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Homer (Homero)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western ...

Homer (Homero) / Fagles, Robert / Knox, Bernard

"The Odyssey" is one of the earliest works of European literature, second only to "The Iliad". These two great epic poems, the astonishing first fruits of Greek civilisation, have together determined much of the course of Western literary culture and imagination. "The Odyssey" tells of the long and painful return of Odysseus from the Trojan War to his homeland of Ithaka, his wi...

Homer (Homero)

The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.Cha...

Virgil

The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic...

Homer (Homero)

Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before: the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look striking on any shelf. This stunning edition of The Odyssey, Homer's great epic, one of the oldest survi...

Homer (Homero)

Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him. Claiming that Odysseus is dead, a host of suitors have taken up residence in his home, eating up his wealth and trying to persuade Penelope to marry one of them. Penelope steadfastly ref...

Sand, George

Germain, un joven labrador viudo y padre de tres hijos, lleva una vida austera en casa de sus suegros. Ante la insistencia de estos, accede con desgana a cortejar a una viuda en un pueblo cercano. En su viaje lleva consigo a Marie, la joven hija de una vecina, con la misión de dejarla en una granja en el camino. Al caer la noche, la niebla envuelve el paraje y, tras un encuentr...

Sand, George

Conocida bajo el alias de George Sand, Amantine Aurore Dupin fue una escritora de espíritu rebelde y libertario, una de las voces que más influyeron en la literatura de su tiempo. «Estábamos, como tantas veces, reunidos bajo el emparrado. Era una noche de tormenta, el aire era denso y el cielo rebosaba de nubes negras surcadas por continuos relámpagos. Guardábamos un melancóli...

Sand, George

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Sand, George

El señor Barbeau, próspero agricultor y concejal del pueblo de La Coisse, decide ceder a uno de sus hijos, Landry, a un vecino para que trabaje en sus tierras. Sylvinet, su hermano gemelo, se siente menospreciado por no haber sido el elegido y un buen día, triste y airado, huye de casa. Al partir a buscarlo, Landry se encuentra con Fadette, apodada por los niños del pueblo el C...

Sand, George

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Sand, George

Regarded as one of Sand's best novels, Lélia is an important document in the evolution of women's consciousness. Published in 1833, when Sand was 29, it stunned Victorians by advocating the same standard of morality for men and women and by suggesting that both the prostitute and the married woman were slaves to male desire. Sand also questioned monogamy, fidelity, and monastic...