One booklassic Könyv, CD, DVD, Blu-ray – 5. oldal

... written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's problem plays) is not a ... Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the ...

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... suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumvirs and the future ... the role of Cleopatra in this play one of the most complex female roles in ...

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... a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. ... described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of ...

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... and lighting. He himself, a bachelor, lived in one of the best houses in Portman Square; when he ... things in the small hours, and he was one of those active, restless persons who, if ...

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... to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and ... of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people.The action ...

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... It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted ... man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns ...

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... of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale ... into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows ...

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... lecture, based in Masonic mysticism, by one Roger Brathwaite. Francis befriends Brathwaite, who ... of his future-prediction methods based on graphical engineering, and a lends him ...

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... Augusta, Meeson and several others are washed up on one of the lonely Kerguelen Islands, in the ... Ocean. Before his death Meeson tattoos his will on Augusta's back. This leads to a ...

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... great deal. This ruby ring which I wear on my finger was purchased at Colombo, the capital ... I had made in Calcutta. He was there on business at the time, and had since returned to ...

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... cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the ... a cabin as the boat filled with water). On the boat, Allan has a mysterious dream ...

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... 1901 novel is the story of one man's ingenuity, perseverance and struggle ... Farmers and commodity markets are depending on Bannon to build it on time. In opposition are several ...

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... ' book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), ... that the orbits were elliptical based on accurate measurements of the planets' positions ...

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... s Featherloom skirts and petticoats. With one hand on her sample case and the other fending ... clerks, and other predators, Emma holds on tightly to her reputation. Her experience has ...

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... Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive ... escaping the dying Earth and settling on Venus-in the process totally exterminating its ...

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... Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island ... prefix ευ eu, "good," instead of οὐ. One interpretation holds that this suggests that while Utopia ...

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... dropped into the Bundar Cafe at Delhi one scorching afternoon in September of last year and ... merely nodded my head, lazily, and went on reading the Post with as much calmness as ...

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... witnesses a man being shot one night by two masked assailants and on the advice of his ... suspecting foul play, as Ronald lies crushed on beach sands. And soon, Andrew is a suspect ...

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... it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of ... the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That ...

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