La ternera

Las Cartas persas (1721) es la obra germinal de la novela epistolar y de intencion satirica. Mediante el recurso de las cartas de personajes extranjeros se satirizan las instituciones y costumbres propias. Dichos personajes, portadores de una nueva mirada, dejan en evidecia con su aparente ingenuidad, la autocomplacencia de la sociedad francesa en la bondad de su vida y usos sociales.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student when he discovers a mysterious book. He reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this book and desperate to make sense of it, Zachary finds a series of clues that lead him to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth.

Clara Wilson llega a Londres, como otras jóvenes norteamericanas de buena familia, en busca de un marido respetable, honrado y con título nobiliario. en cambio, su primer baile y presentación en sociedad casi acaba en catástrofe: en lugar de una fiesta co

Adoration has a high price Celeste is ancient, beautiful, and deadly. Aided by her servant, Clive, she has lived for over 200 years, drawing her life force from the adoration of others - first in her native country of America and, when forced to flee her home there, in London. Now she has a new target for her affections in Sam. And when she invades his dreams and his life in order to seduce him and feed on his desires, she doesn't reckon on the power of his love for his wife, Marianne, or the terrible price her obsession with him will exact. A terrifying novel from the Shirley Jackson and...