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A classic translation in a superb new editionIn 1872 the mistress of a neighbouring landowner threw herself under a train at a station near Tolstoy's home. This gave Tolstoy the starting point he needed for composing what many believe to be the greatest novel ever written.In writing Anna Karenina he moved away from the vast historical sweep of War and Peace to tell, with extraordinary understanding, the story of an aristocratic woman who brings ruin on herself. Anna's tragedy is interwoven with not only the courtship andmarriage of Kitty and Levin but also the lives of many other characters. Rich in incident, powerful in characterization, the novel also expresses Tolstoy's own moral vision. `The correct way of putting the question is the artist's duty', Chekhov onceinsisted, and Anna Karenina was the work he chose to make his point. It solves no problem, but it is deeply satisfying because all the questions are put correctly.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Students of Russian literature, the European novel, and comparative literature.

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harryis amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most important and enduringly popular of all the English poets.Wordsworth's verse declares a belief in the power of poetry to teach by appealing to the imagination and to the `grand elementary principle of pleasure, by which man knows, and feels, and lives, and moves'. His unique relationship with the poet andpolitical activist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805) - a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. In thisedition the poems are given in the texts in which they first appeared, and were appreciated by Keats, Shelley, Hazlitt and other contemporaries.This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes all Wordsworth's finest lyrics, and a large sample of The Prelude (1805), his extraordinary autobiographical poem in blank verse and the first truly great acheivement of a new erain English

*A new translation of one of Freud's most important and intriguing texts, by Britain's leading translator of German literature.*A Case of Hysteria combines rare insight into Freud's treatment of patients with a striking story of adultery, family tensions, and emotional conflict with all the elements of a modern novel.*Ritchie Robertson's fascinating introduction sets the work in its biographical, historical, and intellectual context and offers a close analysis which sheds light on the preconceptions and prejudices Freud brought to the case, and incorporates thefindings of recent scholarship on the real person whom Freud called 'Dora'.*By its critical examination, the introduction offers material with which to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of Freud's method of psychoanalysis.*Explanatory notes elucidate the literary and critical allusions that Freud worked into his text.*Up-to-date bibliography helps the reader to explore further.'I very soon had an opportunity to interpret Dora's nervous coughing as the outcome of a fantasized sexual situation.'A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what they told him. The 18-year-old 'Dora' was sent for psychoanalysis by her father after threatening suicide

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then,on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about tobegin!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

*A new edition of one of the greatest horror stories in English literature, the novel that spawned a myth and a proliferation of vampire franchises in film, television, graphic novels, cartoons, and teen fiction.*Includes a lively and fascinating Introduction that considers Stoker's Irish heritage, the Gothic genre and vampire legend, sexual allegory, and the social and cultural contexts that feed into the novel: the New Woman, new technology, race, immigration,and religion.*Chronology of Bram Stoker and Timeline of Vampire Literature before Dracula.*Comprehensive Explanatory Notes flesh out vampire mythology and historical allusions.*Includes an appendix featuring Stoker's short story, 'Dracula's Guest', an early draft or abandoned chapter that was not published as part of the novel.New to this edition*Critically up-to-date Introduction by Roger Luckhurst.*Expanded Notes by Roger Luckhurst.*Timeline of Vampire Literature before Dracula.*Updated Select Bibliography.*Appendix: Bram Stoker's short story, 'Dracula's Guest'.*Newly typeset text of novel in larger typeface.'it was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove home

*The first scholarly edition of Othello to give full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes, which make it a work of particular interest to theatre directors and scholars alike.*The text has been freshly edited, collating the 1622 Quarto and the 1623 Folio, and also making full use of the Second Quarto (1632).*The extensive introduction stresses the public dimensions of the tragedy, paying particular attention to its treatment of colour and social relations.*Extensive performance history, designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals and students.*Appendices on dating problems, music in the play, and a fresh translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives, Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi*Detailed commentary alerts readers to the play's theatrical life, as well as its rich language and word-play.The Oxford ShakespeareGeneral Editor: Stanley WellsThe Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers*A new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings*Extensive introduction gives full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes, gender, and social relations*Detailed performance history designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals*On-page commentary and notes explain language, word-play, and staging*Appendices on music in the play and a full translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives*Illustrated with production photographs and related art*Full index to introduction and commentary*Durable sewn binding for lasting use'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.'

Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his secondyear, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone  Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact,selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge

When Winnie the Witch makes a cardboard robot she is very proud of her creation and decides to turn it into a real robot. BIG mistake! Winnie and Wilbur soon discover that the Big Bad Robot is trouble, especially when it gets hold of Winnie's magic wand.Join Winnie and Wilbur on a robotic rollercoaster of a story! With an accompanying CD.

Tegye ezzel a kedves képeskönvvel és audio cd-vel gyermekei számára játékosssá az angol nyelv elsajátítását.* Használja a Happy Hoppy könyvet akár otthonában, utazás során, óvodában vagy az iskolában.* A színes képekkel illusztrált fejlesztő könyv 40 oldalon keresztül mutatja be az iskolakezdés előtti témákhoz tartozó alapvető frázisokat (színek, számolás, család, állatok, időjárás, étel, öltözködés, ünnepek), valamint egyszerű versekkel tesziélvezetesebbé a tanulást.Gyermeke tanulását segíti a könyvben található 26 tematikus éneket tartalmazó CD és egyszerű audioszótár.A gyermekek ennek köszönhetően a helyes kiejtést is könnyen elsajátíthatják.

'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.'Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick's travels. Setting out to journey toFrance and Italy he gets little further than Lyons but finds much to appreciate, in contrast to contemporary travel writers whom Sterne satirizes in the figures of Smelfungus and Mundungus. A master of ambiguity and double entendre, Sterne isnevertheless as concerned as his peers with exploring the nature of virtue

Arthur Conan DoyleA Vörös Hajúak Ligája - The Red Headed LeagueKétnyelvű klasszikusokOlvasd, hallgasd, gyakorold!Szeretsz olvasni?Élvezed az angoltanulást?Itt egy nagyszerű lehetőség, hogy e két szenvedélyt összekösd!A Vörös Hajúak Ligája (más fordításban A Rőt Liga, 1892) Doyle korai alkotói korszakához tartozik. Watson meglátogatja Holmest, aki elmélyülten hallgatja egy furcsa, lángvörös hajú úr elbeszélését. A nyomozót fellelkesíti a különös történet.Megkéri a barátját, hogy maradjon és hallgassa meg ő is Jabez Wilsonnak, egy londoni zálogház tulajdonosának rendkívüli történetét.Ez akkor kezdődött, amikor a zálogos fiatal segédje felhívta főnöke figyelmét egy újsághirdetésre: a rejtélyes Vörös Hajúak Ligája heti négy fontot fizet annak, aki a legvörösebb hajjal rendelkezik. Wilson sikerrel jelentkezik az állásra: a fizetségértnapi négy órát kell eltöltenie egy irodában az Encyclopedia Britannica másolásával. Két hónappal később, miután zárva találja az irodát, és az ajtón egy szűkszavú felirat tudatja a Vörös Hajúak Ligájának a feloszlását, Wilson a detektívhez fordul. Holmesrövid helyszíni szemle után, pusztán következtetéseire alapozva rájön, hogy aznap este valami súlyos dologra kerül sor, és elhatározza, hogy meghiúsítja

`the ideal reading...for the hours after midnight'Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince' because of his reclusive and nocturnal habits, Le Fanu was fascinated by the occult. Hiswritings draw on the Gothic tradition, elements of Irish folklore, and even on the social and political anxieties of his Anglo-Irish contemporaries. In exploring sometimes inexplicable terrors, the tales focus on the unease of the haunted men and womenwho encounter the supernatural, rather than on the origin or purpose of the visitant. This makes for spine-chilling reading.The five stories presented here have been collected by Dr Hesselius, a `metaphysical' doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxietymimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience.

