Karel Vít Book order (chronological)

Pierre Loti, člen akademie francouzské: Ramuntcho. Jediné autorisované vydání firmy Calman - Lévy v Paříži. Z francouzského originálu přeložil Karel Vít. Ilustroval Fr. Horník. Nakladatelství B. Kraft, knihkupectví, Praha II. Nakladatelství "Dobrých autorů" v Praze. Edice: Posmrtná díla Pierre Lotiho, svazek IV. Tiskem Josefa Kolandy v Praze VIII., 1925 rok.

Překlad: Karel Vít Ilustrace: Václav Čutta Vydalo: Nakladatelství Miloslav Nebeský v Praze Vydání: r. 1925

Milovníkům historických románů se otevírá barvitý svět společenských protikladů z poč. 18. stol., kdy král Jakub IV. odešel do Anglie a ve Skotsku se ve vládě střídali jednotliví regenti a země se zmítá v konfliktech mezi whigy a thoryi. Milostná romance je tak v prudkém kontrastu ke složitosti a dramatičnosti ostatního děje, který je výstižnou ilustrací doby konce feudalismu a současně úspěšně evokuje skotskou bohatýrskou národní minulost.

John Griffith London, an influential American novelist and journalist, gained fame as a pioneer in commercial magazine fiction and a precursor to modern science fiction. His innovative storytelling and social activism not only made him a global celebrity but also allowed him to amass considerable wealth from his writing. His works reflect a blend of adventure and social commentary, showcasing his impact on literature and his role in shaping the genre.

'Oh, why, dear God, did I marry him?' Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.' This modern translation by Flaubert's biographer, Geoffrey Wall, retains all the delicacy and precision of the French original. The edition also contains a preface by the novelist Michèle Roberts. --back cover