The fellowship of the ring

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780345339706

Collation

458 p. ; ill. ; 17,5 cm

Series Title

The lord of the rings: part one

Call Number

823 TOL t

The Iliad

In Homer's epic poem, The Illiad, the Trojan War rages on as gods and mortals clash in a struggle for honor, power and destiny.

The snows of Kilimanjaro: and other stories

An excellent story-teller, intense and skilful

The trumpet major

Thomas Hardy's only historical novel, The Trumpet-Major, is set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars.

Keep the aspidistra flying

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780241605738

Collation

277 p. ; 18 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 ORW k

Around the world in eighty days

The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

A clergyman's daughter

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play, by the hopelessness of preaching to the poor and by debts she cannot pay in 1930s Depression England. Suddenly her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself down and out in L…

The three musketeers

In this timeless tale adventure, loyalty, and intrigue, a young man and his spirited comrades, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, navigate duels, political plots, and treachery in 17th century France.

Wuthering heights

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before; of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine, forced to choose between pass…

Macbeth

A prophecy from three witches sets the ambitious Macbeth on a bloody path to power, spurred on by his ruthless wife and his own dark desires. As guilt and paranoia take hold, Macbeth’s descent into tyranny and madness becomes inevitable. One of Shakespeare’s most gripping and atmospheric tragedies, Macbeth explores the corrosive effects of unchecked ambition, fate, and the supernatural.