Intro cedric watts (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New - Very Good. With a skill for ironic plots, incisive characterization and detailed descriptions Guy de Maupassant became a master of the short story and wrote hundreds in the 1880s. This collections presents 17 examples of his work, including the much-acclaimed 'Boule de Suif', 'Clair de Lune' and 'Mademoiselle Pearl'. Slightly off-mint.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Soames Forsyte seems an archetype of the Victorian upper middle class but behind closed doors is a very different man. Galsworthy's masterpiece exposes the hypocrisies of the era as it follows the tension and frustrations within his family and the ensuing feud.

Paperback. Condizione: New. With its bawdy humour, disjointed narrative and experimental techniques, Sterne's comic novel - purporting to be the autobiography of its digression-prone narrator - has been in print since the 1760s and earned its writer the accolade of 'most liberated spirit of all time' from Nietzsche.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Representing Kipling's 'mastery of idioms, technology and technical terms, exotic locations, and social range' as well as his creativity, the 13 short stories in this collection range from the comedic to the horrific and include the enigmatic mystery 'Mrs Bathurst'.