a Donkey. Just a few months after publication, Stevenson was off again - this time crossing the Atlantic and the breadth of America in the hope of being re-united with Fanny, an experience he recorded in The Amateur Emigrant. Both pieces are classics of travel writings, which reveal as much about Stevenson''s character as the landscape he travels through.

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The Black Box - Henry Louis Gates - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Black Box - Henry Louis Gates - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves over the course of the country''s history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr''s legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home” – for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society.This is a community that defined and transformed itself in defiance of oppression and lies; a collective act of resistance and transcendence that is at the heart of its self-definition. Out of that contested ground has flowered a resilient, creative, powerful, diverse culture formed by people who have often disagreed markedly about what it means to be ''Black'', and about how best to shape a usable past out of the materials at hand, to call into being a more just and equitable future.This is the epic story of how, through essays and speeches, novels, plays and poems, a long line of creative thinkers has unveiled the contours of – and resisted confinement in – the black box that this “nation within a nation” has been assigned, from its founding to today. It is a book that records the compelling saga of the creation of a people.

DKK 239.00
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The Black Box - Henry Louis Gates - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Black Box - Henry Louis Gates - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr's legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home” – for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society. This is a community that defined and transformed itself in defiance of oppression and lies; a collective act of resistance and transcendence that is at the heart of its self-definition. Out of that contested ground has flowered a resilient, creative, powerful, diverse culture formed by people who have often disagreed markedly about what it means to be 'Black', and about how best to shape a usable past out of the materials at hand, to call into being a more just and equitable future. This is the epic story of how, through essays and speeches, novels, plays and poems, a long line of creative thinkers has unveiled the contours of – and resisted confinement in – the black box that this “nation within a nation” has been assigned, from its founding to today. It is a book that records the compelling saga of the creation of a people.

DKK 127.00
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Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Penguin English Library Edition of Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson ''"One more step, Mr Hands," said I, "and I''ll blow your brains out"'' In Treasure Island , a weathered old sailor known as Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins''s parents - and it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. For when Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest - where ''X'' marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold. Setting sail with his friends on the ship Hispaniola to recover the treasure, Jim soon realizes that he''s not the only one who knows about the hoard. Suddenly he is thrown into a world of treachery, mutiny, castaways and murder and, at the centre of it all, is the charming but sinister Long John Silver, who will stop at nothing to grab his share of the loot... The Ebb-Tide , a short novel published the year of Stevenson''s death, is also a rollicking seafaring adventure, narrating the voyage of a stolen ship whilst exploring such themes as imperialism, violence, dishonesty, Christianity and corruption.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

DKK 107.00
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King of the World - Philip Mansel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

King of the World - Philip Mansel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019 ''The ultimate biography of the Sun King'' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France''s frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversation, especially with women: the power of women in Louis''s life and reign is a particular theme of this book. Louis was obsessed by the details of government but the cost of building palaces and waging continuous wars devastated the country''s finances and helped set it on the path to revolution. Nevertheless, by his death, he had helped make his grandson king of Spain, where his descendants still reign, and France had taken essentially the shape it has today. King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure in English. It draws on all the latest research to paint a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomises the idea of le grand monarque.

DKK 168.00
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Death's Mistress - Karen Chance - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Death's Mistress - Karen Chance - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir - half-human, half-vampire - and the only way she can stay sane is by unleashing her sometimes uncontrollable rage on demons and vampires that deserve killing.After the fortunate demise of her insane uncle Dracula, Dory is back home in Brooklyn, hoping that life will calm down for a while. But then two visitors arrive: her friend Claire, asking for Dory''s help in finding a magical Fey relic, and the gorgeous master vampire Louis-Cesare, desperate to find his former mistress, a vampire named Christine.Dory and Louis-Cesare soon discover their problems may be connected: the same master vampire Christine is bound to is also rumored to be in possession of the relic. But they soon realize there''s more at stake when Christine''s master turns up dead. Someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if Dory and Louis-Cesare can''t stop the murderer, they may be next . . .

