maxtor valladolid (Más de 4.400 resultados)

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?At the Venta or hostelry of the Mulinillo, which is situate on the confines of the renowned plain of Alcudia, and on the road from Castile to Andalusia, two striplings met by chance on one of the hottest days of summer.? . Exemplary Novels is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy, written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612. The collection was printed in Madrid in 1613 by Juan de la Cuesta, and received well in the wake of the first part of Don Quixote. . The novellas are usually grouped into two series: those characterized by an idealized nature and those of a realistic nature. Those idealized in nature, which are the closest to the Italian models, are characterized by plots dealing with amorous entanglements, by improbable plots, by the presence of idealized characters and psychological development, and the low reflection of reality.The realistic in nature cater to the descriptions of realistic characters and environments, with intentional criticism in many cases. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light.? . White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876?1916) ? and the name of the books eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fangs journey to domestication. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to Londons best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild. . Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?In the spring of 1829, the author of this work, whom curiosity had brought into Spain, made a rambling expedition from Seville to Granada in company with a friend, a member of the Russian Embassy at Madrid. Accident had thrown us together from distant regions of the globe, and a similarity of taste led us to wander together among the romantic mountains of Andalusia.? . Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen. Irving was preparing a book called A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, a history of the years 1478?1492, and was continuing his research on the topic. He immediately asked the then-governor of the historic Alhambra Palace as well as the archbishop of Granada for access to the palace, which was granted because of Irvings celebrity status. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together. And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald ? Worthy to be a rebel, for to that. The multiplying villanies of nature. Do swarm upon him ? from the western isles.? . Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The play is believed to have been written between 1599 and 1606. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeares play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book. It was most likely written during the reign of James I, who had been James VI of Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. James was a patron of Shakespeares acting company, and of all the plays Shakespeare wrote during Jamess reign, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwrights relationship with the sovereign. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.? . Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered as Tales of Mystery and Imagination) is a popular title for posthumous compilations of writings by American author, essayist and poet Edgar Allan Poe and was the first complete collection of his works specifically restricting itself to his suspenseful and related tales. . The precursor to Tales of Mystery and Imagination was a collection of Poes works entitled Tales of Mystery, Imagination and Humor. The title Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first used by The Worlds Classics, London, and printed by Grant Richard. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.? . Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym A Lady. A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relatives property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. . . Jane Austen wrote the first draft of the novel in the form of a novel-in-letters (epistolary form) sometime around 1795 when she was about 19 years old, and gave it the title Elinor and Marianne. She later changed the form to a narrative and the title to Sense and Sensibility. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York.? . The Age of Innocence is Edith Whartons twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s, during the so-called Gilded Age. . The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couples impending marriage, and the introduction of the brides cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s New York society, it never develops into an outright condemnation of the institution. . The title is an ironic comment on the polished outward manners of New York society when compared to its inward machinations. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?I have just returned from a visit to my landlord?the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society.? . Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846. Although is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature; it was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day. . In 1801, Lockwood, a wealthy man from the South of England who is seeking peace and recuperation, rents Thrushcross Grange in Yorkshire. He visits his landlord, Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. There Lockwood finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house is in her mid-teens; and a young man seems to be a member of the family, yet dresses and speaks as if he is a servant. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?You should know first of all that Im called Lazaro of Tormes, and that Im the son of Tome Gonzales and Antona Perez, who were born in Tejares, a village near Salamanca. I was actually born in the Tormes River, and thats how I got my name.? . The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its heretical content. It was published simultaneously in three cities in 1554: Alcalá de Henares, Burgos and Antwerp. The Alcalá de Henares edition adds some episodes which were probably written by a second author. . Lázaro is a boy of humble origins from Salamanca. After his stepfather is accused of thievery, his mother asks a wily blind beggar to take Lazarillo (little Lázaro) on as his apprentice. Lázaro develops his cunning while serving the blind beggar and several other masters, while also learning to take on his fathers practice. . Besides its importance in the Spanish literature of the Golden Age, is credited with founding a literary genre, the picaresque novel. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me. . Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the travellers tales literary subgenre. It is Swifts best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. . The book became popular as soon as it was published. The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall. . Gullivers Travels has been the recipient of several designations: from Menippean satire to a childrens story, from proto-Science Fiction to a forerunner of the modern novel. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually--but this is not Baldys story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second. Baldy was in consultation; and the consultee is worthy of his hire. . O. Henrys stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry stories were considerably more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration. . Most of O. Henrys stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. . O. Henrys work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rústica. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 01. LIBRO.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Nuevo. 1. ?It was the evening on which MM. Debienne and Poligny, the managers of the Opera, were giving a last gala performance to mark their retirement. Suddenly the dressingroom of La Sorelli, one of the principal dancers, was invaded by half-a-dozen young ladies of the ballet, who had come up from the stage after ?dancing? Polyeucte.? . The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910. It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century. . Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time, there are rumors of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. LIBRO.