Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's life. When we meet her, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party p…
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a …
Po ukazaniu się powieści w 1873 r. Orzeszkowa odniosła niebywały sukces w kraju i za granicą i stała się ważną postacią ruchu emancypacyjnego. Tak pisała o swoim Gdy [„Marta”] wyszła w świat, wielki r…
A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
