Paul Bailey Bücher

Stephen kommt als Sechzehnjähriger in die Obhut von Bischof Wandle. Wandle, der in Wirklichkeit natürlich kein Bischof ist, greift verwahrloste männliche Jugendliche auf Londoner Bahnhöfen auf, um sie sich gefügig zu machen und dir als Tagediebe und Stricher in den Kneipen, Unterführungen und Herrentoiletten in der Nähe des Piccadilly Circus auszubilden. Alle Einnahmen müssen sie ihm abliefern. Als die Geschichte auffliegt, machen Stephen und sein Freund Tonio sich selbständig und arbeiten erfolgreich zusammen, bis Stephen das passiert, was einem Stricher niemals passieren darf: Er verliebt sich.

"All great cities inspire great literature but no other city has so consistently stimulated the literary imagination as London. Over the centuries writers, poets, historians, artists, and simple observers have chronicled the life and growth of the capital from its humble beginnings to the teeming metropolis it is today. In his sparkling anthology Paul Bailey has captured the essence of its allure for visitors and inhabitants from the Middle Ages to the present day with wit, humour, and pathos." "Among the many contributors are those whose evocations of the city have forever fixed it in the popular mind: Charles Dickens's descriptions of fog-bound London streets, the bustle and hustle of the Victorian city; Ben Jonson's satires on London low-life; William Wordsworth rhapsodizing on the view from Westminster Bridge; George Bernard Shaw's archetypal cockney, Eliza Doolittle ... Less well known but equally vivid are descriptions of the down-and-out and the aristocrat, of the museums, theatres, galleries and churches, the restaurants and pubs, the parks and institutions, the topography of London mapped out in unforgettable verse and prose. The great set pieces - Daniel Defoe's description of the Plague year, John Evelyn's and Samuel Pepys's daily records of the Great Fire - are among several other eye-witness accounts of coronations and funerals, unequalled in their immediacy. The bemusement of foreign visitors, the joys and horrors of London buses and the London Underground, the sprawl of the suburbs and the excitement of the City, all add to the dazzling panorama. There could be no better introduction, and no better tribute to this fascinating city than The Oxford Book of London."--Jacket

Kämpfe. Träume. Hoffnung. Liebe. Die dramatische Geschichte des einstigen Galeerensträflings Jean Valjean, der sich unter falschem Namen eine neue Identität aufbaut und zum Rächer der Armen wird, bis die Vergangenheit ihn eines Tages einholt - sie ist der wohl populärste Roman der französischen Literatur im 19. Jahrhundert.

A portrait not only of old soldiers, but of old age in general. Other work by the author includes A Distant Likeness, Peter Smart's Confessions, Gabriel's Lament, Sugar Cane, and An Immaculate Mistake.

Novelist Paul Bailey's selection of prose and poetry chosen to reflect the magic of 1st love - and the trials that often follow. 1st Love is a unique collection of extracts from letters, diaries, poetry and fiction, from ancient times to present day. Heathcliff's love for Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Romeo's for Juliet: Keat's longing letters to Fanny Brawne; Captain Wentworth's appeal to Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's Persuasion. Poets, Saints, Wives and Mistresses, Husbands and suitors- here are lovers galore.

An autobiographical memoir, set for the most part in London in the 1940s and 50s, by the author of "At the Jerusalem", "Trespasses" and "An English Madam: The Life and Work of Cynthia Payne". It is composed of fifty scenes or fragments of memory which describe Bailey's parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances.