Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. The story of the novel "The Black Arrow" takes place in England during the Wars of the Roses and revolves around young Richard "Dick" Shelton, the son of the Englishman and the pupil of Baron Daniel Brackley. A fascinating series of events will tell how he becomes a knight, rescues his beloved Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07776-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
This novel is set in the climactic months before the opening of the Third Crusade, called the Kings` Crusade. The Brethren is a classic tale of love and chivalry, unfolding amidst the touching story of two English knights who are in love with the same maiden. The devotion of these men is tested when their beloved is carried away against her will to Palestine and eventually to the court of the famous Muslim leader, Saladin.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06615-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
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. "The Bertrams" is an unusual novel of world travel, in addition to the typical subjects of matrimony and money, couples and relationships, by the author whose best-known work is normally set in England. This one has the flavor of a Middle Eastern travelogue with lively Victorian commentary and satire.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08374-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Параллельные миры, неразгаданные семейные тайны, злые духи, инопланетные материи, колдовство и магия, проклятые места, неподвластные человеческому разуму видения – мир произведений Лавкрафта наполнен вовсе не одними мифами Ктулху. Его вселенную населяют и другие неизведанные и непостижимые существа, пришедшие из чащи лесов, непроходимых болот, глубоких пещер, таинственных подземелий и даже иных...
ISBN: 9785604448687
Издательство:
Москва
Дата выхода: июль 2020
Издание полностью на английском языке.Father Brown, one of the most quirky genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in "The Innocence of Father Brown" in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton`s kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths.This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.
ISBN: 9781853260032
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2006
The Crater; or, Vulcan`s Peak: a Tale of the Pacific is a novel in which Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a Navy midshipman in the 1810s. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist and role-model Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry. Following a regional volcanic upheaval which raises new land, he founds a similarly industrious and thriving colony after escaping from, then returning to, The Reef. The outnumbered colonists must defend their new homes and possessions against natives who covet the new land.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06659-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales" is a volume collecting ten amazing short stories, such as "Dedication", "The Captain of the "Polestar", and "A Literary Mosaic".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07166-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Jack London (1876—1916) 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. "The Cruise of the Snark" is an autobiographical novel which describes London`s travels through the South Pacifiс on the ship called "Snark." In this journey, his wife and a small crew accompany him. London describes the numerous difficulties during the construction of "Snark" his training in navigation, the acquisition of doctoring experience far from civilization and other details of this adventure. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07515-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Герман Мелвилл - легендарный писатель XIX века, моряк и поэт, признанный классик мировой литературы. "Искуситель" - увлекательный роман, который представляет собой, подобно "Кентерберийским рассказам" Чоссера, вереницу историй, рассказанных в группе пассажиров, плывущих на пароходе в Новый Орлеан. Мастерство повествования, неожиданные персонажи и незабываемые сюжеты оставят след в душе каждого вдумчивого...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05748-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Произведения Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов "эпохи джаза", остаются актуальными, интересными и по сей день. А загадочная, фантастическая история молодеющего с каждым днём Бенджамина Баттона не только завоевала признание читателей всего мира, но и стала вдохновением для известной экранизации Дэвида Финчера. Читатель получит незабываемые впечатления от...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05103-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Considered by many as a masterpiece, "The Custom of the Country" is a study of the fads and antics of the modern American upper class. It tells the story of spoiled and selfish but at the same time amazingly charming Undine Spragg, who tries to get into New York`s high society. Through her life full of affairs, the book describes a social behavior of a person who is well...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07838-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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. "The Claverings" is a novel about a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Since its first appearance in 1867, this novel has been acclaimed as one of Trollope`s most successful protrayals of mid-Victorian life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08331-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2019
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Caxtons: A Family Picture" is a Victorian novel about a life of an aristocratic family. The novel is mainly concerned with domestic life, but it also includes a lengthy disquisition on colonisation and emigration, its value to British society and its role in extending civilization.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08271-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2019
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. "The Cruise of The Dazzler" is an early adventure novel by London. 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. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08127-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Crater; or, Vulcan`s Peak: a Tale of the Pacific is a novel in which Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a midshipman. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry. Following a regional volcanic upheaval which raises new land, he founds a similarly industrious and thriving colony after escaping from, then returning to, The Reef. The outnumbered...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07962-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is a short horror novel that describes how Charles Dexter Ward becomes obsessed with his distant ancestor, Joseph Curwen, an alleged wizard with unsavory habits. Ward physically resembles Curwen, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor`s Qabalistic and alchemical feats.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08214-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
Could a robot ever show true creativity? Is it wise to trust self-driving cars? Will robotic body parts transform human beings into machines? Will organic technology allow robots to become human? The Complete Robot combines the stories in I, Robot and The Rest of the Robots with many more found only in this collection – including one of Asimov`s masterpieces, the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novella ‘The Bicentennial Man`. Featuring Dr. Susan Calvin, Donovan and Powell, and the detective Elijah Baley, hero of the Robot novels, this is the ultimate collection of short stories from a genius of the genre.
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Chainbearer is the second book in a trilogy starting with Satanstoe and ending with The Redskins. The novel focuses mainly on issues of land ownership and the displacement of American Indians as the United States moves Westward.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06657-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
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. "The Claverings" is a novel about a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Since its first appearance in 1867, this novel has been acclaimed as one of Trollope`s most successful protrayals of mid-Victorian life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08332-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2019