Hrdinkou tohoto snového, současně ale neúprosně realistického příběhu je mladá, krásná a svobodomyslná Hester, již krutě poníží závistivý dav. Příběh plný intenzivní symboliky se vyznačuje mimořádnou obrazností a prudkým spádem událostí líčených téměř filmovou řečí. Hesteřino vnitřní vyrovnávání s okolní … Zobraziť viac info ►

V Novom Anglicku 17. storočia sa medzi prvými kolonizátormi odohráva dráma plná citov. Na príbehu Hester Prynnovej autor majstrovsky zobrazuje dôsledky jediného hriechu z vášne pre troch ľudí – nešťastnú Hester, jej milenca a jej zákonného manžela. Prísne zákony puritánskeho spoločenstva odsúdia Hester a jej dieťa … Zobraziť viac info ►

Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. But she stands strong … Zobraziť viac info ►

HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart. ' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of … Zobraziť viac info ►

A dramatic, moving depiction of social defiance and social deference, of passion and human frailty. Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveal s Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced … Zobraziť viac info ►

'A sudden passion of anxious impatience rushed through my veins and gave me such a sense of the intensity of existence as I have never felt before or since. 'link title to catalogue entry](exact date?)Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. … Zobraziť viac info ►

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public … Zobraziť viac info ►

Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me. With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester wears a scarlet "A" upon her breast, the sign of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name, her husband begins his vindictive search for her lover, determined to expose … Zobraziť viac info ►

Márványszerű hidegsége nagyrészt abból eredt, hogy élete a szenvedély világától a gondolkodás felé kanyarodott. Egyedül állt a földön, elszakítva a társadalom közösségétől, egyetlen gyermekével, akit vezetnie és oltalmaznia kellett - nem is remélhette, még ha erre törekedett volna is, hogy régi helyzetét valahogyan … Zobraziť viac info ►

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Mladá žena, jej zbabelý milenec a starnúci pomstychtivý manžel - to sú hlavné postavy tejto drámy o konflikte medzi láskou a konvenciami v puritánskej Amerike. Majstrovsky spracované dielo sa stalo námetom na rovnomenný film v hlavnej úlohe s Demi Moore. Film však nemôže v celej šírke zachytiť atmosféru … Zobraziť viac info ►

Shining examples of American literature at its best, these four novels explore timeless themes adventure, war, sex, and morality through compelling narratives. An adulteress, a runaway boy, a terrified soldier, and a maltreated sailor the heroes of these novels have become a part of popular culture. This indispensable volume includes "The … Zobraziť viac info ►

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public … Zobraziť viac info ►

Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne´s concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly dis … Zobraziť viac info ►

any narrative of human action and adventure - whether we call it history or Romance - is certain to be a fragile handiwork, more easily rent than mended' The fragility - and the durability - of human life and art dominate this story of American expat riates in Italy in the mid-nineteenth century. Befriended by Donatello, a young Italian with the classical … Zobraziť viac info ►

In the final years of the seventeenth century in a small New England town, the venerable Colonel Pyncheon decides to erect a ponderously oak-framed and spacious family mansion. It occupies the spot where Matthew Maule, `an obscure man', had lived in a log hut, until his execution for witchcraft. From the scaffold, Maule points his finger at the presiding … Zobraziť viac info ►