Dracula

One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Artic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ship's captain. Victor Frankenstein's story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, and his life can only lead to tragedy. Written when she was only nineteen, Shelley's gothic tale is one of the greatest horror stories ever published.

Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story...

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby – young, handsome, fabulously rich – always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales The Pit and the Pendulum and The Tell-Tale Heart alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's fable of revolutionary farm animals – the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep – who overthrow their elitist human master only to find themselves subject to a new authority, is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Rejected by such eminent publishing figures as Victor Gollancz, Jonathan Cape and T.S. Eliot due to its daringly open criticism of Stalin, Animal Farm was published to great acclaim by Martin Secker and Warburg on 17 August 1945. One reviewer wrote 'In a hundred years' time perhaps Animal Farm ... may simply be a fairy story: today it is a fairy story with a good deal of point.' Seventy-five years since its f...

Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another. Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble.

Perfectly preserving the tone and mood of the novel whilst condensing it into two acts, David Malouf, with the gift for language already evident from his novels and poetry, presents afresh the timeless story of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, one of the most enduring literary classics of all time. The love between Jane and Mr Rochester, and the mystery of the woman behind the locked door, are here set to music in the opera composed by Michael Berkeley.

Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.

The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined.

Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.

Wuthering Heights is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children. Emily Brontë's novel is a stunningly original and shocking exploration of obsessive passion.

When a tornado crashes through Kansas city, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked far away, over the rainbow, to a strange land called Oz. How will they ever get home? And what is at the end of the yellow brick road? Plucky Dorothy and Toto embark on a magical adventure to search for the Wizard of Oz and along the way encounter the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. This much loved tale has enchanted generations of children and adults alike.

Seria wydawnicza "czytamy w oryginale zawiera adaptacje największych dzieł literatury światowej w wersji dwujęzycznej, przeznaczonej dla uczących się języka angielskiego. śledząc losy bohaterów, możemy na bieżąco porównywać tekst angielski i polski. Adaptacje powieści Brama Stokera Dracula oraz Mary Shelley Frankenstein zostały przygotowane z myślą o czytelnikach na poziomie średnio zaawansowanym, jednak dzięki obecności polskiego tłumaczenia z książki korzystać mogą również początkujący w nauce języka angielskiego. Na końcu książki znajduje się zestaw ćwiczeń językowych oraz klucz z odpowiedziami.

Ilustrowana adaptacja klasycznej powieści Brama Stokera o historii przerażającego Drakuli – idealna dla poczatkujących wielbicieli literatury z dreszczykiem! Tajemniczy hrabia Drakula od lat terroryzuje Transylwanię ze swego wielkiego gotyckiego zamczyska. Gdy jednak Jonathanowi Harkerowi – jego ostatniej ofierze – udaje się stamtąd uciec, długowieczny wampir wreszcie będzie musiał się zmierzyć z godnymi przeciwnikami! Historia Drakuli, opowiedziana z perspektywy różnych postaci – w tym łowcy wampirów Van Helsinga, pięknej nauczycielki Miny Harker, a nawet samego strasznego Drakuli – jeszcze nigdy nie została zaprezentowana w tak przyjaznej dla dzieci formie. Poznajcie „Drakulę” – edycję stworzoną specjalnie z myślą o młodych czytelnikach i jednocze�...

Drakula oraz Frankenstein Dwie adaptacje w wersji angielsko-polskiej w jednym tomie z ćwiczeniami i słowniczkiem trudnych wyrazów. Drakula Brama Stokera to prawdziwa powieść grozy równie głęboko osadzona w rzeczywistości, w której toczy się akcja, co podległa nadnaturalnym siłom, które ją opanowują. Frankenstein Mary Shelley opowiada historię szwajcarskiego naukowca i filozofa, który zostaje zainspirowany okultystyczną ideą stworzenia humanoidalnej postaci i tchnięcia w nią w nią życia. Frankenstein ma więcej wspólnego z Drakulą Stokera niż jakakolwiek inna powieść wywodząca się z nurtu gotyckiego. Oba dzieła są powszechnie cytowane jako przykłady najsłynniejszych horrorów i oba wprowadziły do kultury masowej wizerunki przerażających postaci. Seria w...

Czytaj mroczną powieść w oryginale i ucz się angielskiego! Młody prawnik Jonathan Harker wyrusza do zamku ekscentrycznego hrabiego Draculi. Niedługo po przybyciu zdaje sobie sprawę, że stał się więźniem w mrocznej posiadłości, a pozornie uprzejmy arystokrata to tak naprawdę żądny krwi wampir. Co więcej, Harker dowiaduje się, że jego los jest przypieczętowany – po wyjeździe hrabiego ma zostać przeznaczony jako ofiara trzem upiornym kobietom. Mężczyzna podejmuje próbę ucieczki z zamku… Angielski. Dracula to niekonwencjonalna propozycja do nauki języka angielskiego, która łączy lekturę mrocznej i wciągającej historii z solidnym treningiem językowym. Podczas czytania powieści w naturalny sposób przyswoisz konstrukcje leksykalno-gramatyczne, wzbogacisz s...

„Dawno temu marzyłem o Drakuli. Znałem filmy z Bélą Lugosim i Christopherem Lee, zdobyte jakimś cudem na kasetach wideo, ale sama powieść pozostawała niedostępna. Cenzorzy w PRL niechętnie patrzyli na wampira, który boi się krzyża. Plotka głosi, że wydanie powieści Stokera zatrzymano wskutek protestu rumuńskiej ambasady. Pamiętam swoją, dziecięcą jeszcze, radość, kiedy udało mi się zdobyć pierwsze polskie wydanie, na samym początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych. Niestety, nie było ono kompletne. Z treści wyleciały postacie i wątki. Nikt nie sprawdzał jakości przekładu. Drakula, jedna z najbardziej wpływowych książek, miała wyjątkowego pecha nad Wisłą. Powieść, piekielnie nowoczesna w czasie jej powstania, do dziś inspiruje twórców kultury. Nasz...

Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition, which includes an illuminating afterword by Jonty Claypole, readers can experience the horror and excitement as never before. When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are b...

Jonathan Harker visits a castle in Transylvania to help a man named Count Dracula to buy a house in England. While he is there, he discovers many terrible things about the count. As strange things begin to happen in England, Jonathan sees that Count Dracula must be stopped! „Penguin Readers” is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of „Penguin Readers” follow the Common European Framework AND include language activities that help readers to develop key skills. Dracula, a L...

Jonathan Harker is travelling to Castle Dracula to see the Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. He is begged by locals not to go there, because on the eve of St George's Day, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will come full sway. But business must be done, so Jonathan makes his way to the Castle - and then his nightmare begins. His beloved wife Meena and other lost souls have fallen under the Count's horrifying spell. Dracula must be destroyed?