Containing over 3000 entries, this work provides comprehensive information on all facets of Shakespeare's life times and works. It covers every play, including its theatrical history, a scene-by-scene synopsis and a commentary,...

"The Selected Works of D.H. Lawrence (Special Editions)" ist eine Sammlung von Schriften des renommierten englischen Autors D.H. Lawrence. Diese Ausgabe umfasst einige seiner bedeutendsten Romane, Kurzgeschichten und Gedichte, die...

With an Introduction by Dr Richard Serjeantson, Trinity College, Cambridge Since its first publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan has been recognised as one of the most compelling, and most controversial, works of political...

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by...

"Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" von P.G. Maxwell-Stuart ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der historischen und kulturellen Aspekte von Dämonologie und Hexenverfolgung. Das Buch bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die Entwicklung...

The tail piece "Stories I have tried to write " accompanies 30 classic tales of their genre set against convincing backgrounds to afflict chilling terror on the reader.

The vicar, Dr Primrose, his six daughters and wife Deborah form an Arcadian picture of affectionate family life. However, their rural idyll is rudely disturbed by a swindler and the villainy of a vile seducer and further troubles come...

"The Two Gentlemen of Verona" ist eine Komödie von William Shakespeare und gilt als eines seiner frühesten Werke. Die Handlung dreht sich um die beiden Freunde Proteus und Valentine, die aus Verona stammen. Valentine reist nach Mailand,...

Jeremy Bentham was a ferocious critic of political and legal justification. He sought to replace the ramshackle systems which surrounded him with new, complete codes of law, constitutions and methods of punishment. These were to be based...

This work lists over 10,000 significant dates. It offers information on birth and deaths on each day as well as important events which have taken place on them.

Das "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" von Ebenezer Cobham Brewer ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das erstmals 1870 veröffentlicht wurde. Es bietet Erklärungen und Ursprünge für eine Vielzahl von Redewendungen, Sprichwörtern, Mythen,...

"I tried to turn away, but the shadows and the sounds and the stench were everywhere. Then I remembered something I used to do in half-conscious nightmares as a boy, and began to repeat to myself, 'This is a dream! This is a dream!' But...