Henry James
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Romány
Evropané
Henry James: Henry James (1843 – 1916) byl americko-britský spisovatel a mnozí ho považují za jednoho z největších romanopisců píšících v anglickém jazyce… Román ´Evropané´ byl zfilmován. Ve filmu The Europeans z roku 1979 …
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Roderick Hudson (EN)
Henry James: Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sens
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Washington Square (EN)
Henry James: Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when
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The American (EN)
Henry James: Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and
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Klasická literatúra
What Maisie Knew (EN)
Henry James: `What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of e
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Literatúra faktu a Náučná literatúra
The turn of the Screw (EN)
Henry James: A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience stran