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Obra maestra pionera y reivindicativa de una de las escritoras más importantes de la literatura europea del siglo XIX. En el Madrid de finales del siglo xix, Asís Taboada, joven viuda del marqués de Andrade, vive un intenso debate interno sobre la atracción y el deseo que siente hacia el cautivador Diego Pacheco durante las fiestas de San Isidro. Con Insolación, Emilia Pardo Bazán fue más allá del naturalismo para adentrarse plenamente en la novela realista más psicológica y transgredir los rígidos preceptos de la moral imperante de la época. El resultado es una novela corta pero muy poderosa, que no solo demuestra el enorme talento de la autora gallega, sino que también representa un grito liberador ante las restricciones sociales de las mujeres en un sistema abrumadoramente patriarcal. Complementa esta edición una selección de relatos breves que plasman la modernidad y la amplitud estilística y temática de Pardo Bazán.

"Dorian Gray es un joven aristócrata agraciado cuya deslumbrante belleza solo se le revelará plenamente al contemplarla en el retrato que de él pintará su amigo Basil Hallward. Perdida la ingenuidad y dispuesto a entregar su alma a cambio de conservar para siempre su hermosura, Dorian se iniciará en los placeres de la vida mundana de la mano de su admirado mentor, el cáustico Lord Henry Wotton. Muy pronto, sin embargo, el joven seguirá sus propios impulsos para aventurarse más allá de cualquier límite convencional. Novela gótica y de terror, narración filosófica y psicológica, tratado esteticista y decadente, El cuadro de Dorian Gray permanece como uno de los clásicos modernos por excelencia."

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honestfor that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule... This novel includes the second epilogue, a peek at the story after the story.

Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for ... well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington. The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat— or his promise of a happy ending?

18 de septiembre del año 96 d. C. Un plan perfecto. Un día diseñado para escribir la Historia, pero cuando todo sale mal la Historia ya no se escribe..., se improvisa: una guerra civil, las fieras del Coliseo, la guardia pretoriana, traiciones, envenenamientos, delatores y poetas, combates en la arena, ejecuciones sumarísimas, el último discípulo de Cristo, el ascenso y la caída de una dinastía imperial, locura y esperanza, la erupción del Vesubio, un puñado de gladiadores, la amistad inquebrantable, Marco Ulpio Trajano, el mito de las amazonas, una gladiadora, nueve emperadores, -treinta y cinco años de la historia de Roma. 18 de septiembre del 96 d. C. Un grupo de gladiadores dispuestos a todo avanza por las alcantarillas de Roma. Nada ni nadie puede detenerlos. Ni siquiera la Historia.

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball—or that she would be spinning in the arms of her “Prince Charming”—the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton. But when the clock strikes midnight, Sophie’s enchanting evening ends. Since that night Benedict has been able to think of nothing but the bewitching young woman, and he’s sworn to find and wed his mystery miss. Yet will another unexpectedly steal his heart—and his chance for a fairy tale love?