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Z dala od zgiełku – audiobook
Thomas Hardy
Wspaniały portret niezależnej kobiety, która potrafi wybrnąć nawet z pozornie nieodwracalnych skutków źle podjętych decyzji. Klasyczna i jedna z najlepszych powieści w dorobku autora, obrazowo ukazująca przesądy i zwyczaje małej wiejskiej społeczności. Dziewiętnastowieczna Anglia. Betsaba Everdene dziedziczy farmę po zmarłym wuju. Wszyscy oczekują, że wyjdzie za mąż i zajmie się dziećmi. Ale ona,...Data dostępności:
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Szafirowe oczy – ebook
Thomas Hardy
W wiktoriańskiej Anglii miłość nie jest najważniejszym powodem, by wziąć ślub. Młoda i śliczna Elfride jest uwikłana w klasyczny trójkąt miłosny. Jej serce pała do ambitnego, lecz wywodzącego się z ubogiej rodziny Stephena. Ojciec dziewczyny nie chce jednak dopuścić do tak niepewnego kontraktu matrymonialnego. Zwłaszcza, że na horyzoncie pojawia się kolejny zalotnik - dużo starszy i dobrze usytuowany...Data dostępności:
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Z dala od zgiełku – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Wspaniały portret niezależnej kobiety, która potrafi wybrnąć nawet z pozornie nieodwracalnych skutków źle podjętych decyzji. Klasyczna i jedna z najlepszych powieści w dorobku autora, obrazowo ukazująca przesądy i zwyczaje małej wiejskiej społeczności. Dziewiętnastowieczna Anglia. Betsaba Everdene dziedziczy farmę po zmarłym wuju. Wszyscy oczekują, że wyjdzie za mąż i zajmie się dziećmi. Ale ona,...Data dostępności:
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Tessa d'Urberville – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Ekskluzywna edycja oprawiona w delikatną gładką tkaninę o właściwościach jedwabiu. Poruszająca historia miłości, zdrady oraz zbrodni w połączeniu z realiami wiejskiego życia i krytyką hipokryzji dziewiętnastowiecznego angielskiego społeczeństwa. Opowieść o losach młodziutkiej Tessy Durbeyfield, mieszkającej wraz z rodziną na prowincji. Dziewczyna wyróżnia się w swoim otoczeniu urodą, inteligencją...Data dostępności:
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Wessex Tales – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales contains seven stories, the first two of which are really very short – the rest are much longer. In this collection, Hardy explored the familiar themes of marriage and rural life that we see in his novel. The Three Strangers is surprisingly atmospheric, with a delightful little twist, although, in short, this is a perfectly thought out little story, a small isolated cottage filled with...Data dostępności:
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles – ebook
Thomas Hardy
This story of temptation, love and betrayal formed the basis of the scripts of several film adaptations. The young beauty, the daughter of an impoverished descendant of an ancient aristocratic family, seemed to be created for happiness. But suffering persecutes Tess, she becomes a victim of the words of the voluptuous bourgeois, loses her child, experiences the betrayal of her husband... „Once a victim...Data dostępności:
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A Changed Man and Other Tales – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The stories that make up The Changed Man were written at different points in Hardy’s life, but this collection was not published until 1913. Hardy wrote really excellent short stories – many of his stories had the scope and complexity of a full-length novel. This collection of twelve stories; Tales of soldiers, shepherds, milkmaids and dukes often contain some elements of the creepy or supernatural...Data dostępności:
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A Group of Noble Dames – ebook
Thomas Hardy
A group of "local historians" of men comes together and tells each other stories about women from the past. All stories are connected with love, marriage to the wrong person and illegitimate children. This says a lot about how women looked at that time. Even those in abundance had very little influence and were often convicted of using it when they had a chance.Data dostępności:
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A Laodicean – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Paula Power, daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon, inherited De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She instructs a young London architect, George Somerset, to do this work. Somerset falls in love with Paulo. But Paula, the Laodicean title, referring to a person with a warm or indecisive soul, is torn between the admiration of George and the admiration of Captain de Stancy,...Data dostępności:
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The Mayor of Casterbridge – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The novel tells about a man with character and unusual fate. The life story of Michael Henchard, first a homeless worker, a haymaker, then the mayor of Casterbridge and a local rich man and again a farm laborer, involuntarily arouses interest in the intensity of events.Data dostępności:
