Bøger i Dover Large Print Classics serien

Up-to-date volume, organized for quick access to phrases related to greetings, transportation, shopping, emergencies, other common circumstances. Over 700 entries include terms for modern telecommunications, idioms, slang. Phonetic pronunciations accompany phrases.

Seventeen short masterpieces, chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity, include works by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and 9 others.

Eleven stories include F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," Chekhov's "The Lady with the Toy Dog," and O. Henry's "The Furnished Room," in addition to works by Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Willa Cather.

More than 1,000 basic phrases for fast, effective communication include expressions for dining, shopping, transportation, and other common situations. Designed for quick reference and easy study. Phonetic pronunciation guide for each phrase.

Large print anthology contains some of the most popular poems in the English language, dating from the 16th to the 20th century, including Shakespeare's "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?," Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," Frost's "The Road Not Taken," as well as works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Pound, and many others. An affordable volume and an ideal companion for the spare moments of any day.

British humorist P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) charmed generations of readers with such whimsical characters as the Honourable Bertie Wooster -- a deliciously dim aristocrat -- and Jeeves, his imperturbable manservant. This entertaining collection presents six entertaining tales featuring the unflappable valet, among them "Leave It to Jeeves," "Jeeves Takes Charge," and "Jeeves in the Springtime." Sure to seduce longtime Wodehouse fans, these clever send-ups of the idle rich in Edwardian England will also tickle the funny bones of new readers. Large print edition.

This collection of beloved American poems ranges from the earliest examples of the genre by Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley to the 20th-century verse of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams. Selections include famous poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, and many others.