Ladders to Fire explores the erotic attachments of four young women. Nin described it as a “woman’s struggle to understand her own nature.” It began a five-volume “continuous novel,” Cities of the Interior, which includes Children of the...
Blending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author's delightful illustrations, "Ladies Almanac" is also a brilliant modernist composition and arguably the most audacious lesbian text of its time. While the book pokes fun...
Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter—the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married...
Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. As the provocative plot unfolds, characters are revealed and the...
"Lalka" Bolesława Prusa to utwór wyjątkowy, od momentu ukazania się na łamach „Kuriera Codziennego” budzący kontrowersje, ale też podziw. Zawikłana, pełna niedopowiedzeń historia źle ulokowanych uczuć, straconych złudzeń i...
La historia se desarrolla a lo largo del río Misisipi, el cual recorren Huck y el esclavo prófugo Jim, huyendo del pasado que han sufrido con el propósito de llegar a Ohio. Detalles idiosincráticos de la sociedad sureña como el racismo y la...