Classics

Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. This selection of a hundred of O. Henry`s succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their `trick endings` or `twists in the tail`: repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry`s cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso`s command of language and allusion. This great collection offers...

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2012

On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran soldier and storyteller Maxim Maximych, who relates to him the dubious exploits of his former comrade Pechorin. Engaging in various acts of duelling, contraband, abduction and seduction, Pechorin, an archetypal Byronic anti-hero, combines cynicism and arrogance with melancholy and sensitivity. Causing an uproar in Russia when it was first published in 1840, Lermontov`s brilliant, seminal study of contemporary society and the nihilistic aspect of Romanticism - accompanied here by the unfinished novel Princess Ligovskaya - remains compelling to this day.

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2019

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce`s Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work. This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who reappears in Ulysses, and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19`th century Ireland.

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2015

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2015

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2015

Aesop`s celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of individual fables - the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep`s clothing andmany others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues. This edition is beautifully illustrated in black and white by the great Arthur Rackham, and has an introduction by O.K.Chesterton.

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020

This selection of Carroll`s works includes Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel. Through die Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as they ever were.Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere....

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2021

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2017

Dickens`s first historical novel is set against the infamous `No Popery` riots that were instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780, and terrorised London for days. Prejudice, intolerance, misplaced religious and nationalistic fervour, together with the villains who would exploit these for political ends, are Dickens`s targets. His vivid account of the riots at the heart of the novel is interwoven with the mysterious tale of a long unsolved murder, and a romance that combines forbidden love, passion, treachery and heroism. A typically rich cast of comic characters, from the snivelling Miss Miggs and the posturing Simon Tappertit to the half-witted `Barnaby Rudge` of the title, ensures high entertainment.

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001

In a unique creative experiment, Dickens divides the narrative between his heroine, Esther Summerson, who is psychologically interesting in her own right, and an unnamed narrator whose perspective both complements and challenges hers. Издание на английском языке.

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2018

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2018

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2015

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2010

`Crime and Punishment` is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment on, we share his conflicting feelings of selfloathing and pride, of contempt for and need of others, and of terrible despair and hope of redemption: and, in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel, we follow his agonised efforts to probe and confront both his own motives for, and the consequences of, his crime. The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence:...

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

This book includes introduction and notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University. "There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion." Читать дальше…

Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2017

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2019

Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2018