I přes prohlášení, že sedmým dílem se příběhy Harryho Pottera uzavírají, byl vytvořen příběh osmý. Má podobu dvoudílné divadelní hry, kterou autorka vytvořila ve spolupráci s Jackem Thornem a Johnem Tiffanym.
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, ...
Retrospektivní román vypráví příběh americké spisovatelky, která se po letech ohlíží na své mladistvé setkání s podivnou newyorskou sousedkou Lucy, jež vedla za zdí bytu své monology. ...
Rozsáhlý románový proud vědomí, ve kterém americká žena v domácnosti v rámci svého vnitřního monologu řeší nespočet témat, od vaření po globální situaci.
Novela známého amerického autora zasazená do městečka Castle Rock vypráví o Scottovi, jenž záhadně ztrácí váhu, ale není to na něm vidět. Následně se sblíží s lesbickým párem, který je terčem maloměstských předsudků. ...
Classic / British EnglishCount Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people’s blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. ...
Classic / American EnglishO. Henry stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his stories. (level 1 :
Classic / British EnglishOnly the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlie’s cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret? From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of Laura are ...
It is the summer of 1900 and Leo is staying with his friend Marcus. Leo likes Marcus’s beautiful older sister very much. To make her happy, he becomes a secret messenger for her and a local farmer. But then he realises what their messages ...
Classic / British EnglishGulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him? How will he talk to them? And why are the Big-enders fighting the ...
When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor he discovers some unpleasant facts about the medical profession. He struggles against a system that seems to value money more than curing illness. But the system is extremely powerful. Will he win ...
Classic / British EnglishSir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. Many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say that they were killed by a gigantic devil-like creature – the Hound of ...
Classic / American EnglishRip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has ...
King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the only daughter who really loves him. In time, he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his lesson? Or will his proud and angry nature bring him even ...
