Издательство продолжает знакомить читателей с лучшими образцами английской литературы. Важное место в романе занимает тема судьбы художника. Личные взаимоотношения героев, споры об искусстве даны на фоне исторических событий, свидетелями и участниками которых являются главные герои романа.
ISBN: 5-8346-0177-4
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: август 2002
В данный сборник произведений великого американского поэта и прозаика Эдгара По (1809-1849) - родоначальника нескольких литературных жанров, предтечи символизма и человека, стоявшего у истоков современной криминалистики (его очерк `Тайна исчезновения Мари Роже` заложил основы криминалистики как науки) - вошли детективные и `логические` рассказы об Огюсте Дюпене - прообразе знаменитого Шерлока Холмса. Помимо...
ISBN: 5-8346-0113-8
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2001
The third adventure of Dumas`s infamous musketeers, which tells of how Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D`Artagnan fight for their lives - and the glory and honour of France - magnificently lives up to the author`s dictum, `faction et I`amour`. In the dark recesses of the Bastille, a young prisoner known only as Philippe has spent eight years of his short life. When Aramis, posing as his confessor, bribes his way into the prison, the truth about the man`s identity is brought to light. It is a secret which, if revealed, could bring down the King of France, Louis XIV, whose corrupt rule is destroying the well-being of his country. The ensuing jailbreak and the consequent struggle for power bring the musketeers into swashbuckling action, taking...
ISBN: 0-14-062282-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2001
Издательство продолжает знакомить читателей с творчеством выдающегося английского прозаика У.С. Моэма. Предлагаемый роман "Маг" открывает читателям неизвестного Моэма, не только тонкого психолога и знатока человеческой души, но и пытливого исследователя непознанного. Захватывающий сюжет - любовь, магия, колдовство, мистика, оккультизм - делают роман увлекательным и интересным для широкого круга...
ISBN: 5-8346-0225-8
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2002
Английский писатель Артур Конан Дойль известен как создатель Шерлока Холмса и один из основателей детективного жанра. Несколько менее известен он как автор исторических, фантастических и приключенческих романов, повестей и рассказов. И почти совсем не известен как сочинитель увлекательных историй, в которых сильны элементы загадки, мистики и необъяснимо таинственного. Читатель сможет познакомиться с...
ISBN: 5-8346-0037-9
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2001
Ardent, impulsive, thirsty for knowledge, Maggie Tulliver is one of the great heroines of literature. George Eliot drew on her own anguished childhood when she depicted the stormy relationship between Maggie and Tom Tulliver. Maggie\'s often tormented battle to do her duty and belong on the one hand, and to be herself, wild and natural on the other, propels her from one crisis to another- As the Tulliver fortunes decline and fall, the rift between Maggie and her family becomes almost irreconcilable. But Maggie\'s biggest mistake of all is to fall in love with Stephen Guest who is engaged to another woman. Both a sharp and observant picture of English rural life and a profoundly convincing analysis of a woman\'s psychology, The Mill...
ISBN: 0140620273
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2001
В настоящий том включен первый роман трилогии `Приключения капитана Блада`, написанной английским писателем Рафаэлем Сабатини. Рафаэль Сабатини (1875-1950) - классик приключенческой литературы, написавший десятки историко-приключенческих романов, к лучшим из которых, несомненно, принадлежит предлагаемая читателям `Одиссея капитана Блада` Книга выдержала десятки изданий на русском языке, и теперь читающие...
ISBN: 5-8346-0163-4
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: август 2002
Charlotte Bronte`s first novel, The Professor, is narrated from the viewpoint of an ambitious and self-made man. Rejecting his aristocratic inheritance William Crimsworth goes to Brussels to find his fortune. He takes a job teaching at a boarding schoolfor young ladies, where he begins a flirtation with Zorai`de Reuter, who, out of jealousy, attempts to frustrate his courtship of Frances Henri, an attractive young woman determined to make her way in the world. In The Professor Charlotte Bronte holds up to scrutiny the Victorian ideals of self-help and individualism. The result is an unusual love story, and a novel profoundly critical of a society in which the relationships between men and women are reduced to power struggles.
ISBN: 0-14-062142-3
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 1994
When the exquisitely handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he dreams of remaining young forever while his painted image grows old and, in a sudden moment, he offers his soul in return for perpetual youth. While his beauty remains unblemished, the porrrair begins to reflect the wildness and degradation of his soul as he surrenders to a worship of pleasure and infinite passion. The Picture of Dorian Gray caused outrage when it was first published in 1890 and marked the onset of Oscar Wilde\'s own fatal reputation and eventual downfall. An evocative portrayal of London life and a powerful blast against the hypocrisies of Victorian polite society it has become one of Oscar Wilde\'s most celebrated works, full of the flamboyant wit for...
ISBN: 0-14-062033-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
There he is thrown into a series of adventures beyond his wildest dreams. For the King is kidnapped by his treacherous brother, the Duke of Strelsau, and only Rudolf can save him. His own life in danger, he battles to outwit not only the Duke and his evil henchmen but the ruthless young Rupert Hentzau, who `feared neither man nor devil`. At the same time he finds himself irresistibly attracted to the beautiful Princess Flavia, the betrothed of the King. Both a thrilling, swashbuckling tale and a tender love story, `The Prisoner of Zenda` is as popular now as when it was first published a hundred years ago.
