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Lovingly designed for devoted Austen fans who know the story of Darcy and Elizabeth like the back of their hand. This audiobook allows you time to answer over 300 questions, many delivered in a conversational tone. Warning - having watched the movie 40 times may not help you. These questions are based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice!

Love Jane Austen? How well acquainted are you with the Dashwood sisters? With over 300 in-depth questions, delivered in conversational form, you'll have fun finding out.

William Shakespeare est considéré comme l'un des plus grands poètes, dramaturges et écrivains de la culture anglaise. Il est réputé pour sa maîtrise des formes poétiques et littéraires, ainsi que sa capacité à représenter les aspects de la nature humaine. Figure éminente de la culture occidentale, Shakespeare continue d'influencer les artistes d'aujourd’hui. Ses pièces sont régulièrement jouées partout dans le monde. Shakespeare est l'un des rares dramaturges à avoir pratiqué aussi bien la comédie que la tragédie.

En este libro hemos reunido las frases más famosas atribuidas al famoso escritor irlandés, Oscar Wilde. Las frases fueron tomadas de sus obras de teatro, novelas, poemas e incluso de conversaciones transcritas que fueron archivadas hasta nuestros tiempos. En cada una de estas frases es evidente la genialidad de estilo y el sarcasmo esmerado e inteligente de este autor fenomenal. Disfrute de las formas sutiles de Oscar Wilde.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

Coira MacDuff has lived a hard life. Once a prisoner of the English and held captive in a hanging cage, she is hesitant to marry an Englishman. Still, she does so for alliance purposes. But never does she expect to be brought back to Liddel Castle, the place that still haunts her dreams.

Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories. Among the most significant works Edward Benson is the The Wishing Well (1929) and many more.

This is the classic tale of a knight from King Arthur's Round Table who makes a dangerous deal with a mysterious visitor. The production is based on Jessie L. Weston's 1900 prose edition of a 14th-century poem.

This audiobook contains grammar points with examples for learners. With many chapters on various grammatical theories, A Grammar of the English Tongue is the complete guide to the correct usage of English. A Grammar of the English Tongue can help you get the basic skills you need for a career and for further educational pursuits.

Both a cracking tale of horror and deeply audacious account of the human psyche, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has continued to thrill and fascinate since it was first published in 1886.

Wie traurig das ist. Ich soll alt werden, hässlich und abstoßend. Aber dieses Bild wird ewig jung bleiben...

Lord Rufford has kissed Arabella twice but she realises that much more needs to be done to win him and his estate. It is now time to tell John Morton she no longer wants to marry him? Starring Robert Glenister, Anna Maxwell Martin, Barbara Flynn, Blake Ritson, Stuart Milligan, Joanna David, Daniel Rabin, Penelope Rawlins, Carl Prekopp, Henry Devas, Elaine Claxton, Joanathan Forbes, Jane Whittenshaw, and Sean Baker. Directed by Tracey Neal. Dramatised by Martyn Wade.

No wonder this was one of Helen Hayes' favorite roles! Plain Maggie works behind the scenes for the man she loves while he never suspects that it is she who is making him successful in his career. Enter "the other woman"....

Stevenson va escriure LIlla del Tresor quan va veure el seu nebot dibuixar amb aquarel·les el mapa d una illa. Va començar a posar-hi noms: lIlla de lEsquelet, el Turó de la Llarga Vista, fins a escriure a la cantonada superior dreta les paraules "LIlla del Tresor".

Les penúries econòmiques de Dickens van inspirar les seves millors novel·les (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Temps difícils), de gran contingut i crítica social. Gràcies a una herència, Charles deixa la fàbrica on treballava i es posa a estudiar. Aprèn taquigrafia i amb 17 anys escriu als diaris. El 1836 escriu per a un editor una novel·la per fascicles setmanals, Oliver Twist, on mostra amb cruesa la difícil vida dels més pobres. Va tenir un enorme èxit.

En Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe mostra com lésser humà és capaç de superar les dificultats amb esforç, paciència i enginy, alhora que fa veure la necessitat de comunicar-se i dintegrar-se en la societat.

Invoquer les esprits est parfois dangereux... par cette soirée du mois d'avril, au n.° 17 de Badderly Gardens, d'étranges phénomènes en seront la preuve.

An odd, turn-of-the-century tale of disconnection follows a quiet little man who wanders about the day in the shadows of an overbearing wife. Willing to do anything to find the love they once shared, he trails her patiently, almost invisibly, to an unexpected ending. "The Peace of Pi" is written with a curious blend of rhythm and rhyme, as a long-form poetic short story.