Hypocrisy
31Armadillo , Boyd William (2009)
Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of… 805 руб32Ethics , Blackburn Simon (2009)
Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our… 493 руб33The Country Wife and Other Plays , Wycherley William (2002)
Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism. Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a… 299 руб34Maggie: A Girl of the Streets&Other Stories , Stephen Crane (2005)
During his tragically short life, Stephen Crane gained fame as a vividly distinctive writer. His stories of evolving American society are unflinchingly realistic and shrewdly ironic. 'Maggie: A Girl… 239 руб35Tess of the D&# 039;urbervilles , Томас Гарди (Харди) (2010)
От издателя:Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D&# 039;Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape… 76 грн (только Украина)36Platform , Houellebecq Michel (2003)
Michel is a civil-servant at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and… 887 руб37Daisy Miller& the Other Stories , Генри Джеймс (2006)
Daisy Miller is one of Henry James&# 039;s most attractive heroines: she represents youth and frivolity. As a tourist in Italy, her American freedom and freshness of spirit come up against the… 91 грн (только Украина)38Sense And Sensibility , Джейн Остин (2000)
От издателя:&# 039;Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security&# 039;. Jane Austen&# 039;s sardonic humour lays… 91 грн (только Украина)39The Mill on the Floss , Джордж Элиот (1993)
Introduction by and Notes by R. T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York This novel, based on George Eliot&# 039;s own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in… 81 грн (только Украина)40The Opium War , Julia Lovell (2012)
In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic fumblings… 1289 руб
