Classic / British EnglishEdgar Allan Poe, ‘the father of the detective story’ and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win – and which will lose – their battles?
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.
Depicts the joyless existences of the citizens of the imaginary mid-Victorian city of Coketown, whose workers toil endlessly for factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and whose students drudge for utilitarian educator Thomas Gradgrind
It is the summer of 1900 and Leo is staying with his friend Marcus. Leo likes Marcus's beautiful older sister, Marian very much. He becomes a secret messenger for her and a local farmer. But when he realizes what the messages they send each other are about, he is shocked and confused.
Anglicko-česká verze, zrcadlový text hororových povídek E. Allana Poea. Pro začátečníky, vhodné jako doplněk výuky angličtiny. Maska Červené smrti Rukopis nalezený v láhvi Jáma a kyvadlo Metzengerstein Zrádné srdce Pád domu Usherů Zlatý brouk