John Forster byl anglický životopisec a kritik, jehož dílo se soustředilo na hluboké bádání a rekonstrukci života a doby významných historických postav. Svým precizním stylem a analytickým přístupem přispěl k pochopení klíčových momentů anglické historie a k vykreslení portrétů jejích hlavních aktérů. Jeho zájem o historii a literaturu z něj učinil uznávanou postavu v literárních kruzích své doby.
Inspired by the song "This Pretty Planet," this whimsical picture book offers a heartfelt celebration of Earth. Through charming illustrations, it invites readers to appreciate the beauty and wonder of our planet, fostering a sense of hope and connection to nature.
This is the Penguin English Library Edition of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. 'You talk very easily of hours, sir! How long do you suppose, sir, that an hour is to a man who is choking for want of air?'. A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens' maturity. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea. As Arthur discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect many lives, from Mr Panks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard, to Merdle, an unscrupulous financier. The Penguin English Library contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.