The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
Cronin's novel masterfully depicts the conflict between cold intellect and warmth of heart, the harmfulness of possessive love and the healing power of true human intimacy. The novel is at once a tender story about a child's soul and a sharp critique of e
Otokar Keršovani, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the first truly realistic children's novel, not only in American but also in world children's literature. Twain's most famous work and a favorite children's book in which the writer described his boyhood experiences.
Pendulum draws an inner map of the adventure of self-disclosure - of one's own inclinations, fears, desires, Love - one's own habitus, revealing, as never before, the secrets of the writer's workshop.
Kulturni centar Novog Sada, 2010.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.24 €
Literature for children • American literature • Adventure novel • Psychological novel • School reading
Mark Twain's classic, set in the small Missouri town of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century. Through the eyes of mischievous boy Tom Sawyer, Twain imaginatively portrays boyhood, freedom, and adventures along the Mississippi River.
The novel represents a journey into an alternative world – a world that we all belong to from time to time, but of which we would not want to be a part, a world of paranoia and alienation that we are not entirely sure is just an alternative or the bare tr