Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist. The Observations of Henry is the collection of wonderful tales told by the waiter Henry to the author, mostly about people he has known and their ways to solve romantic problems. In Novel Notes Jerome and three of his pipe party bachelor friends: Jephson, Brown, and MacShaughnassy decided to stake their claim to literary fame by writing a book together.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07979-7
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Дата выхода: август 2018
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers" is a collection of early works of the author, united by one vivid dark theme. All these stories are a prime example of Victorian Gothic art, which inspired a whole genre.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00233-4
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Дата выхода: январь 2019
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. "The Poison Belt" was the second story, a novella that Doyle wrote about Professor Challenger. He and his team should face the very end of the world as Earth slowly moves through a belt of poisonous ether.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08052-6
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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 Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The main character of the story leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07960-5
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Дата выхода: июль 2018
Чарльз Диккенс - один из самых известных писателей Англии XIX века. Мастерство владения языком, умение строить сюжет и наполнять его незабываемыми персонажами принесли автору заслуженное звание классика, а роман "Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба" - настоящую литературную славу и признание читателей во всём мире. В этом увлекательном произведении, написанном с прекрасным чувством юмора, автор...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05180-9
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Дата выхода: июль 2017
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 Pilgrims of the Rhine" is a story of a young and terribly sick woman Gertrude, who goes to her last journey along the Rhine. This story is full of German tales and legends, which her beloved Trevylyan tells Gertrude in order to relieve her voyage.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08266-7
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Дата выхода: февраль 2019
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper`s fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06446-5
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Дата выхода: январь 2018
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. This volume consists of two magnificent short stories: intriguing "The Pavilion on the Links" and dramatic "A Lodging for the Night."
ISBN: 978-5-521-07787-8
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Дата выхода: август 2018
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers" is a collection of early works of the author, united by one vivid dark theme. All these stories are a prime example of Victorian Gothic art, which inspired a whole genre.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00234-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens. A stunning, rhythmical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from the author of THE GRUFFALO, and new illustrating talent Rebecca Cobb.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers III" contains five gothic short stories like "Jim Sulivan`s Adventures in the Great Snow" and "The Quare Gander," recognized as a classic of Fantasy & Horror genres.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07118-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
A heart-warming classic full of animal antics by Jill Tomlinson.Otto is a penguin chick, that much he knows, but other than this he has a lot to learn. Life at the bottom of the world is a curious thing and life can change at a moment`s notice. The next blizzard, the next meal and the threat of being orphaned are all challenges that must be faced. But how will Otto and his friends manage? The only way that penguins can do - by looking after each other.A perfect story for animal lovers young and old, filled with tenderness and love combined with a subtle humour. Jill Tomlinson`s animal stories have been enjoyed by children who want to snuggle down with a good read for decades. This edition of The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out is...
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, The protagonist of the novel, "The Passionate Friends" is Stephen Stratton, who writes a long and deeply personal letter to his son, hoping that, as his son becomes a man, he can benefit from Stephen`s experience and wisdom. As Stephen sets down his life`s history, he tells the remarkable story of his former lover, Lady Mary. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08236-0
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Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts, The Pathfinder set the standard for epic action literature. Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06648-3
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. The Professor was published only after Charlotte Brontes death and today it gives us a fascinating insight into the first stirrings of her supreme creative imagination. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his career as a teacher in Brussels, and his personal relationships. William reveals his attraction to the dominating directress of the girls` school where he teaches, played out in the school`s "secret garden".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07907-0
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Дата выхода: июль 2018
Блестящая книга от самого индийского из английских писателей - Редъярда Киплинга. Иногда так случается, что бывшие возлюбленные не дают о себе забыть. Рикша-призрак становится проводником для беспокойных духов, и разум героя рискует повредиться от переплетения видимого и невидимого миров. Но что делать мужчине, если экс-любовница не прекращает преследовать его не только после их расставания, но и… после...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05552-4
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Дата выхода: июль 2017
Генри Джеймс - не только один из самых известных классиков литературы XIX-XX веков, но и ярчайший представитель модернизма, обладающий изысканным слогом. Роман "Женский портрет" по праву считается вершиной американского психологического реализма и одним из величайших произведений на английском языке. Главную героиню безумно и неистово любят, весь мир лежит у её ног. Осталось лишь выбрать достойного...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05397-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick`s Cathedral in Dublin. This book is the first volume of the extensive collection of Swift`s best poems.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07561-4
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Дата выхода: август 2018
Джон Баньян - известный английский писатель, баптистский проповедник XVII века. "Путешествие Пилигрима в Небесную Страну" представляет собой не только одно из наиболее значимых произведений английской религиозной литературы, но и прекрасную мудрую притчу о путешествии христианина в Небесный Град, адресованную широкой читательской аудитории. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
ISBN: 978-5-521-05766-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017