ISBN: 0-14-062131-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2001
Роман У.С.Моэма `Острие бритвы` продолжает знакомить читателя с творчеством одного из лучших английских прозаиков XX века. Увлекательный сюжет, глубокое проникновение в судьбы героев, проблема нравственного выбора и поиска правильного пути, прекрасный английский язык делают книгу интересной широкому кругу читателей.
ISBN: 5-8346-0175-8
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: август 2002
When Helen Huntingdon decides to leave her brutish, drunkard husband, she is not only flouting convention but also going against the laws of the land. Fleeing with her small son, she determines to lead an independent existence and takes on thetenancy of Wildfell Hall. Self-possessed, surrounded by secrecy, it is not long before Helen finds herself the victim of local slander. Set in Regency times and written during the 1840s, `The Tenant of Wildfell Hall` is a novel of startling modernity in its bold treatment of the issue of women`s equality and is unforgettable in its intensity, burning sincerity and psychological truth.
ISBN: 0-14-062043-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
This bewitching tale of Dorothy`s adventures in the magical Land of Oz is one of the best loved of modern fairy - tales. Made into a spectacular film in 1939 it continues to delight adult and child alike. When a cyclone suddenly propels Dorothy and her dog Toto skywards she finds herself in an unknown land. She is hailed as a powerful sorceress by the little Munchkins, but her one desire is to return to Kansas, where beloved Aunt Em and uncle Henry await her. Dorothy`s quest to seek the "Great Wizard Oz" - the only one who can help her - leads her on a perilous of Emeralds. On the way she encounters the brainless Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman in search of a heart and the Cowardly Lion, who all join her. At last they reach the castle of Oz -...
ISBN: 0-14-062167-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
"There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped form the heaven - stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments" Walter Hartright`s contemplation`s on the lovely, moonlit road are rudely broken by the nameless and distressed woman in white. The encounter is to change his life, for she is at the centre of villainous machinations which are profoundly to effect him - and those he loves. Through carefully constructed characterization, intricate plotting and masterly skill in concealing and revealing secrets, Wilkie Collins has created one of the greatest mystery thrillers in the English language.
ISBN: 0140620249
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
"My guest was lying sprawled on his back. There was a knife through his heart which skewered him to the ; From that moment Richard Hannay's own life is under threat. A few days before, the dead man had told him of a political assassination that was shortly to take place in London and which would have terrible repercussions around the world. In mortal danger he sought refuge in Hannay's flat. Now he had been murdered and Hannay had to move quickly if he was not to suffer the same fate. Pursued by both police and killers he heads for Scotland. There, among the Scottish moors, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, and Hannay needs all his resourcefulness and courage to stay one step ahead. His only hope is to persuade someone in...
ISBN: 0140621091
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 1994
Издательство продолжает знакомить читателя с творчеством известного американского прозаика XX века Ф.С.Фицджеральда, яркого представителя литературы `потерянного поколения`. Тонкий психологический анализ, точное использование стилистических приемов,прекрасный язык делают прозу Фицджеральда интересной широкому кругу читателей.
ISBN: 5-8346-0195-2
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: август 2002
"Change of scene, and absence of the necessity for thought, will restore the mental equilibrium" It would be unfair to say that any of the three men were hypochondriacs: it was simply that they suffered from a constant malaise, consisting of every symptom but housemaid\'s knee. The only cure for it was a revitalizing river trip in an open boat. Bearing frying pans, elusive toothbrushes, pies, lemonade and whisky, for medicinal purposes only, the three men and Montmorency the dog (whose ambition in life is to get in the way) embark on their hilarious adventures on the Thames. After considerable enjoyment and irritation - getting lost in the maze, arguing with some quarrelsome swans, falling in the river - the three men decide that...
ISBN: 0140621334
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2002
Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men in a Boat, the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a \'bummel\'. Their jaunt takes them away from the confines of domestic routine and, with a tandem and a bicycle, out to the Black Forest. The culture they encounter as they cycle round Germany comes as something of a surprise to them and they get into a few scrapes. As they make their way, George, Harris and J. leam how to cope with perilous tasks such as purchasing a cushion, taking a bicycle off a train, map-reading in the mountains and even crossing the road. This account of their adventures offers no advice on how to travel around Germany, but it does provide...
ISBN: 0-14-062145-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2002
The magical sequel to Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland continues Alice`s escapades as she enters a new realm of fantasy. Alice goes through the looking glass into another world whose eccentric from inhabitants seem to be either chess - pieces or characters from nursery rhymes - that is, when they are not talking flowers or insects. Obeying their own impossible rules of logic, they are all full of criticism or good advice as Alice, a lowly Pawn, sets out on her quest to become a Queen of the Chess Board. On her journey she meets Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledun and Tweedledee and the White Knight as well as her own dinner. She learns to keep running fast enough to stay in the same place, why there is never jam today and about the importance of...
ISBN: 0-14-062087-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Пьеса известного английского драматурга Джона Бойнтона Пристли `Time and the Conways` (`Время и семья Конвей`) хорошо известна российскому читателю. Острый сюжет, оригинальные сценические приемы, философское проникновение в психологию героев, блестящий разговорный английский язык, параллельный русский текст пьесы делают настоящее издание прекрасным учебным пособием по домашнему чтению для студентов, учащихся...
ISBN: 5-87457-094-2
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: июль 2001