Presents the classic Spanish tale of chivalry and abiding optimism, depicting the exploits of a knight who attempts to bring justice and truth to the world, accompanied by essays, notes, and a study of Cervantes's language "Esta edici©đn reproduce el texto cr©Ưtico y las notas de Francisco Rico, a su vez coordinador del volumen, y se completa con estudios de escritores y fil©đlogos de la talla de Mario Vargas Llosa, Francisco Ayala, Mart©Ưn...

A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.

Obra monumental donde las haya, El conde de Montecristo es la cumbre narrativa de Alexandre Dumas, así como el ejemplo mejor logrado del folletín literario gracias a una compleja trama llena de giros argumentales siempre soprendentes. Carismático y camaleónico, Edmond Dantès simboliza como nadie los cambios que vivió Francia durante la primera mitad del siglo xix. Su descenso a los infiernos y su posterior resurgimiento nos deparan la historia...

"Since its publication in 1897, Drc̀ula has enthralled generation after generation of readers with the same spellbinding power with which the Count enthralls his victims. Though Bram Stoker did not invent vampires, and in fact based his Count on extensive research in European folklore, his novel elevated the nocturnal creature to iconic stature, spawning a genre of stories and movies that flourishes to this day. But a century of imitations has done...

"Rimas y leyendas is one of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s best-known work. In it you’ll find rhymes that show readers one of the most refined and memorable lyrical voices of the 19th century. It also includes 16 legends that demonstrate his masterful treatment of the fantastic in stories such as “Maese Pérez, The Organist”, "The Mountain of the Souls", and "The Green Eyes", among others" --

A psychological study of rural life on the Venezuelan plains, Doña Bárbara depicts the struggle for control of an estate, symbolizing the battle between opposing forces. Santos Luzardo defends the law and progress while Doña Bárbara represents the darkness behind violence and passion. The confrontation between civilized life outside of the plains and the barbaric aspects of rural society accurately portrays early 20th-century Venezuelan life....

"Tragedia póetica que consagró a Federico García Lorca como autor dramático. Drama poético, basado en un hecho real (la fuga de una novia con su amante en la víspera de su boda con otro hombre), con la que Lorca ahonda en las pasiones desgarradas y en la que encontramos ecos de la tragedia clásica, del teatro del Siglo de Oro y de los autores modernistas. Mito, símbolo y leyenda convergen en esta tragedia rural, cuyo estreno en Madrid, en...

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

In medieval Verona, two teens from feuding families fall in love and secretly marry, setting the stage for tragedy. Presented in English and Spanish.