wyszukanych pozycji: 272
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Wylder's Hand (1864). By: Sheridan Le Fanu: Novel
ISBN: 9781717353979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,85 |
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The House by the Churchyard (1863). By: Sheridan Le Fanu: Mystery novel
ISBN: 9781717353245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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77,47 |
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Uncle Silas (1865). By: Sheridan Le Fanu: Is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller
ISBN: 9781717354372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,53 |
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Uncle Silas
ISBN: 9780140437461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel
In Uncle Silas, Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear. With its subversion of... Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel
In Uncle Silas, Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, is plagued by Madame de la R... |
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The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, including (complete and unabridged): 54 stories from these collections - The Purcell Papers, In a Glass Darkly, The Watcher and Other Weird Stories, A Stable For
ISBN: 9781781394953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 1046 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sheridan Le Fanu's work is distinguished by his able construction, ingenuity of plot, and power in the presentation of the mysterious and supernatural. This volume is a compilation of 54 of his short stories. Prepare to be very disturbed: A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family, A Debt of Honor, An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain, An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House, Billy Malowney's Taste of Love and Glory, Catherine's Quest, Devereux's Dream, Dickon the Devil, Doctor Feversham's Story, Ghost Stories of...
Sheridan Le Fanu's work is distinguished by his able construction, ingenuity of plot, and power in the presentation of the mysterious and supernatural...
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353,82 |
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Mizoguchi and Japan
ISBN: 9781844570577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For a majority of filmgoers, the names most usually associated with classic Japanese cinema are those of Kurosawa and Ozu. Yet during the early 1950s, at the same time that Kurosawa was becoming known to the public through the release of classics such asRashomonandThe Seven Samurai, another Japanese director, Kenji Mizoguchi, quietly came out with a trilogy of films--The Life ofOharu, Ugetsu Monogatari, andSansho the Bailiff--that are the equal of Kurosawa's in mastery, and that by any standard rank among the greatest and most enduring masterpieces of world...
For a majority of filmgoers, the names most usually associated with classic Japanese cinema are those of Kurosawa and Ozu. Yet during the early 1950s,...
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Carmilla
ISBN: 9789403860268 / Holenderski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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71,53 |
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Carmilla
ISBN: 9780008774981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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37,97 |
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The Evil Guest. (1895) by: Sheridan Le Fanu ( INCLUDE: The Murdered Cousin (1851)
ISBN: 9781540385772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu 28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories." Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.Sheridan Le Fanu was born at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot, Irish and English descent. He had an elder sister, Catherine...
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu 28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story ...
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In a Glass Darkly
ISBN: 9788119179534 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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85,10 |
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Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories
ISBN: 9781835622544 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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100,64 |
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Wylder's Hand
ISBN: 9788027229444 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This is a suspenseful novel in which Mark Wylder disappears just as he is about to marry Dorcas Brandon. He leaves no trace but finally, letters from him arrive with a European postmark. Meanwhile, a sinister figure appears and claims he is the rightful groom for Dorcas.
This is a suspenseful novel in which Mark Wylder disappears just as he is about to marry Dorcas Brandon. He leaves no trace but finally, letters from ...
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72,46 |
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Uncle Silas (1865) by Sheridan Le Fanu ( NOVEL)
ISBN: 9781545269916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,17 |
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Carmilla
ISBN: 9783819040177 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Carmilla is a Gothic horror novella published in 1872 and is one of the earliest vampire stories in modern literature. The story is narrated by Laura, a young woman who lives with her father in an isolated castle in Styria. Her quiet life takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious carriage accident brings a young girl named Carmilla into their home. Carmilla is beautiful and charming but also exhibits strange behaviors, such as avoiding religious symbols, sleeping late into the day, and expressing an unusually intense affection for Laura. As their friendship deepens, Laura experiences disturbing...
Carmilla is a Gothic horror novella published in 1872 and is one of the earliest vampire stories in modern literature. The story is narrated by Laura,...
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58,11 |
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The Novels of Sheridan Le Fanu, Volume Two, including (complete and unabridged: Checkmate, Willing To Die and Uncle Silas
ISBN: 9781781394946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 1050 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. All three novels are of the genre "Sensation Novel" which is a Victorian ancestor to the detective novel. Crime is at the heart of the novels, but there is no detective hero, and the crime goes alongside the melodrama. 'Checkmate' involves self-interest, dishonesty, deception, revenge, and murder. From the beginning the reader knows there is something not right about a gentleman with impeccable credentials. Eventually the plot is exposed and revenge is being played out as carefully as a game of chess. 'Willing to Die' was published after the author's death and like his other novels is...
All three novels are of the genre "Sensation Novel" which is a Victorian ancestor to the detective novel. Crime is at the heart of the novels, but the...
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Too Many Pills: How Too Much Medicine is Endangering Our Health and What We Can Do About It
ISBN: 9781408709788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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In A Glass Darkly
ISBN: 9781840225525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 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 (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a pioneer psychologist. These five tales represent some of Le Fanu's most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features both ghosts and vampires - Le... With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian ... |
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25,12 |
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The Novels of Sheridan Le Fanu, Volume One, including (complete and unabridged: Wylder's Hand, Guy Deverell and The Tenants of Malory
ISBN: 9781781394939 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 1124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. All three novels are of the genre "Sensation Novel" which is a Victorian ancestor to the detective novel. Crime is at the heart of the novels, but there is no detective hero, and the crime goes alongside the melodrama. Wylder's Hand has a fiendishly convoluted plot, as should all crime fiction in general. The plot is melodramatic, but the characters are complex and sophisticated. The chief villain is selfish and merciless, but without malevolence. The secondary villain is sinister and chilling, even managing to persuade himself that he is honourable whilst committing outrageous crimes. Guy...
All three novels are of the genre "Sensation Novel" which is a Victorian ancestor to the detective novel. Crime is at the heart of the novels, but the...
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Carmilla
ISBN: 9780008770501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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18,96 |
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The House by the Churchyard . NOVEL By: Sheridan Le Fanu ( last of Le Fanu's novel )
ISBN: 9781540371911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The House by the Churchyard (1863) is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its own merits, the novel is important as a key source for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake The novel begins with a prologue in the voice of an old man, Charles de Cresseron, that is set in Chapelizod, Ireland, roughly a century after the events of the novel proper. This prologue details how, during an interment at the churchyard of the title, a skull is accidentally unearthed, which bears the marks of two crushing blows to the head and - even more...
The House by the Churchyard (1863) is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its...
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