DK History Changers- Great Novels The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780241515846
  • 06 oktober 2022
  • 256 pagina's
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DK Publishing was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children, and produces content for consumers in more than 87 countries and 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivaled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. It has a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. DK's adult range spans travel—including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides—history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGObooks. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher Rough Guides.

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Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.

From medieval romances and tales of chivalry found in the realist novels of the 19th century, to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from around the world and through time.

Tilt at windmills with Don Quixote, experience heartbreak with Tolstoy, discover the society in which Jane Austen lived, and delve into the complex rites of passage experienced by characters in modern novels. Find out what inspired writers to create their masterpieces, what their aims were, and how they set about writing them.

Dive deep into the pages of this inspiring book to discover:

- Paintings, photographs, and artefacts that tell the story of each novel and what inspired their authors
- Superb images of first editions and manuscripts
- The flavour of each novel through quotations and extended extracts
- "Character maps" showing how characters relate to each other

Covering the whole range of literary styles, Great Novels takes you into the pages of the world's seminal novels, ranging from the entertaining adventures of Cervantes' errant knight through to classics such as Great Expectations and Madame Bovary, to modern novels such as To the Lighthouse, The Outsider, Beloved, and Wolf Hall.

Stunning images of the original manuscripts, first editions, and authors are complemented by extracts and quotations, while illustrated features set the novels in their literary and historical context. Essential for people of all ages who love books, Great Novels provides a fascinating overview of how the novel has developed through the ages and celebrates the perennial pleasures of reading.

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Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
06 oktober 2022
Aantal pagina's
256
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1
Product breedte
243 mm
Product hoogte
22 mm
Product lengte
288 mm
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Nee
Verpakking breedte
237 mm
Verpakking hoogte
26 mm
Verpakking lengte
285 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
1462 g

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9780241515846

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