Editura BLACK CAT

The kindly gentleman, Mr Allworthy, returns home from a voyage to find that someone has left a baby boy in his house. He adopts the foundling, giving him the name Tom Jones. Mr Allworthy’s sister, Bridget, » ...mai mult

The Durbeyfield family are poor and simple people, but their ancestors were the mighty d’Urbervilles, an ancient and noble family. When the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their eldest daughter » ...mai mult

Siegfried und Kriemhild sind in Zitaten und Anspielungen noch heute lebendig, und das nicht nur im deutschsprachigen Raum. Grund genug, einmal die ‘wahre Geschichte’ der beiden zu lesen: eine dramatische, » ...mai mult

‘Lock me in any cell in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week.’ For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as ‘The Thinking Machine’, nothing is » ...mai mult

In der belebtesten Straße Berlin, steht ein altes, scheinbar unbewohntes Haus. Theodor flaniert täglich die Straße entlang und bleibt immer vor dem Haus stehen. Gibt es eine plausible Erklärung für » ...mai mult

The Young King tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king and realises that money is not worth human suffering. In The Star Child a baby is found in the forest and discovers his true id

Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar, enters into an agreement with the Devil. He agrees to sell his soul in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches. But he realises the full implications » ...mai mult

Le Morte d’Arthur tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The tale begins with Arthur’s birth, his education, and his rise to the throne. It also recounts the tragic love » ...mai mult

The fascinating character of Maggie Tulliver and her relationship with her brother Tom is at the centre of this moving story of rural Victorian England. As she grows up, the intelligent and imaginative » ...mai mult

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English. The ‘English’ literature of the ex-colonies » ...mai mult

Stefan Zweig beschreibt seine Welt und die Welt um ihn von der ruhigen „Zeit der Sicherheit“ um 1880 bis zum Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Im Wien der Habsburger geboren, erlebt der Autor die Katastrophe » ...mai mult

Salvador, un joven de 17 años, decide apuntarse junto a su amigo Roberto a un campo de voluntariado juvenil en Galicia. Allí conoce también a Carmen, una voluntaria italiana. En medio de un paisaje » ...mai mult

Ten strangers are invited to a beautiful house on Soldier Island. Then one of them is murdered. They learn that they cannot leave the island, and nobody is as innocent as they seem. They are all in danger » ...mai mult

This is the story of James Joyce, a writer who overcame the limitations of poverty, nationalism, religion, family and near blindness. He only wrote about his native city, Dublin, though he refused to live » ...mai mult

This collection of three of Stevenson’s stories (‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, ‘Markheim’ and ‘The Body Snatcher’) analyses the moral fibre of Victorian society and highlights the conflict between » ...mai mult

These short stories by Graham Greene, Kate Chopin, Bernard MacLaverty, Roald Dahl and Shirley Jackson – all with a surprise ending – explore themes such as appearances and reality, prejudices and beliefs, » ...mai mult

A Christmas Carol is the first and the most famous of the five books that Dickens wrote to celebrate the spiritual values of Christmas.

Bullies at school pick on Bobo, who is a bit small for his age. Not to worry, for Bobo is a resourceful young lad with a few surprises of his own, and he soon teaches the bullies a lesson!

The fully-illustrated, original story takes into account the real-world interests of children in primary schools. It provides a wide range of stimulating activities, plus a picture dictionary of key v » ...mai mult

The Splintering Frame is a lively collection of ten paired short stories by modern and contemporary authors. Some of them are stylish, some witty, some entertaining, some puzzling and even disturbing, » ...mai mult

L’histoire du savant Victor Frankenstein qui, en essayant de construire une créature supérieure à l’homme, crée plutôt un monstre. Victime du destin ou usurpateur de la Nature ? En accompagnement » ...mai mult

Acknowledged as Wilde’s most perfect comedy, brilliant and subversive, The Importance of Being Earnest has even been considered to anticipate the ‘drama of the absurd’ of the twentieth century. Guided » ...mai mult

The publication in 1890 of Wilde’s only novel led to a furious public debate over art and morality. Dorian Gray’s double life in elegant high society and in London’s most degraded slums express the » ...mai mult