Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “aleksander fredro”
Skip side bar filters

  • Aleksander Fredro: Three Plays,

    Revenge; Virgin's Vows; The Annuity

    by Aleksander Fredro, Noel Clark ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Playwrights
    The extraordinary career and impressive literary output of the Father of Polish comedy, Aleksander Fredro, was the subject of much celebration in Poland in 1993, the bicentenary of his birth. These new translations by Noel Clark of three of Fredros best known plays should do much to repair the relative ignorance of his works in this country. Virgins Vows generally regarded as Fredros most ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

People who read this also enjoyed

  • The Misanthrope And Tartuffe

    by Molière ...
    The Pulitzer Prize winner's classic translations of Moliere's comic masterpieces satirizing shallowness, self-righteousness, and hypocrisy.The Misanthrope is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time. In Tartuffe, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Merry Order of St. Bridget: Personal Account of the Use of the Rod

    by James Glass Bertram ...
    I am sure you must have wondered what has become of me in all these years (three, isn't it?) since we met at Lord E-'s place. Perhaps you won't care to hear from me again, and will fancy I have forgotten our old friendship; indeed, my dear, it is not so, but I've been knocking about a bit, and seen the world. I've been in Paris two years in two different places, and learned as much in that time as ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Collected Works of Edmond Rostand

    PergamonMedia

    by Edmond Rostand ...
    This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Cyrano de Bergerac • L'Aiglon • The Romancers • Chantecler ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2

    The Misanthrope / Amphitryon / Tartuffe / The Learned Ladies

    by Moliere ...
    Translated by Richard Wilbur ...
    For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Molière's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume editionOne of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • The Misanthrope

    A Play

    by Molière ...
    The classic comedy about seventeenth-century French society—and a man who despises everyone.This play in verse, which debuted in 1666 in Paris, lives on as one of the greatest masterpieces of stage comedy. It follows Alceste—who constantly bemoans the flaws, foibles, and hypocrisies of the human race—and his competition with many other suitors for the hand of the alluring and flirtatious Celimene. ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Italian Straw Hat

    Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)

    by Eugène Labiche ...
    Translated by Kenneth McLeish ...
    Series Book 0 - NHB Drama Classi
    Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceA classic 19th-century French farce by Eugène Labiche.Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse eats a straw hat hanging on a bush. The owner of the hat is a former girlfriend who insists that Fadinard buys her a new hat instantly. He sets off to find a replacement hat, followed by his fiancée and all their guests. The play ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story Of A White Blackbird

    by Musset Louis Charles Alfred de ...
    A charming tale narrated by a bird that deems himself unfit amongst his kind. The deep sense of dissatisfaction leads him from one place to another. This is a profoundly philosophical work with layers of meanings that teaches one to understand himself. Complete trust in oneself is the only way to contentment. ... Read more

    $6.19 CAD

  • A Long Fatal Love Chase

    by Louisa May Alcott ...
    A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott is a gripping gothic romance filled with passion, obsession, and suspense. Written in 1866 but unpublished until 1995, this dark and thrilling novel follows Rosamond Vivian, a young woman who longs for adventure beyond her isolated life. When the charming yet mysterious Philip Tempest sweeps her off her feet, she is drawn into a dangerous web of ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand ...
    Series series Enriched Classics
    Edmond Rostand's classic romance tells the unforgettable story of one unique man's bravery, loyalty, and unspoken love.Set in seventeenth century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because he has an enormous nose. Secretly in love with the lovely Roxane, Cyrano agrees to ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON

    by JOHN ESTEN COOKE ...
    In "The Youth of Jefferson," Cooke likely explores the early life and formative years of Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The novel may delve into Jefferson's upbringing, education, and early experiences that shaped his character and influenced his later achievements as a statesman and philosopher.As ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Gentleman's Gentleman (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Mystery Novel

    by Max Pemberton, Everett Ormeray ...
    In A Gentleman's Gentleman, Max Pemberton turns the seemingly subordinate figure of the valet into a privileged observer of late-Victorian life. The book moves through drawing rooms, journeys, secrets, and social performances, treating domestic service not merely as background but as a vantage point from which class, loyalty, deception, and respectability can be examined. Written in the brisk, ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus