A unique collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. It includes The Body Snatchers, Olalla and The Waif Woman. This edition is fully annotated and contains extra material for students
Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of German Romanticism, and philosophical and poetic in its approach to nature and existence, Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing is at once an exhilarating romp and a lively portrayal of nineteenth-century ideals.
Martin Salander is the only English translation available of this timeless Swiss-German classic. Here accompanied by A Village Romeo and Juliet, which is widely considered as one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.
A unique collection of short stories by French author Prosper Mérimée whose 'tales have gradually come to be considered perfect models of the narrative art'... Læs mere
A romantic tale of an old man reminiscing about his youth and unfulfilled love, 'Immensee' is considered by many to be Theodor Storm's most accomplished work, evoking a reality which is veiled and haunted by dreams and illusion.
Moerike's vivid and imaginative depiction of a day in the life of Mozart captures both the humorous and the more fragile and pensive side of the Austrian genius.
Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of Communism, this title follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents,... Læs mere
Only edition in print of the complete letters by Alexander Pushkin, brilliantly translated by Professor J. Thomas Shaw. This edition is fully annotated and completes Alma Pushkin Collection.
Heidi: Putting Her Lessons to Good Use is the sequel to Alma edition of Heidi: Lessons at Home and Abroad. Both books are presented in a first unabridged translation by James Bowman and Illustrated by Susan Hellard.
This fully annotated volume with over 1,000 notes is the most complete edition of Dylan Thomas’s poems available. Contains all his early poems that have not been published since their appearance in the Swansea Grammar School, all his notebook poems and other uncollected poems.
Only edition in print of a unique collection by one of the founders of Scottish modern poetry. The poems included in this volume are mostly written in Scots dialect.
First English translation of the most important Swiss poet of the nineteenth century. Now presented in a dual-language edition