Agnes Grey

Macmillan Children's Books

A brilliant collection of stories based on the heroes and villains of Norse Mythology, hand-picked and collected together in this gorgeous gift treasury.Delve into the world of gods, giants and monsters, as you sit atop Air Throne and survey the kingdom of Asgard. With magnificent colour and line-work illustrations from artists such as Charles Brock, Arthur Rackham and Helen St...

L. Frank Baum / Anna Bond

A wonderful, wicked new deluxe hardcover edition of The Wizard of Oz with cover illustrations by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond!Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully myster...

Hemingway, Ernest

Hemingway's beloved novel of doomed love during wartime, now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, with a new foreword by Abraham Verghese, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for StoneOne of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paperA Fare...

Robert Louis Stevenson

What a study in contrasts is the friendship between Henry Jekyll and his boon companion, Edward Hyde. Where Jekyll is a handsome and respected man of science, Hyde is a surly and brutish misanthrope. Nevertheless, Jekyll has allowed Hyde free access to his home and laboratory and, surprisingly, made him the sole beneficiary of his will. Given the closeness of their bond, it see...

Kafka, Franz

Franz Kafka's bizarrely comedic meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation expressed through the story of a man who is transformed overnight into a giant beetle, now repackaged with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre. Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on...

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables has been one of the world's most charming coming-of-age stories for more than a century.Best-selling Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published the first book in her charming series in 1908, making it a literary favorite for more than a hundred years. Published as a children's novel, the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan, was inspired by the author's chi...

Brontë, Anne

Anne fue la más joven de las hermanas Brontë, la más crítica con la sociedad de su época y la más comprometida con sus ideales feministas. Basada en las experiencias de la propia autora, Agnes Grey es la historia de superación de una joven idealista y perseverante a partes iguales, dispuesta a abrirse camino pese a las dificultades. Anne Brontë entrega una obra maestra majestuo...

Brontë, Anne

Basada en las experiencias de la propia autora, Agnes Grey es la historia de superación de una joven idealista y perseverante a partes iguales, dispuesta a brirse camino pese a las dificultades. Anne Brontë entrega una obra maestra majestuosamente escrita y con un mensaje tan implacable como atemporal ...

Brontë, Anne

La llegada de una joven desconocida, Helen Graham, y su hijo a la vieja mansión de Wildfell Hall despierta el interés, y luego las sospechas maliciosas, de los habitantes del tranquilo pueblo inglés en que se encuentra la casa. No saben que Helen huye de un turbulento pasado, como irá descubriendo el narrador del relato y enamorado de ella, Gilbert Markham, al leer su diario. "...

Brontë, Anne

Gilbert Markham is fascinated by Helen Graham, the beautiful and enigmatic woman who has recently moved into Wildfell Hall. He is swift to befriend her, but when local gossip calls Helen's character and behaviour into question, Gilbert begins to repent of his congeniality. It is only when Helen presents Gilbert with her diary and instructs him to read it that the shocking truth...

Brontë, Anne

Decidida a lograr su independencia económica y a ayudar en su casa, Agnes Grey, la hija menor de una familia venida a pique, se coloca como institutriz en la casa de la familia Bloomfield. Su juventud e inexperiencia, así como la crueldad de los niños con quienes le toca lidiar y la frialdad de sus padres, son una difícil piedra de toque. Pero su perseverancia la llevará a camb...

Brontë, Anne

Con el objetivo de contribuir a la menguada economía familiar y lograr la independencia económica, la protagonista de este relato decide trabajar como institutriz para la familia Bloomfield. Agnes Grey, novela de marcado carácter autobiográfico, nos acerca a la severa realidad de las institutrices victorianas. «Qué delicioso que sería convertirme en institutriz, salir al mundo,...