DKK 168.00
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Chronicles of the Crusades - Sire De Jean Joinville - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Chronicles of the Crusades - Sire De Jean Joinville - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and The Life of Saint Louis by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade, at the very heart of a campaign that veered from its aim of conquering Muslim Egypt to the sacking of Greek Orthodox Constantinople. Half a century later, Joinville accompanied the French king, Louis IX, on crusade to Egypt and the Near East. The Chronicles of the Crusades are invaluable first-hand narratives of these campaigns and provide vivid insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders.

DKK 139.00
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Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Part of Penguin''s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Stevenson''s first full-length work of fiction brought him immediate fame and continues to captivate readers of all ages.

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The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys'' adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a swashbuckling portrait of a young man''s journey to discover the heroism within himself. Young Dick Shelton, caught in the midst of England''s War of the Roses, finds his loyalties torn between the guardian who will ultimately betray him and the leader of a secret fellowship, The Black Arrow. As Shelton is drawn deeper into this conspiracy, he must distinguish friend from foe and confront war, shipwreck, revenge, murder, and forbidden love, as England''s crown threatens to topple around him.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

DKK 141.00
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The Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer. But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. Satanic and seductive, the Master was regarded by Stevenson as ''all I know of the devil''; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle and compelling tragedy.This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel, the last approved by the author. The introduction considers the novel''s inspiration and its place as one of Stevenson''s greatest studies in cruelty.

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The Happy Reader - Issue 9 - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Happy Reader - Issue 9 - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles.In The Happy Reader 9 , our summer classic is Robert Louis Stevenson''s Treasure Island

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Henry James - Henry James - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Henry James - Henry James - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

James''s correspondents included presidents and prime ministers, painters and great ladies, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton. This fully-annotated selection from James''s eloquent correspondence allows the writer to reveal himself and the fascinating world in which he lived. The letters provide a rich and fascinating source for James'' views on his own works, on the literary craft, on sex, politics and friendship. Together they constitute, in Philip Horne''s own words, James'' ''real and best biography''.

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Fantastic Tales - Italo Calvino - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Fantastic Tales - Italo Calvino - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These mysterious and macabre tales include Hoffmann''s nightmarish ''The Sandman'', Poe''s terrifying ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' and Dickens''s chilling ghost story ''The Signal-Man'', and relatively unknown works from celebrated writers including Honoré de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott, Guy de Maupassant and Robert Louis Stevenson, alongside lesser-known contributors. Each story comes with a fascinating introduction by Calvino.

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The Man in the Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Man in the Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the final adventure of the Musketeers, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK sees D''Artagnan remain in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have gone their separate ways. Meanwhile a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask languishes in the Bastille, where he has been for eighteen years. When the destinies of the King and the prisoner converge, D''Artagnan and the Three Musketeers must face the ultimate conflict of loyalties. The Man in the Iron Mask is an incomparabletale of honour, loyalty and adventure.

DKK 113.00
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He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Anthony Trollope''s story of one man''s obsessive self-deception pitted against against the enduring power of his wife''s love, He Knew He Was Right is edited with an introduction by Frank Kermode in Penguin Classics.On a visit to the Mandarin Islands, Louis Trevelyan falls in love with Emily, the daughter of the governor, and they are swiftly married and return to live in London. But when a friend of Emily''s father - the meddlesome libertine Colonel Osborne - starts paying rather too much attention to the young woman, Louis is consumed by jealousy and refuses to listen to his wife''s pleas of innocence. And as his suspicions become increasingly obsessive and the marriage collapses, Louis finds himself driven to desperate actions. In He Knew He Was Right , Trollope created a highly sympathetic portrait of a deeply troubled marriage, and a compelling psychological story of sexual obsession in his portrait of a nineteenth-century Othello.In his introduction, Frank Kermode discusses Victorian attitudes to courtship and marriage, compares the novel to Othello and places it in the context of Trollope''s other works. This edition also includes a new chronology, a bibliography and notes.Anthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family''s high social standing and their comparative poverty. He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector, but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his ''Barsetshire novels'', The Warden (1855). As well as writing over forty novels, including such popular works as Can You Forgive Her? (1865) , Phineas Finn (1869) , He Knew He Was Right (1869) and The Way We Live Now (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to England.If you enjoyed He Knew He Was Right , you might enjoy Trollope''s The Way We Live Now , also available in Penguin Classics.

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