It was some such feeling of completeness perhaps which, ten years ago, standing almost where she stood now, had made her say that she must be in love with the place. Being one of the best English novels of the 20th century To the Lighthouse is about the Ramsay family and their visit to the Isle of Skye in Scotland. When the Ramsay family goes to the Isle of Skye they want o see the lighthouse there. But Mr. Ramsay gives up this decision due to bad weather. Years later their dream comes true under the war ci

But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang close to the tree. We come at dawn and find them sweet beneath the leaf. First published in 1922 Jacob's Room, which is claimed to be first empiric novel of the author, is the third book by Virginia Woolf. It narrates a life of young man named Jacob. He is both representative and victim of social values during the reign of King Edward. The story which is told in the perspectives of wom

But I need you to live! I need your eyes, voice and thoughts. Emma Bovary is a young, ambitious and unsatisfied woman. She is full of passions which don't go in her life in the country. As well as relationships that put her marriage at risk, with her endless expenses she begins to destroy all the material and spiritual value of her husband. Madame Bovary's life story in which she hides her spirit hunger with panache went down literature history as an important work that started realism in novel. The novel w

Despite everything, people overcame misadventures. Despite everything life had an specific way to add one day after another. Mrs. Dalloway is one of the most prominent work which was written via stream of consciousness technique. It is about Clarissa Dalloway's guest who came after years unexpectedly. In the book that tells one day, as reader we witness Clarissa's memories and inner dialogs. In the novel which is setting the day of her invitation while timewise passings are being reflected in the balance o

Belki bir gün... Belki. Eğer tüm parçalar yerine oturup hayatı uzak ufka uzanan deniz gibi dümdüz olursa belki o zaman giderdi. Doon Abbey manastırında yer alan ünlü Caravaggio tablosu ansızın ortadan kaybolur. Bu tablonun çalınmasıyla manastırın geleceği de tehlike altına girmiştir. Eski polis, Dedektif Alice ve kütüphaneci Mary Magdalene kayıp resmi bulmak ve 'ev'lerini kurtarmak için dış dünyaya bir yolculuk yaparlar. Bu keyifli ve esrarengiz arayış hikâyesinde Rahibe Alice'in geçmişi de okura eşlik edec

Bu etkileyici kitap gerilim türünü seven her okur ve yazar tarafından mutlaka okunmalıdır. Her sayfada yeni bir şey öğrendim. Sadece favorim olan kitaplar hakkında bilgi edinmedim, aynı zamanda kolaylıkla bulamayacağım 'kayıp' hazineleri de keşfettim. - Joseph Finder New York Times çok satanı Vanished'in yazarı Bazı favori gerilim yazarlarımın kendi favori gerilim eserleri hakkında yazdığı, gerilim türünün bu eğlenceli ve gerçeklerle yüklü masalsı bakış açısı mutlaka okunması gereken bir kitap. - Kathy

Written about 2000 years ago, The Art of War is a strategy book which is the most known and keeps up-to-date to be read. Based on advices for commanders about how to behave on a battle the book is still sought after today, because it is not only a war book, it handles art and strategical tendencies as art. For this reason it is regarded as guide in today's business life. In our era, every division in life has changed into an arena, so The Art of War will be used for a long time. Sun Tzu states from years a

I was destroyed already, I just wanted to help her, do her a service. I would have committed murder, any crime, to help her... Suicide is a notion upon which Zweig has always pondered, who prefers to end his own life. And the main theme of Amok is suicide. In the story, a rich woman asks a doctor for help in small town of West Malaysia but he rejects her as he feels humiliated by her arrogant attitude. But then, being obsessed with helping this woman, he becomes an Amok, which leads him to his tragic endin

Written in 1920s, Stefan Zweig tells the story of a woman who is unrecognised and unrequited lover in Letter From Unknown Woman. This nameless young woman reached her unaware lover with this long letter by telling their memories from first day. As reader, while appreciating the patience of life long silence and hiding we don't know this woman as her lover who read the letter never recognised her too. With Zweig's literary talent this book has an unforgetable importance in our literature by emotion of being

Life and death are mysterious issues, little is known about the origins of them. Carmilla, Princess of Darkness is a vampire fiction by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu in 1872 written long before Dracula. In the conditions at the time of writing the book was found strange because of the relationships between woman vampire and her victims, and then it become pioneer in increasing the vampire culture. Died long years before, Countess Mircella Karnestein is an charming vampire who chooses her victims among you

BİR HAFTADA ÜÇ PAZAR Hakikat, kurgudan daha tuhaftır. Gerilim, polisiye ve gotik türün öncülerinden biri olarak tanıdığımız Edgar Allan Poe'nun yaratıcı zekâsında hiciv ve mizah hikâyeleri ayrı bir öneme sahiptir. Çoğunlukla gerilim ustası olarak tanınsa da hatırı sayılır bir yere sahip olan mizahi hikâyelerini derlediğimiz Bir Haftada Üç Pazar'da Poe, kelime ve cümle oyunlarıyla, kurgusal şaşırtmacalarıyla okuru