Csodás karácsonyi ajándék minden korosztály számár!'When it snows, ain't it thrilling!'A joyous celebration of the most wonderful time of the year, based on the bestselling song Winter Wonderland, as sung by Grammy award-winnerPeggy Lee. The book comes with an accompanying CD which includes a much-loved recording of the song by Peggy Lee and an exclusive reading, too.Features- The perfect Christmas gift for all ages, based on one of the most famous songs of all time.- Celebrates the joy of spending time with family and friends during the holiday season.- Lavishly illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Tim Hopgood.- Gorgeous winter scenery, dancing snowflakes, and beautiful animals to spot throughout.- Contains an audio CD with song by Peggy Lee and exclusive recording with page-turn signals.

Anxious to please his bourgeois father, Mihaly has joined the family firm in Budapest. Pursued by nostalgia for his bohemian youth, he seeks escape in marriage to Erzsi, not realising that she has chosen him as a means to her own rebellion. On theirhoneymoon in Italy Mihaly loses his bride at a provincial station and embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome. There all the death-haunted and erotic elements of his past converge, and he, like Erzsi, has finally to

Translated by H. D. F. KittoEdited with an introduction and notes by Edith HallLove and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe.Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, facedwith a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family,Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair.These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable forreading or theatrical peformance.

When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - `This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered bysome violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this.' (Saturday Review) - although Trollope himself considered it `the best novel I ever wrote! Very much! Quite far away above all others!!!'This tightly constructed and passionate study of enforced marriage in the world of Radical politics and social inequality, records the lifelong attempt of Countess Lovel to justify her claim to her title, and her daughter Anna's legitimacy, after herhusband announces that he already has a wife. However, mother and daughter are driven apart when Anna defies her mother's wish that she marry her cousin, heir to her father's title, and falls in love with journeyman tailor and young Radical DanielThwaite. The outcome is never in doubt, but Trollope's ambivalence on the question is profound, and the novel both intense and powerful.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: General readers

Ez egy tündéri karácsonyi könyv!It's Christmas Eve and Winnie and Wilbur are super excited. They've posted their letters to the North Pole and made everything festive. But then disaster strikes. Santa gets stuck in their chimney! Hedesperately needs help with his deliveries otherwiseChristmas just won't happen. It's a fun and festive Winnie and Wilbur adventure!

James JoyceEllenfelek / Anya - Counterparts / A MotherKétnyelvű klasszikusokAz itt olvasható két elbeszélés James Joyce 1914-ben megjelent Dublini emberek című novelláskötetéből való.

This collection brings together six of Turgenev's best-known `long' short stories, in which he turns his skills of psychological observation and black comedy to subjects as diverse as the tyranny of serfdom, love, and revenge on the Russian steppes.These stories all display the elegance and clarity of Turgenev's finest writing.Richard Freeborn was until recently Professor of Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

This new edition for learners of English contains: the story of Winnie and Wilbur told in simple language

The very first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet was also the first of Conan Doyle's books to be published. His two creations, Holmes, the master of the science of detection and Watson, the great detective's faithful companion, are immediately infine form. The mystery itself, its solution plucked unerringly by Holmes from the heart of Victorian London, proves to be the inevitable consequence of a tragedy of the American West. The story is harrowing in its alternating hope and despair, althoughHolmes himself was later to complain that the book `produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid'.

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers atGrimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

'Rimbaud, the poet of revolt, and the greatest' Albert CamusRimbaud is the enfant terrible of French literature, the precocious genius whose extraordinary poetry is revolutionary in its visionary, hallucinatory content and its often liberated forms. He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21,after which he turned his back on family, friends, and France to roam the world. In his final years he was a trader in the Horn of Africa. Out of the brief, colourful life and the poetry of sensory wildness has been created the myth of Rimbaud, anenduring icon of youth, rebellion, and freedom. But behind the myth lies a poetic adventure of high ambition and painful rigour, poignant yet heroic. Rimbaud is one of the greatest French poets of all times.This bilingual edition provides all of Rimbaud's poems, with the exception of his Latin verses and some small fragments. It also includes some of his prose pieces, chosen because they offer a commentary on his poetic concerns.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: French Honours students, sixth form through to postgraduate, comparative literature students, students of translation studies, creative writing

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe.Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards

Come with Black Beauty on the journey of a lifetime.If you like horse stories, then Black Beauty is for you! Not only does this edition include the unabridged text, it is also full of extra material to help you get the most from the story and gives lots of recommendations for other things you might enjoy.