Libros de Literatura en inglés 301 resultados

Kawakami, Hiromi

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien bei...

O`farrell, Maggie

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marr...

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Here is my secret, which couldnt be simpler. It is only with the heart that one can rightly see; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. ...

Austen, Jane

‘You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.'Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject a marriage proposal from handsome Captain Wentworth because he lacks rank or fortune. But when he returns home from the Navy, more than seven years later, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, despite th...

Winslow, Don

Danny Ryan, de veintinueve años, es un estibador trabajador, un esposo cariñoso, un amigo leal y un "músculo" ocasional del sindicato del crimen irlandés que supervisa gran parte de la ciudad. Anhela algo más y sueña con empezar de nuevo, en algún lugar lejano. ...

Scott Fitzgerald, Francis

The Great Gatsby is one of the most recognized texts by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, considered a classic of American literature, whose exquisite work maintains all its relevance and freshness.Gatsby, the gentleman who reigns over West Egg, the host of the restless nights, but also the winner marked by the tragic fate of an unintended loneliness, is the archetype of those twenties...

Martin,George R R

An enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice by George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the series that inspired HBO's Emmy Award-winning GAME OF THRONES. ...

Yanagihara, Hanya

En una versión alternativa de la América de 1893, Nueva York es parte de los Estados Libres, donde la gente puede vivir y amar a quien quiera (o eso parece). El frágil y joven vástago de una distinguida familia se resiste a contraer matrimonio con un digno pretendiente, atraído por un encantador profesor de música sin medios. En 1993, un Manhattan asediado por la epidemia del s...

Franzen, Jonathan

Set in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human mythologies, as the Hildebrandt family navigate the political and social crosscurrents of the past fifty years.It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brin...

Murakami Haruki

Una impresionante obra de imaginación, KILLING COMMENDATORE es una historia surrealista de amor y soledad, guerra y arte. Esta es la edición de bolsillo de un título que ha conquistado a miles de lectores en el mundo. ...

Dicker, Joël

The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus Goldman and his cousins Woody and Hillel. Three brilliant young men with dazzling futures ahead of them, before their kingdom crumbled beneath the weight of lies, jealousy and betrayal. For years, Marcus has struggled with the burdens of his past, but now he must attempt to banish his demons and tell the tru...

Rooney, Sally

WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-know...

Preston, Paul

Told for the first time in English, Paul Preston?s new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War.This is the story of an avoidable humanitarian tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more.It has many protagonists but centres on three indivi...

Cervantes, Miguel De

"At the Venta or hostelry of the Mulinillo, which is situate on the confines of the renowned plain of Alcudia, and on the road from Castile to Andalusia, two striplings met by chance on one of the hottest days of summer..." Exemplary Novels is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy, written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612. The colle...

Quincey, Tomas De

"These preliminary confessions, or introductory narrative of the youthful adventures which laid the foundation of the writer's habit of opium-eating in after-life, it has been judged proper to premise, for three several reasons... " Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) a...

Shakespeare, William

?Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen...? The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to ...

Conrad, Joseph

"The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide..." Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Cong...

Shakespeare, William

?Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald ? Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him ? from the western isles...? Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play dramatises the damaging ph...

Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo

"In Seville, in the very portico of Santa Inés, and while, on Christmas Eve, I was waiting for the Midnight Mass to begin, I heard this tradition from a lay-sister of the convent. As was natural, after hearing it, I waited impatiently for the ceremony to commence, eager to be present at a miracle..." The Legends are a variety of romantic tales. As the name implies, most have a...

Austen, Jane

"The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance..." Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published ...

Poe, Edgar Allan

?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher...? Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered...

Wharton, Edith

"On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York..." The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fict...

Leroux, Gaston

"It was the evening on which MM. Debienne and Poligny, the managers of the Opera, were giving a last gala performance to mark their retirement. Suddenly the dressingroom of La Sorelli, one of the principal dancers, was invaded by half-a-dozen young ladies of the ballet, who had come up from the stage after "dancing" Polyeucte..." The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French w...

Irving, Washington

?In the spring of 1829, the author of this work, whom curiosity had brought into Spain, made a rambling expedition from Seville to Granada in company with a friend, a member of the Russian Embassy at Madrid. Accident had thrown us together from distant regions of the globe, and a similarity of taste led us to wander together among the romantic mountains of Andalusia...? Tales ...

London, Jack

"Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego..." The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs ...

Desconocido

"You should know first of all that I'm called Lazaro of Tormes, and that I'm the son of Tome Gonzales and Antona Perez, who were born in Tejares, a village near Salamanca. I was actually born in the Tormes River, and that's how I got my name..." The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its hereti...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted,..." Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating...

London, Jack

"Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light..." White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876-1916) - and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized i...

Brönte, Emily

"I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society..." Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846. Although is now widel...

Yanagihara, Hanya

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition.There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brillian...