Contrario al imperialismo británico, las guerras que sacudieron el mundo en la primera mitad del siglo XX y el auge de las corrientes totalitarias en el continente europeo, en esta distopia inspirada en los regimenes fascistas y el el comunismo sovietico, Orwell vaticino con casi 40 años de antelacion un futuro tetrico, regido por un Estado absoluto en el que las personas han perdido su individualidad y su derecho a la intimidad, y la sociedad ya carece de la mas minima capacidad para gobernarse a si misma.Ultima y mas perdurable obra de George Orwell, por su magnifico analisis de los mecanismos internos del poder y de las relaciones y dependencias que crea en las personas, 1984 es una de las novelas mas inquietantes y atractivas del siglo XX.

Escrito há mais de 70 anos, 1984 foi a terrível profecia de George Orwell para o futuroSua visão distópica relata um governo que fará qualquer coisa para manter total controleEm 1984, Londres é uma c

London, in the year 1984: The world is divided into three constantly warring superstates Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. In Oceania, of which Britain is a part, the Partys power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Partys Propaganda Department, Winston Smiths job is to edit and rewrite history, to meet the needs of the government. With every lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. As Winston falls in love with Julia, they begin to question the system, and expose themselfes to immense danger ... | Since its first publication in 1949, George Orwells haunting prophecy has been the definitive dystopian novel and one of the most influential works of the 20th century.

Bienvenidos a la colección 3 libros para conocer, nuestra idea es ayudar a los lectores a aprender sobre temas fascinantes a través de tres libros imprescindibles y destacados. Estas obras cuidadosamente seleccionadas pueden ser de ficcion, no ficcion, documentos historicos o incluso biografias. Siempre seleccionaremos para ti tres grandes obras para instigar tu mente, esta vez el tema es: Hermanas Bronte.- Cumbres borrascosas por Emily Bronte.- Jane Eyre por Charlotte Bronte.- La inquilina de Wildfell Hall por Anne Bronte.Este es uno de los muchos libros de la coleccion 3 libros para conocer. Si te ha gustado este libro, busca los otros titulos de la coleccion, pues estamos convencidos de que alguno de los temas te gustara.

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. Known for his acclaimed works including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:Lord Arthur Saviles Crime The Sphinx without a SecretA Model MillionaireThe Happy PrinceThe Fisherman and his SoulThe Nightingale and the RoseThe Young King

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.En este volumen traemos a Arthur Conan Doyle, un escritor y médico británico, creador del célebre detective de ficcion Sherlock Holmes. Fue un autor prolifico cuya obra incluye relatos de ciencia ficcion, novela historica, teatro y poesia.Este libro contiene los siguientes cuentos:- Un escandalo en Bohemia.- El gato del Brasil.- El pie del diablo.- La aventura de las cinco semillas de naranja.- La aventura de un caso de identidade.- La aventura de la segunda mancha.- La aventura de la inquilina del velo.

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.En este volumen traemos aOscar Wilde,fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo de origen irlandés. Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos mas destacados del Londres victoriano tardio; ademas, fue una celebridad de la epoca debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en dia, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus obras de teatro y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su muerte prematura.Este libro contiene los siguientes cuentos:- El fantasma de Canterville.- El retrato del Sr. W. H.- El principe feliz.- El crimen de lord Arthur Saville.- El amigo fiel.- El gigante egoista.- El modelo millonario.

Tras su espectacular, escandaloso, perturbador debut con Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh vuelve a agitar las conciencias y la literatura con este libro, compuesto por una colección de relatos y una novela corta no menos escandalosas y perturbadoras, aunque tambien despiadadamente divertidas.Un jugador de futbol que esta sufriendo un mal trip y una mujer embarazada camino del hospital son heridos por un rayo en una tormenta y se produce un curioso cambio de identidades; Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Kim Basinger y Victoria Principal toman el sol en Santa Monica y discuten como camioneros los encantos de los empleados de una empresa de mudanzas; Boab Coyle, borracho y quejica, se encuentra en un pub a Dios, que le da algunas lecciones sobre la vida antes de convertirlo en una mosca; un joven heroinomano va a ver a su abuela, decidido a robarle hasta la ropa que lleva puesta, y descubre que la vieja es el camello mas importante de la zona.Pero aun las mas divertidas historias esconden una subterranea corriente de desesperacion, que sube hasta la superficie en Un listillo, la novela corta que cierra el libro, dura, sarcastica y nada sentimental; cronica de la vida de un joven drogadicto y buscavidas que va de Edimburgo a Londres, de un trabajo a otro, de la confusion al caos.

Among the real challenges of bilingual education is the lack of availability ofappropriate activities, materials and resources for CLIL classrooms. is bookcomprises a collection of helpful teaching activities, materials and resources forCLIL classrooms at Primary and Secondary education levels. ese activities,materials and resources aimed at developing communication skills are mainlyintended to be used by educators in CLIL classrooms so as to improve languageinstruction and to enhance the classroom learning experience.is book is fundamentally designed to provide a source of reference, beingparticularly helpful for pre-service and in-service CLIL teachers who can findvaluable activities and materials for their CLIL lessons. Of course, they need toanalyse them and select those most appropriate to be used in their CLILclassrooms.

Brendan Behans genius was to strike a chord between critic and common man. When he died, at the age of 41, he was arguably the most celebrated Irish writer of the twentieth century.After the Wake is a collection of seven prose works and a series of articles. It includes all that exists of an unfinished novel, The Catacombs, and pieces together items whose comic and fanciful accounts evoke Flann OBrien. Also featured are works of acknowledged excellence, The Confirmation Suit and A Woman of No Standing. This writing bears all the hallmarks of the authors talent an ability to bring characters to life quickly and unforgettably, a sharp ear for dialogue and dialect, and a natural vocation for story-telling.This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Irelands most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behans master works.

