Editora: The Gresham Library
Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights tells the story of the ill-fated love of Catherine Earnshaw for the dark and brooding Heathcliff, and is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors where Heathcliff acts out his cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton. This book is considered by many to be the most passionate and original novel in English literature.
Two cities divided. Two lives intertwined. One sacrifice that echoes through history. Set against the violent rise of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities follows the fates of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton—two men bound by love for the same woman, and by choices that will test the depths of their humanity. As chaos erupts in Paris and vengeance fills the streets, Dickens weaves a story of courage, redemption, and the power of a single, selfless act. Praised as "one of the greatest novels ever written," this timeless classic grips readers with its unforgettable characters, emotional intensity, and sweeping historical drama. Its closing moments remain among the most moving in all of literature. If you crave gripping storytelling, powerful themes, and a novel that lingers in the heart long after the final page, this masterpiece is essential reading. Open the book today—and witness a story where love rises even in the darkest of times.Ver livro
First published as Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne in 1845, The Little Match Girl is one of Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen's most poignant fairy tales. On New Year's Eve a poor young match seller, too scared to go home to her abusive father, lights her remaining matches in order to stave off the cold. This collection also includes The Fir Tree and Little Ida's Flowers.Ver livro
A castle shrouded in fog. A charm that hides a hunger. A darkness ready to cross the seas and devour the living. When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, he enters a nightmare of deception, terror, and ancient evil. As the Count unleashes his shadow across England, a desperate band of allies—Harker, Mina, Van Helsing, and others—must confront a horror that thrives in silence, seduction, and blood. Praised as "the most influential vampire novel ever written," Stoker's masterpiece blends gothic atmosphere, psychological fear, and relentless suspense. Its diary-style narrative draws readers deep into a world where every whisper may be a warning and every shadow hides a predator. If you crave chilling suspense, haunting imagery, and a story that shaped modern horror, this classic will grip your imagination until the very last page. Open the book—if you dare—and face the immortal darkness that changed literature forever.Ver livro
On their weekly walk, an eminently sensible, trustworthy lawyer named Mr. Utterson listens as his friend Enfield tells a gruesome tale of assault. The tale describes a sinister figure named Mr. Hyde who tramples a young girl, disappears into a door on the street, and reemerges to pay off her relatives with a check signed by a respectable gentleman. Since both Utterson and Enfield disapprove of gossip, they agree to speak no further of the matter. It happens, however, that one of Utterson’s clients and close friends, Dr. Jekyll, has written a will transferring all of his property to this same Mr. Hyde. Soon, Utterson begins having dreams in which a faceless figure stalks through a nightmarish version of London.Puzzled, the lawyer visits Jekyll and their mutual friend Dr. Lanyon to try to learn more. Lanyon reports that he no longer sees much of Jekyll since they had a dispute over the course of Jekyll’s research, which Lanyon calls “unscientific balderdash.” Curious, Utterson stakes out a building that Hyde visits—which, it turns out, is a laboratory attached to the back of Jekyll’s home. Encountering Hyde, Utterson is amazed by how undefinably ugly the man seems as if deformed, though Utterson cannot say exactly how. Much to Utterson’s surprise, Hyde willingly offers Utterson his address. Jekyll tells Utterson not to concern himself with the matter of Hyde.A year passes uneventfully. Then, one night, a servant girl witnesses Hyde brutally beat to death an old man named Sir Danvers Carew, a member of Parliament and a client of Utterson. The police contact Utterson, and Utterson suspects Hyde as the murderer. He leads the officers to Hyde’s apartment, feeling a sense of foreboding amid the eerie weather—the morning is dark and wreathed in fog. When they arrive at the apartment, the murderer has vanished, and police searches prove futile.Ver livro
The Way Things Were is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small, everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief. This collection includes the following works:The Merchant's DaughterSashaMischief MakerThe SchoolgirlKaterinaNine Brothers and Their Sister GalyaThe Tulle BabaLazy BonesLittle ToyThe King of HeartsLemerivnaMashaVer livro
A point of view of the proceeding madness of a friend. The mind ponders the possibility of madness and redemption upon the eve of ones family name. Usher shall be no more!Ver livro
