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Bread And Butter - Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.
Bread And Butter - Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.
Eugene O'Neill
¥23.45
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was born on October 16, 1888 in a hotel bedroom in what is now Times Square, New York. Much of his childhood was spent in the comfort of books at boarding schools whilst his actor father was on the road and his Mother contended with her own demons. He spent only a year at University - Princeton - and various reasons have been given for his departure. However whatever his background and education denied or added to his development it is agreed amongst all that he was a playwright of the first rank and possibly America's greatest. His introduction of realism into American drama was instrumental in its development and paved a path for many talents thereafter. Of course his winning of both the Pulitzer Prize (4 times) and the Nobel Prize are indicative of his status. His more famous and later works do side with the disillusionment and personal tragedy of those on the fringes of society but continue to build upon ideas and structures he incorporated in his early one act plays. Eugene O'Neill suffered from various health problems, mainly depression and alcoholism. In the last decade he also faced a Parkinson's like tremor in his hands which made writing increasingly difficult. But out of such difficulties came plays of the calibre of The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten. Eugene O'Neill died in Room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel on Bay State Road in Boston, on November 27, 1953, at the age of 65. As he was dying, he whispered his last words: "e;I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room and died in a hotel room."e;
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
W Somerset Maugham
¥46.99
William Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage is generally considered to be an autobiographical fiction where the different events happening to the protagonist, Philip, stand for the hardships that Maugham himself faced throughout his life. The story begins when Phillip successively loses both parents and is sent to stay in his uncle's vicarage in a small Kent village named Blackstable. Being taken from one of Spinoza's works, the title alludes to the novel's deeply-philosophical aspect and pressing existential and theological questions. The narrative recounts Phillip's different experiences with women, mainly his rather masochistic love for the hospital waitress, Mildred, who keeps on disappointing him. It also speaks about his constant wavering between different fields of study, namely theology, art and medicine. His uncle's collection of books provides him with continuous flights into the world of fiction and helps him enrich his imagination and worldly experience. By the end of the novel, Phillip seems to give up his philosophical idealism and to finally apprehend that life should be taken simply in order to be lived fully and happily. The happy resolution parallels Maugham's life achievements as a wealthy and prized playwright and novelist.
Dr Faustus - Hell is just a frame of mind.
Dr Faustus - Hell is just a frame of mind.
Christopher Marlowe
¥9.32
In this foundational classic play, Christopher Marlowe beautifully retells the legend of Doctor Faustus in a masterful combination of verse and prose. The celebrated moral of the play is about how excessive ambition and unlimited lust for knowledge and power lead to self-destruction and damnation. The protagonist in the story is a talented lower-class man who is obsessed with the study of sciences and the secrets of life. His excessive academic ambition and his reliance solely on logic and reason lead him to cogitate about the nature of the world and its existence and to question the utility of the "e;doctrine of Divinity."e; Unsatisfied with the knowledge that pure and experimental sciences can offer, he eventually decides to explore the curious world of Black Magic. Through the recital of a strange incantation, Faustus succeeds in summoning a devil called Mephistopheles who informs him that he will only obey his orders once a pact is signed between Faustus and the devil's master: Lucifer. The pact is signed by Faustus' own blood and stipulates that in return of Mephistopheles' services, which unexpectedly turn to be unworthy by the end, he must give his soul over to Lucifer. The denouement of the play opens the floor for different speculations about Faustus' damnation or salvation.
Hengist, King of Kent - or, The Mayor of Quinborough
Hengist, King of Kent - or, The Mayor of Quinborough
Thomas Middleton
¥23.45
Thomas Middleton was born in London in April 1580 and baptised on 18th April. Middleton was aged only five when his father died. His mother remarried but this unfortunately fell apart into a fifteen year legal dispute regarding the inheritance due Thomas and his younger sister. By the time he left Oxford, at the turn of the Century, Middleton had and published Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satirese which was denounced by the Archbishop of Canterbury and publicly burned. In the early years of the 17th century, Middleton wrote topical pamphlets. One - Penniless Parliament of Threadbare Poets was reprinted several times and the subject of a parliamentary inquiry. These early years writing plays continued to attract controversy. His writing partnership with Thomas Dekker brought him into conflict with Ben Jonson and George Chapman in the so-called War of the Theatres. His finest work with Dekker was undoubtedly The Roaring Girl, a biography of the notorious Mary Frith. In the 1610s, Middleton began another playwriting partnership, this time with the actor William Rowley, producing another slew of plays including Wit at Several Weapons and A Fair Quarrel. The ever adaptable Middleton seemed at ease working with others or by himself. His solo writing credits include the comic masterpiece, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, in 1613. In 1620 he was officially appointed as chronologer of the City of London, a post he held until his death. The 1620s saw the production of his and Rowley's tragedy, and continual favourite, The Changeling, and of several other tragicomedies. However in 1624, he reached a peak of notoriety when his dramatic allegory A Game at Chess was staged by the King's Men. Though Middleton's approach was strongly patriotic, the Privy Council silenced the play after only nine performances at the Globe theatre, having received a complaint from the Spanish ambassador. What happened next is a mystery. It is the last play recorded as having being written by Middleton. Thomas Middleton died at his home at Newington Butts in Southwark in the summer of 1627, and was buried on July 4th, in St Mary's churchyard which today survives as a public park in Elephant and Castle.
Long Voyage Home - Happy roads is bunk. Weary roads is right. Get you nowhere fa
Long Voyage Home - Happy roads is bunk. Weary roads is right. Get you nowhere fa
Eugene O'Neill
¥14.03
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was born on October 16, 1888 in a hotel bedroom in what is now Times Square, New York. Much of his childhood was spent in the comfort of books at boarding schools whilst his actor father was on the road and his Mother contended with her own demons. He spent only a year at University - Princeton - and various reasons have been given for his departure. However whatever his background and education denied or added to his development it is agreed amongst all that he was a playwright of the first rank and possibly America's greatest. His introduction of realism into American drama was instrumental in its development and paved a path for many talents thereafter. Of course his winning of both the Pulitzer Prize (4 times) and the Nobel Prize are indicative of his status. His more famous and later works do side with the disillusionment and personal tragedy of those on the fringes of society but continue to build upon ideas and structures he incorporated in his early one act plays. Eugene O'Neill suffered from various health problems, mainly depression and alcoholism. In the last decade he also faced a Parkinson's like tremor in his hands which made writing increasingly difficult. But out of such difficulties came plays of the calibre of The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten. Eugene O'Neill died in Room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel on Bay State Road in Boston, on November 27, 1953, at the age of 65. As he was dying, he whispered his last words: "e;I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room and died in a hotel room."e;
Júlia 506. (Egy ágyban a f?n?kkel)
Júlia 506. (Egy ágyban a f?n?kkel)
Carole Mortimer
¥18.72
Júlia 506. (Egy ágyban a f?n?kkel)
Szívhang 411. (Ha az álmok valóra válnak...)
Szívhang 411. (Ha az álmok valóra válnak...)
Alison Roberts
¥18.74
Szívhang 411. (Ha az álmok valóra válnak...)
Piperné, a médium
Piperné, a médium
Michel Sage
¥28.53
Piperné, a médium
Szoliman ben-Darja
Szoliman ben-Darja
Lajos Königsegg
¥34.25
Szoliman ben-Darja
Romana kül?nszám 42. k?tet
Romana kül?nszám 42. k?tet
Helen Brooks, Leanne Banks, Debbie Macomber
¥43.08
Romana kül?nszám 42. k?tet
Tébolyultak otthona
Tébolyultak otthona
Dóra Galgán
¥42.92
Tébolyultak otthona
Júlia 471. (Jegyben járók)
Júlia 471. (Jegyben járók)
Penny Jordan
¥18.74
Júlia 471. (Jegyben járók)
Columbus uti naplója
Columbus uti naplója
Antal Szerb
¥22.73
Columbus uti naplója
Bianca 237. (Gézengúzok)
Bianca 237. (Gézengúzok)
Janis Reams
¥18.74
Bianca 237. (Gézengúzok)
Júlia 469. (?titárs egy életre)
Júlia 469. (?titárs egy életre)
Lindsay Armstrong
¥18.74
Júlia 469. (?titárs egy életre)
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Jacob Abbott
¥8.09
Genghis Khan
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
Sarah Bradford
¥8.09
Harriet Tubman
Medieval Civilization
Medieval Civilization
George Adams
¥8.09
Medieval Civilization
The Dark Ages
The Dark Ages
Charles Oman
¥8.09
The Dark Ages
Body Language Training Guide
Body Language Training Guide
Sam Reddington
¥24.44
Body Language Training Guide
Dickens
Dickens
Adolphus Ward
¥8.09
Dickens