The Collected Stories Of Katherine Mansfield

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...

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...

Austen, Jane / Thomson, Hugh

A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen's life and work.Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical...

Katherine Mansfield

Se suele recordar a Katherine Mansfield, autora consagrada del modernismo literario inglés, por su estrecho vínculo con la enfermedad, por su trágica y temprana muerte, por pasajes de sus diarios que en realidad no son tales, sino que fueron producto de la selección y edición que hizo su marido y albacea, John Middleton Murry. Gracias a las recientes investigaciones literarias,...

Katherine Mansfield

Amanece en la bahía de Crescent, en Nueva Zelanda. Vuelve la luz, baña la tierra y el mar, despiertan los animales y los humanos. Los habitantes de la colonia veraniega despliegan, o callan, sus menudencias, sus juegos, sus recuerdos, los sueños que no han cumplido y los que algún día cumplirán. Al final del día todo queda en calma.En la bahía, publicado en la revista London Me...

Katherine Mansfield

Antes de morir prematuramente a los 34 años, Katherine Mansfield (Wellington, Nueva Zelanda, 1888 - Fontainebleau, Francia, 1923) se había ganado una posición privilegiada entre los mejores narradores de la época gracias a los cuentos que había publicado, reunidos en En una pensión alemana (1911), Felicidad (1920) y La fiesta en el jardín (1922). Siempre reconoció la impronta d...

Katherine Mansfield