A New-England Tale (Penguin Classics)

Jane Elton, orphaned as a tender woman, is going to dwell along with her aunt Mrs. Wilson, a egocentric and overbearing girl who practices a repressive Calvinism. of their rural New England village, Jane grows up craving to damage loose from Mrs. Wilson's tyranny and locate her position as a citizen of the evolving American Republic.

Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses Old Man The Bear (Vintage International)

“You can't swim for brand new horizons till you will have braveness to lose sight of the shore. ” —William Faulkner These brief works supply 3 diverse ways to Faulkner, each one consultant of his paintings as a complete. noticed Horses is a hilarious account of a horse public sale, and pits the “cold practicality” of ladies opposed to the boyish folly of guys.

Gilgi (Neversink)

The stirring, never-before-translated tale of a unmarried, pregnant, and wickedly nervy younger secretary making her manner via a Germany succumbing to the Nazis. Irmgard Keun's first novel Gilgi was once an in a single day sensation upon its preliminary booklet in Germany, promoting hundreds of thousands of copies, inspiring various imitators, and making Keun a loved ones name—a attractiveness that used to be purely heightened whilst, many years later, the nervy Keun sued the Gestapo for blocking off her royalties.

La nieve estaba sucia (Narrativa del Acantilado nº 238) (Spanish Edition)

L. a. acción de esta novela se sitúa en una casa de citas de una ciudad europea bajo los angeles ocupación nazi. Con l. a. degradación ethical, se nos presenta en toda su crudeza el poder contagioso e invasor de los angeles abyección, así como los angeles escisión entre l. a. llamada del abismo y los angeles aspiración a una pureza excellent. l. a. novela nos acabará revelando a un héroe o a un loco insensible, que acepta el castigo como un rescate.