İnsan çelişkiyi ancak kendi kalbine dönerek çözebilir. Bugün dedektiflik hikâyelerinin öncü isimlerinden biri olarak anılan Edgar Allan Poe'nun değeri döneminde edebiyat çevrelerinde anlaşılmasa da o, sonrasında pek çok ismi etkilemeyi başarmıştır. Morgue Sokağı Cinayeleri'nde yarattığı C. Auguste Dupin karakteriyle de polisiye türünde ölümsüzleşmeyi başarmıştır. Öyle ki bu karakterle Arthur Conan Doyle'un yarattığı dünyaca ünlü dedektif Sherlock Holmes'a ilham olmuştur. Gizem hikâyelerinin derlemesi olan

Sherlock Holmes is the door that opened to the beginning of a great period of literature. Sherlock Holmes is the biggest detectives of the century. His popularity of today caused by genius of him that still pushing the boundaries. When Sherlock Holmes' stories are read respectively as a whole an intricately spider web will be seen, actually it will be realised that even the texts read detachedly are only parts of a whole together with details. In fact, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, h

You will be admired by all of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is the biggest detectives of the century. His popularity of today caused by genius of him that still pushing the boundaries. When Sherlock Holmes' stories are read respectively as a whole an intricately spider web will be seen, actually it will be realised that even the texts read detachedly are only parts of a whole together with details. In fact, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, he opened the door to the b

Not only a detective, a man whose genius pushing the boundaries. Sherlock Holmes is the biggest detectives of the century. His popularity of today caused by genius of him that still pushing the boundaries. When Sherlock Holmes' stories are read respectively as a whole an intricately spider web will be seen, actually it will be realised that even the texts read detachedly are only parts of a whole together with details. In fact, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, he opened the door to the

The biggest detective of the century. Sherlock Holmes is the biggest detectives of the century. His popularity of today caused by genius of him that still pushing the boundaries. When Sherlock Holmes' stories are read respectively as a whole an intricately spider web will be seen, actually it will be realised that even the texts read detachedly are only parts of a whole together with details. In fact, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, he opened the door to the beginning of a great period

Kelimeler ruhumu kemiren dehşet ve şaşkınlığın yalnızca çok küçük bir kısmını anlatabilir. Korku edebiyatının temel taşlarından Amerikalı yazar H.P.Lovecraft, korku dolu külliyatının öne çıkan ve yazdığı son büyük hikâyelerinden olan Zamanın Dışından Gelen Gölge'yi ilk olarak Haziran 1936 yılında Astounding Stories dergisinde yayımladı. Zihni uzaylılar tarafından esir alınıp taşıyıcı bir bedene yerleştirilen bir adamın anlatıldığı etkileyici hikâyede, Lovecraft'ın yarattığı evrenle ve kadim ırklarla bir ke

İlk Aşk Başkalarının seni avuçlarının içine almalarına izin verme. Kendine ait olmak: Hayatta esas mesele budur. Sadece Rus edebiyatında değil dünya edebiyatında da ölümsüz bir yer edinmiş olan Turgenyev bu öyküsünde, Vladimir adındaki on altı yaşındaki bir gencin kendisinden yaşça büyük ve oldukça çekici bir prensese duyduğu dramatik aşkı anlatır. Duyguların ve hüznün, psikolojik betimlemelerin ve aşkın safiyane hislerinin oldukça başarılı bir biçimde ele alındığı bu kısa ama çarpıcı eserde Çarlık Rusya'

Set içeriği; 1- Eylül 2- Aşk-ı Memnu 3- Cezmi 4- Sergüzeşt 5- İntibah 6- Mai ve Siyah Aşk-ı Memnu Modern anlamdaki Türk romanının oluşumundan oldukça önemli bir yere sahip olan Aşk-ı Memnu, bireyselliği ön plana çıkarırken Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil'in karakterleri yaratmadaki başarısı pek çok edebiyat eleştirmeni tarafından takdir edilir. Akademisyen Berna Moran ünlü eseri Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış'ta Aşk-ı Memnu hakkında şunları der: Aşk-ı Memnu gerçekten de zengin bir roman. Bihter'in trajik ö

Set İçeriği; 1- The Time Machine 2- A Room Of One's Own 3- Heart of Darkness 4- Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Why don't I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness. One of Kafka's best-known stories, The Metamorphosis was first published on 1915. In the story, a salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up and finds himself transformed into a huge insect. In this novella, along with his successful use of allegory, Kafka points out one of the major problems of modern individual: al