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Abstract: Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

Abstract: Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

Abstract: Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-pacedadventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with thevillainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau.

Abstract: Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.

Abstract: In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling's own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller's spirited poetry.

Abstract: Come si è formato il petrolio? Perchè bisogna diffidare di un vulcano che dorme? Tutte le risposte a queste domande e ad almeno altre 500 sono raccolte in questo libro.

Abstract: A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, "Our Mutual Friend" revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap's expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights "Noddy" Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman." Charles Dickens's last complete novel, "Our Mutual Friend" encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, "Our Mutual Friend" is one of Dickens's most complex--and satisfying--novels.

Abstract: Dalle recinzioni claustrali monastiche sino alle raffinate costruzioni dell'Umanesimo attraverso la lezione musulmana e le esperienze cortesi, il giardino riflette non solo la complessa vicenda storica del nostro Medioevo europeo, ma anche il rapporto tra messaggio filosofico e teologico ed esperienza botanica e naturalistica. Il giardiniere medievale ripete il gesto creatore di Dio, conosce le norme sapienti che possono piegare la natura per ricreare, se non la realtà, quanto meno l'illusione dell'Eden perduto. Il paradiso terrestre e i Campi Elisi sono gli archetipi, i modelli di una costruzione umana che osa sfidare il limite dell'eterno, nel sogno paradossale di una natura perfetta e al tempo stesso dominata dall'uomo.

Abstract: Rimasta orfana di entrambi i genitori, Mary Lennox cresce allevata dalla sua ayah, in India, e diventa una bambina viziata, antipatica e solitaria. All'età di dieci anni viene spedita a vivere in Inghilterra da un misterioso zio. Recapitata come un pacco in un tetro castello della brughiera, Mary conosce Colin, un cugino che vive lontano dal resto della famiglia, e Dickon, il fratellino di una domestica. Con loro scoprirà un luogo magico, speciale, in cui ridere, fantasticare e giocare all'insaputa dei grandi. Nel giardino che torna a vivere anche i sogni dei tre bambini rifioriranno e la loro amicizia sboccerà.