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Desperate Remedies – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Once upon a time there lived in the 19th century a charming young lady from a poor but proud family and a young ambitious gentleman in spirit, but not in origin. And now the boundaries of estates and welfare were ready to be erased under the pressure of the couple’s feelings and understanding of the girl’s parents that it’s not the age of her daughter to attract men and we need to work with what we...Data dostępności:
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Under the Greenwood Tree – ebook
Thomas Hardy
This story began around Christmas, when a group of guys from the village of Melstock walked and sang carols. It was then that the cab driver Dick Dewey saw and fell in love at first sight with the new teacher Fancy Day who had just arrived. She is also looked after by a wealthy farmer Shiner, whom Father Day favors, and pastor Maybold, who considers himself the most suitable party for Fancy. But the...Data dostępności:
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The Return of the Native – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Young beauty Eustace Way, passionate, self-willed, selfish and ambitious, eager to break out of the hateful rural outback into a “different life”, full of splendor, fun and pleasure. Meanwhile, after several years of service as a manager in a Paris jewelry salon, Clime Ibright returns to his Blooms End estate, who also wants to live a different life - to settle in his native land and open a school...Data dostępności:
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The Woodlanders – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The novel takes the reader to the very depths of rural England. The small village of Hintok, the scene of the novel, is so small that it’s even hard to find in the thicket of the forest, but this is where the tragedies of “truly Sophocles greatness” are played out. The reason for these tragedies is the clash of natural human characters preserved in the reserved wilderness of rural England.Data dostępności:
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Two on a Tower – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The novel "Two on a Tower" is one of the most famous works of the author. An atmospheric, dynamic story throws the characters at the disposal of forces far beyond their control. Lady Viviet, violating all the rules of decency, falls in love with Cleve, who is not only below her in social status, but also the youngest by 10 years. In an ancient monument turned into an astronomical tower, the heroes...Data dostępności:
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Jude the Obscure – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Jude is a layman who is cursed by an even larger figure: a pre-feminist minx. In the case of Jude, being associated with a woman in the then strange double is a fatal flaw. And not just any woman: Sue Briadhead, a Bovarian double, is ambivalent, mean and not romantic. Of course, she alone would betray Judah’s affection, break his heart. She is the sad queen of drama!Data dostępności:
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The Hand of Ethelberta – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Hardy’s fifth novel, entitled "Comedy in Chapters." In a typical Hardy manner, the story is based on a love triangle. Ethelberta and her involuntary sister Picoti are in love with the same man, Christopher, who reciprocates Ethelberta’s feelings. However, a happy result for them is out of the question, because it is poor.Data dostępności:
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Far from the Madding Crowd – ebook
Thomas Hardy
In the novel “Far From the Crazed Crowd”, Hardy reveals the great and eternal drama of the relationship between a man and a woman. At one time, the vivid, complicated story of the love triangle of the independent and proud Bathsheba, who inherited the farm in the wilderness of Northern England, the peasant Gabriel Oak and the “alien from urban civilization” sergeant Troy became a real literary scandal....Data dostępności:
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A Pair of Blue Eyes – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The heroine of the novel is a young Elfrid. She can easily charm anyone with the look of her blue eyes. In her life, two appear, a young architect and an experienced writer. Former friends become rivals, and Elfrida is faced with a painful choice.Data dostępności:
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The Well-Beloved – ebook
Thomas Hardy
"The Well-Beloved" complete the series of Hardy’s great novels, repeating his favorite themes of man’s eternal pursuit of excellence both in love and in art, and the ensuing suffering, Jocelyn Pearston, a famous sculptor, tries to create the image of his ideal woman - his imagined Beloved - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy, which Hardy...Data dostępności:
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