XIX amžius
Dujinės lempos mirga ant akmenimis grįstų gatvių, kai veikėjai naršo griežtų socialinių kodeksų, uždraustų aistrų ir transformuojančių pramonės pokyčių pasaulyje. Nesvarbu, ar tai Londono purvini darbo namai, Rusijos lošimų namai, ar Anglijos kaimo dvarų svetainės, šie meistriški kūriniai fiksuoja žmoniją jos žaliausioje ir rafinuočiausioje būsenoje neįprasto sukrėtimo epochoje.
XIX amžius knygų santraukos
James
An enslaved man escapes down the Mississippi to rescue his family and reclaim his story.
James
An enslaved man escapes down the Mississippi to rescue his family and reclaim his story.
Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
Bel-Ami
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
Bel-Ami
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.
On the Suffering of the World
Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.
On the Suffering of the World
Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.
When Nietzsche Wept
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
When Nietzsche Wept
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
Ana Karenina
A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.
Ana Karenina
A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.
