Kenneth Brodey Libri

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost.

FAIRY TALE & FANTASY A story of love and friendship about a fisherman who catches a mermaid. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her. However, she cannot marry him until he has lost his human soul. Dossiers: Children’s Literature Aestheticism

Clicca qui per l'edizione "Storie senza tempo". Una storia d'amore sboccia nella cittadina termale inglese di Bath tra un giovane e benestante pastore anglicano e la protagonista del romanzo, Catherine Morland. Creduta una ricca ereditiera, Catherine viene invitata dal padre del fidanzato nella residenza di famiglia, l'ex-abbazia di Northanger. Suggestionata dal luogo e ancor più dalle intense letture di romanzi dell'orrore all'epoca in gran voga, la giovane protagonista, in un classico scambio tra fantasia e realtà,vive banali eventi quotidiani alterandoli alla luce di immaginarie atmosfere di terrore. Una serie di malintesi, frutto della sua fantasia sovreccitata, mette a repentaglio il rapporto sentimentale appena nato, pregiudicato anche dalla scoperta delle sue reali condizioni economiche. Celebrazione dei riti d' iniziazione sociale della borghesia inglese di provincia a cavallo tra Sette e Ottocento, quest'opera della Austin non si esaurisce nella storia di una contrastata passione, ma rappresenta una sottile parodia del romanzo sentimentale e soprattutto del romanzo gotico, che resta di grande attualità ancora oggi.

Doctor Faustus is the most brilliant scholar of his day. He has studied hard and is now master of all areas of learning. However, he wants something more, so he enters into an agreement with the Devil. He agrees to sell his soul in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches, which only brings him despair and terror as he realises the full implication of his impulsive action.

The mighty warrior Beowulf offers to help the King of the Danes in a quest to kill the monster Grendel and free his people from terror. After killing Grendel, Beowulf must also kill the monster's mother before he can return to his homeland, where he eventually becomes king. But he is called for a new adventure ... [4e de couverture]