Classic Fiction – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 8

Leo N. Tolstoi

War and Peace

Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace follows five different Russian families over fifteen years: as courtiers, as a populace experiencing turmoil, and as human beings w…

Henry Miller

Nexus

The scandalous autobiographical trilogy, which was banned for 30 years in the US and the UK, published for the first time in "Penguin Modern Classics", with innovative covers.

Irmgard Keun

Nach Mitternacht

Irmgard Keuns Klassiker der deutschen ExilliteraturFrankfurt, 1936: Menschenmassen strömen auf den Opernplatz und warten auf den Besuch Hitlers. Mittendrin und doch abseits verfolgt die 19-jährige Susanne…

William S. Burroughs

The Soft Machine

A terrifying, surreal space-age odyssey, The Soft Machine initiated Burroughs' Cut-Up Trilogy that includesNova Express and The Ticket That Exploded . The book draws the reader into an unmappable textual …

Henry Miller

Sexus

The author called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in 1930s Paris his rosy crucifixion. In this volume, he looks back to his early sexual escapades in Brooklyn, an…

Lisa Tuttle

My Death

A struggling writer hits on the subject for her next book: a biography of an overlooked female artist. But her literary detective work soon leads to bizarre, unnerving twists...The book will be about Hele…

Sarah Orne Jewett

The Country of the Pointed Firs

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksA young writer leaves the city to complete her manuscript in a small coastal town, but finds herself writing about the lives of its inhabitants inste…

Francis Monkman

Classical Concussion / Predictions

Edith Wharton

Glimpses of the Moon

A young couple's love is threatened by the destructive power of money, by one of the greatest authors of her ageIn this beautiful novel, Edith Wharton perceptively describes the seductions and temptations…

Jorge Luis Borges, James Irby,

Labyrinths

Since it was first published by New Directions in 1962, Labyrinths has transformed and enriched our collective imaginations, introduced new possibilities for literature, and astonished generation after ge…

Agatha Christie

Taken at the Flood

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. Now with a beautiful new series look!A few weeks…

Agatha Christie

After the Funeral

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister. Now with a beautiful new series look!When Cora Lansquenet is …

Agatha Christie

Cat Among the Pigeons

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, murder is part of the curriculum at an exclusive school for girls, and the intrepid Poirot sets out to bring a stealthy killer to justice. N…

Agatha Christie

Dead Man's Folly

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, when a mock murder game threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in. Now with a beautiful new series loo…

Agatha Christie

Hickory Dickory Dock

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a most unusual series of crimes at a student hostel intrigues Inspector Hercule Poirot, especially when a simple case of kleptomania paves t…

Agatha Christie

Dumb Witness

Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise. Now with a beautiful new series look!Every…

Nadia Terranova,

The Night Trembles

"'There is something stronger than pain, and that is habit.' Eleven-year-old Nicola knows this well. Each night he is tied up in the cellar by his mother, the wife of Calabria's biggest bergamot prod…

Kiyoko Murata,

A Woman of Pleasure

"In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protâegâee of a…

Jane Austen

Persuasion. Anniversary Edition

One of six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every en…