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Ruth
ISBN: 9780199581955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth (1853) was the first mainstream novel to make a fallen woman its eponymous heroine. It is a remarkable story of love, of the sanctuary and tyranny of the family, and of the consequences of lies and deception, one that lays bare Victorian hypocrisy and sexual double-standards. Shocking to contemporary readers, its radical utopian vision of "a pure woman faithfully presented" predates Hardy's Tess by nearly forty years. This fully revised and corrected new edition is based on the three-volume first edition of 1853, collated with the one-volume 1855 edition. Tim Dolin's...
Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth (1853) was the first mainstream novel to make a fallen woman its eponymous heroine. It is a remarkable story of love, of the ...
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Mary Barton
ISBN: 9780099511472 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner s charming son, Henry, starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem s affections in the hope of marrying Henry and escaping from the hard and bitter life that is the fate of the workers, who are resentfully dependent on the callous mill-owners for their livelihoods. But when Henry is shot dead in the street Jem becomes the prime suspect and Mary finds her loyalties tested to the limit."
Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner s charming son, Henry, starts t...
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Cranford
ISBN: 9781917349567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Mr. Harrison's Confessions and Cranford
ISBN: 9781541360914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Wives and Daughters: An Every-Day Story
ISBN: 9781981250448 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 824 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Ruth
ISBN: 9781761535444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Mr. Harrison's Confessions
ISBN: 9781494733902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Gaskell was a British author during the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels are notable for detailed descriptions of the different classes of society in 19th century Britain. Mr. Harrison's Confessions is a novella about a doctor in provincial England. The story is a prequel to Cranford.
Elizabeth Gaskell was a British author during the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels are notable for detailed descriptions of the different classes of so...
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Ruth
ISBN: 9780140434309 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ruth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. When she loses her job and home, he offers her comfort and shelter, only to cruelly desert her soon after. Nearly dead with grief and shame, Ruth is offered the chance of a new life among people who give her love and respect, even though they are at first unaware of her secret - an illegitimate child. When Henry enters her life again, however, Ruth must make the impossible choice between social acceptance and personal pride.
In writing... Ruth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. When...
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The Collected Stories
ISBN: 9789370881891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Table for Seven
ISBN: 9780553386288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A warm and witty novel about friendship, fine dining, and learning that life doesn t always turn out quite how we expect it to perfect for fans of Barbara O Neal and Nancy Thayer
On New Year s Eve, Fran and Will Parrish host a dinner party, serving their friends a gourmet feast. The night is such a success that the group decides to form a monthly dinner party club. But what starts as an excuse to enjoy the company of fellow foodies ends up having lasting repercussions on each member of the Table for Seven Dinner Party Club. Fran and Will face the possibility that... A warm and witty novel about friendship, fine dining, and learning that life doesn t always turn out quite how we expect it to perfect for fans of ...
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Cranford
ISBN: 9788028393601 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Gaskells "Cranford" ist ein Meilenstein viktorianischer Literatur, der das Leben in einer kleinen englischen Provinzstadt auf unvergleichlich feinsinnige Weise schildert. Mit bemerkenswerter psychologischer Tiefe und leiser Ironie porträtiert Gaskell eine Gemeinde von vornehmlich älteren Damen, deren Alltag von bescheidenen Vergnügungen, strengen sozialen Konventionen und subtilen Machtstrukturen geprägt ist. Die episodische Erzählstruktur, untermalt von einem zurückhaltenden, aber präzisen Stil, ermöglicht es dem Leser, die Transformationsprozesse im Spannungsfeld zwischen...
Elizabeth Gaskells "Cranford" ist ein Meilenstein viktorianischer Literatur, der das Leben in einer kleinen englischen Provinzstadt auf unvergleichlic...
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North and South
ISBN: 9781477659458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Short Stories
ISBN: 9788028358587 / Angielski / Miękka / 840 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Introduction: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Short Stories & Novellas: Round the Sofa My Lady Ludlow An Accursed Race The Doom of the Griffiths Half a Life-Time Ago The Poor Clare The Half-Brothers Cousin Phillis Company Manners Mr. Harrison's Confessions The Sexton's Hero The Grey Woman Curious if True Six Weeks at Heppenheim Libbie Marsh's Three Eras Christmas Storms and Sunshine Hand and Heart Bessy's Troubles at Home Disappearances Lizzie Leigh The Well of Pen-Mortha The Heart of John Middleton Traits and Stories of the Huguenots Morton Hall My French Master The Squire's Story Right at Last...
Introduction: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Short Stories & Novellas: Round the Sofa My Lady Ludlow An Accursed Race The Doom of the Griffiths Half a Lif...
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Mary Barton
ISBN: 9781500210267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a well known British novelist at one of the peak eras for female writers in England. A novelist and short story writer at the height of the Victorian Era, Gaskell's novels weave a comprehensive, detailed image of the lives of all kinds of different classes in society during that age, ranging from the very poor to the cream of the aristocratic crop. Of course, given the era in which she wrote, Mrs. Gaskell's writing included a wonderful style of prose that still continues to please literary critics, even while discussing the general themes of the day like...
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a well known British novelist at one of the peak eras for female writers in England. A novelist and short story writ...
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Gothic Tales
ISBN: 9780140437416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria; while in 'The Old Nurse's Story' a mysterious child roams the freezing Northumberland moors. Whether darkly surreal, such as 'The Poor Clare', where an evil doppelganger is formed by a woman's bitter curse, or mischievous like 'Curious, if True', a playful reworking of...
Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends...
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Cranford (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)
ISBN: 9781998736287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 1
ISBN: 9781502468598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Cranford
ISBN: 9780141442549 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reappearance of long-lost relatives.
Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the... |
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North and South
ISBN: 9781545368244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Mary Barton
ISBN: 9781501032820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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