Rabu rasa Sabtu

Edition

Cet. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9,79E+11

Collation

p. 240; 20cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

813 ATM r

The Hundred-Foot Journey

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Namaku Merah

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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A Tale of Two Cities

Those who disparage Dickens point to his improvised plots with their indebtedness to the farce, melodrama, and spectacle of the nineteenth-century stage; to the characters with their idiosyncrasies and ludicrous exaggeration; to the pathos with its descent to sentimentality, even mawkishness. His defenders, while admitting the structural weaknesses of his early novels, maintain that his later w…

DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA

Miguel, the writer of this novel, was born in Alcala de Henares, a town near Madrid. He was baptized on October 9, 1547, and although the exact day of his birth is not known, it is believed that he was born on September 29, the day of San Miguel, whose name he bears. He died in Madrid on April 23,1616.rnHis unique skill in creating people of flesh and blood extends to the minor characters, whos…

The American

James produced novels, stories, and literary criticism which have won ever-increasing critical acclaim. While his fiction deals almost exclusively with the wealthy and well born in English and expatriate American society, and has been further criticized for the labyrinthine complexity of its style, his superb craftsmanship sustains his reputation as a novelist's novelist.

The Way of All Flesh

This book begun in 1873 and worked on until 1883, appeared the year after his death. It is a bitter indictment of the Butler family in particular and of the hypocrisy and subtle sadism of the Victorian middle-class family in general. To control young Ernest Pontifex, his clergyman father uses fanatical harshness, his mother guileful sentimentality. They rationalize their lies and betrayals as …

MAX HAVELAAR: Or The Coffee Auctions of The Dutch Trading Company

Tragis, Lucu, dan humanis, Max Havelaar, salah satu karya klasik yang mendunia. Kemunculannya menggemparkan dan mengusik nurani. Buku ini diterjemahkan dalam bebagai bahasa dan diadaptasi dalam film dan drama, gaung kisah Max Havelaar masih menyentuh pembaca sejak terbit tahun 1860 hingga kini. Adapun Multatuli adalah Dokter Eduard Douwes Dekker yang setelah 18 tahun mengabdi sebagai pegawai pe…

NOVEL INDONESIA MODERN

Buku ini berisi ringkasan 100 novel penting yang ditulis antara tahun 1920 dan 1990: Mulai dari Azab dan Sengsara (Merari Siregar) hingga Ladang Perminus (Ramadhan K.H). Untuk melengkapi ringkasan itu, disertakan ulasan singkat ke 100 novel itu. Di samping itu, dimuat pula rangkuman (Kata Penutup) ke 325 novel Indonesia yang ditulis 1920 - 1990. Paling sedikit ada tiga manfaat buku ini bagi pem…