Resultados para "A" en Clásicos

When young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris, eager for glory and adventure, he finds himself unwittingly drawn into a conspiracy that threatens the French crown. He quickly crosses swords and then forms a bond with three exceptional musketeers: Athos, the brooding nobleman; Porthos, the larger-than-life brawler; and Aramis, the silver-tongued charmer. Together, they forge a legendary alliance – the original bromance – ready to do anything for honour, loyalty, and panache.

Married to a man of importance in 19th century St.Petersburg, Anna's world crumbles when she falls passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky, and is forced to choose between her lover and her young son. Her tragedy lies in the cruelty meted out to her in high society by those who had...

Three Men in a Boat is one of the most amusing and durable books in the English language. Semi-autobiographical, it recounts the adventures and mishaps of George, Harris, J. (the author) and his remarkable dog Montmorency during a boat trip along the River Thames in England from London to Oxford...

Stories included -: Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker, The Mark Of The Beast by Rudyard Kipling, Aurelia by E.T.A. Hoffman, Mrs. Amworth by E.F. Benson, Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe...

Trouble is brewing at the home of the hero Odysseus, who has spent years fighting in the Trojan Wars and is now captive of the beautiful nymph Calypso. Hordes of suitors to his wife have invaded the family house, and Odysseus' son Telemachus sets out to find his father. Freed from the clutches of Calypso after the intervention of Zeus, Odysseus begins his epic return journey.

Beautifully told by Anna Massey, this is the engaging story of sisters Elinor and Marianne, whose lives are turned upside down when they are left almost penniless following the death of their father. Two men with whom the sisters form attachments present more unforeseen challenges along the way...

The original horror story, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic that sparked a thousand nightmares and redefined what it means to be human. This new special edition hardcover includes sprayed edges, gorgeous endpapers, and brand-new illustrations of key moments from the book. Obsessed with...

一度しか経験できない「老い」や「死」について，私たちは先人が残したことばから，その思いや経験を学ぶことができる．古典は，さまざまな知恵をもたらし，前に進むための励ましを与えてくれる．古代から近世まで，日本の古典文学を幅広い視野から読み解くことで，「老い」や「死」との向き合い方が，多彩に浮かび上がる．

El pobre Buck no podía imaginarse que una deuda de juego iba a cambiar su vida tan radicalmente. En las inhóspitas y salvajes tierras de Alaska, Buck va ir pasando de dueño en dueño, hasta que llegue a conocer a John Thornton, con quien establecerá una comuníón casi espiritual, que le empujará a realizar proezas increibles que se convirtieron en la leyenda que hoy os vamos a contar. El amor de un perro por su amo puede llegar a ser mucho más profundo y desinteresado que el amor entre los seres humanos.

Corazón es una de las obras más leídas a nivel mundial y un referente educativo para muchas generaciones. Desde su primera edición, en 1866, tuvo un gran éxito, y alcanzó las 41 ediciones a los dos meses y medio de su publicación. En el libro se cuentan, en forma de diario, las vivencias escolares de Enrique, un niño italiano originario de Turín.

En La bruja, Saveli Guikin, un sacristán insomne, acusa a su esposa Raisa de ser una bruja capaz de provocar tormentas y atraer a extraños al refugio de su cabaña. Mientras una tormenta desata su furia afuera, llegan dos viajeros perdidos, despertando la paranoia del sacristán. A medida que acusan y discuten, la tensión crece hasta un desenlace incierto, donde las sospechas y las acusaciones desafían la realidad.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. «Todos los animales son iguales, pero algunos animales son más iguales que otros.» Rebelión en la granja, de George Orwell, es una de las alegorías políticas y sátiras distópicas más célebres jamás escritas: un clásico breve y afilado que...

Ein festlicher Ballonaufstieg auf dem Frankfurter Theaterplatz, ein unheimlicher blinder Passagier und eine Todesfahrt in eisige 9.000 Meter Höhe: „Ein Drama in den Lüften" ist Jules Vernes atemberaubendes Frühwerk über Pioniergeist, Höhenrausch und nackten Wahnsinn. Frankfurt am Main, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Tausende Schaulustige strömen zusammen, um den spektakulären Aufstieg eines riesigen Gasballons zu bejubeln.

Inventore del racconto poliziesco e del thriller psicologico, nella sua sterminata produzione Edgar Allan Poe ha affrontato atmosfere torbide e terrificanti, trame allucinanti e bizzarre, intrecci misteriosi decifrabili solo con l'utilizzo di una lucida logica, mondi inquietanti e anche grotteschi, riuscendo sempre a penetrare a fondo nell'anima delle situazioni fino alle più estreme conseguenze.

Plain Tales from the Hills conjures up an intimate, evocative, often funny portrait of India. These unabridged observations of the British in India and Indian life were originally commissioned for The Civil and Military Gazette where Kipling worked as a journalist in the 1880s. Incredibly...

George Sherston - the 'I' of the book - is a shy, sensitive, and rather lonely boy living on the Kent/Sussex border in the early years of the 20th century. His great loves are sports, horses and hunting, and the story is told through his gentle and comic adventures at point-to-point races or...

Read by Belinda Lang, and seen through the eyes of Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen paints a charming, often ironic, picture of courtship and love. The novel is set in Highbury, a sizeable village in Surrey, where social life is dominated by the intelligent and wealthy young lady Emma, who has too...

Vanity Fair is a satirical masterpiece; a sweeping panorama of early 19th Century English Life. Thackeray's much-celebrated novel has been dramatized for television, radio and most recently for film starring Reese Witherspoon and Romola Garai. It follows the fortunes of the virtuous Amelia...

The Portrait of a Lady was first published in 1881 and is arguably Henry James' finest novel. It is set in England and Europe, but the main characters tend to be American, including one of fiction's great heroines, Isabel Archer, around whom the plot revolves. A young innocent abroad, Isabel...

La soñadora Emma, una joven de provincias casada con Charles Bovary, quien la ama pero es incapaz de comprenderla y satisfacerla, buscará la realización de sus sueños en otros amores, pasionales y platónicos..., pero ninguno de ellos logrará calmar su desesperada ansiedad y sus románticas inquietudes. La publicación de "Madame Bovary" (1856) provocó el escándalo de la burguesía francesa, esclava de mil prejuicios, y el proceso judicial que siguió contribuyó a un éxito editorial sin precedentes.