“¡Qué maravilloso sería convertirse en una institutriz! Salir al mundo...ganar mi propio sustento... ¡Enseñar a madurar a los jóvenes!” Éste es el sueño de la hija de un modesto vicario, un ideal de

Sus intereses son opuestos.Su atracción, irresistible.Tercer y último volumen de la trilogía «Wyckerley».Connor Pendarvis ha llegado a Wyckerly, un tranquilo pueblo de Cornualles, con la misión de ev

Esta novela es un capítulo imprescindible en la historia de la novelística contemporánea, el punto más alto de la stream of consciousness woolfiana, donde se hacen patentes las proximidades y diferencias respecto de Faulkner y Joyce. La mas celebre traduccion, ademas, de Carmen Martin Gaite.Durante una excursion a un faro, los miembros de la familia Ramsay se muestran al lector en toda su complejidad y se presentan enredados en una trama de sentimientos cruzados y contradictorios en la que la figura paterna ocupa un lugar central pero problematico (objeto especialmente del rencor del hijo).

This book contains several HTML tables of contents.The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where youll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find an in-depth biography of Lewis Carroll and the Alice in Wonderland complete collection:- Alices Adventures Under Ground- Alices Adventures in Wonderland- Through the Looking Glass- The Hunting of the Snark- The Nursery AliceAs a bonus, you will also find a chapter from Through the Looking Glass that was lost for more than 100 years.

Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures.The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgsons friends (and enemies), and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The tale plays with logic in ways that have made the story of lasting popularity with adults as well as children. It is considered to be one of the most characteristic examples of the genre of literary nonsense, and its narrative course and structure has been enormously influential, mainly in the fantasy genre.

This novel from the great Austrian poet, dramatist, essayist and librettist, Hugo von Hoffmansthal Andreas is a fascinating insight into the work of this renowned author.Andreas is an unfinished and posthumously-published novel of violence and naivety, pathos and melancholy. Set in the eighteenth century, it tells the story of a young Viennese aristocrat who intends to travel alone to Venice as the first stage of his Grand Tour;. On his journey, he acquires an unsavoury servant who unleashes a trail of destruction and violence, which taints and corrupts Andreas first experience of love. Andreas loss of innocence takes place in the misty alleyways and gloomy palaces of La Serenissima, whose masked inhabitants confuse and entice him, the women either madonnas or whores indistinguishable behind their masks.Hugo von Hoffmansthal (1874-1929) was a writer of poems and plays from a young age. As a teenager, he met Stefan George, and had several poems published in his journal Blatter fur die Kunst. He went on to study in Vienna, and along with Peter Altenberg and Arthur Schnitzler, was a member of the avant-garde group Young Vienna (Jung Wien). He went on to write the libretti for several operas composed by Richard Strauss, including Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier. During the First World War, the conservative Hoffmansthal wrote speeches and articles praising the war effort. He was devastated by the post-war dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but continued with his work, founding the Salzburg Festival in 1925, along with Max Reinhardt. In 1939 his son committed suicide, and two days later Hoffmansthal died of a stroke.

Animal Farm is an allegorical novel. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer. With flaming idealism and rousing slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality a place where one can live equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the uprising is betrayed and the farm ends up in a state worse than it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. According to Orwell, the fable reflects events that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union being a warning against any totalitarian regime to this day. | In addition to being a brilliant political allegory, this book is incredibly emotionally moving, beautifully written, eloquent, and profound. Time Magazine selected Animal Farm as one of the 100 best English-language novels.

"Arkansas" reúne tres espléndidas variaciones sobre el universo de la seducción. El propio escritor es el protagonista del primero, El artista de los trabajos universitarios, en el que, para huir de la sonada polemica provocada por la acusacion del poeta ingles Stephen Spender de haberse apropiado de su vida en su ultima novela, se refugia en casa de su padre. Despues de reflexionar un poco, decide volver a escribir y frecuenta la biblioteca universitaria, en la que conoce a un atractivo joven al que le propone un singular trueque: sexo a cambio de redactarle un trabajo de literatura... En Las bodas de madera reaparecen dos viejos conocidos de los lectores de Leavitt, Celia y Nathan, que se reencuentran en la Toscana, donde tiene lugar un apasionado juego de seducciones a tres bandas y sin tapujos morales. Por ultimo, La calle Saturn es una nueva incursion en los vericuetos del deseo, en este caso de tintes mas dramaticos: un escritor neoyorquino que pasa una temporada en Los Angeles se ofrece como voluntario para repartir comida a enfermos de sida y se enamora de una de las personas a las que ayuda. Estos tres relatos son una perfecta muestra de la madurez creativa de David Leavitt, de su inteligente, comprometida y en ocasiones divertida vision del mundo gay, abordado desde la cotidianeidad y sin complejos. Un mundo de pasiones, desamor y dudas que no puede dejar indiferente a ningun lector.

The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesA Study in ScarletThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesThe Sign of the Four"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observerexcellent for drawing the veil from mens motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his."

«Recuerda a los novelistas del siglo XIX […]. Es capaz de conmover al lector hasta las lágrimas.»JohnUpdike,The NewYorkerEnAsuntos de familia,Rohinton Mistry vuelve a la ciudad de Bombay, escenario d