Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Bronte vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and unromantic as Monday morning." Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the...
ISBN: 978-5-521-06429-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the more private preoccupations of "Jane Eyre", "Shirley" demonstrates the...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07908-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell`s best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06836-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Short Stories is a collection of beautifully written and gripping tales, including several ghost stories and Crowley Castle story, featuring a love triangle of sorts. It makes the perfect evening or summer reading for adults and young adults alike.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07711-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell`s best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06829-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This volume contains some of his amazing collected short stories, including The Night Born, Dutch Courage and The House of Pride, which will be perfect for anyone interested in Hawaii history and culture.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08169-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Lost Face and The Red One are collections of great short stories. The Cruise of The Dazzler is an early adventure novel by London, set in his hometown San Francisco. The plot revolves around a young boy Joe Bronson who has trouble at home and at school. The arguments with his father lead him to run away and join the crew of the ship called Dazzler. Joe dreams of a sailor`s life full of excitement but he soon realizes that he joined the crew of pirates.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08170-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Трогательный роман английской писательницы Мэри Энн Эванс, писавшей под псевдонимом Джордж Элиот, безусловно, покорит читателя с добрым сердцем. Сайлес Марнер, искусный ткач и некогда уважаемый член небольшого религиозного общества, пережил предательство, людскую несправедливость и потерю с трудом заработанных денег. Когда ничто, казалось бы, не вернёт замкнувшемуся и нелюдимому Сайлесу веру в жизнь и...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05533-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2017
A new B-format edition of this novel, designed to take fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings deeper into the myths and legends of Middle-earth The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien`s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and...
Книга содержит неадаптированный текст рассказа СЕРЕБРЯНЫЙ А.Конан Дойля на английском языке с упражнениями, комментариями и словарем. Перевод наиболее трудных предложений дан в сносках, а сложные элементы выделены и объяснены в комментариях. Для широкого круга читателей.
Original / British English (Available February 2008) Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the police can`t see the spy. Can you?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6961-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Anthony Trollope (1815—1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. Since its first appearance in 1870, "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite" has been regarded as one of Trollope`s finest short novels. On the death of his only son, the wealthy baronet Sir Harry Hotspur has determined to give his property to his daughter Emily. She is vigorous, beautiful and as strong-willed as her father. So when she falls in love with George, the black sheep of the family, Sir Harry must decide what to do.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08360-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years` War. As a background story to his book "The White Company", it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08141-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Артур Конан Дойл - всемирно известный английский писатель, подаривший миру не только великолепный цикл рассказов и повестей о Шерлоке Холмсе, но и множество замечательных романов, отличающихся богатством языка, удивительными персонажами и яркими сюжетами. "Сэр Найджел Лоринг" - это исторический роман Дойла, рассказывающий о юности главного героя, проведённой на службе короля Англии. Автор необычайно...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05708-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Sir Nigel" is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years` War. As a background story to his book "The White Company", it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07172-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
When Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spacecraft into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy, and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode island, once every 59 days, and then only for an hour. But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened or that will ever happen. Формат: 12,5 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-1-85798-884-0
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
A crucial, forgotten chapter of American history--immortalized in a survivor s firsthand account that became one of the bestselling books in 19th-century America and influenced Abraham Lincoln s thoughts on slavery--is brilliantly retold for a new generation.
ISBN: 9780316159357
Издательство:
Back Bay Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2005
Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Sketches New and Old" is a wonderful collection of short stories like "My Watch", "The Jumping Frog", "The Story of the Bad Little Boy" and "Niagara".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07812-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
When Bun Bendle is struck blind he feels like he is drowning in blackness. But the discovery of an ancient tomb and a strangely familiar sword changes him forever. For Bun, a centuries-old power may lead to a bright future.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3962-2
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Meet the Bedwyns--six brothers and sisters--men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction...where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal...and where Morgan Bedwyn, the willful youngest daughter, discovers that true love is a temptation no woman can--or should--resist. Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent s most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herself...until one night...
ISBN: 9780440241065
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2003